Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-13

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nes our review Of this instFu.
s be- bseH somewhat i'm.
~ ~ lhe addition Of our 9th.
- ne additional names
osaof lEesaFs. B. B. Thomas,
Joseph BazslasEy, B. MeNamars,
md George Calvert, and thus
amended and improved it was re-
hHed, BY the Board Of Mayor
and Aldermen last Friday night,
70 the City Attorney and the Fl
nance Committee.
Several gentlemen whose names
peared upon the original instru.
ment have declared themselves
seriously Agrieved by our crit.
esms. We are indeed surprised
70 find that any one should enter
tain such sentiment. There i q
vast difference between going on
an individual bond and that Of q
public oflcisl- In the first in
stance only the individual Is to be
consulted, but in the other the
public hsve 9 right to canvass, ex-
anime and criticize the bond Of q
public officer. And gentlemen
who append their names to instru.
mants Of this kind, should antici.
pate Il. In fact they should court
Il For IL they attempt to avoid
Il and endesyor by undue haste to
force the instrument upon the
people, it naturally excites suspi.
cion. The public records are the
property Of the people, and any
citizen has 8 right to examine
them, and the officers having them
10 charge dare not deny this right.
we are simply performing what
We believe to be our duty
70 the public, and in no spirit
Of III will to the gentlemen whose
names appear upon the bond
Of Mr.. Webber do We parade Their
names before the public. They
have voluntarily placed themselve:
ID this public attitude. It is nc
oct Of ours. They could have
avoided It had they desired. Be
sides why should they object t.
this investigationp We know
them all too well to think for {
moment thaty the wish to thrus'
upon the people OF viCksburg
their own fellow citizens, q bond
NhiCh is legally worthless. Al
good citizens, such as we recog.
hize each one Of them, ii should be
their wish that the Mayor, having
In charge q million dollars Of city
bonds and oil the money collected
from the various sources Of reve
nue. controlled by the city, shoulC
give a good bond. To secure al
the money and bonds conhded Il
his care he is only required X
give bond for 100000. Thi
sum does not cover one-tenth tn
amount which it is provided un
der the Charter and Ordinance.
be shall control. We cannot i'm
agine, in the first place, why citi
zens should manifest such q desir,
to go upon the bond Of an un
known and irresponsible carpet
bagger. II he was a citizen in
whom the people, delighted and
in whom they repOsed the mos
implicit confidence there would be
some justification. But it is no.
toFiOus that the majority Of sign
ers to Mr.. Webber's bond are
those who have signed it out OF
other consideration than conf.
dence in the integrity and hon.
esty Of Mr.. Webber. Two
Of the names as they now
appear upon the bond have been
placed there from interested
motives. We refer to Messrs. B.
r Thomas and E. S. Butts.
These gentlemen are officers ofthe
Vieksburg Bank, and Mr.. Webber
stated to the Board Of Aldermen,
that be had contracted with these
gentlemen to make theirs, the
Bank Of Deposit, if they would
make his bond. The other sign
ers to the bond have appended
their names, as many of them have
told ", cut Of regard for, and at
the request Of the officers of the