The Texas Monument. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 7, 1852 Page: 1 of 4
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HONOR TO THE BRAVE
TEXAS. WEDNESDAY. JULY
LA GRANGE
No. 50.
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will contend,
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Williams.
Nat. C. Joiner.
A. R. Gates.
logical” Ju-
one of bis
father, who “thought forsooth he had fin-
ished his course.1' These are indeed
the (oads, and under
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reply of
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tion which you claim for yourself,
are all freemen, and are s
our opinions upon every question aflect- board; and all convevancea.and contracts
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as Junius remarks, that the
present law bears “alike” upon the poor
I as the rich ; and for this
opposed to it, and am
owfl mind, and I doubt not many of your
against the
he opinion,
ex-
one of the
junto” of which J uni us seems to be the
44 fugle man” and emanuensis.
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• Under the present law the old
who is 45 years of
released himself, is
negroes to work on
the tax law if he be
experience, and will doubtless be con-;
But it is said that the cash
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the youths and minors of the country,
W. D. Morgan.
Joel W. Robison.
Jas. H. Dobbins.
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the names of some of the oldest and most
nothing in this act shall be construed to
confer banking privileges of any kind.
Sec. 12. Upon the written request of
one-fourth of the stockholders (in amount)
the President of (be company shall call a
meeting of the directors, and upon the
written request of one-fourth (in amount)
of the stockholders, an election shall be
held for directors, and a vote of two-thirds
(in amount) of the stockholders shall be
and prescribe and require suffiq^rn to remove the directors and apv
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La Grange, April 22d, 1852.
While the reader will find in
company. T __________
shall be chosen by the persons named in
this act, and such persons as they may |
associate with themselves for that
pose; said election shall be held in the[
town of La Grange, and at such time as
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given the subject under discussion the
least investigation, it is unnecessary to
say a single word, for I presume they |es< undeiktand. I j
In reply to the sneering allusion to
a member of the . .
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io uieir Legislature, I beg leave to
an
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of every minor, no matter how young, is
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a former date, are
“ brassy” effusions, wholly unsustained (
by argument, of on^ who is peculiarly
ignorant of his subject, and were put forth
not, as he professes, with
vancing the interest of the people, but (as
will be most clearly shown) for the
press purpose of promoting
and yet tins “ trinity” now
grandizernenl.
I asked in my last article,
the relative benefits derived by each indi-
vidual from the public roads b» estimated,
except by the amount of the property of
the question sjlill remains
by the T.»_
1 would be glad if so
the poor
the money should be
purpose! ? They
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as citizens (of our
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county, and both can use the public roads
throughout the same, at t*
• paid thereon ; wb° w’^ aPPh’ ^,e amount raised by the
list of property lax "’ith proper discretion and without
this county, but partiality. *
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of of tax paid thereon : he would also have missioners will have the power to increase
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is already fixed, and cannot be augmented
except by a vote of the people. The
uno power under the
law to increase the levy, and certainly
> so without au-
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a member, for his course upon
necessary; provided, they do not conflict
with the constitution or laws of the United
cessary lor the locating, constructing and
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not be able to obtain such lands, by agree-
ment with the owner, they shall pay for
the same such amount as shall be deter-
mined in the manner provided for in the
following section; the land so taken for
the railroad shall not exceed fifty yards
in width, and for depots and buildings,
only such further width as mny be neces-
sary. .
