The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-01
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sHuvensag ADMINISTRATIVE - gastlee Co. .
tlssf q - agaseas wbe dssirs ibs bss.
saf sni f.s3tesuan - tbs Ar II o0r
eaauuy sbsrs sac people are the Far-
ssnment. isr seisoB u every soisi
sbsnid bs tsken site a doe regard 10
tie ngbts u ether IL delefmiuipg
tts ioession q courts a jusl4es b.
shoald aos be governed euiirsis BY
v4sss 4 bts own rHpenss aud ouuseu.
lsnca. bai SHOULD take iuto considers.
taeH The pstisau add requirements q
eskeH wbo are equally entitled - The
hsesht. ~hieh oou'is confer. II the
spssisigD majority, located ia the eea-
tsrs u pbyuiaiioa. should determine
saeh q question ~ftbout regard ~ The
feAsotable convenience u thc minority
10 lhs more thiniy sgis!ed region
aYonBd ID wouli Lee no ess deed q
wrong than i done by government
iresp5tslhle 10 the psuple. Tie
femosai u courts 81 justice 10
points nt4 EASY II access has been one
II The aels " mir government Of which
tho people u past centuries have most
frequently ccmplaiaed. II certainly
bcounes tho peoples government 10
remember that justice 10 not merely IN
the rich sbo can seek It distance, nor
Tor those citizens who live under the
shadow II ,ts doue. The humblesl cit.
lzeH " the most remote portion Of our
County bias righ; 10 an open court
whose benefits are within reach u his
meaus We believe that the removal
81 the county -seat now located at Man
chester 10 any point further souih
would furnish Iast cause Of complain,
to many Of our citizens
II ~ said that II the two shires were
consolidated. aud only one set Of coun-
y buildings required, our expenses A.
County would he lcsseped Suppose
this - lie true. IL is equally true that
II the counties II Bennington aud Kut.
land we're cunsolida ted, and one set Of
county buildings erected a, Dandy for
the use oil both. the burden Of our tax.
payers as such, vouid be decreased --
But what they would gain IN the de-
crease Of taxation aould be nothing
compared with what they would lose in
their extra expenses at parties, witness
es and lurymeu. No c.tizrn can expect
to escape attending court in some ca
pacity. and il be could, be ought not to
be inseEsible TO the condition Of his
less fortunate neighbors. The ones
ton is not whether II is cheaper TO sup
port one set Of county buildings tba.
1t 10 To support two, but whether the
sire and location Of our county is snch
as to require the supper, Of two. There
isa certain measure OF liberal expense
which IL true economy, aud to establish
that measure ia the case we are con
s,deripg "a by no means diIicnlt. 100.
Three court houses in the county Of
Bennington might be very convenient
for those who attend court. but they
would cause an expense which the con-
vepiepee would not warrant One
eourt house for the whole county
might lessen the publis exnepse bnt !,
uppld crea,e an individual svnA,sa and
incauv.gienre which tlc reduction n,
taxation woald not ins,ifv We believe
,hs ,r.sspt svs,ar, ofhaiain, co,r,s +.
the result Of a mir consideration of IN,
poLts Of all-,s reasonably conyeriep,
for those who attend eourt and not mn.
reasonably svnens,ys N tho fanny.
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