Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1860-04-14

THE LiBERALIry OF THE Cry CouNcIL.-We
never expect that very intellectual body-the
City Council-to grant a request that would
favor us in the least In fact we do not want
single favor out of that august body, that
the members themselves-or the humblest
citizen possesses. When we commenced the
publication of the INoUiRER we placed sign
across the pavement, opposite our door, 1t
remained there until moving time. When we
moved to Market street, we asked permission
to move it from Shiplcy to Market street This
has been denied. We could not expect any
other kind of treatment from that very intelli-
gent and intellectual body, the Democrats all
voting for our proposition, and the Know
Nothings against it, We therefore take it for
granted that it was purely party measure.
However, they did not disappoint us so much
after all. We asked for permission without
examining the premises where we were to
place it; but upon prospecting little, we
found that we had no place to erect sign
across the pavement; consequently if this very
liberal Council had have permitted us to do
so, We had no place to erect it. But that is
not the question, These gentlemen did not
know that we had no place to put one up;
hence the intention is just the same. We
would ask the people of Wilmington how many
signs are erected across the pavements, and
how much injury would have been done to the
city If We had put one more up. AT least six
members of that Council have signs already
across the pavement, and several Of the others
carry on business that has violated the laws of
the city for signs. In one instance, we person.
ally know that the rubbage around the foun-
dry at the corner of Eighth and Orange Streets
has been nuisance for twenty five years, and
il was net until recently, that two-thirds of the
pavement has not been monopolized for the
benefit of that establishment. We might par
ticularize and point out many instances, where
these liberal gentlemen have violated the or
dnance and their actions been tolerated.
There is scarcely one of them exempt from
taking privileges that do not accord with the
city ordinances they are not certainly the
proper persons to say TO us plebeians "thus
for thou shalt go and no farther" Notwith-
standing the liberal ordinances of the goodly
city of Wilmington, we think we will survive,
and we also have nm idea that we will be a
thorn in some of them, politically, before they
are thousand years older.
We asked, among others, to have II knuckle
put in Fourth street, between West and Wash
ington the grade as it was, we knew could
not injure us materially, and We knew, also,
that it was actually needed, and would save
the city hundreds of dollars expense. We also
10 had To-, tla
responding square on Third street, and was
highly beneficial to it, and could see no good
reason why this request should not be granted.
Put the report against the measure. This one
foolish, inconsiderate, or wilful act, has caused
the city considerable unnecessary expense.
Such are the actions of the men who peddle
out the public funds to carry out their personal
pique Or political antipathy. We would call
the attention OF the taxpayers of the city, to
the condition of Fourth street, between West
and Washington, and see whether there is rot
a method in the action of these intellectually
pious gentlemen, who manage the affairs of the
city upon their oaths. Pretty good swearers
are they Individually, ourself we are indie
pendent of the whole "biling" Of them, and
can manage to get along in our own way with
out any of their special legislation we very
seldom ask them to do any thing that we de-
sire, but on the other hand, we sometimes
knock their pet projects as high as kite this
VIC will continue to do, and we think in the
end that disinterested locker on will say that
we get the better of them now and then. We
think that it would be. well to bring Fowler
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