.. Sec. 9. Any .person from whom land
has been taken for the purposes set forth
in the preceding section may apply to the
District Court of the county wherein
said land is situated for the apportionment
of appraisers, and said court, after proof
that the President of tlie company has
been served with a notice describing the
land ten days before the holding of the
court, shall therefore appoint three dis-
interested freeholders, citizens of the
county, who shall appoint a time and
place to hear the applicant and the com-
pany, to whose agent or president a rea-
sonable notice shall be given of said time
and place*; and said freeholders, after
being sworn, shall, after bearing the par-
ties, determine the amount of compensa-
tion as aforesaid, and make return of their
award to the said court, at us next term,
and said award may be confirmed, or for
any sufficient reason, rejected by said
court in the same manner as awards by
arbitrators under a rule of court, and if
confirmed by the court judgment shall be
rendered thereon as in other cases; in
determining the amount of compensation
to be paid, as aforesaid, said freeholders
shall be governed by the actual value of
the land at the time it was taken, faking
into consideration the benefit or injury
done to other neighboring land of said
owner by the establishment of said rail-
way, if in any case the amount found by
the arbitrators shall not exceed the sum
proved to have been offered by the com-
pany to the owner prior to his application
to the court, the owner shall pay the costs
of the proceedings, otherwise the com-
pany shall pay the same. \
Sec. 10. Said company may acquire
by purchase, donations, or in payment of
I stock, such real estate as the directors
and direction of the company shall be;
vested in a board of not less than five ,
directors; said directors shall elect one i, i. . ,
M* ■ 71 - rc*' y the company may be alienated nr mort-
The first boa'rd”of "directors °?* mai!on,y of ,l”
rectors, for the purpose of constructing or
'• | maintaining said railway; said alienation •
or
pur- j -
i Treasurer. •
the persons named in this act, or a ma- Sec. 11. Said company shall have
jority of them, with their associates, shall Power to borrow money on their bonds
determine, and all subsequent boards of
directors shall be elected bv the stock- deem expedient; provided, that
holders atzsuch time and place as they
may determine; no person shall be eligi-
ble to the office of director, unless a sub-
scriber for, or owner of at least three
shares of the capital stock ; the directors
shall have power to fill any vacancy in
their body, arising from non-election, or
other cause; they shall have power to
appoint a Clerk, Treasurer, and such
other officers or agents as they may deem
necessary,
already fully understand the difference
between the operations of the present law niy |iavjng once been
and the one proposed, both
equality and their efficiency ; but lest the |iave no fears of
false “torch” by which Junius professes ration*
to be guided may so “ <
of those who have not examined the ques-
tion for themselves as to induce them to
give credence to his “bundle” of mis-
representations, I cannot forbear to ex-
pose to the public, as 1 did in my reply, (q suggest to Junius, that,
the falsitv of his statements, as well as the
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sinister motives which have prompted this
illustrious “junto” to present themselves
as the avowed champions of the opposi-
tion to the Road Tax.
In his first article Junius, by inuendo,
charged me with dictation, and in his last
be is pleased to award to me the credit
of havingytrar discovered that the present
law is unequal in its operations.
In reply to this portion of his “slang
whang” I beg leave to lay before the peo-
t pie the petition which was presented to
the Chief Justice, asking that the propo-
sition might be-submitted to them.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, i
County of Fayette. |
To the Hon. Neill Rohison, Chief Jut-
lice, and the Associate Commissioners
jave the im-
pudence to charge me with dictation, and : bend the
to warn the people not ‘‘ to listen to the | .
principles and a
best interests.” Oh, shame! where i*
thy blush I Oh, truth! where is thy de-
To your intelligent readers who have fen(]er ? Why such a
sudden “ change has come
While the ono
petitioners’ names.
L. P. Webb.
M. Cavanagh.
J. L.D Blackburn.
James Murphy.
J. B. Armstrong. »'
Jno. C. Cabaniss.
Z. M. P. French.
I B. McFarland.
S. B. Whipple.
Wm. C. Purcell.
James T. Patton.
William W. Vickery.
G. W. Sinks.
W. B. Price.
John Shearn.
Crockett Peery.
John Rosenfield.
John T. Harcourt.
B. B. Hudnall.
James M. Eanes.
Chris. Harwell.
Wm. McAshan.
why tax collected by our Collector in 1851, ihority.
on property situated in this county, to be V
32,032 41 ; to which add the sum of come l.._
$93 89, it being the amount paid in other1 should arise
of their confidence and esteem in com- 1
mining their interests to m
the capacity of their Representative; and keep the .roads in good repair
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may have vanity enough to present him-
self before the people for ann office, yet,
unless his calibre becomes very greatly
enlarged, he need have no fears that such
an ^uccid^nt" will ever befall himself, or j
either of the junto of which be is so dis-
tinguished
the;subject of the road tax satisfies my
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refers, both those for and
tax| will concur with me in
thak heposseses neither stability of charac-
ter, nor sincerity of purpose, and would
willingly sacrifice the best interests of the
people upon the altar of his <Jwn self-ag-
How can
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must may also be seen the names
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festing such deep anxiety in
people.- And the tale is not yet told:
this same fugle man, Junius*
been heard at a certain wedding, not more
but the ! t|)an ejgh| miles distant fron
The undersigned, your petitioners,
would most respectfully represent that
being satisfied that the present system of
working roads is deficient in several res-
pects, and has become a crying evil, from
(he unequal manner with which it ope-
rates upon the citizens of the county gene-
rally, as also from the great waste of time
and lab(|r attendant upon it, and hence a
corresponding loss to the well being and
interest of the county without the accom-
plishment of the purposes designed—that
is to say, the keeping in repair the public 'hkJ
higlf ways, roads and bridges in the limits |
of the county aforesaid; would desire to
call your attention to the first section of1
an act entitled an act to authorize the r is . . - .
