The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-12-13
A Comparison.

vi lnanksSiNihB lty VIC ieOSi'o"
letter from prominent firm In Lud-
ington; also, the articles enumerated.
We publicly quote from the conmuni-
cation, in order that friends of the right
may see that there's sympathy and chi
enlargement abroad as well rs ut home,
for the cause of law and order:
1--WE send you, to-day, Dbl flour
and 10 lbs sugar. Accept this as part
recompense for valuable services In
your county, through the medium OF
your paper, i'm the matter Of taxation,
&c.
"Plcase send us your paper regular"
New, contrast the above with the fol-
lowing extract from the records Of the
Board of Supervisors, made ut the last
session:
Supervisor Page moved that the
County Clerk be directed to have -
much of the proceedings Of this Board
printed as the law directs and requires
and no more.
"The motion prevailed; majority
Of all the members elect voting there
| for"
In the light of knowledge Of the an
linus Lending to the adoption Of the
motion, We have come to sort Of grim
satisfaction in classing il, too, among
the compliments We have received.
Though the above comparison may he
"odious" to certain citizens, yet we
think the general public will agree
with Ills la declaring that we are in 10
way responsible for the circumstances
rendering such comparisons possible.
WheR we took up our pencil in an ell
deavor to reason concerning misman-
agcment of public affairs In some parts
of this county, we did IL with the
knowledge that bitter vindictivenes.
would follow us from certain quarters.
| We have been assailcd with even more
Of the DEVILS own spirit than we antic.
ipated. Our private character and our
business has been assailcd. Our hon.
est dues have been withheld In every
instance with our enemies. An efligy
was hung; slanders Of our name have
been publicly posted; and we have
been given to understand that If the
prospect of losing one Of the main
sources of support for our family would
not buy our silence, then every means,
both fair and foul, would bc taken to
crusl, us to starvation. And what
have the officials of the law been doing;
what arc they doing In this struggle?
To all the appearances we are able to
Judge from, they have remained utter
~ Indifferent. We have hcen led to
expect no sympathy FROM our county
officials, whatever, If we except Coun-
ty Surveyor Lee s. Cobb, and County
Treasurer, VIM. A. Deurcss.
Is it any wonder then, we ask, that
We have been reused to publish the
sayings which have cut like knife to
the very souls Of evil doers and their
sympathizers? We entered the strife
chiefly In behalf of the honest, law-;,-
biding taxpayers; but the struggle has
seemed ut times to narrow down to one
for our very existence, SO slowly did
the people seem to comprehend the
true nature of the case. The right
must triumph at last, and woe be to
those who hinder its progress by aiding
or remaining Indifferent to evil doing.
'"rhe mills of the gods grind slowly,
but they grind exceedingly fine." Then
let honesty in Lake county look up!
Let the class upon which depends the
future prosperity Of the county assert
its rights! Cast aside those who have
been "weighed in the balance and
found wanting" IT rests In your pow
er to foster good or evil; and on your
shoulders, to great extent, weighs the
responsibility for all evil in public af-
| fairs