The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-09-21

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not, within 81 900, of its true Value'' The
individual, who purchased IL would have
been willing to give. at least, an equal a
mount, should il have been offered at public
sale: so that you could not have lost any
thing, while an opportunity would have
been offered to some one, ont OF near ten
Thousand people, to bid higher and give you
and the the county better bargain for the
land.
We shall not arrai9h you befJre the tax
payers on a charge offavortism. We might
have grounds to do this, we're this act o,
) ours Inconsistent with your former acts;
were this blunder not mere continuation
of a series Of blunders. II has been charE.
ed, we know, against you. but there is nc
proofto sustain it. II would truly have been
unaccountable, had you, in this one case,
departed from-your public reputation of i'm.
prudent, unskillIul aud extravagant mana
gers. But YOU did not follow the plain line
Of duty, which prudence would dictate, and
you must suffer the consequence, be it what
it may. Men will have their opinions o.
public agents, as istheIr right and privilege
lflhe taxpayers are not convinced that
SsO0 is nextravagant price to pay for keep
ing the democratic organ in play; ifthey dc
not believe that the amount Of stationery
consumed annually is entirely too largei il
they do not consider $50 DAYS services more
than the business Of the county requires
and $500 high price for the skill, capaci-
ty, experience and services Of the men act.
ing as county Commissioners; ifthey do moi
consider money paid to bad contractors for
bad jobs an unwarrantable use of the county
funds; If they are not satisfied that the pr,.
Uaie sale Of public propert was all unWar-
rantable, an unwise and an Improbable act
if these things are not sufficient to convince
them of the extravaganza carelessnees, nn.
skllfuness, sand utter incapacIty Of their
public functiOnaries, we will endeavor to
add other testimony, and by an explanation
Of the "defalcation case" in such way, it
possible, as not to wound any mans feel
ings, show TO the people that they must Sc
ect more prudent, cautious and frmer men
to manage their pnblic affairs. We deier
the article until next week.
The VOTERS Of the county have duty to
perform, as well as ourselves. 1t is well
known that controversy has arisen be-
tween the members of the Board of County
Commissioners, which must prevent them
hereafter from acting in harmony. The tax.
payers are deeply interested in the proper
management of Affairs, and it will be impos-
sible, to say nothing of the known and ac-
knowledged inefIicicncy Of its members, for
the Board any longer to manage properly
the business, which may devolve upon it.
Under these Crcumst ances, it behooves the
people TO act considerably and wisely.
What an inharmonious body OF men may do,
is liable to be done wrong; they may fail to
do many things, which they ought to do.
There is announced, in this weeks paper,
an Independent candidate for County Com
missioner. It's conceded, on all sides, that
lie is well fitted for the post--a prac tical
mechanic, "a shrewd and honest business man,
and well acquainted with the wants and in
tercss Of tie county. lie would irelecl ed
add much weight to the Board ,and his prac.
tical knowledge and experience would be Of
vast Importance, in that department of duty
which lies more Immediately in the line of
his trade. But few days will elapse before
the voters will be called to act in this mat.
ter, and we trust that they will, aside from
party feeling. act as they, IN their own judg.
ment, unawedby others, think the prosper-
ty and wel-being of the county requires.
We are satisfied that there are but few tax.
payers, who do not wish the management
OF affairs to be conducted with prudence,
foresight and the striclest economy.