The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-10-11
The Levy List Again.

to prove any one point in his case favorable
to his side OF the question, and THE point
which is the al important one in the case,
and the only one the Commissioners have
to deal WITH he very wisely, for his indefen.
slblc side Of the argument, has left untouch.
ed. That point is are the County Comnlis.
sioncrs violating the law which they have
sworn to obey by publishing an Analysis, -
in place of the Levy List? That is the
| vital question and the first question they
have to deal with. This is the grand point
at issue, and we have proved what we as,
serted on this head SO clearly, that their
| champion dosn't ever allude to it in his last
nonpnreii argument!
This much beng conceded, the whole of
| Mr.. C's lame excuses for their not publish.
ing the List, must go for nothing. But are
the out side questions and points raised for
the evident design of getting clear of the
main question. as above stated, supported
either by reason or figures? The whole
defense in the present issue, by Mr.. c., is
mystificd and Unsatisfactory piece of logic,
proving nothing and apparently aiming to
prove nothing but the weakness of his cause
We do not wish this remark to be construed
into disrespect for the writer or the parties
concerned but the bad case which Mr.. C..
has unfortunately attempted to champion,
has alone, doubtless, made this remark n
| truism, and not Mr.. G. $ inability to discuss
IA question creditably, that has any truth III
it.
The attempt to charge nervousness =
and unlairness' on us is too much like
the war stories we read every day, taken
from the Richmond papers. According to
| their accounts the Federals commit all the
outrages against humanity, and do all the
- unfair work. 1t requires something
more potent than a bad cause, lamely argued
to create any nervousness in us. Some that
amt satisfied Of this fact, perhaps wiH be-
But passing the preliminary part of Mr..
Crawford 5 article let us get at its vital or
nerroms parts. The paragraph which at
temp's to explain Il statement in his first
article where we misconstrued Mr.. C's
meaning i'll speaking of "purposcs and not
pcrsons,' is explained in his last, but we
don see that he has made what he is driv-
ing at any clearer. The reader can refer to
it, however. We only alludc to it, to assure
all concerned that we meant nothing that
was not " fair
We did Mr.. C. another Injustice. so he
asserts in his last, by counting the headings
and tpotings, and also the Aims House
Report. as part of his Analysis" This
may be, in Mr.. Cs view of the case, but as
the headings and footings were as necessary
as the body, including the report of Aims
House, all being part of the county cx-
penscs, we think it was much more fair
toward the public, to state the full measure
and cost of that remarkable report of our
Commissioners, which stands forth under
thettle of " Analysis,' than to take that
portion which was strictly and literally, per
haps, analytical, and estimate its extent and
cost, thus leaving the public to infer-tall-
ing into the same error as to Mr.. Cs con
ccaled meaning which we d,d-that $40. 80
was the whole cost of the penny wise system
of Analysis" If we did Mr.. c. injustice,
he did the public a much greater injustic by
stating the case so as to lead the people
to the conclusion that $40. so was the cost
ofthis economical statement.
With regard to this 2Os squars and 1912
business, Mr.. G need not be nervous" or
despair" of "pcasing" us. We are not
"qucrulous,' but very well pleased. 1t is
more important to please the people, who
are not to be hoodwinked by any such
| figuring as he attempts. 1t did occur to us
that it " is important to prove our calcula-
ton of average and as Mr.. Crawford has
kindly furnished the number of "items -
contained in the Levy Lists of several coun-
ties, including those OF Cecil for 1862, We
will demonstrate by figures that "2os
squares " to be a fancy sketch. We will
take Allegany for the present year, her
Levy List, Mr. c. says, contains $50 items,
and Cecil's S13. We arc asked if we sup
pose our readers would believe that the SlS
items could be crowded into the same space
occupied by the $50 items. We haven't made
any such bald assertions and don t mean to.
But if $50 items will occupy IS squares,
which they do the present year sl3 items
will not fill 20S squares but 49, squares
nearly. And so also with all the other pro
portions. So much for Mr. C's figuring
proving conclusively that the Levy List
could not cost a 500 as we stated last week
And finally, Mr.. c. says we assert that
every county except Cecil publishes the
name of every person who receives one
cent of tie county funds, which he denies
There may possibly he instances in which
the law is no. fully obeycd, but they arc
rare. There is but one county in the State,
however, where, in whose published state,
ment, the names of but t,ro persons only.
receiving public money, can be found, and
that county is Cecil. But suppose all the
other counties in the State should refuse to
comply with the provision of this obviously
proper law, would that be any reason for
the Commissioners of Cecil violating IL?
1t certainly would not. And now for that
offer which caps the climax, and Cecil
proud Cecil!-presents herself at the door
of poor devil OF an editors sarrtun with
brief! Cecil a beggar asking aims of
The Wig to prevent her Commissioners
from holding out the example of law
breakers to the evil disposed Poor old
LtoCll " Our very eve, wecp blood /" TO ser