Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1857-04-01
boast higher valuation, uniformity, than

any other town in the county; but deduct
your commercial property and it would not
amount to the half of that of Polkton; and
you have one school-house, we believe. Thus
ends the chapter on the effect of township
taXation--passing over the fulsome innu-
endoes, of &C. H." upon "the Doctor"
and what those thousand tongues saith" of
"the old head of the GEN." which is as usu-
al, a tissue Of lies, with the simple remark
that men often use their oson measure in their
estimate of their neighbors. Has &C. H."
or Mr.. Club, or any other man, shown how
increase of taxation is to result from the
removal of the county seat from Grand Ha-
ven! They have not; they can not! The
facts are that the county now and always
have paid rent for the office buildings there
which the citizens of Eastmanville have
bound themselves (they own their bond on
file goodD to furnish as good buildings, at
least as those at Grand Haven, FREE OF
CHARGE, until the county build for them
selves, sooner or later, as the people may
hereafter direct!
Now we pronounce this whole yarn about
"Taxes, Taxes" absolutely and unequivocal-
ly FALSE. There can be no increase of
taxes caused by the removal of the county
seat, but clear saving of hundreds of dollars
in those rents, and otherwise now paid by the
county! This is the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing else. The only assumed basis
of increased taxes, by them, is, that county
buildings must be built this gear" In this
assumption rests their whole flourish. leave
it there, and only say that Eastmanville void
cheerfully put her $500 with as much more,
and assist in building Jail " this year," that
might hold rogues and murderers, and those
numerous criminals" floating about Grand
Haven. 1t certainly will cost less to build
at Eastmanville than there, as plenty Of stone
are at hand, and lumber cheaper; and if
other persons, aside from the cheap working
mechanics of the Haven, are allowed to com
pete for job, the work can be done at fair
rates. Mr.. Club assumes that Grand Ha-
ven is to be a great place; he gathers in
large population of cunning people, who will
hereafter fall in love with the picturesque
scenery Of his place !; leave Chicago, Racine,
Milwaukee and other sterile points on the
west shore of the Lake, and grow up great
/" manufacturing" as well as commercial
emporium" This he proves by assuming
that as the sandy lands of the Atlantic bor-
der are now more manufacturing and pop
ulous region than many of the rich lands of
Illinois and Michigan; hence they, and other
sandy places, always will be Eastmanville
is not now, never can be, dssumptively, any
place at all no stores, no hotels, no lawyers,
no Judges, Jurors or witnesses; no room to
make or get any thing; the county court
house would be only monument of solitude;
lawyers and witnesses would charge enor-
mously; and the State salary of the Judge
would cost more! as Mr.. Club reckons. But
the Haven IS TO be all heart could wish; Hol-
land, Mill Point and Muskegon-after those
East (West) North and South Railroads are
built Ga poor Devil, once, without owning a
Railroad or bit of terra frma, offered to
give abundantly and gratuitously)-may get
everything they want there; ship their pro-
duce there; and get on the vessels there, and
go to California, or anywhere, if it would not
be more delightful and cheaper to get on the
car OF their L. S. Railroad there.
agreed to be brief, and will only invite
the voters of this county TO well and candidly
examine the arguments, and the object of
those who make them. Take the facts and !
then judge righteously in this important mat
ter to be decided by your votes on the 9th of
April. POLKTON.
p. S. AT a mass meeting, upon due no
tice, held at Lamont, on the 9th inst. to
confer upon the propriety of the removal Of
he county seat, the meeting was addressed by
Messs. VIM. N. Angel, T. Eastman, S. l..
Lowing, Benz. Smith, H. Bateman, I. Well
man, Mr.. Hinsdale, Galen Eastman, l. II.