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

IS principle IN II; see You to 1t. Hear
ing by common report that they had
compounded debt due to YOU. releas-
ing large portion of it without your
knowledge and contrary to the laws OF
the state; that thousands OF the part re-
celved had been given away for no
equivalent service rendered. all of which
might have been saved for your uses;
and seeing, too, that no account is given
OF these transactions in the statement
they publish to you as ajuN md official
statement of the county receipts, we
ventured to question them concerning
their stew ardship-to ask them, as The
organ of part fthe people, abou, these
| thousands Of your money; and 10 aney
come down upon us with three solid
columns Of malicious Misrepresentation
and cowardiy abuse, mixed up with par-
tiul and talse statements.
Has it come to this ! Is the peoples
money to be s'rewn about in the dark
by thousands, and no citizen to dare to
ask concerning it ! or if he dare to ask
is he to be rushed upon by pack Of in
tcrested blackguards, and clicked 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 TO be esteemed as rights. A prom
inent member Of the last Congress as
serted on the stand few days ago, that
the people Of Cecil county were taxed
worse than tn" people Of Austria; and it
is so; and we promise you, citizens, to
wage war on the robbeirs practisrd, we
care not who is in power, whether wings
or democrats unceasing w0r, until
many crying abuses are corrected.
But to the articles in Tile Democrat,
in rotation and in detail and first az
1nrpayer." This WRITER'S lnsnuatons
about motives, are literally the old cry
of ''stop thiein - He has been grnJJing
and is fighting for anoth ''grnJ." He
finds TINT in 1882 his taxes were . cents
in the 500 less than under whir com
missioncrs the previous year; and this .
cent reduction is made the subject OF
some compliment remarks by the Dem
ocratic editor. Before they committed
that to the types, why did not the igno-
ramuses examine the documents. The
assessment OF property III the county
in 1851 was $5,27S, 10000
IN 1892 it was $5,l77,194.O0
In 81 the county tax was IS cts, which
raised an aggregate Of 72G.556.S5. In
1882 they made reduction of,wo cts,
but 81 cents that year, because OF The
increase of property, raised an aggregate
Of 500, $1,000; SO that in the very year
they boast of making reduction they
octuoliy iaid hearier tar on the people
of the county, than the wings Ieylrd the
previous year. This "1onPayey' says,
also, that there were "increased and rx-
traordinary expenses in 1859; but
what say the figures The amount
levied
For Jurors in 1851 was So, 74O.SO
For do. in 80 was 1863. 60
States witnesses 81 was 10000
do do. '32 was 10000
In these two items. then, which are un.
comfortable by commissioners the wings
in 81 had to pay $2,4 1920 more than
the locos in '52; nevertheless, the latter
so increased the expenses within their
control, as to be compelled to make a
greater levy on the people. Now as
these writers give the "iie" so gliblv,
pray who lies when they talk of rcduc,
ton that year. The figures we give are
from official statements.
Why did they not assert, also, that,
because the taxes are As cents in the
800, there has been a reduction this
year! Let us compare the tax of 1888
with that under the wings Of 1851.
They have levied.this year 1871, 1860;
they have expended beside $4,000,
making $43, 1860; which sum accord.
ing to the statement OF the clerk does
not still pay out; but to raise which on
the property basis of 1851, would re-.
quire tax of 50 cents in the 800;
Or twenty sac cents more in the $500
than the wings levied, Notwithstanding
the TACT that the wings hat year had TO
pay for Jurors and States witnesses
> ,466.SO more than is levied for those
purposes i'll '53. For these figures see
The published statements. Yet in the
! face OF these facts, we are not only told
that the people are not wronged and
robbed; bit the imput'ent attempt is
made to show that the taxes have been
lessened.
This 'rax Payer compares the ar
! ranging of late assessment with that
OF lS42. There is no comparison be-
tween them. The former opened a new
and untrIcd way, and brought chaos and
confusion into order--the Iatter SIMPLY
followed in the beaten path opened for
them; and how we'll followed let those
testify to who have been grossly wrong
ed by the assessment as confirmed hy
the present commissioners, as has been