The Empire County argus., 1854-04-15
JAMES JOHNSON
RENft


CD We arc always willing to allow any feeling ag-
greyed by any article we may publish, much space to
set himself right as W used to make the charge.
(2) Ii the Judge will refer lie files of The n gus ho
will discover that he Is in eo when he says he has
good deal of complaint ia it relative the Court of Scs-
SONS. As for remark relative county officers We
have no apoogies-no retrae,ous 10 make
C) The iaseology Of the sentence to which you refer,
carries any other meaning than m ilsinuation.
() You have hit lis III tender spot Judge. Jokes al
ways overcome therefore weaken.
() Sarcasm, as well it, is no the forte fthc Judge
of the one is too finely tenn and the edge of the other
too sharp for as unskillul h laI< as his
90 The Judge wilfrec0lec that said nothing about
his legal duty we placed me matter the ground that
he III courtesy owed to the eoplc-his conseuens-to
publish election notices in ape in the county The
people have right to eye.o It. But says the Judge.
The law says that shall insert election notices in some
newspaper IN the county, any be published therein To
insert then IN one newspaper is compliance with the law
Io insert them IN more papers than would transfer
money from the County Treasury to the pockets of pub
hors but would be productive Of but little public benefit
There two points in the above quotation for ;der-
ton he Judge shields himself for Of courtesy be
hind the Law. and economy The law does prohibit
him ola requesting all the papers in the county publh
such notices for the benefit of their readers 1t is import
ant to the people to known when elections are officially
tilted even though the notices only legally required to
DC PublShsd in one paper The other point in the ecia
plea Of the Judge, is weaker still than the we have
just noticed would be conveying money to the pockets
Of publishers That's the doctrine Judge. Economy is
c9innendable; especially in county functionarcs If an
election notice should find its way into than paper
the finances Of the county might be injured and the Treas
ury become bankrupt in consequence O. economical
Judge what debt of gratitude the people Of FL Do ra 10
owe You for thus guarding the doors of the Treasury
to pr,eycnt thcP money from flowing into the pockets
Of publishers Really, tEou art Il jewel. The law you
quote Judge requires that YOU should up notices of
elections at he usual places Of holding elections in the
ty but 1t does not designate whether the notice shall be
written printed Now Judge had YOU been fearful of
the immense leakage the rcasrythe awful drain upon
the finances Of the county by such flow of money into tho
pockets OF publisher would you not have written out the
notices You caused to be put up, and thus complied with
the law instead of having hand bills printed, which
be paid for, either by yourself the county -and no one
reasonably claim that you should do it, Our opinion
Judge, - that in newspaper controversy you dis
advantage as much would be in contest with you
before court-neither being familiar with the occupation
Of the other.
q In that event they would require aid and COM
Tort from us, having the means to speak for themselves