. r u . .1 -i and uot themselves, are
county of Montgomery to levy a spectal | ||)e benefil5 derived ,
road tax, which act specifies that any cj r «n • I i .
I vrtr 111 tl atr-i t inn I that there
other county m the btate may avail itself
of the benefit of this act; and would pray
that the matter therein contained be sub-1
milted to the citizens of the county of |
Fayette, and that due qnd timely notice !
be given, and the proffosition of a road I
be laid before the) people for their i
i or rejection at the election in
August next.
M. Evans.
A. J. Adkisson.
Z. M. P. Rabb.
G. C. Ra^tn.
. Franklin H. Cox.
.Wm. Lewis..
’ Wm, Moore.
• Orastes Prince.
S. Darling.
Wm. M. Short.
Michael Risinger, v
P. V. Shaw.
B. Townsend.
B. S. Chew.
Jas. A.Haynie.
W. A. Faites.
Isaac Kellough.
John Chum nay.
J. J. Young.
James Calleson.
J as. B. Cox.
J. S. Leater.
Wm. T. H. Beazly. A. Brodheck.
G. W. Breeding. 2
R. A. Barkley.
. John T. Philips. - Ed- A. Williams.
J. N. Edward®.
, Thao. Carter.
F. W. Grasmeyer.
I James I. Norton.
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AnvsRTtsiw—$1 per square for the first insertion, '
and .Ml cents for each subsequent insertion. ' v.y vy I?
lines, or less, to constitute a square. i £ • *v • r
Advertisements not marked with the number °f ' walr»i ii
insertions will be published until forbid and -T.^VV.^Chandler,
changed accordingly.
operations of which every man will con- i
tribute in proportion to his property.
it be demagogueisin. to contend that the i aut^ less, 8 percent.;
and right.
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Yours, respectfully,
to the terms of his subscription, the di-
rectors may, after twenty days public no-
tice, sell, at public auction, the shares
name of the Brazos and Colorado Rail- i subs"lbcd for bJ said delinquent, a.d
road Company, with power in said cor- *™nsfer 10 "e P“reb*^ »“<;'> ’b"«»i 'J
l « , . . l,le proceeds of the sale shall not be suf-
porate name to make contracts, to re- c , ...
ceive, purchase, hold, grant, or alien any fic,cnl,'° P’> ,he a~, d'Ue’ w,,b
property, real or personal, or mixed ; t'o i ?"d ,C,har8es? sucl1 delinquent shall be
s^and be sued, plead and be implead^, held bable ,bi company for the defi-
arid generally to do and perform all such j 7”^’ and lftbe proceed, shall exceed
acts as may be necessary for, and incident l"’e am°1,,nt ,s° due ":'h ,n,'eresl and
to the fulfilment of its obligations, and the cbar?es-be *ha 1 be enmled So the surplus,
maintenance of its rights under this act. | SeC- 8‘ I',sba11 be,laW'?1 for !be1c°n’-
Sec.2. Said company may have .. P^y '0 purchase and hold any hnd that
common seal, and shall have ihe power I ma-v be "ecessary for the pnrpose oflocat-
to enact such by-laws for the proper regu- 'n«’ cons,ri'c,"’S a"d m.intainmg sa.d
lation of the company as may be deemed ra!lw’> ’ -,T a" "ecessary depots end
necessarv r <!.«• Z "'her buddings, and may, by tbeir engt-
neers or agents, enter upon and take pos-
session of all such lands as may be ne-
depends ly> anc^ transferred through the Comp- buted to the system which I
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support of his family, the other de- anc^ 70u hflve the sum of $2,226 30, the
amount of tax in this county for the year
1851, as stated in my estimate.
Junius further states to the people, that
the Collector and County Treasurer will
receive 20 per cent., and the reviewers
of the roads $50; both of which state-
ments are untrue. Whether they are
attributable to wilful misrepresentation,
or ignorance, I am i
their pleasure; the one, Junius has rr*y pity; if to the | to suffer this question to influence them
States, nor of this Slate.
