The union Democrat., 1869-04-24
Not Satisfied.

a short time ago We took occasion to call
/ the attention nf our citizens to the indebted
nes. claimed by this county, from that of STAN
islaus. giving the facts connected with its his
| tory. and endeavoring TO show the necessity
of having the matter settled judicially. if it
could not be done otherwise. After the pub
| lcation of this article, the editor of the Tuo-
umne City Ncrs. saw proper to assail the
people of this county, charging them with
having put up q fraudulent claim. for the
purpose of robbing the strong-box of Stanis-
laus County. And in his last paper, charges
us with drawing wrong conclusions from bis
article on the question in dispute between the
two countless he must certainly labor under
mistake, but one conclusion can be drawn
| from what he writes, When he says: This
shows conciusively that the claim OF Tuolum-
ne County against this county is fraudulent,
gotten up entirely with view of speculation
by officials" Such language as this is the
staple Of all his articles on this question, and
will no: admit of a wrong conclusion. His
remarks which we presume, he thinks, dis
play great ability are not in accordance with
facts that are within the knowledge of many
persons now living in the two counties.
We have been surprised that the editor of
paper, which it is fair to presume prefers,
''facts and logical deductions in matters un-
der dispute" should show such an entire want
Of knowledge Of the matter in issue as he has
evnced by the courteous manner in which
he has treated it, We fail to see courteous
dealing on his part; he may not wish the peo-
pie of his county to be taxed to pay this debt,
that would be right, but because he wishes
that, he cannot justify himself in using the
language that he has toward the citizens
of this county. We know there are but few
persons in Stanislaus who were there when
the counties were divided and the disputed
debt apportioned. For that reason. when the
editor of the Ne,cs made such baseless asser-
rions as he did, we could not let them pass
unheeded, and allow those citizens of that
county who knew little or nothing about this
matter, to be led to believe by their local pa
per, that we were illegally trying to get mon
ey from them.
If this editor treats all his subjects with the
same degree of truth that he has this one,
we fear that it was entirely unnecessary for us
have noticed him. He has failed to present
single fact showing that the debt is not )e-
gal, but continually abuses the people of this
county for endeavoring to bring the matter
into court for adjustment. In regard to the
information which he states to have received
from former Supervisor of this county who
to ''the best of his recollection was acting in
that capacity at the time the last payment was
made, he says we have attempted to place
him in false position, whether we did or not
he acknowledges that he has had no conver-
sation with any man who was a member of
the board at the time the last payment was
made, and then proceeds to argue because
the question of interest had not arisen seven
years ago, that We have no right to claim It
now, and by the language he uses Shows his
utter ignorance concerning the whole thing.
If he would inform himself, of what he writes
beforehand he will not be apt to make such
an amusing appearance as he rises higher
and higher with his sparkling humor and
crushing sarcasm.
1t was always known that this county claim
ed interest on the debt and the people, or the
officials of Stanisaus knew that the--question
could not arise so long as she paid the amount
required by the legislature to be set apart for
its liquidation, which they failed to do soon
as their payments amounted to the principal
sum named in the warrant. They claim that
they have paid the principal; we claim that
they have paid interest only. That is the
whole case, and we fail to see any reason for
the editor of that county, to charge US with
fraud for pursuing what our people believe to
be their right. He has tried the case to the
! full extent of his power, it is now to be tried
in court of justice, we would advise him to
maintain a better temper than he has shown
in controversy with us, and await judicial
determination, as all his vaporings can end
in nothing more than empty sound.