The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-14
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see in your last issue another article
from e Anti-Mover," upon the subject of re-
moving and rebuilding the Court House.
And one would suppose from his articles,
and especially his eognomen, that I and
Random Shot, were both movers" or
informers of some other location for the
Court Honse, than the " old site" and there
fore in his articles, he styles himself Anti
mover J" Well I suppose he is an Anti
mover . in reference to this, and perhaps in
all other things, as he seems, from his un-
der thrusts; to be much troubled about
movers or migrators generally, and
therefore, as his argument goes the Court
House should not be moved or located any
where else, but should be built upon the
same old site, same old hallowed spot.
Now can't exactly see any thing, neither
/ IN my article, or In the article Of Random
Shot, that indicates in the least, that we,
or either of US preferred, any other location
| to the one SO zealously eontended for By
this Antismover" Be it haIlowed or
unhallowed, or be we movers, OF q Anti
movers" that amounts to but IittIe-iust
nothing-only serving to furnish this pen
mover, some pretty [2) little fourishes for
the newspaper all. The simple ques-
ton is this: Shall the honest people of the
| county, be required, out of their hard earn
ings, by way of direct taxation, to pay for
| those burned and vacant lots surrounding
the old site Of the Court House, when per-
haps, site equal in every way, to the wants
of the county, can be had for nothing2 That's
the question and not as to whether that old
site is hallowed or more haIlowed, than
any other which might be had There is, 1
have no doubt, a strong feeling cherished by
some, In favour of the old site that, may be
hallOwed feeling too, aught know OF
care. 1t looks to say the least of it. like a
/ feeling of self interest; that, you know is a
very hallowed matter But l am not
prepared to say, that such feelings are al
ways culpable, or ever so, unless carried too
| far but, to ask those who are not at all in
/ terested, who would not be benefited in the
least whose personal interests would not be
! promoted one iota, to pay tax, of perhaps
several thousand dollars, to promote the pri-
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others, who are interested-deeply inter
ested, looks to me, as carrying that feeling
little too far. No. my notion is this, and if
1 am not mistaken, that of Il Random Shots"
! too let those who are interested, those who
own other property and interests in the
vicinity Of the proposed improvement
property and interests which would be en-
hanced in value by the improvement, pay for
these vacant lots, out of their oWn pockets,
and not call upon the honest citizens of the
county whose interests could not in any
way be promoted thereby, to pay for them.
Remove the Court House and build it on
some other site; what then, viii the property
adjacent to the old site be worth ? How
much will its value be deprecated What
viii those fine stores and business houses
rent for then Not much, perhaps not
more than half their present rates. That
will be considerable falling of, at once,
and in a few years, they viii not rent at all,
or if they do, for little or nothing Whose
loss will all this be ? Not the peoples who
live in the country for they have no inter
est in them but the loss viii be, to the
owners of these vacant lots and other prop
erty near by. Let them, then, in view of
their olCn individual interests, to sustain the
value of their O1on property, or rather to in
crease its value, pay for those lots and giUe
them to the county. This would protect
their interests and insure the permanancy
of their value and renumerating rents. If
they fail or refuse to do this, then let the
Court House be located somewhere else,
where another lot can be had for nothing to
the county, and then we will halow it,
then we will have two "hallowed spots "a
decided improvement, l suppose. If how
ever, as I suggested in my former article, it
be necessary to b1ly, and rebuild the Court
House on the old site, why let the people be
taxed to pay for it but if not necessary, and
the citizens and those owners of this prop
erty in town desire to have it there, let them,
pay for it. For they and they alone, can or
will be benefited
Should there be one or more lots upon
this old SITE and in the way of clearing of
the Square, owned by persons or parties who
own no other interests which would be pro-
noted by these public improvements, or It's
proximity to the Square, they should be paid
a fair and reasonable compensation for them
by those who do and whose interests would
, be enhanced thereby. This would be fail
, and just as between the interested parties
2 but it would be neither fair nor just, as be
2 tween them and the tax payers IN th,
+ country to call upon them by taxation to pay
+ for such lots, when their private and indi
+ vidual interests would not, and could not b,
e at all benefited, by the location Of the Cour
4 House either upon this old " hallowed spot
or some other spot, yet to be hallowed. /
/ would be all the same to them in the countr
t whether at the one place OF the other.
DARWIN
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