Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-29
Down. on Railroads Great Smoke
Stack but no Fire Strikum DAM
UNI Argumentum.

oIack out no tlre-Strlkum DAM
UNI Argumentum.
BoscoBEL, Wis. Jan. IS, 1867.
ED. OF HERALD:
Though too unwell to write
with comfort or satisfaction, | am
unable to restrain myself from COM
menting upon your very personal,
and i'll natured, article in the HER
AID of the Is inst, reviewing an ar
ticle of mine upon Il. r. taxation,
published in the APPEAR Of the
previous week. You have control
OF press and can publish what You
will. You can shoot your Par
THAN arrows wholly at your dis
erection, while those of us unfortu-
mates who are hit, can only defend
ourselves by your permission. This,
| you will pot now withhold.
LIST. You omit to state, that the
article in question, was an introduc-
tory one, being No /. of a contem-
plated series-in which, no argument
was attempted but, the state of
case, which, in the judgment Of the
writer justified the attack, was sta
ted, to wit: " A continuation al cork
to force upon Grant Co. heauy tao to
aid certain Il. Il. enterprises, dc. 1t
also contained some structures upon
Self Interest Us. Principte," and laid
down the doctrine for the corner
stone of the contemplated argument.
"Ihdt the majority Of q county or
t0ton, haze no right to put upon the
minority, a burdeaSome tar not Ieqtti-
mdtely connected nth the administration
o. ITS government, 1ohich lc0uId operate to
the poslttUe Disadvantage Of tie minor
lty" No one was named, neither
were the motives of any one called
IN question. Mr.. Cover, in perfect
nightmare of suspicious fear, fancy
ing himself to be singled out for
target, jumps from his unquiet bed,
and discharges the whole arsenal Of
blunderbusses with which he is ac-
customed to fortify himself-at ran
dom-half loaded and half cooked.
The voice is terrible, but the exc
cutiOn is bad being all at the ends
tarthest removed from the muzz!e.
Some muskets so contrive it.
As to miss the mark the 3 drive at
And whether aimed at duck or plover
Recoil and kick their owner over
Pray Mr. Cover compose yourself
again to sleep ; and in your waking
hours, cultivate the Christian virtues
OF charity and good will to all men
and let me enjoin you further to for
THY yourself in good conscience.
1t is worth more than all your blun-
derbusses.
1t is denied, that any such comb
nation exists, or that we have or
think we have, any cause to fear the
imposition OF such a tax. Let US
see about this. Ia tho first place. it
is undeniable, that where there is
much smoke, there must be some fire
The HERALD, for several weeks past,
has contained one or more labored
editorial articles each week cone week
excepted urging such taxation.
This speedily called out atwo col
umn article from Mr.. Field, who,
(being a Director in the o. & NJ, r.
r, Co. and having just directed a
survey Of said road through the
county, fully endorses the position
of the Editor, and presses the argu-
ment. To be sure, in a brief dis
claimer which does violence to the
whole tenor OF his performance, he
leaves g loophole Of escape, in case
the effort shall prove abortive and
unpopular but these things, polti-
clans all understand, and need no ex-
! PLANTATION. He has already availed
himself of this means Of escape.
/ (Seo The AppeaL of Jan. S inst.)
Again, Mr.. Cover kn0v5, that in
two instances, the selection Of our
members of the Assembly was con
trolIed by local II. II. interests and
we, here in Boscobel, also know,
/ that the selection of our candidate
turned upon the same matter who,
by the way, is an entirely honorable
and unexceptlonal man.
Now, what did all these fulmina-
tons, and all this strife signify to
US Was it for something, or moth
ing? Were we justified in "pitchlnq
J in, on such grounds, or not? We may
have magnitied the danger, and in
duIged in too much defamation but
this is far better than Indifference or
cowardice. Honestly, and upon so,
Der second thought We find no coca
sion to reproach ourself in this par.
ticular, except for an excess of zeal
in good cause, which those who
know us we'll viii readily excuse.
We had supposed the movements
spoken OF, were designed to pave
the way for the passage 0: Law
this Winter, enabling our county,
and towns to vote the desired tax
but, to our utter astonishment we
learned on yesterday that this Job
is already done to our hands, and the
machinery is all in running order
awaiting the application OF the mo-
tive power to give it life. How many
in the county know of the existence
Of such Law Probably not one
in 100 of our population. We invite
attention to it VIZ Chap. 547 of the
Priv. and Local Laws Of 1866, anC
we ask of those learned in such mat
{ ters, If the Interpretation we ar,
forced to put upon one feature Of it
, is correct, to wit. That whereas
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