Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-08
BOscobel Savings Bank-County Divis-
ion.

ion.
The Boscobel Appeal mapifests some
dissatisfaction with the special OPP
position shown by some of the local>
tiles Of Grant County 10 the BoScobeE
SdUings Bank-the vote against said
Bank cast at Lancasterand Platteville
being especially accounted. The Ap-
pgal considers that the votes QgaiaSt
said Bank betray an envious state OF
mlnd IL certain parts toward Bosco-
bel and perhaps toward certain per>
sons in that vicinity.
How far these fears Of the appeal
may be founded in truth or unfound-
cd Of course we cannot Judge, because
men go in pairs and scores to the
ballot box under the lead of "tke man
4acinQ a motiUe," as Dickens calls
him. AS to banks in general we
have voted against them ever since
Jackson, aud must not be cIassed
among those having jealous anxieties.
Wevote against banks upon principle,
though in case Of tho Bosoobel Saw
ings Bank we confess TO having our
old predjudices especially revived by
what appeared in tho newspapers,
particularly in The article contributed
for the Herald by oae who said be
had examined the law and found il
rotten But for Che very reason that
Boscobel appeared DESTROYS Of having
i Savings Bank Charter we deemed
i beat 10 refer the matte to locality
@lono and accordingly wa printed no
tickets on The suhject. Had III re
been q proposal for charter an
votes solicited for q Savings b, !. a
Lancasler,iwith the boai men IN town
for Directors and two OF the h0liest
saints Of the land named tor Presi-
dent and Cashier, we should have
made war in the Herald against the
concern and voted mo" all day, for
this reason alone, that we leok upon
all such banking as only legaiized
swiudlng. And though having con
stitutional objections TO seeing Bos-
cobei or any other town ''in the ont
skirts of the county" up with a
bank charter and off towards der
DEUEL., we should from policy be will
ing to not NEEDLE till some men
travel SO near the Internal pit as to
smell birthstone. Wo cannot rec~
ognize the assumed law laid down by
the Appeal, virtually, that because
they are sensitive upon certain see
iional issues, therefore, We at Ian
easter shonld by all means keep in
FAVOR with localities in the outskirts
ri the county. We admit that de-
cent prudence in meddling with local
issues especially concerning the bor-
der towns is TO be expected and
conceded. But such rule must not
be expected to extend to issues in
volving great principles, among which
for Illustration are banks, and other
chartered monopOiies the state laws
authorizing the people every where
10 vote upon the question of their
existence. The late C00per'S Institute
ut Boscobel was another In point ia
which the people far and wide were
"a deeply interested rs were the citi~
ZenS OF D0Seooel
As to any action taken by the
gentlemen named by the appeal,
they may answer or not We should
mention, however, that these several
Savings Bank charters were ali
largely defeated in the State. the
people in hundreds Of places voting
against them, probably with no such
incentiva as envy or jealousy.
COUNTY DIVISION QUESTION TO BE RE
VIvEp-THREE COUNTIES.
We copy IS follows from the Ap-
peal article
"Of course those gentlemen had a
sight also 10 prose the bank, bus
u0t TO use tne means employed
from ear understanding ct the present
condition Of the public mind in Grant
County Il Is desirable for Lancaster
20 keep favor Of localities in the OUT
skirts Of the county There is a
strong sentiment IN some places in
favor of division of the county into
tbree new ones. Boscobel has heres
.oiore taken but l.ttle notice OF THIS
movement. The action above refer
rsd 10 has had the effect t. Increase
the division interest, on st least 80
attract consideration toward it. We
have heretofore refused TO mention
il. We have now two communica
tions on our table from responsible
parties tavoring The division. One
Of them il ia the interest OF q part
Of Crawford and RichIand countie
and presents some fair reasons. We
do not desire such strife at present.
DO not crowd us
Now this venerable acquaintance
comes about once in seven years, al
ways with pretense of wounded
Innocence as an apology, and with
the usual array Of lusts 10 tempt and
seduce people. The property hold
inc masses do net reproduce this
peTiodical visitor The torpid seven
raarling is warmed into lite and 10,
comotiou by the few in the county
Who cannot await their turn at The
oA;cial machine there not being of
ices enough to supply the growing
demand. There are bat six paying
county offices eighteen such are
demanded, or three sets lnsleau oI