The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1868-04-18

lnhSfn" Hau no Idult whatever, to
find with him. We had fall confidence
in his honesty, and efheRT, and that
he had deep and abidS NoSense Of his
oathani~pflice, and would be trua,sand
fait tie rights aud interest II. the
,cit knows, and it wacfun-
eiamsxp the ssslct,
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but
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there any hardship, anything = =
able to him, anything unreasonaf -
beyond our authority in requiriFs ,lis s
of him We had deliberated, wet nau
taken legal advice, we had resolveu 20 -
la2intain to the last effort the righis VI
~ arfage in defiance @, me
q and all private indiVlo"ais'
u this, was it Just OK fea-
Il n beet that we should not
Lila h but au end to an arrange
'ment VIII would perpetually divert
from US me public money? Admitting
we W = wrong in making the agreement;
faithlcss in breaking it, was our own
Wharfmaster to sit in judgments on US,
and by an extraordinary course of con
duet lend aid and encouragement to the
party whose interests are directly adj
ve< sothose of the city which he Claims
to represent. Certainly, Mr.. GARNER,
it could have done neither you or the
city any harm for you to have come for
ward when requested and changed the
form of your bond, while all can see
that it fits exactly with the interesk and
wishes of the other side, since he in
sists that our agreement is still in force,
and would by all means have you hold
on to the Office This may all be very
proper and perfectly consistent with the
duties of public officer, and you must
so regard it, or you would not consent to
occupy such position, but you must
not be unkind towards us if we are com.
PEELED to regard the matter in a different
light
You reject our advice, you disregard
our instructions, you defy our authority.
Heretofore we have believed that we
were invested solely with power to con
troll and appropriate the city revenue,
and we have been so foolish as TO believe
that our officers were somewhat and in
some trifing matters subject to ou7 con
troll. You sublime in aspiration soar
above all restraints, and your exabcraut
dignity mounts higher than the source
from whence it flowed 1t is truess you
alledge that the Council overlooked the
fatal eI.-s.-s-t-iI.. Sa.a-- bond ...-lst ceued
1t. But neither our acceptance r APP
proval could give it validity in dfance
of law. You declined positively to
amend your bond. We asked yot for
no additional security. We teulered
you all the time you might desire.
If you differed with us as to the
necessity of this step, Difference 70 the
body of men of whom You held your
Office, should have prompted your ac
quiescence. After thus refusing to cor
rect your bond as we politely requested,
aud which correction we regarded IS in
dispensably necessary to qualify ym as
an officer, nothing short of your own
assertion, and the fact itself would have
mae us believe, that you would still as
sumo to be Wharfmaster, or consent to
exercise an Office under such crcum
stances. We gave you, we believ, two
or three weeks to reflect we'll upol the
matter, aud days in advance you were
fully advised of wat our action would
be. We claim OF sburse that youilleg
ally usurp an Office to which you have
no right, and to protect the interests of
the city, we were bound to act and give
public notice of our action. K was
painful to US, but unavoida ble We
hope yet prosecution will not be neces-
O. 10 maintain our just authority, and
theqhterests of the city. A public off
Ger should do nothing contrary to tle.
Interests of the community he repre-
sents. You must admit that wharfage
is sSspaterial value to the city, aud
the ne it is the duty of every city
off eel - saiptain that right.
: Nh sou think of the City
pr. IN the Olty fC0un-
III either should take
1y on behalf All, the
e? Do you Relieve
q Steele has VI host
's:szE to W. Who in AID I;cl.
man most desires you to remain tVbarf-
master at the present time, and H.
terms under which you inteAd - ID
Minister the Office
Ir,darstand ua do ma So
sainst
for
Is re-
entire
of the
lie dis
4 the asb-aty OF epHr
o some verY PLAIN
20 of this subjedt; es-
pecii - PERSONS less charitable than
on les might possibly look upon your
mdS4s and intentions with invidious
eyes, and thus wrong you more than we
would
A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL.
HANDLER like love is born blind, and
sh5dld be so represented. If love never
sees a vice, SANDER never sees virtue.
1t can never make others what it wishes
them to be, but always makes itself what
it desires to make others. It strikes at
others, but itn blows reeoil upon its own
head. 1t is 4 doAshat bites the bitter
o TO l iaep's serpent, It
may fasten its fangs upon another. and
do it but too successfully; though it