The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10
THE COUNTY COURTS.

is CT. ticisiug the County. Counts of
the state. changing in several instan-
ces frauds perpetrated upon the state
by these bodies, by members ap-
l,ointing themselves real estate asses
sors, aud then assessing real estate
to tickle the landowners and thereby
gain votes for a re election" The
Nashville World does The "crIticisms"
up 50 nicely that we herewith give its
remarks:
Some of our contemporaries are
firing at the County Court system Of
this STATE, in Il manner that reminds
one Of the dark days of the riotous
rule of he 1908 cuaIition. Ii is we'll
known that the leaders in legislation
of that period had II peculiar dislike
Tor the County Courts thruu5 bout the
State. They sou. Int to make changes
and reinstate those that had been
made under the Brownlow domination.
For it must be borne in mind. that
the Republication party III this State.
whenever il has come 10 the front, in
yarlabIy began IL sys ematic attack
on our Quarterly Court machinery.
At every appearance Of the Democrat
lc party these InOvdtions have been
repealed and this time -Acnored ana
popular branch Of cur Judicial system
has been placed back right whore our
fathers located it. In passing. we
viii remark, that the generations that
have succeeded the founders Of this
State have displayed but little, il any
more wisdom, IN governmental matters
tnan the men who fe!led the forests.
cut the cane, eXpclIod the wild beasts
and tie Indian, laid the foundation
Of our present social and political
autonomy. Iinkering and taInperin-
with their work by men who sought
70 iastcu century mortgage upon
the State have brought nothing out
I disgrace ana hUmiIatiDn upon the
icunoclasls. Besides, the reas II for
su5Yerting the County Court system
/ in the minds of these men hes i'm fact
/ that they attempted to saddle lar-e
fraudulent debt upon the people, and
( then sought to get possession OF all
! the machinery for levying and col
/ Letting taxes, 50 that they could Sc
/ cure money enough to carry out their
netarious schemes. They were defra
te. IN fastening their Internal debt
policy upon the State by the wisdom
of our Supreme Court, and they We're
| defcatedin Their nj tcmpts at c0nfsca-
ton by the loyalty and firmncss Of
the Justices OF the Peace OF this State.
Because these men have all along re-
fused 10 ASSES the lands Of their neigh
bors to suit the hungrv maws OF This
| 100 > crowd, thew have not ceased to
make attacks on them. If the Com-
/ ty Court Assessors hal given way to
! this demand and assessed the proper
| tv of the State IL accordance Yith the
plan adopted by these fellows, long
since the citizens of the State would
have been sold out Of house and home
and the great mass of the lands would
now be owned and controlled by the
money sharks Of Wall street II this
had been done. then we would now
see the lands and railroads Of the
State in the hands Of foreigners and
aliens, and we would have Just such
y machinery to assess and collect
| taxes from this province as suited the
whims and caprces of foreign masters.
| E'ourthermorc, We can not and will
not subscribe to the doctrine laid
down by these men, that our County
Courts are filled with perjurcrs and
Incompetent men. 1t is county
| legislature, and each civil district has
| representative III it, thoroughly ac-
quainted with the value Of the proper
| ty thereof, and the wants and rights
OF their const, tuents. 1t is we'll known
that the very best citizens seek and
obtain seats in this Court. 1t is well
known that where they have had full
control, there are no vast railroad
debts and eXtrvagant expenditure OF
the people. tits the best machinery
that is now used in The states of the
| Union for attending to local affairs,
and We know Of no more faithful and
/ honest couservutOrs Of the rights and
/ liberties OF the mass of the people than
our cid fashioned County Courts.
Errors and wrongs may creep into
them, but this happens to the best
systems devised by the wit Of man.
Changes have been made IN it in the
time Of revolution, Int we have al
ways in this Safe returned to it af-
ter The storm has passed over. 1t is
our deliberate opinl0n. that there is
nothing but harm IN the proposition
10 do away with this machinery, and
We believe the people Will RETAIN it.