Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-10-26


and other towns, from three to five thou
sand each Who believes it And vet
this is the risk they are asked to run
win they do it?
We object
~. BECAUSE THE PRESENT
/ BUILDINGS ARE GOOD ENOUGH
and can be kept in repair at small ex-
Pense. Let no one be deceived by the
LIE that the walls Of the Court House
are sprung or cracked: those who make
the assertion know better. Several
DodgevilIe gentlemen were requested to
examine the facts, on Saturday, but
:. couldn't find " the cracks or defects
They DO not exist.
We object
Y. BECAUSE THE COUNTY
HAS NO VALID TITLE to the lot on
which the county buildings stand, and on
ly retains Ii 50 long as she keeps possess
ion. The property IS too valuable to be
thrown away, aud in case of any at
tempt al sale, would probably be contest
ed at great expense for several years,
and only be settled in the Supreme Court
Of the United States. The law was pub
lished in the Tribune Of Sept. 2lst.
VI. BECAUSE THE TIMES ARE NOW TOO
HARD AND The PEOPLE TOO POOR TO RUN
THE RIsK.-And we repeat what we said
in the last number Of the TRIBUxE on
-his su5ject:-Are not our burdens griev-
Gus enough already Can we afford the
additional taxation without iuiuring our
selves and our families Is not the pres
ent sum Of $4,000 a year for county pur-
poses, as much as we ought to be made
TO pay 2 and do we not gruInble at this
Is it not true that the people CANNOT pay
their taxes, even as they now are levied /?
II any one is not satisfied of this, let him
examine the sales book in the County
Treasurer's office, and he will see FORTY
PAGES Of lands and town lots, belonging
mostly to resident owners, sold for the
taxes Of the year 1857! And why did
their owners permit them to be sold p
Simply for The reason that they could not
raise the money to prevent the sale
There are now arrears on taxes in the
same Office amounting to some $4,000,
which cannot be collected, and the county
has been obIigedt to buy in the lands Of her
own citizens, in order 10 secure herself.
Would this be SO if the people were able
20 pay Some Of the best farms in the
county have been sold for taxes in the
same manner, and for the same reason.
And are we supposed to be such idiots as
to double or treble, or multiply by four,
Ibis burden of taxation, which can result
IN 40 good to ourselves or to our children {
And are we called TO take the bread from
the mouths Of those children for the sole
purpose Of erecting a few buildings TO
tickle the fancy Of the denizens Of a
neighboring village! Why IS It that this
question is sprung just at The time when
our pockets are empty, our credit bank
rupt, our crops worthless and unsaIeabie,
when the labor Of our hands will hardly
fill our mouths, much less our pockets,
and when only gloomy foreb3dings dark
enthe spirits Of our people IS it not adj
ding Insult to injury2
And in conclusion, we say let the peo-
PIE have patience. The interests of the
citizens of Mineral Point are not hostile
70 those Of the county. The Rail Road
is completed to Mineral Point, at a great
expense to her citizens, and She will deal
justly with the county. and see that the
people are protected from any taxation
on account of the assistance rendered.
Efforts are being made in New York to
extend the road; and il is not known as
yet whether it VIII be extended to Arena
or 10 Avoca, but in either case. if the
coDnty seat is removed it should be to
some point on the line Of the road.
PUBLICUS.
For the Tribune.
MEssRs. EDIToEs Il have read In the TEI-