New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-17
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
RrpyDIATIoN IN ILLINOIS.

s
TEE RESIDENTS OF MAcorPiN COUNTY NOT DIS
voNYsr-HIsToRY OF THE. ISSUE OF TIR COUNTY
B,NDS.
"a fAe Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: Win YOU allow the undersigned, sub-
.er and interested reader of your paper. - correct in
brief way two three into which you have III
eo1seiously fallen. manifested ia your article on
Bow at Municipal Reputation" recently published
A The TgiEuSEi
l. The fol Nvng facts will appear TO any one who VIII
take the trouble to investigate the question OF
fNacouiu Couny's Indebtedness An unfaithfu court.
aided and outraged by few corrupt men, conceived
the idea Of building courthouse The people deedcd,
nv town .hp and county meetings petitions and protests
tina; they did no, ncod It, They petiJned the court To
submit the question Of building the court house TO the
voters Of the country This they refused Every honor
able used 70 prevent the erection Of the house
but 10 no purpose. Tho "Ring'-as corrapt In eonerP
ton and rs marvclously injurious In results as the
"Tweed Ring" in your cywas formed and the contract
let The people sougat to enOn the County Court aHd
thus restrain them But upon Of he Ring swearing
that the house wodd not cost certain sum-ycIy
reasonable and leeatbey were allowed 10 proceed by
The court against the protest Of the people Illegal
and fraudulent contracts were entered into In
order to complete the evil These contracts.
against the earnest and publicly published protest OF
almost every voter in the county, were legazed by the
Legislature. Moreover, and subsequently, brief his
tory Of the AFFAIR was publ he'd in all he papers and
capitalists informed of the fraud and warned AGAINST
investing the bonds. Thus, against The will Of the
whole people, and by coinlt RING. aidcu "v ,"s
Legislature, an unjust and hretsoiae debt "aS sadi'd
2. Ne do not, have not. proposed rcpudiator. We
have refused TO pay the actual cost OF the h0lse
when assessed by competent and dsintcTes;cd persons
Moreover the county has voted 10 pay reasonable INA
jus compromise Of the debt We ere readv-no anXlols
to settle it in that way. We are wiling an can pay 10
q cent the value OF what We have received We nave
only refused pay that which was m1nfeStlY ana
Il, natnt su
Legislature Your charge therefOre OF reputation docs
serious Injustice.
3 Yon arc mistaken also when you intimate that the
boHltolders have proposed compromises. Ihel1 ORR
thgOugh their attorney, amounts simply 10 dcmtn l"f
money. Their attorney GOV Painc0 has until very
people. Very recently he has expires Cd WISH irI sci
teInent by reasonable compromise OF TIE diiEchuy
For this settlement when leenN mao, we aS te.1;
But cyCrmore opposed 10 codIroni-e ti' VII.
involve sinful sacrifice of principles or an Injurious CA
penIitulc %: money.
tfu1oios has been flied by men whose reputation iof
business VisiGn, general knpwedse dni nom 81! Il IL
fpfr ~ none IN Tie ate without saTd 10 political
r.,,.sDt ~ 90, IN tao Rao am me su,sequ, N. ecc
many OF these to higher public trusts demon
sfrafes the wisdom 0f their choice 4hey are tlc iiei
that represent the We4l. and hici-eo % inc county
In addition they had from the beginning Inc hcneni
of the best legal i@icHi in the Safe Iou commit
gricvOas error therefore. when you say " The SUPER
visOrs ~ general thing du mci 81 NIUE educ'
ton knowledge Oi me world, whose nouOh5 Oh ehcS
imperfect that they acknowledge 30 lGpG OJi!4i-
tio,r- which cannot be enforced hy law" No! IS
people idw-ahldlnS and hunyNt. own pay, II
Il takes the graves dead and the last cent sivcO
from honest toll, every legal and Ist dcb; But, Nf
J.9ifor we nse pledged ia the solemn way evi =
executed in iuiity, even II that rcsotaec ps - 10
poverty and want. Our motto IS An equitable eompro-
f,li.il.l Ps'ro'nt o. fio whole debt IS equally
Gireyd, Illinois, 5uiy G, 1879. B. c.