Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-02-28
',IFor tns Democratic Enquirer

i.Young Americs ''to pull up his shirts
collar aSiost his hat, lOOk over 'he
Ground and submit his views.
s.Ths removal Of the County seat
.Iways attended by the most bitter ana
relentless strife, is thrown among US as
hone az contention. And why should
I remain at McArthur OnO could say,
and truthfully too; because hrst' 1ne
county buildings are already there seC'
ondIy, its tne healthy situation; thirdly,
i,s aue county roads ceDteriOg az inat
point fourt6ly, its central location
and lastly, though not least, IN me esq,
nation of its citizens, they do not aodn'
| Il to be removed, because i viii lessen
I,he value Of their property. NJ" as 70
the frstthree reasons, it may be sala
Is,HonOrse are easy,"laia u. tp 4eVe
| The irst is easily set aside by the lGes
ltLarif the county iSeat is removed, the
tpsrties desiring it, must give bond sui,
6cient TO insure the erection of as good
buildings at the place to which itis r. re-
moved Nuitho4G-auiy. = OK panSA- tOe''the
county by taxation.
! IA for the second, almost any point in
-FOUR county would DO equally as we'll;
for as general rule,o hills aud Iniasma
| do not dwell together. And ss for the
| third. / need but name Dundasa Ham
4 dsn kilensyillo, whose roads are equally
a. coed, if not bettet!g ZAleskimdy fall
d slightly behind in that respect.
A IL has the advantage over all other
a towns, in being the most central point,
b which, however, IL easily overcome by
"A other and moreimportaht advantages that
other places have over It. 4 need not not
y discuss them NOW, bat reserve that for q
u future communication. Now, as to the
dlass reason, let us look over the ground
Z and see what thore IL in that! baolaT sl97
y Iii is asettled fact that there 10 bqtilit-
etle goad feeling existing among the peo.
slple of the country for the citizens o.
( Macarthur, as community 80 Jar 81
! business is concerned. The farmer has
,sEuo market there for his produce Ons-hall
time and, even when 'helihas, he
'-lmusl sell far under the market valuea '-
I 1t is common expression among far'
v merS that t'ten pouads Of butter and five
dozen eggs. will glut the McArthur mar
rIket." Now there is "a reason for this
/ Look at the merchants, druggisls, ShaFds
ware men, physicians, and many trades
!, men and others ;athey have iarnresioi
their own, ,orsat leists a majority Ofthem
have, from which they gather snch sup
q plies as they need, and therefore take no
! produce in exchange for their goods OF
! services. But from the farmer must
I''Shylock like have MONEY money r.
and, he, poor .SsrG must 90 elsewhere 20
I Ifnd market; and the cash, when once
y Maid -OyvI. ylvvS 10 sEOr goa kssk iHte tiEv-
hauSs Of the peOPle2 No. Enough to
keep up their stock of goods goes to
Cincinnati and the Eastern cities, and the
surplus. into bonds not taxable, o. bank
stock. Now these same farmers will be
asked by these dr0nes, Say arenes, be-
! cause they produce nothing for the ben'
eft Of others, to vote in favor Of the
! privilege Of cOntinuiDgto make honey
sslfor their use~-to keep the county tseatiat
J McArthus becauess they want it therer-
!: and to save their property from decreas-
i, Wing in value. 80 ,-a.sg
Have they so acted heretofore that We.
I the people, ought to belpthsm? Il
The next question claiming our a:ten'
( tttion IS The contemplated Railroad from
: aakDundas to Macarthur. Several of these
: gentlemen were at Chillcothe this week
! AM met the officers Of the NJ. & G. r r.,
: askiTg them to assist in building that
!, branch roads, Now that is all laudable
! and we'll enough, and no one would be
! better pleased tAau 1 to see The siron
! horse" snorting through the valley up to
!. the little, old fashioned town cOff Near
l thur, as they need sOmethiDgItO awaken
! an energy sufficient to develop the inex-
! haustable treasures Of this mineral re.
: gion, b1or a5, .
II 1t seems that these gentlemen met with
but little encouragement, except that
i they we're told that they could have the
J. track which is graded tWo-thirds of the
I way, to do as they pleased with IT.. Or,
3 if one Of the gentlemen would prove to
= them that his coal above Macarthur
I would make good iron and would give
a thsmlsa deed for it they would build the
= SItroal. Or Il Ihe gitiggg would 3 giyV al.9sa
bonus OF S3O, 600, they would finish it.
z Ths fact is money Was the governing
with them, and If the rOat
,,sEwould pay them, they would build it.-7
!. :. kF or one /, am satisfied that . rail roat
& simply to Macarthur, and no further, will
= y mot pay any company. In this connec
4 n ton here 10 one thing state for the CON
4 TIsiderstion OF the farmer and laborinl
,SEman. lOne Of that committee, Banl
y President and bond holder believe
~ tthoss interested are nearly all bOnl
;. .. holders,) said on yesterday that 9 tal
,st would be levied upon the, people of tn
4 county to build that road And, VIII
: : would. pay i prsys Those same boG'
. holding gentlemen? No, indeed
! Their surplus capital is exempt from tax
alton. And the slaboring men and far
!, mera who dslYe 10 the earth, labor II
, tha workshops. and till the soil, bul