The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-01-14
County Printing.

County Printing.
A more disgusting farce was never enac-
tea,' than that by which.the board of Coun
ty Commissioners, at their late session, earn
cd for themselves place in the list Of polit.
Zeal bigots
We knew that we had: sirce the breaking
out the rebellion, ,::pursued course diffrent
in politics, from that pursued by a majority
of the honorable members of the board Of
County Commissioners Of Goodhue County;
which we Claim is quite as Republican, and
much more patriotic and manly; but it never
once entered our mind that the honorable
gentlemen aforesaid, had or would, or conld,
arrogate to themselves the right to sit in
judgment on our political actions or belief !;
and we had altogether too much charity for
human nature, though lcqucnt'y exhibited
IN its worstforms of dcpravity, to harbor for
an instant the thought, that we had, by ad-
:ocating policy which we ardent|y cher.
'af, brought upon ourself the condemnation
aforesaid board of County Commissioners.
In the simplicity Of our soul, we thought
the gentlemen composing that board were
elected to attend to the hmpv, eL interests OF
the county; but it turns out that they think
they We're elected TO watch over the moral
developments Of certain individuals: to build
up the interests Of a certain political party:
. to provide ways and means Of giving bread
and butter to political favoritcs, and Of Civ
ing the breath of existence to party organs
at the expense Of the county, for whose
benefit we had loolshly supposed they were
i, especially appointed to labor.
We propose now to lay before our render:
statement Of one Of the most dastard'y
transac. ions that has ever been perpetpatc ed
by any body Of men entrusted with the
public interests, within our recollection
On the last day Of the session Of the board
We were at the Court House, Attending t.
private business at the Clerk Office. Ilav
ing finished up our business, out OF curiosity
more than from any other motive, We
stepped into the Commissioners Court.
When we went in, We had not the least
ilea that we were interested personally ir
any matter there, and the following com1nu
nication rather took us by surprise:
"T the Gentlemen CONFUSING tue Bou1a o.
Gtstn s 'o"t's Of q oahue County:
have the honor, gentlemen to submit
for your consideration some propositions il
regard 70 the County printing, as follows
to wit:
WHEREAS, In this time Of national ant
local arrangement Of financial affairs It be
hooves corporations. as we'll ~ individuals
TO 50 order their pecuniary matters that the!
may receive lair remuneration for thei
public and private services, and that eacl
and every person may be mutually bsnetitte,
in al business transactions: And,
WHEREAS, 1t is meet and proper tha
our County lr.nting should be done b.
some person representing the views of
majority Of the citizens Of the county, VIII
have the debt to pay: And,
:, WHEREAS, The Goodhue Couaty Reput
lican is now, and ever has been, the expo
nent and advocate Of tho political principle
cherished by the people Of this county:
,., TnEnEroRE, That the Rpublicon ma
receive a .nerited support, hereby respcc,
fu,lj offer-tirst, To DO the County Pr,ntin
for fair remuneration. A, the ra'e Of II,
cents a description for advertising lands sol
for taxes, a publisher would he amply re
warled For less figure than that, q FIJI
return for his labor could not Le had, an
the paper taking the job would not be ben@
fitted by it. therefore propose to adve
t,sc all such lands for the sum above mer
lioned--:Hse cents a descript oa.
also propose, if elected County Prin.e
to Go all the County printing for reason
able profit on my labor.
For the reasons above given, the princp
one Of which is, that the Republican part
iu Goodhue County may have an orgy
which shall not only represent their polite
'' principles, bnt 10 abe to Hre By their aid.
respectfully submit the foregoing.
.. CIlAS. l.. DAVIS,
Publisher Goodhue Co. Republican.
Per E. A. L,rrLEFIELp,
Jan. 8, 1862. Agent and Editor
We have no comments tn make on the cou
munica,ion ITSELF We say nothing about 4
absurdity ofthe assumption that the Rspub
l. can expresses the political sentiments OF Il
people .: the county, when it has hscon
notorious that when left to the manageme
" Of its nominal editor it never expressed a
sentiment At all. Nor do we care to me
g ssion the want Of modes.y exhibited by
unreasonable Breckenridge democrat, wht
- bogus conversion to Rsputiseanism was o.
secured by = small job in the Repaa:t
office. in arross,i"g to himself the respor
rsa deposition ofpub'ic reposisor and sepress
:& i've ef the political sai,h Of the peoK
.4o Nor do We make any ua.e OF the anxI,
exhibited to procure job, in Offering to
10 the same for hail the prics fixed by Ia
r. :. - u.