Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-05-09

Virginian, in its issue OF last week.
who seems To have neither local
hlhitatioH or Il name, preSuncs to
speak for all the citizens of the
county on the Courthouse question.
Whether lie is Il citizen or not we
are unintormcd by the article To
hicll reference is made. and cam
not. therefore. say that he had the
right to give expression to his
US even in his individual ca
lacity. fla citizen, lie cannot, be-
cause he has assumed the miSno
mer of Justice" claim to be the
representative of the views Of the
majority of the people of the coun-
ly. Surely they would not endorse
Tie unjust attack which he has
made upon the editor of this pa
Fer, the citizens of our town and
the very worthy gentlemen who
&C impose our Board of Supervisors.
So far us we are concerned, we
claim that we had the right to the
opinion, that we needed Il new
Courthouse aud that it was to the
interest of the people of the county,
that it be located where it now is.
We arrived ut our conclusion in the
matter, not by reason Of amy spe-
rial ties which bind us 10 the town,
nor because of any property inte'-
est we have here which would be
injured by theremoval of tile Court
house. nor because any influence
had been brought to bear upon MS.
which has caused us to advocate
the continuance of the Courthouse
nc its present site. We have
Thought and acted for ourselves in
The matter and contrary to what
we believe TO lie our own interest.
Despite the fact. that the newSpa-
per business could be mole advan-
iageouSly conducted if it's office
WAS located on the line Of rail
road, we have calculated the costs,
the convenience and the interests
of the public and lave been vii
ling to sacrifice cur interests for
tue public good.
No, no, Mr.. Injustice, "no change
has come over the spirit OF our
dream" as youcharge. We believed
that Our Courthouse '!had outllved
the days If its usefulness" that it
was too small and too badly ar
ranged to furnish the accommo
dationS which our people need
that we had the ability to build
new Courthouse and we said so,
and do still. The order for new
Courthouse made by our Board Of
Supervisors, which they had the
right to do hy leason Of legislative
enactment had our approval then,
and would have our unqualified APP
prevail now hut for recent decis-
ions in regard to our debt question.
In view of the burdens to which
our taXpal ers may be subjected by
those decisions, while we believe
our people wonld be able to meet
them as we'll as ,he tax to he i'm.
posed for l:ui'ding a new Court
honse. We think probably it is bet
ter to err on the safe side and we
concur III the. opinion of two Of
cur Supervisors as expressed in
THE ENTERPRISE OF last week, that
tits better to retrace our steps, un-
til the finances Of Virginia are III
better condition. Certainly we
are not for new Courthouse as
.JuSticeo now seems to he if other
interests of greater Importance are
to be sacrificed. The current eX
pelises Of our government will have
to lie met, our public schools by
all means should be supported, the
expenses Of lunatic aSylmms and
other institutions of a like charac.
ter must be provided for ana if
they impose all the burdens upon
US We are able to bear, by allmeans,
let the building of our new Court
house be postponed.
In regard to he attack so unjust
ly made upon our Board Of Super.
visors, we need not say in their de.
fence, that no one who knows
them and is willing to accord to
them what is due to them, would
suspect either Of them Of being a
party TO Il dishonorable act. No
more honorable or intelligent set
of men can be found in our county.
The writer happens to know each
Of them intimately, that each Of
them has an unexceptionable char
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