Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-24
roai railroad Indebtedness OF Case Co. ss.a,oo

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Total railroad Indebtedness OF Case Co. 1854, oou
roeu real essstel valuation of
Cass conn y. IN rennd mum. ~
.Mssi srthis i,tict.te IN, Is i. ans
interest ut bOt az ~ Et. sotna
ut d Der ccIi. gsid. Say, Is
however, ihr aNeiI,gc ut'er-
est IL la per rent ,,cf auhuinl
Annual fnteicst ,n thu total
atnuuat OF iauc1tetnesa. es7 ,0JJ
Requiring exactly l4s2.i2 milis
oil taxation on the rent estate. yatua-
ton 10 lay The interest un tiiesin-
a~cbtcdness.
hut $500, GOO Of this Indebtedness,
saying nothing OF the $4,000 Pacific
iuuding bonds. may DO adjuigua
void.
The people certainly have cause to
complain OF the PAYMENT oflhc bonds
lssuc,i without Etheir consent; but
the Indebtedness Of which they were
~cognixant, anti Which by their votes
they agreed III COED :aith TO pay,
amounting TO $3.50. 900, cannot. with
any show OF honesty, be repudiated.
In order to meet the interest All.
nually OF the $S00,0O bonds it is re-
quisite to make Il levy taxnlion OH
tue real estate valuation 0ue-iialf psr
cont. or i've mills on the dollar.
1t will DO eem that the total rail.
road debt II the county Ia divided
into that which was authorized by Q
nominal vote O the people, and that
contracted by The court without tho
form of consulting with the tax,
payers. 1t is, then, argued { ut Q
moral obligation rests upon the PEG.
pie 10 pay the former. To this the
Cass County Courier replies as iol.
lows:
The writer here overlooked o,
neglected to SPEAK vi STA ,UUU bonds
captured i'll St. Louis by Sheriff
i%iriant, perhaps, because he regarded
THEM as aihohg thuao PRONOUNCED
.'voiu."
Again, something should he writ.
ten and more shuutu BIZ k,ow IL about
ito netarious transactions thai
brought about the Indebtedness OF
solIu OF the citizens OF Cass county
who had no part or parcel in forming
TINS debt. About the time the pc.
titlon was granted by the county
court to the people OF Grand Rive.
township lorthe voting OF the bouds
amounting to $1O5,U UO, the court il
accordahce with their viiiaiucu.
poiIcy OF robbery, ciaudcstrnciy anO
without the know ledge or coilseul
of the people affected, took from thu
township Of Big Creek and added IL
| he. fstyv s,stItt ~ 4 /. t.o Ips,n, ., atrt,
Vi about nine miles IN length, Gstensl.
bly, Tor The purpose of engaging the
citizens Of that strip in the payInen,
of a indebtedness. The ~elcctios
: came oil and the residents OF this
rnanged district having no knowledge
oi the gerc.naiierIns ufIhe thieviBs
S,art, were mol permitted to cast
their votes tor or against the debts
being ~coutructed, and were thus
muict in the pay oil the debt
accrueing from the acts OF their neigh.
bors. They should not pay one
iarti,ihg OF ,hcm-und Yet the stand
i'll the position where the courts may
say they shall pay. They may he
sold out, robucd, virtually piuMlcred,
beggarcd, but III this ease TREY al G
justified in Republication even to the
last ditch" The strip, by petition
of its ci,izcns, became a part and
parcel Oh what isnow termed Peculiar
owmsl.ip, but ~ yet subject 10 the
bonded Gains in which they had no
interest o any voice. These people
have becn badly treated by the ior-
mer county court, aud sitculd be
relieved from all resp6nsibilNy in the
matter of the payment of this inicbt-
e.lncss, justsas The entire people of
Cass county should be relieved from
the pay nient OF, all fraudulent bonds.
We should be glad to publish the
feelings and sentiments OF tho peopic
upon this ail-absorDing question of
bonded Indebtedness, and hear from
them some propositions as to the bet
fmanher Of disposing Of this vexed
subject.
This is no alone a matter of prin.
clpie, Tut u matter OH which our l-st
farttln2 as u people, is involved. and
deserves Il whole entire attention
ior the time. 1t is to our mutual
benefit that these matters should be
discussed, freely. fairly and openly,
aud we take this opportunity TO re-
quest Il RAIDERS to give to'lhe peo-
pie, through the Rev their view
of the matter.