Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-10-28
g EDITOR. And ms DUTY,

No doubt OF that. Ease and profit
are his rewards and he p~erpetuates
himself on the best wine Of life. Then
greater than all blessings, he is blessed
with friendships that out-number the
sands on the sea shore the friendships
Of those who are solely devoted to his
interests and are intensely solicitous
that he makes an instructive, popular
and influential paper. And then he
receives more gratuitous and unasked.
for advice than any man who dwells
beneath the circuit Of the sun land al.
though this advice is often couched in
tho strongest language Of command,
it is always intended for his highest
god.
lie is often told that if lie fails 10
turn himself loose" on some impor.
tant question, that he will be certain
to go up the spout" We have been
amused, not mad, We never yet mad,
at the advice given us recently by a
large number of influential gentlemen
in this county in regard to our duty,
and how we should go for certain
members of the Court Court, Revenue
Collectors, Sheritfs, &c, &c. We have
noted all that has been said TO us, and
as soon as the balance of our friends
and they are thousands, can have an op-
portunity of talking TO us privately
about these matters, we will think
over the matter and continue to do just
as we please. Personally we love our
friends and would stand by them
Through thick and thin" and we know
they love us or they would not be so
particularly interested in our welfare.
Some OF them want us to turn the
batteries Of the HERALD AND TRIBUNE
on certain officers Of the County who
have failed most terribly to do their
duty in paying over moneys collected
BY them to the proper authorities.
Others want us to use double barrellcd
shot guns loaded with display type on
the parties who are %contending for the
rights of the people by demanding the
officers to make settlements. Others
want some gentlemen on both sides
struck with q double loaded editorial.
believing as they do that all of them
need stirring up" Others say that
we should not by any means fail to
show the errors of the Democratic
County Court in not bringing the
Revenue Collectors to time sooner.
And last, though not least, but still
the most amusing, our Democratic
friends say, "Mahoney, now is a good
time to come over we will take you in
and give you all you want. This last
appeal reminds us of the tale we heard
when a little boy, about an old fellow
who took q gentlemen up on a high
mountain and told him to come over
and he should have all the lands he
could see, and it was found out after,
wards that the old man did'nt own a
foot of land.
We are w:ll aware that great blum
ders and error have been committed
but it is not our place to char ge the
parties as being dishonest, for they
have suits in our Circuit Court which
will decide the issues legally. But we
will say. that it is our belief that many
Of the errors made have been caused
by a want Of business qualification by
those who had the control of collecting
the taxes as we'll as by a failure on the
part of the County Court to press the
collector to q settlement at the proper
time.
We will say further, that we have
been in the newspaper business six
years, and find it impossible to please
every body, and therefore will continue
to manage it as we think best and
make it a welcome visitor to the family
circle Of all it's patrons. asI-