The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-09
BAYOU ESE CasEEN.
a Voice From. the Conntr,

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JORDAN STATION, Jan. 29th, 1877.
Editors Times Observer:
| notice in the Hickman CoURIER
OF the Goth inst, an editorial in ref.
erenee to our increased poll tax. in
which the editor displays an extr, me :
morbid desire to strangle any upfor
tunate tax payer who sees fit to oppose
the wild, senSeless action of our Court
OF Claims at its January sitting.
This Is a peculiar idio>y nerasy which
we have Ou more than one occasion
observed in the COURIER, when the
city OF Hickman was interested. 20 the
exclusion of the rest OF the county
/ Indeed it is a kind of local manifesto
/ ton OF IA constitutional faint. for, when.
ever the city of Hickman becomes in
ieeted with corrupt desires, il i through
the COURIER that we may expect to
detect the first local premonition there.
Of.
Evidently the COURIER snuffs dan
ger, and Is considerably exercised for
the safety of that deluded few who
constituted the January Court. for he
frequently suggests that: Now is the
time for magistrates to print a vindi
cation of their action"
BY all means let these solons-tbese
seven wenders Ga bare qnorum) explain
1t Is due the people whom they were
expected to serve
But we want the facts. Plain un.
vanished truths. No lodging. reVer.
end seigniors. No sharptongued
Philoclese need rise to explain. None
OF this. But let the Italian Pierrot Of
that immortal seven come TO the reseue
Lei EIm captain why the proposition I
made months ago to establish ferry /
at that point was not accepted, and il
thus rendered a source of revenue /
rather than one of expense?
The facts are these At the Octo- /!
Der session of the court, the whole I
number of magistrates being present,
ii | am not mistaken, the proposition
to increase the poll tax to So was de-
feated. and tax OF 81 50 adopted
instead, and with due Difference to the
COURIER informant | must say that
the vote was direct on the proposition,
as a majority of the magistrates will
testify. Yet in the very face of this
action of Court of Claims meets in
called session in January, at which on
.y seven of the twelve magistrates at
tended, aud upon reconsideration the
tax is increased to So This, Mr.. Ed
tor, is high handed outrage which
,macks strongly Of underhanded chi
,anery exercised in the interests of a
select few in the city Of Hickman.
md the perpetrators will yet have to
answer to justly indignant cOmmuni
y And now a. to the circumstances
demanding this bridge across Bayou
lie Chem. Are the people Of Fulton 7
county aware that the ostensible OBJ
ect in building this bridge is 10 Sc
,ure a crossing for six citizens of This
Ii i notorious fact that
here are not over six citizens Of Full
on county residing beyond this stream.
Then. too, we are liable to have the
bridge cut down by irresponsible par
les at any time, as has been the case
heretofore. for il i an uudoubted fact
hat the party now under Indictment
or this otfense can not possibly be
convicted 10y any court of justice And
= to the Bayou citizens forcing the
county to construct pass way. the
'ery idea Is simply 700 absurd to be
or moment entertained, and our
treat surprise is that the COURIER
would offer such an argument to an
Intelligent people.
We are too charitable TO give the
rue reason for this strange alteration.
We do not propose trrversiug those
ting nit6i5;Iauss sd 81 These iBttPss Genags
.mbalmed 1t were better unexPosed,
yea forgotten.
Itisa source OF regret that these
who are all good citizens,
should have allowed themselves to be
20 far mi-led a. to practice such I'M
heard Of injustice upon the people;
they need but expect that an outraged
public will infict the proper punish
meut in due time.
The COURIER surely does not know
that 10 accusing the Times Observer
with entertaining iliberJ views, he
also accused four tifths of the tax
payers of the county.
But enough One thing is settled
beyond dispute, viz: Ii this court at
its January sitting could legally re
the acts of the October term,
it certainly has the power to reconsider
the acts Of the January session; and
this the people Will demand.
SCALPEL.