The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-22
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the wall and lose faith in our picture
'ct Moses leading the children of Israel
the promised land. II they will on
=, leave Baldwin out we say to the re-
IL Of Lake county come in; but il YOU 10,
IS. us and have any fellow feeling in yO,
4 'buzums' we beg of you to leave bal,
" win to herself. 1t only takes lit
ct lcaven to leaven the whole lump. nm
d We have known little hornets ne,
disperse multitude. It isn't that "
have anything against Baldwin, b,
n from her ballOt-bOx, her returnin
d board and her politicians, good Lor
deliver us!-Reed city Clarion.
A-a-a-h me-e-e-e! we draw u gizzard
splitting sigh of relief! The cat is out
We did think there was some chance
of holding Lake county together, bu
the above argument(?) demolishes al
our hope! Alas! poor Lake county
When the benighted illusions of til,
Reed City EDITORS pOnderous brain ar,
laid before our Legislature, and they
fail to see the logic, then set them down
as tit only to be representatives of the
"bulldozed county,"
And who is this Reed City editor,
who SO glibly ISLANDERS his neighbors.
and with spontaneous outyushing of
levity attempts to draw comparison
detrimental to the social, moral and
business standing of our village? Need
we say that he owns no property to de-
preclate in value or otherwise? Need
We say that his past character both as
regards his business and moral capaci-
ty, is of anything but high order? It
Is perhaps unnecessary. Most people
would infer as much by simply reading
the above piece of scurrility.
As regards the "true inwarlness, n.
this movement to destroy Lake county.
we had intended to say but little; be-
lieving as we do that our Legislators
are, ut least, men Of ordinary intclli-
gence. However, the statement of
Few facts may serve to enlightcn the
Reed City editor i'm regard to what he
has been trying to talk about, or, else.
convince him that he is acting the part
OF very foolish knave in giving utter
ance to his Misrepresentation.
In the first place, the people Of the
eastern part Of Lake county were the
prime movers in its organization.
That is pretty good evidence that thay
wanted such organization. As long as
the County Seat WAS at Grcendcll, and
the eastern portion held the balance OF
power in the disposition of county Of
fees, not one word of consequence was
said about desire to return to their
Old allegiance. When the County
scat was removed to Baldwin, and the
eastern partisans lost control of mat.
tiers, thea, and not till then, did the
very anxious desire to go back to Os-
ceola county become apparent. Conn
pairing the two desires, any candid
mind will not be long in coming 10 a S
correct conclusion MS to the j,stncssto)
u their anxiety. 1t is y repetition of ,
he old d"te-bcYum spirit of the South =
'hacted on petty scale. As for the G
ceiling governing the inhabitants of
feed City, their editor admits the true
ma only argument if it may he called
uch) in the worls-"we think il mouH
lelp Reed CITY," To explain the real
'oint-wlth the annexation of Il part of ="
AXE county, Reed City becomes more
entral point for County Seat. We :
AVE no desire to say anything lctu- a
mental to the interests of Reed CITY: &
mt are forced to say that we think she
carrying the spirit Of sclfishnc.s too Z
ar. ~
In conclusion, we alludc briefly to /.
he hypocritical, pharisaical cry against
baldwin. And in the outset we wish
distinctly understood that VIC have
OF one word of justification for the H. ~ n
gal acts of men i'm Baldwin or outside -
it, when they acted with the plain
nowledge of the law before them.
he Inference to be drawn from tho
Dove quoted article is that the eastern
sidents of Lake county are "law-abid-
g and christian" while Baldwin is
lc very hot-bcd Of all that is evil. In
sence the comparison is maIiciousIy
lsc. Granting, for the sake of argu-
eht, 1t be true that our township
|icers have failed to keep the sp-
caches and surroundings Of the bal Vi
box pure; what If they have run
VII into bankruptcy; what ifyomc of
EN- were placed under indictment
malfeasancc in Office: Did your
neutrality-suspicious. add to or detract II
I'M the condemnation of those Bald ~,
n politicians" whom the Reed City -
itor wishes so fervcntly (hypocriti- e!
ly) to be delivered from? Where
re these hypocritical protests against :,
'ruption in Lake county, last Fall, g..
en those terrible Baldwin "politi-
MS" manipulated the Conventions, IL
aimed nomintions; and some were IT
cted? Why didn't they pray to he -
ivcred then, when petition might bc ..
some avail; instead of helping to u
I'd morality under foot, and then
sc the foolish cry. for delivcrance IL
m the natural result of their own II
$? Look ut the records ofthc Board ~
and sec IL il shows that Cor
eastern members arc alone in eve Gu
good work, and "Old Bill Wood som
{ dangerous Baldwin "politician," -
stitutcs majority of one, to "politi- 4 I
y bulldozc" and "tcrribly manage" ~
affairs Of Lake county? Go into
aldwin saloon ut three o'clock in =
morning, and If you find that emo -
whom we presume is to lead the y2F
.crn flock out of the land of Egypt, @C
" from the clutches of their opprcss- Ry
baldwin "politicians," of coursc) W.
iing "whiskcy funk" with n select y"
lpany OF congenial spirits; do not ~