The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-07-30

sioners are not acting in good faith.
That there action is a [" mere pre-
tense" and " that Il the Republican
ticket Is elected this Fall the tax
payers of Morgan county may ex-
pect the pike roads to be built
Nc baser or more contemplate al
lusIon could be made no meanor
attack upon the individual integrity
of men could be made, than this
The Commissioner ofMorgan coun
ty are men of honor and high per-
sonal creuit. and when they SAID
that they would do nothing more in
the matter of building pixies, they
meant It,"
The above is extracted from n
leading editorial in the Herald of
last week. II the Republi.
cans who signed the call for n Peo-
pies Convention of calling the ac-
ton of :he Commlssi oners, IN u.s.
suing their "manifesto," n "mero
pretense," &C., and says Of said Re.
publicans, that they could have made
mo baser or more contemplate allu.
sion; no meaner attack upon the
individual integrity of men," and
concludes by passing a high enco-
MUM upon The personal honor and
credit of said Commissioners, and,
consequently, condemns the sayings
of said Republicans, as false, aud
even libelous in a moral sense. AL
though the language above quoted,
which the Herald charges the Repub-
lican signers Of the call with utter
ing, is ouT language, wo take 1t for
granted that said Republican signers
of tho call uttered the same in the
presence Of tho editor of the Herald,
or his friends, and now take the
liberty Of justifying SAID Republic
cans, which the HERALD thinks have
%disgrOced themselves by signing
said call. Within the memory of
most of our youngest voting popu.
l%ation, the Court House Of Morgan
county was built. These young
men, as we'll as tho older ones, re-
member that the thon Commission.
ers Of Morgan county submitted the
expediency of building said Court
House to the voters of the county
at a general election, and the resul:
was that the electors Of the county
voted three to M against building the
ne1 Court House. Now, what did
those Commissioners do in the face
of this expression Of the people2 p
rbe presence Of our new Court
House answers the question. Those
Commissioners immediately, re-
gardlcss of the voice of the people
so decidedly expressed, went to
work and taxed the people of Nor
gaE county and built the now Court
House. We would ask now, who
wero those county Commissioners
who acted thus peridiously with the
people2 Anybody acquainted with
the county officers Of Morgan for the
past few years can answer tins
question! All know that Joshua
Davis, the present head and front
OF our board of Commissioners, was
the head and front OF the board that
built the new Court House against
the expressed will of the people,
which he, himself, had asked TO be
expressed Yes, fellow citizens, IF
Morgan, Joshua Davis taxed you
to build a new Court House agains.
your expressed will, and we now
ask. in common honesty, if every
Republican ard Democrat of Nor
gan County is not justified in say
ing that the same Joshua DAVIS will
tax you again rithout your assent,
particularly ifyou choose to support
u ticket which evcry one knows to
have been nominated.as a Pike ticket.
The Herald man may accuse you
as incapable Of making emo baser
or moro contemplate allusion no
meaner attack upon individual IN
tegrity," but you a answer that
the head man of our present board
of Commissioners has done this
thing which you have charged will
be done, and that you believe, in all
honesty. what you have charged
will be done In case the Republican
Pike ticket is elected.
B6- The irie DDS of the C0nserUa-
the will have a good opportunity to
solicit subscription for it at the
places of holding the primary cleo.
tons on Saturday.
Ba5- The steamer Carrie Brooks