The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-10-29
tiai and falSe Stttements.

Has it come TO this Is the people S
money to be s'rewn about in the dark
by thousands, and no citizen to dare to
ask concerning ii or if he dare to ask,
is he to be rushed upon by pack Of in
trrrsted backguards, and choIled down
with abuse. Not yet we hope. But
see you to it. You have been robbed
you have been villainously robbed. You
have been robbed by individuals; YOU
have been robbed by systems: YOU have
been robbed by abuses, which have
grown 10 he esteemed as rights. A prom
inent member Of the last Congress as
serted on the stand a few days ago, that
the people Of Cecil county We're taxed
worse than the people Of Austria; and it
is so; and we promise YOU, citizens, to
wage war on the robhcrirs practisrd, we
care not who is in power, whether whigs
or Notwithstanding 1rHr, until
many crying abuses are corrected.
But 10 the articles in Tile Demo"rat,
in rotation and in detail; and first "a
yurPoyer.' This writer's lnsinuations
about motives, are literally the old cry
Of ''stop thiei ~ He has been grajjing
and is fighting for another 'graj.' He
finds TIA in 1879 his taxes were cents
in the 500 less than under wing COM
mlSSloner5 the previous year; and this :
cent reduction is made the subject Of
some compliment remarks by The Dem
ocraiic editor. Before they committed
that to the tyDcS, why did not thr i..no-
rom,srs cvaminn ,Ea Gnnr,nn,t. ~.
ass.ssn,ant If .u......~., :, ,hn on,,,,,,
=, co., 49,, -. ' ~, oon -
III -, % was ,a2'I.S 'G03'oo
III i2'~ It ny '?''t'" l't'oo
In 'ol the county tax was % cts, which
raised an aggregate OF 529,335,S5. In
l&52 they made reduction Of two cts,
bat 81 cents mat year, because OF the
increase OF property, raised an aggregate
OF 329,o10.0N; 50 that in the very year
they boast OF making reduction Hcy
"cf@""3 |"'" he"E'e| Hr on the FeoiI"
OF the county, than the wings LEVIED the
previous year. lhl' "!GfPHyer" says,
also, that there were "ncreased and eX-
'raof"lhaFy expenses IN 1872; but
What say the houreS The amount
levied
FOR Jurors IN 1921 was $2,7i0.S0
FOR DO IN ~ was 1,363.GO
state witnesses ~ Was 1890 40
90 do' % VAS $4,000
In these two items, then, which are I'M
controI!ablc by commissioners, the wings
IN 81 had to pay @2,ll12O more than
the ioc"S IN %; nevertheless, the latter
50 increased lAr expenses within their
CONTROL as 10 be compelled to make a
greater levy on the people,. Now as
these writers give the ste" so gIlb!y,
pray who lies when they talk Of reduc,
ton that year. The figures we give are
IRON oihc!aI statements.
" ny oId they not assert, also, that,
because inc taxes are 10 cents IN the
ivy '4ere mas beeh reduction TINS
year, Ae' us compare the tax OF 1893
Nun W" tnat ohd'r tne Wings OF 1871.
h'y nave iN'ea inns year 1871 ,lS".O";
'"cV nave eNPenaea BESIDE '3l2,0Jo,
.'''NinS '71"' i"o'V9; "hicn sum accord-
my 10 ,"c S'''elAth' OF lhr clerk Goes
.i sun pay U"'' o"I 20 raise "i'lci' on
'nt pro! ,'F'I n" $S " lH'l' would re-
pU'Ie d TAX o' o. cents IN the s'loo;
OF %, 1"I@'7 %'t cC"|$ more IN me @i0O
iran me WINGS Ie'!rd' Notwithstanding
'he TACT 'nat the wings that year had to
pay ior Jurors ana states witnesses
i'4oo'oo NOR" '''ah Is i'V''d tor those
purposes IN %. ror these figures see
me p!n!'Sh'I STATEMENTS Yet IN the
race OF 'hrSe Facts, we are not on!y TOLD
mat inc people are not "ronged and
roObed; out tue ImPudeht attempt is
made TO SHOW that the taxes have been
IesSened.
ms lax Payer compares the ar
ranging @! late assessment with that
OF l"l2. There Is no comparison be-
tween them. he lormer opened new
and untrlCd way, and brought chaos and