The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-01-21
Wheeliug gegister.
From the Moundsville National.
Marshall County Tax Cases.

the compromise of the same by the au.
thorities Of the county. are being made
the matter of considerable comment.
cannot understand why this should
be so. Marshall county commenced as
sessing the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company, with taxes in the year 1864
and has made an assessment every
year since. She claimed the privilege
Of exercising this right, the Company
has uniformly denied that such right
exists. The county and the Company,
went into the courts to settle the dis
pate. This is right about which there
is no dispute. The matter has been in
law for some six years during which
time several honest attempts were made
to compromise but without success.
Each of the parties maintaining all the
while the justice and legality OF its side
As the day fixed for the hearing in the
Supreme Court Of the United States was
nearing at hand, the parties, which
was their right in the matter,
agreed to make another effort at
compromise The Supervisors of
Marshall county appointed a
committee Of their number to 60 to Bal
timore, there to meet the officers Of the
Company tor said purpose. They met
the County, which, acting through its
authorized committee, agreed to take
$25, 900 and the Company pay all costs
The Company offered $4,000. This
conference lasted two days. The Com
pany finally agreed to pay the county
the $25,0 900 and costs Of suits, and thus
the matter was compromised. Well
now what about all this, if Marshall
county is satisfied, who has a right to
complain? Certainly no one, unless
it might be some busy body who is dis
posed to concern himself about other
peoples matters But the Mte/iigencer
says "the people Of Marshall county
are entitled to know all the facts in the
case" and insinuates that the facts
would he kept concealed unless some
Wheeling newspaper would disclose
them. The people Of Marshall county,
if acquainted with the facts in any case,
are certainly quite familiar with the
facts constituting the history Of these
cases from first to last. And not only
this. From the high character aud
standing of the gentlemen who com
posed the County's committee, their
report as to what they did at Baltimore
in the compromise matter (Which
was made public Immediately on their
return) was then and is now re-
ceived with as much credence as
though it had been printed in the col
umns of the Wheeling IntelEyeacer.
We have been Of the oninion down
here that Marshall county if she got
into a difficulty or found a law suit on
her hands had n perfect right TO
prosecute it through to the bitter end
or compromise it just as she saw Tit,
without consulting with the MtcNtgsHcer,
Governor Stanton or ANYBODY else
But it seems we have been mistaken.
We certainly did not intend to treat the
MteiEgencer, nor Governor Stanton dis
respectfully by any means, we thought
we had a right to settle our suit without
saying anything to them about it but
then the best of us are liable to he mis-
taken. We take it for granted that the
gentlemen who does the quill business
for the mteiligsncer as well as Governor
Stanton, are in some manner the
guardians OF Marshall county; whether
selfconstituted or not is immaterial.
OF course they have a right to be con-
suited. No not these gentleman for
thew Eare both grammar scholars and
could not certainly imagine they were
guardians for Marshall county, if they
are not really so. We are all very
sorry for this seeming discourtesy to-
ward these gentlemen, but upon our
word and honor we didn't know that
these gentlemen should be arcd whether
we should assume the great response
bilitv of attending to our own private
business or not.
Oh, if we had just thought of seeing
these gentlemen before Chat fatal 9TH Of
January when) this tax was compro-
missed, what a peck OF trouble would
have beep saved. o, gentlemen, think
OF the beautiful couplet of the poet
That mercy ] to others show, that
mercy show to me-" o, can't you, wilt
YOU, won't you. If either Of these
gentlemen had ever intimated that they
would have given us $4,000 for our
suit they could have had it, and accord
ing to their showing would have made
q NICE speck.
We did not think OF getting Mr..
Lamb into any trouble when we saw
proper to commit to his care and keep
ing the interests Of our country in these
cases. This latter was done with implicit
confidence in his ability as a lawyer,
and integrity as a man, and Marshall
county, so far from giving favor to the
foul aspersions sought to be fastened
upon him, is fully satisfied with all that
he has done as her counsel in the man.
spement of her cases, and rejoices to-
dav that her confidence in Mr.. Lamb
has never been misplaced. 1t mag have
been wrong for Mr.. Lamb, when ap
piled to by US, to have given an opinion
about a compromise Of our case with
out consulting these gentlemen, but am
certain that Mr.. Lamb has too much
goodness of heart, and is too well ac-
ouainted with the rules of propriety to
have wilfully, knowingly and malicious
" shocked the sensihilities of these men
in the manner he has l hope they will
forgive him also, and permit him to
still follow his profession; Was it not
from the fact that our load OF guilt, is
now so heavy, and our forgiveness some
what doubtful, we would say to these
gentlemen that it was all our fault, for
we did really ask Mr.. Lamb about the
matter; if we had not so done, ! don t
suppose he would have said anything