Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-06-11
That fil.FaIth Of BOWLING Green.

That Ill-Falth OF Bowling Green.
After repeatedly calling upon the Sen
tiael FOR its views upon the following card
published at Bowling Green in 1866, it fl
nally responds by republishing it with
comments
Voters, remember that il the
vote Of the county is cast for re.
moval, and the citizens of Bowling
Green do not construct the Court
House and Jail, as per agreement,
ahen no new buildings can be con
structed until the people vote to tar
themselves for that purpose. and tht
county seat must remain where it Is
TINS is better security for the tax.
paysfs than all the bonds in chris
tendon"
The comments are disingenuons, evasive
and pcttifogging. The Sentinel saws tina,
there was always two conditions annexed
To the promise Of B. g. to erect the public
huiIdings: lst that the vote should be In
favor OF removal; I'd, that the old build.
iugs were transferred to help pay for the
new.
The frst condition, as stated, is pure
nonaense, as no one would expect the citi.
sens OF B. 9. to erect the public buildings
unless the vote should be in favor Of re.
moval. The vote for removal was tic
predicate upon which the promise was
based, Not If but chen, the vote should
be IN favor Of removal, the citizens OF B.
q. would erect the Court House and Jail.
As to the second condition. 1t will be
remembered by all who were in the county
in 1866 and became interested in the coun-
~ seat contest, that the citizens of b. G.
did, at frat, incorporate this condition in
their promise. 1t was soon ascertaincd
and publicly proclaimed that the Court
House premises were conveyed to the coun-
~ during the time only that they should
be used for Court House purposes and that,
If the county scat should be removed from
PerrysbHrg, the lots upon which the bnild-
ing stood would revert to the donors. When
this became known there was manifested
throughout the county an indisposilion to
vote Tor removal. Thcreupon the friends
OF removal became alarmed and thereafter
stated, wherever they went, that, should
the comfy seat be voted to L. c., the peo-
pie OF the county should not be tazed for the
erection of Court House and Jail. This
statement was modified by the above card,
Is TO 9 vote preceding taxation and pub
lished one week before the election. Few
OF the voters, probably, saw that card be.
fore the election but cast their ballots upon
the preceding unconditional pledge. This
statement We think, will be corroborated
by almost every man who was in the coun-
ty at that time. 1t was the general senti.
mert
But let us look nt the card a moment.
: " the ciIizens of B. G. do not construct
the Court House and Jail as per agreement
(promise) then no new buildings can be
constructed until The people rote to tar them
Saipss for that purPOSs" There is no condi-
tion here concerning the old buildings, but
there Is the assurance that the people shall
not be taxed for building purposes until
they first vote 70 tax themselves therefor.
This assurance was not made contingent
upon the transfer or non-transfer of the
old buildings to help pay for the new, but
was unqualified and positive. Was il made
goOdf The answer is, Bowling Green did
nOt construct the Court House and Jail
the people did not vote to tax themselves
for that purpose, and yet they were taxed
therefor, $4,000. How this was done we
explained in former article.
But again; "This Is better security for
the taxpayers than all the bonds in chris
tendon" that is, the right to vote against
taxation was the "better security" The
people were cheated out Of that right and
also dsfFauded Of $4,000. The assurance
amounted to nothing when the ,eeGrity was
withheld.
But that card, with the time of its pub
lieation, was evidently intended to operate
"a fraud, by beguiling the people to vote
for removal and afterwards to tax them.
selves for the construction of the public
buildings. The invention was fully accom-
Plished and, il We are not mistaken in the
spirit which animates the breast Of every |
man, those who were deceived will, next
October, yindicaLe their manhood by an
expression Of resentment for the wong
committed upon them.
The SeAtiaa evaded that part Of the
card which assured voting before taxation.
Wall IL please favor us with chapter Of
imam that mint