The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-10-27

expenses OF the present board for 1898
being but :i1S6, we only know that by
the published statement there is levied
for them and their clerk $1,205.00:
which is 1927 dollars more than the
similar levy the last year the wings had
! the board.
/ But we must pass on to the next writer,
one Mr.. "Justice," who is also stated TO
! be, one OF those who gets 'grob" at
the peoples "pile." He speaks Of GER
tain statements in The Wing paper
which had awakenfd his attesJon, one
of which was "that the comini ssioners
have made donation OF ;, 900, 10000
or 1900 dollars TO the Railroad Co., al
| the expense of the taX-ridden peoflS OF
this county" and thereupon this Jus
ticc" proceeds to say: This declaration
is ,taise, and lis author knem It 10 hc
false when he pcnncd it, That is his
sentence, italics and all.
Now let us see what we did say: let
us see who has hnowing'y penned taIse-
huodS. This writer says he saw the
statements" in The Wing, and he
quotes rnoug! to show that he had the
paper before him. In The Wing ofthe
Sth inst, we mentioned the rXlstance of
reports that there had been other receipts
and expenditures beside those named in
the official statement published in the
papers, stating we would like to know
if such was the case. That there may
be no mistake we Use our precise words,
In speaking OF the particular report in
question, We said
"Thcrc is rcIort that the present
Board OF County Commissioners have
"made some kind of an arrangement
"wiih the railroad company, by which
they, contrary to all law, deducted
''Gom that company's taxes, some
5000; $4,000; or $l2,0oO-thus
'making them a donation Of that much
"money at til" expense Of the tax-ridden
"pcople Of this county,
And after naming other reports, we
called for "a statement which shall show
how much OF the taxes charged to the
r. r. Co. remained unpaid, together
with the interest which had arisen there
on;' and we sald, let the statement
"come quichiy so Tint before the election
're can do justicc to tfrm, or The parties
rho arjU be under like Mt'uences mith
item, # by msi@uotion eren, IRE do them
,0,oos."
II will be seen that we made no charge;
we SIMPLY mentioned the report with
ont saying it was true; We asked them
for statemcnt giving the assurance
that if the reports proved uniounded, we
would correct them, and that too, be-
fore the election. Could anything have
been faircr!
Now the question comes, what did
this Mr.. "Justicc' mean was false, and
known by us to be false That the re-
ports were rife on every hand, is known
far and wide; that there was good ioun-
dation for them is shown, even, by
his own article; and shall be plainly set
forth before this present writing closes.
Does he mean 10 say orr promise was
false to do them justice they furnished
statement showing the reports to be
unfounded Why they refused the
statement and gave us no chance to per-
form.
BY this time tn. reader begins to SOC
the dilemma in which this "Juaice"
has placed himself in the start. The
truth is he started out to defame us, be-
cause we were bringing to light cert ain
transactions which he wished kept in the
dark; his abusive tongue got the better
Of his wit and he charges a falsehood
where none coUld possibly exist in the
nature Of things, thus proving himself to
occupy the position he assigned us as a
penncr Of Jo'scacods-proving himself
wilful pervertcr Of facts, without the
sense to avoid detection.
With this exposition we might dis
miss ''Juaicc' who in choosing title
so unjust1y his due, empha'lcaly "Steals
the livery Of Heaven to serve the devil
in" But we shall follow him up; we
shall thrash him on every hand. He
gave a statement by which he attempts
10 show that ONLY three thousand sir
huudred md fly ho, ($3,G52.) dollars
Were given away to the railroad by the
famous "compromise;" and pray what
right have taxpayers to complain of
throwing away only $3.652; poor, pa
tient countrymen what are few thou
sands to them ! they don't know any
better than to pay, pay pay i! while
such men as til, "Justice," squander and
lag waste. They don't don't they :?
Well, We shall see.
We happen to know that in April
1852, the Clerk to the Commissioners
furnished the House of Delegates with
statement to the effect that there was
thea due from the railroad $l6,634; and
we know that in that statement She taxes
of 1882 were not comrrehended; which
being added makes the sum due by the
railroad up TO the end of 1882, $lS,551;
this is the principal. The sum having
been in the course of accumulation for
years we cannot so well, without the le-