Democratic banner., 1848-02-14
Enr The R1nneE.

last two Nos. of the Banner that q Mr.. In
~qairer has taken upon himself to place be-
fore the public the late outrage BY the Board
Of Trustees, upon common honesty, law,
and in fact every thing that should be held
sacred. While l am opposed to doubling
teams, l must be allowed to state some facts
that will place before the public the char
acter of the present Board of Trustees, in
its true light; and in doing so. you will bear
in mind tit being your privilege to know
me, } that ! am a plain man, and that must
necessarily use plain language, and in the
doing of which I aim to say what l mean.
In order, sir, to be as brief as Possible'
will say that the present Board. in their acts.
have been obstinate, mean and selfish, and
that they have not, in the Wharf project,
carried out the general interest of the town.
lThey were told sir, that it was the inte-
rest of the town to build a wharf at the
foot of South Carolina Street, giving 100
feet front, and falling from thence to the
bed of the river at the rate of n foot in
live. or five and a hall, which would make
the wharf about $50 feet from the. line of
buildings on Water Street TO its extreme
point, in, at or near to the water. 10 tins
the Board raised the hue and cry a dry
|lGand concern. Was it, Mr. Editor, any
business of theirs whether il was or was
not a dry. land concern? when they knew
we'll enough that it was the wish Of the
people, and the interest of the people too OF
course. Another objection { | am surPris-
ed sir, at the ignorance Of some men who
, get office in this county, It almost puts me
against a government Of the people; but the
present Ignorant Board is rather to be at
ttributed to accident, than q want of caPaci-
l,y in the citizens of our town to choose
their r%ulers.) But l have strayed from the
subject; another objection said, was rails
ed Sy the Board to a South Carolina loca-
ton, which was shewn to be ~groandless-
thew were shown that it was the place the
people wanted it; that it was the centre OF
business, and far above the centre OF town;
that the whole lower part Of town was sus'
lceptable of improvement; that even a car
load of earth thrown over any part Of it.
would improve it; they were shown, too
that to build a wharf at Georgia Stree
would spoil the landing below; that all kind:
Iof filth would settle 6eIOw the wharf, but
lthey hadn't sense enough to see the Philoso-
ply Of it, and therefore disbelieved it
|They were told then by the same indirtd1,
r al { who proposed to build I wharf from
D South Carolina to Georgia street, for the
moderate sum Of about ten THOUSAND dol
= liars or twenty years wharfage,) hat there
would be an advantage III commencing the
. wharf proposed by him at S. c. Street. and
work up. that the sediment would be de-
: posited ABOVE the wharf, and as it would
: be several years under way, it would ale
very materially the builder. Oh, but says
ltLe Board, you told us that the sediment
would be deposited Cebw and spoil the
. landing. 1t is not my business TO show
where the sediment would deposit, but one
D of two things is plain, that is, that the de-
viposit would be either abore or belo,C; but
:. the Board, poor g"mps IGNORANCE is moi
D always a fault hadn't sense enough, OF
:, were too obstinate to believe either. When
Mr.. - told them the landing would fill
E up belo,o, they said nay; he then, being dis
posed to accommodate, told them it would
rE6ll UP abore, but they still could not be-
q lieve him. He then told them that he woult
ulbuild a wharf as he had before proposed
d for two thirds of the wharfage for Is or q
wears; if the town would take $500 stock
an amount supposed to be one third of thu
cost of building the said wharf. The Boare
d objected to this too, saying that he asked
toe much. They we're then shown that il
/. was very reasonable, that it would take al
of Is or 20 years for them (him) to ge'
E his pay, with a reasonable interest for The
d use Of his money. Notwithstanding tn
Ignorance of the Board they could not hel,