The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-10-11
The Wing VS.. The County Commits
SINNERS.

Mr. Enron The length of your last weeks leader
has probably convinced your intelligent rc;crs. that
| my "ciplicrnS or ''rc,S"nng.' both, must have
been s"netn. more than "curioiis in y"nr c-tint-
"n. t" have cauS" the deviation of large II space Of
your editorial columns to their lrinoon. The temper
| "f It, th', might mrasi"n suspicion that y"n were
troubled with as much morbid sonsitycnrSs and ncrv-
| business rs You imputed 10 me.
You Styl" my caption 'cnrio'>, also. adhere to it.
n"Ncithrrss ms conveying correct il@t of the real
| issue. ! stick tony facts and figures. tn" and deny
MYSELF. think shall snccrcd il, pruyIi. both the
correctness Of mine and the iucorrcctness Of yours
| hcfmc have done.
erroneous impression under which you evidently labnrtrl
in writing Your editorial viz that |, n' clerk to tn"
Commissioners. questioned Your right to "critirzc the
| official acts " Of those nilrIiri
How You received such AN impression I at loss
t" know. Certainly it not warranted by any remark Of
| mine. Neither As clerk. or as o. ivatc citizen, in
which latter capacity tand not ocaliyD occupy your
space on this subject, has your right to criticsc been
| .Iuts Toned. While admit it, however must ms St upn
claiming. for myself ar any other citizen the ri. t Of
defense II yon admit that right rs take it ym do.
why tnnic and fret about the exercise Of it III this
particular ease! Is there any SPECIAL for
| being so morllly >cnsvc."
This scsitiv"ncss or nervousness If yours has led y
into serious and caused y" to say some M
fair things For instance: said. with reference to the
large lcvies FOR PURPOSES and not for PERSONS" that
plainly enough that ii to give murncs-
uSt"! the word impossible" in another pl tee. when
speaking Of the thing. In commenting upon this
W" say that is, in the ease of paupcrs Our h'gglrs
must he getting proud Sc. evidently seeking create
the IMPRESSION that thought it would be IMPROPER To-
| publish names. Is this fair:
Again: You say count the Analysis Mt 10 squares.
when it really measures % Now in the first place
| did not estimmt" the Analysis containing any par
rular number of squares. said the ssc. ,rc,l.
pied hy THIS portion '-you print it THE norton bv mis-
take" Of the annual statement is | iuJrc al,uut L.;
squares" The port inls,lIucd to fully explained
in the paragraph proceeding the one ,ittcd us that
comp sod Of the items of expenses alone, exclusive
"f heading, sc. In the next place. this portion - of
| the levy list contains. 1y your own rn. for measuring.
Slni just Il squares unr less than ai,,w ut Won.
This Of uccasunod hy yunr mclSIIri,.
not only the cntrc notwithstanding and all. hut also
the appended publication of In. Trustees OF the poor's
Report, all Of which, presume. wilt make the number
of squares you Here also you see YOUR nervous
mes. betrayed ynn. might add t. these specimens had
time. but hacking it pass Ia the vital points
| at issue between us
You adopt very summary method If dsposing Of my
result" f 2OS squares and Sil2 You first rails. n hue
and cry for the publication If full statement" of
the Levy List without regard forn,-yur LEGAL pro
fnnlity and researches having discovered any re-
uuircnrut as to the form Of the notification: hut when
show, MS did concasvvy thar IN TIE PRESENT FORM
or THE ruBLicATIoN--ii classified and "i,,cd, list
the expense of full statement" would lie teen times
greater than it is.-whcn YOU make this discovery
10y the ai If my Spurious" figures. then you quarrel
with the FORM despair of pleasus yo,--you are so
| luerunus.
But you say the expense If Cecils list pnislcl as
in other counties # the Statc"thn is, you, unfairly
leave your readers to infer, plain lis-not "insrd'-
would he less than 500 pr a,,lm in ench paper. Yoir
method Of proving this Is novel; Wis by averaging thc
list Of Cecil with tlosc Of Ii counties that y"u have
At" HAND TO REFER TO-, and the lists Of tlse counties
that y"a have before y"ns-aiI old list "in N,rk Volume
Of The Wing. list Of Acgany, AMI Another Of Kent:
one Of which you say contains - squares, another 56,
and another ~ Now, did it not occur to YOU, Mr. Ed .
TINT it was importaI to prove the correctness If your
calculation Of average, that you should show what the
proportion ofCecs items Of expenditure were.
pared with those Of the other counties Of the State II of
whose lists you had not before you Did ynu suppnsc
your readers would believe that Cccils Sl3 items could
be crowded into the Space in "lncvicr," occupied
by Allcgany's $50 items, even Adapting the plain" form
Of publication? Or did You calculate on NV klearanet