Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-20
fordiag to any interested taxpayer
the desired information who requests

fordiag to any interested tax-paxer
the desired information who requests
him to do so.
Last year about tax-paying TINT, the
same report was IN circulation aoou.
the extra 8 $500 that is noU In circa-
lation relative TO the order o inc
double tax that the court has receh's
ly r~escinded, namely, that ~ was
dome in order that the "board might
receive pay for their services at the
EXPENSE of the taxpayers of Lexing-
ton. Washington and Sni.s-Bar Town. J
ships"
Well, did ysu ever? No, Irevcr!
Seriously, and c,ndidly ~. ntlemcn,
to any one ofvou in either ofthc three
townships who may have given
either crcdence or circulation to the
above repor', permit ME to say, tina,
not u single director ofthe l.. l.. i q.
board: is u knace or a mendicant-
they are not dishonest enough to re-
quiro the people to support them,
neither are they i'll such straitcned
circumstances at this time as to re-
quirs public charity. If by the mu-
tations of fortune they should be
compelled to subsist on the public
bounty, they will one and all go to
the county poor-housc and .subsist Oh
charity assessed, collected and dis
burscd in the usual manner.
The charge is so silly, so absurd.
and so untounded in truth, that l find
it difficult to treat it except with rid
icule.
am aware that some Of the rail
road interests Of many counties i'll the
State, Our county not excepted, and
even the State itself, have been man
aged in a bungling, not to say dislon'
est manner, that almost universal dis
> trust prcvadcs the minds Of the PEG
pie in regard to all railroad cnierpri'
: ses. But people need not be wilfull!
blind for all this. Take your pencils
mako your own calculations of til,
5 miles of Tread graded and bridged, ant
! ties piled up along the road, and tht
amount Of hands employed, and thei
. come to your own conclusions. lie
credit rest where it belongs and SPAR
!. not ccnsure where it il deserved
Discard from your minds the trit,
II apllorism that '.cvery man has hi
price" 1t is q foul libel on tent o
thousands of men who cannet be in
|, duced to do q dishonest act eithe
through the hope of reward or fror
any other consideration. l know tina
you arc growing very impatient at til
. delay in finishing y%ourroad. None fee
d the sting ofdisappointmcnt i'll this re
T. spect moro than your directory. The
lie have done all they could do, ard III
still doing all they can to forwar
T. the enterprise. They pay their tax,
;" the same as you do, and have gray
u responsibilities resting upon them j
C. addition to the burdens Of taxation
l believe the equipment OF the road
y in the near future. You need not |
'c told that ..timcs are hard" that
D. general stagnation pcrvades all I'll
avenues of trade; new railroad ente.
y prises are no exception to the gsner;
', rule-with iron ut 500 per ton at til
q mills, when it was $5S one year ago
H. with all OF securities dra.
l. ging in the market, it is not to /
'e wondered at. that the equipment {
q the road has not progressed as fast 8
we have desired. But it is approach
~ Jug US nevertheless; ii slowly, it
p surely. We have al abiding faith
Us the early completion Of the road,
human, calculations and promise
aLe Of amy avail.
ii. l ain conscious that the manuscri]
he of Tax Payer" contained ii
by signature of u number Of responsible
q gentlemen for whose opinions l cnte
i'll tain respect. l have cndcavorcd
or answer your article fairly, i'll what
id contained Oh the surfaces and, also,
meet boldly and trutllfully ali undo
" tone of opinion OF which your artic
ss- was q faithful echo. If l have su
~ ceeded III clearing any mists, or {
to polling any doubts l ain satisfied.
1t is not, however, through new
VI, paper correspondence or controvers
10 that evil doers I'll be reached or Pre-
Ill perlty brought to u borders. U
county has had her dirty linen wush'
al i'll public entirely too often alread
III until every penny-a-llner from Dan
As Beersheba is blowing his penn
II, whistle at her heels. There
ve life yet in our grand old con
TO ty. With world Of veal
re- on the surface of our soil, and min
or o; untold value beneath its surface
possessing a people with the MOI
and physical courage second to MOI
.hc we have only to make use of t
means at our command to show OF
no selves superior to all the adverse c
cumstances that may surround
Let us exact strict honesty and
vi tcgrity from our public servants, y
nd ali Of our justdcbts, aud ii II u
Id Just ones hang over Us, the law "
80 determine.
:. Very respectfully,
IL CHARLES l.. EWING
lie