Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-03-02

TIPT0N COUNTY SEAT
EpIroEs ArFEAL; Allow me, through you
columns. to sav a few words in reply to thl
communication Of your correspondent "Jus
tcs.n published in this weeks paper, on to-
subiect Of the removal Of the county seat o
linton county, a question in which many o
vour readers are interested. He seems Il
/. think that the legislature has done great in.
Justice 10 Hthat respectable majority Of tb'
citizens Of Upton county, who desired its pas
sage and that this bin has everything to
i-rscommend it., ana should have been BY al
means, passed"
Now. I would remlud Mr(s) Justice" that
all such auostions have at least two sides %
sbsn. and We should think that the legislators,
setinr under their solemn oaths, who have no
5ir,ef interest 10 the matter, and to whom a
e,u -.sf.nent Of all the facts in the case have
zen presented, would be as capable Of judging
rightly and deciding the question fairly and
fmpsrtiaIly as either OF US, or any other inter-
,.t.5 persos. I an a. honest in ny belief
that the bill should not have passed, as he is
in bis that IT should, and could give him many
rood reasons whyf It should have been rejected ;
but win not now pretend to discuss the ques-
ton with him; that has already been decided
br an impartial tribunai, at least az intelligent
and as well qualified to decide imPartially as
either Of US.
Re saws further that " the citizens Of Tip
ton county have time aud again expressed at
the bsIlot-box their wish, BY a large majority,
to have the court house moved from It's present
] location to the e~enter.' It is true that in
November 1856 a majority OF 70 was obtained
in favor Of removal, and again in July 1857,
near eighteen months since, BY sxtraordinary
exertious msioritYo Of IS was again obtained I;
but in neither election was there a full vote
given, many persons who sid not desire The re-
moral declining to vote On account o. preiu-
diess engsnasrsd against COTington In two
former contests with Randolph, in both Of
which she was successful and I assert that a
majority Of the legal voters OF the county
have never vet voted 10 favor Of the REMOVAL
and 1 confidently believe thatif the vote were
now taken theve would be a majority opposed
to It.
We agree with aJustice,s that q a county
seat, Ike a STATE capital, should be centrally
! located provided all other things are equal,
Is was the case in the original organization
Of Upton county, and Il "JusHesD win take
ihe trouble to lock into ths matter, be viii
find that the seats Of j~ustire in at least half
the counties Of the STATE, and the capital OF
many Of the older States particularly, are not
more centrally located than Covington is in
this county, and that a circle Of twelve miles
In diameter, with CoTington as the center, in
cludss larger number Of voters than any
other circle of the same size that can be laid
of in the county, in which Covington is not
included. The present county seat is, there
fore, as convenient to as large a number Of
the citizens, as any other point that could Be
selected. IF Covington is, as stated By your
correspondent, " evidently iu enc remote cor
ner Of the county the new location is but lit
lie better, it being six and ons-quartsr niles
from Covington. due north, to the Lsulei dale
line, and not over six and three-quarter miles
from the CENTER south to the Shelby line,
while it is only twelve and a half miles from
the former to TIE south boundary Of the
county, and Is eleven and a half from the lat
ter 10 TIE north boundary; AMI viii here re-
mark, that this center on one side, was
thus selected and located for the express pur-
pose Of irving TO induce the northern portion
o. your county to petition to be attached to
this.
We eupbsticaHy deny the sssertionof "Jus-
tiee- that " the court house cannot last but a
very few years more at fsrthest and say,
that if properly repaired at q comparatively
tiAfng cost, it can be made to last many years
longer; and here would now have been no
necessity for The building of a new jail, il the
public buildings had not been almost entirely
neglected for eight OF ten years past, on ae-
count II this agitation, and as a matter Of
course are somewhat cut Of repair, as would
soon be The case with new ones if thus neg
lectsd.
"Justics :" is also mistaken, when be says Of
Upton county, " that she has never asked the
state to appropriate one dollar FOR railroads.
OF internal improvements Of any sort" for,
within nv recollection, she received Cwheiher
she asked for it OF not) $4,000 for Big Hstehie
turnpike, and 5000 were appropriated for the
Sutton turnpike, passing out Of her limits ;
and she also has a large interest in the thou
sands that have been spent In the improvement
Of the navigation Of Hatchie river on her
north, and The building Of the Memphis and
Ohio railroad on her south side 50 after an
"ths poor Iiffk e0uHfy q Upton" has no. been
q" turned of with contempt" or so badly treat
ed BY her vsry respectable and venerable
mother, as Justice" supPoses, and we hope
he viii now stop bis waihngs Of woe, and dry
up bis tears Of grief on Der account.
Notwithstanding. Justice says "Fie
upon an srch legislation away with an Law
when he rights or the people are disregard
ed y and threatens that The people will keep
mp the agitation BY ~hammering away {" at this
court house question p yet, we believe that
OUTS is a law abiding community that, with
the exception o. a very few, who are iafu-
eneed entirely BY private pecunisry interest,
the people are tired # this unnecessary sgi;a-
ton, and wiz, upon their "second sober
thought" allow tito sleep the sleep Of death.
In conclusion, We DO sincerely hope. and
would now Offer our prayers if we thought It
would DO auy good, that these gentlemen whs
had the hardihood to vote contrary 10 the /
wishes NJ " Justice " and bis " large MAJOR
ity," and IL they are no. in bis estimation
g Adrew Jacksons," may be able to stand the
shock when they hear Of "ths aaafEsmas that !
are now being hurled at them" We have not
yet seen any Of them, anddo not know exactly
what sort Of things hey are, but would advise
you. gentlemen, to be 90 the look out, as they
might burt IL one OF these should happen to
bit you; and we earnestly sHtreat Won, for
your lives, sbout the lst Of August, 1861, to
close your cars, or to retreat beyond he reach
o. the " laundering tones Of The ballot box,1
that "wil oousign" you TO your " Inherited
oblivion" for daring to DO what ynu thought
right PEACE.
TIFroS COUNTY, Tenn, Feb. "a, 1850.