The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-05-18
II fCHMOND ID,

try OF that beautiful court house, which you
think is so good for twenty years to come.
Do you in fact, Mr.. Peele, think the people
are fools, that they cannot see through your
thin disguises? And what, after all, is your
arYumeut in favor Of the tax.lnyerf Why,
that TIE removal of the county seat will de-
prse;ate yosr property. And when I say you
or ysur, I mean those who think and tai
like you do. You can talk about taxpayers
but at heart You care nothing for them, and
yos only sought refuge in fight from your
second attempt on the pockets Of the people.
under the pretext of building FIKE-PRooF
VAULTS, when you saw the stern reality Of
the people assuming formidable proportion,
in their determination to change the county
seat 70 Richmond. Now you make great
merit of Withdrawing all your proceedings
from the courts, and have suddenly discover
Cd that the old buildings, vaults and all, will
do for twenty years to come Why Is this
Because ii will hurt the tax.payerf Oh no
but because it will depreciats your property.
But you soothingly tell NJ, that when the
people of Richmond once more ground their
arms and cease to talk about novipa the
eeassy 6Aat, ehsn ySd vim bslievs the1 dou't
intend to tax the people. You do rs no more
than justice when you you say will believe u
il We give you our promise. But in that con-
sists the exact point of difference, for We, and
the large majority of the people Of this coun-
| ~, don't believe the managers at Csntreville,
who think more Of keeping up the credit of
thsir private property, by needlessly sdsnd-
! ng the public money in $4,000 jails, and City
| to one hundred thousand dollar vaults.
And, sir. when We tell you and your friends
that We pay nearly one-half Of the whole
tax, and that every step we take shall be done
openly and ir an honorable spirit, and that
no large sums of money will be xpended
which we do not voluntarily furnish our.
selves, we will be believed. If it were pos
sibls, we would willingly and gladly see the
force of public opinion have its sway in the
peaceahle submis sion to the will of the ma.
jority but you seem determined it shall not
be 70. Be it so. We will do nothing in word
or act to stimulate resentment. unless doing
duty, asserting our rights and the rights of
the majority, have that effect. Fer rest as
sured, sHAf maek scs so1 do, If il lies within
the range Of human possibilities and attain
msnts. Aai before you venture another legal
opinion in public print, upon the power oi
the County Commissionsrs to remove every
brick and stone Of the public buildings to the
new location, commend G. 4 h. statutes and
the decisions Of our Supreme Court, and the
courts Of other States, to your careful con-
sideration. =
Wsare 10 great earnest, Mr.. Peelle, abou
this matter, but we are neither angry nor re
sentful towards you. We esteem the goot
people of Centreville as our friends. But VI
ask that the designing few shall not seek, b.
specious pretexts, to deceive US any more
We intend, with the aid of our numerou
friends throughout the county who, i
; addition to taxes, pay large sums in weal
and tear of horses, buegies, harness, an,
lost time, to remove the county seat, an
thus, in your selfish point of view, Of ssvirl
our property, time and money, soon expee
to save to the people more than the whole COS
of the property. We expect to show the peo
pie that the same property you have thsr
when erected here in plain and substsntis
style for such time as the public require i
viii make the public property of the count
worthy four fold what it is where it no
stands. Truly your friend,