The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-02-20
pHE EEssLER DEFICIT AND j..
CLAR<'S PErTIFOGGING.

ton, in spirit and spite, OF his former
piece, and showing rather the attorney
who delights in the ruin of the citizen,
than the honest taxpayer" who would
save rather than crush innocent parties.
Mr.. CLARK seems so eager for blood that
he would break the victim on the wheel
of legal execution; let the hounds OF
the law and the sharks of plunder lap up
innocent blood, and feast upon the mar
row of their bones, regardless of the
fact that the County Treasury would suf'
fer thereby, and the honest taxpayers of
the county, who live not by punder,
would receive less Of relief than a fair
opportunity and settlement would give.
Mr.. Clark intimates a selfish motive
on our part, judging probably others by
himself We acknowledge the "soft inn
peachment," for we take no delight in
the ruin of good citizens and in the sac
rifice of innocent families, For this rea-
son we never admired the Quirks, Gam
mons and Snaps Of the law, preferring
the mercy of salvation and peace, to the
rapine and robbery by those who feast
upon unfortunate humanity. Long years
ago we would even sympathize with
Goldsmith's hermit, when he says;
No aocks that range the valleys wide
To slaughter / condemn;
Taught by that Power that pities me-
l learn to pity them
It may do for such as ], j. Clark to re-
fer contemptuously to "bowels of COM
passion, "and quote tauntingly-"Pity the
sorrows of a poor old man, whose tremb-
ling limbs have borne him TO your door"
but, for us, we take no stock in these hy'
ena sentiments, enjoyable though they
seem to be to Mr.. ]. Clark. OF course
it is in character for Mr.. Clark to seek
TO give this settlement matter political
party shape and bearing, although he
well knows that the bail are both Re-
publcans and Democrats, and that Mr.,
Saxton of the Repository, Gillespie of the
Alliance ReUiew, TAYLOR of the Massillon
Independent, and Yockey of the Fulton
Signal, favored and urged the passage of
the Worley bill in the beginning as did
the editor Of the DEMOCRAT.
Mr.. Clark reiterates that the sureties
of Fessler are abundantly able to re-
spond fully to the county, and claims the
money can easily be made, The records
of our courts give the lie to this pettifOg'
ger. Look over the lists of forced sales
during the last few years, and see how
property has been sacrificed, and famil'
les turned ont homeless. Mr.. Clark's
familiarity with the foreclosures in Can
ton alone, should bring shame to his
face at his shameless assertions. Does
Mr.. Clark 90 to the reports Of CONNER
cial agencies to find the financial worth |
of these bOndsmen, whose condition he
makes public with such familiarity and |
freedom? Compare the reported stand
ing of some concerns before failure with
the reality after. Look how property
has been sacrificed at forced sale after
Judgment, and how some sharks have
profted thereby. All this ]. J. Clark |
knows better than we do, and yet hyena
like, he tauntingly says, "McGregor's
bowels now yearn with compassion for
"the poor bondsmen, whom litigation
"may harpss and ruin" We have heard
of people not troubled with "bowels Of
compassion"
He asks-"Is every man who has the
Courage to raise his voice against this
fraud TO be scared of" &C?
If Mr.. ]. ]. Clark wishes to Se credited
with Courage" let him not sneak behind
a fictitious signature to spit out his ven
ON. That is cowardice mot courage"
Fair, square and open dealing shows
courage" There is no courage" in the
stab in the dark. A learned author re.
joices that Providence never gives the
noble quality Of Courage" where aya.
rice and malice predominant,
In his narrow, political bitterness, he
accounts for the failure to make the
money off the bondsmen in Holmes and
Wayne counties, by saying that the de-
faulting treasurers, as we'll as Commits
gioners and Prosecutors, were Democrats.
One of the cases now pending in Wayne
county is the defalCatlon of Republi-
IAN Treasurer, Mr.. Helman; but we do not
near that there is much prospect of real
ling from his bail. Mr.. Clark's fling,
therefore, falls to the ground, and his re-
mark only shows his party malice. In
he Republican county of Trumbull, we
10 not hear that there is any prospect of
the forty thousand dollars
rom ex-Auditor Kennedy's bail.
Mr.. Clark refers to Fessler's "hand.
ome brick house," but does not state
hat there is heavy mortgage upon it.
de also refers to handsome notes" and
that we could throw some
ight on this dark subject" We take
pleasure in saying we cannot, further
han to say that there is nothing of the
ort against us.
In the suit against Fessler's bail, we {
understand the Clarks are attorneys for {
me of the bondsmen. Is Mr. ]. ], Clark
ttending to his clients interest in thus {
lrging on the suit, and opposing settle.
nent2 Does he want his client gutted
long with the others2 Is he an attor-
icy for ruin rather than salvation Does
le estimate his client at 10000, $4,000,
80 900 or S5O.O00P" Comment is un-