The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-06
THE ESCROW PROPOSITION.


IL the County Court shall refuse to
accede to the escrow proposition Of Con.
Burnside that body is beyond hope.
Let US SEQ.
The court At first refused to reinstate
the donation contract because the "dona-
ton" was illegal. But Judges Mulkey, Al
len and Green, and Lawyers Gilbert, Lin
egar, Mum and Lansden have de-
cided that the County Court had
authority 10 make the contract, and that II
is yet binding on the people. The County
Count has in is brooches pocket tho
written opinion Of the legal adviser Of
the county. reviewing the whole question,
and declaring what 10 known - the dona-
ton contract - legal. So, away goes that
peg.
Again. Judge Bross has asserted that
there IL . swindle In this matter. What
does he moan by that assertion? Does he
mean, that IL the bonds are Issued they
will be stolen, and the road not built7 II
he does, here is the reply. You are not
asked 10 deliver the bonds until the road
Is completed, and the trains are running
from Cairo to vincennes, and gentlemen
'eho represent tdraSie property to the
ratue Of one million fre hundred
thopsdnd dollars stard ready to enter into
bend that they ,oiA repay the one hundred
thousand dollars If the bonds shail be either
Incorporated or lost. So, away goes
another peg.
Bot again. When driven 70 this point
we are told that the road will Be built
even IL the county docs not restore
the contract. Time Is Of
the essence Of our contract with promised
prosperity, and We must act promptly.
Refusal TO restore the contract will throw
impediments in the way of the construc-
tion Of the road, and delay II for years
and, indeed, the refusal may defeat it
altogether. General Burnside says 1t will,
unless property owners Of Cairo shall en-.
ter into n bond, the condition Of which
shall be, that If the County Court of
Alexander county does not issue TO the
G. q v. Railroad Company, within three
years, 100000 of bonds, the sur,ties shall
pay to 'aid company that sum in cash. II
she court shall refuse to restore the con-
tract, or acceed to Burnsidss last PROPOSE.
ton, this bond must BE- msde or the work
dies. 80, there goes another peg.
Here We sec that all the objections Of
Judge Bross are conclusivsly replied to.
To the objection urged by one of the
court that he is opposed 10 all railroads, |
and will not consent to aid the Cairo and
St. Louis any more than the Cairo and
Vincennss there is no reply that can be
made. We do not wish TO debate with the
elass to which he belongs. Argument
with Rip Van Wrinkle would avail As
much.
And, now, will all the objections Of the
court, except the anti.railroad objection,
answered with the names Of majority Of
all the voters in the county signed to q
petition praying the court to restore the
contract; with citizens who pay two-thirds
Of all the taxes of the county
begging that tho prayer of the De-
ton DO granted; with men representing
. million and a-half Of property volun-
teering to guarantee the county by bond,
jointly and severally entered into, that the
bonds placed in escrow shall not DO mis-.
appropriated or lost, how can the court
refuse to comply with the request of the
people7 What they are asked do all the |
lawyers say Is legal; the county 10 in no
danger Of losing the bonds; interest will |
not begin to run on them until the road |
is finished the bonds will not DO delivered |
TO Burnside before that time; all tho
people in the county, (but miserable few
snti-railroad, anti-telegraph, and anti
school-house men) are anxious that the
road should be constructed; Q large ma
jority Of the voters and taxpayers Of the
county are anxious to have the bonds
issued, and-wsll, how can the court re-
fuse = They cannot refuse because the
restoration Of the contract would be lille
gal, or because the bonds might be issued
and the road not obtained, or because the
people are not in favor Of the poll.
cy Of issuing them. If they refuse the
prayer Of the petition to BE- presented To-
day, it will DO for some other reason, and |
no other reason is good reason.
RELIABLE AND SAYE.--Dr. Henrys
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