Sec. 3. Said company is hereby in-1 . . . .. . ..
vested with the right of locating, con- ma>?Ia'"'ng aa>d radway, and if*ejrf»Wi
structing, owning and maintaining a rail-
way, commencing at such point on the
Brazos river, not higher up than the town
of Washington, as said company may
deem most suitable, and thence running
by such course, and to such point on the
Colorado river, as said company may
deem most expedient, not higher up the
said fiver than the town of La Grange,
and from thejace, by way of the town of
Bastrop, to the city of Austin; and should
said company hereafter see
so, they shall have the privile
AN ACT
To Incorporate the Brazos arid ^,e company ; and
Colorado Railroad Company. - -
a subscriber to the capital stock of said
company, may be enforced against him
ig to its terms; if any subscriber
’ shall fail to pay any amount due upon
’ shares subscribed for by him, according
of the peopl
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man
age, although he is
required to send his
50 years of age,
iro-
this place,
advocating the road tax will all the zeal
which bis feeble capaciiy ,|oiikl allow, adduced to snslain them.
■ the demagogue to those who
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I accomplish their
syren song of him who woulpeach them w0|facl,,rieg- are ot eourse 5ynl
policy adverse to their cally diseased, I think the alternate [
[under the peculiar circumstances of the
, - . , case, “stink” so
woiuierlul and I
the spirit;
Now 1 put it to the men
g it blind,” t
f question) ; mount paid in this county
epntribute to the public roads, is it not
ed by the Pre-
- r* «Treasu-
who are in favor of it bow in humble sub- j rer, of*^ny officer duly authorised byjbe
ii in prfsuance of a vote of (he directors,
■ amount of our property, which, as is sta- shall be open at all reasonable
Sec. 7. The directors shall have power
in said capita!
on such terms
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each,” and as
unanswered, even
nius, k would be glad it some
very learned coadjutors would answer it
for him. J
>The law now in force is cer ainly based
in part upon the principle for which I
now contending, and ever
I to wit: that road contributio is, like all
other contributions levied upon the peo-
ple, should be in proportion to the amount
of their property ; for if this be not the
case, why is the man
property required to do more
the roads than the man who owns none?
answer is obvious : because it is just
and right that the contribution
in proportion to the amount o
glaves are
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county of Montgomery to levy a special j
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tice and equity, contribute the
ifient in the county.
It does seem to me that this is too plain
g to view the question with an un
biassed mind.
Il is true,
pectable citizens of the county, there farmer as we||
ot two of the very reason I am
contribute the
dhnt of properly.
who has
proper to do
ge of con-
tinuing said railroad to Galveston Bav,
or to unite with' or tap the Buffalo Bayou,
Brazos and Colorado Railroad, under
the same regulations and restrictions as
hereinafter provided for other roads to
tap this road ; with the privilege of mak-
ing, owning and maintaining such branch-
es of the Brazos and Colorado Railroad
as they may deem most expedient.
Sec. 4. The parties named in this act,
or a majority of them, with such persons
as they may associate with themselves
for this purpose, are hereby appointed
commissioners, and invested with the
right of forming and organizing said com-
pany, and generally of exercising the
powers of directors, until directors are
chosen by the stockholders, when the
powers of the commissioners shall cease.
Sec. 5. The capital stock of said com-
pany shall be divided into shares of one
hundred dollars ; each share entitling the
owner thereof to one vote in person or by
proxy at all meetings of the company ;
which proxy shall be dated within six
months of the meetings at which the vote
is given; and the shares shall be deemed
personal estate, and shall be transferable
by any conveyance in writing, recorded
either by the treasurer, in books kept by
him at his office for that purpose, or by
an officer duly authorized by the direct-
ors, in books kept by him at such other
place as the directors may appoint; such
transfers as are recorded in such other
place being within thirty days communi-
cated to the treasurer, and by him entered
in his books.
Sec. 6. The immediate government • . * -
- - - i- i shall think desirable for the purpose of
aiding in the construction or maintenance
‘ of said road, and all real estate acquired
of their number to fee President of the "L""
company.
rectors, for the purpose of Constructing
ma in fainintr said rfliltvavl «aid ali^nati
mortgage shall be signed in the name
of the President and countersigned by the
for county officers; for it bonds for the faithfu) performance of their
do with the quali- duties; they shall cause te be kept cor-
fications of any of the candidates before reel records of all meetings of the direct*-
If there be those who do not ors and company, and accurate books anrf
of the company, and all other books and
honesty of purpose and purity of inten- | accounts necessary and proper to be kept
We | by such company; a majority af the board
alike entitled to of directors sliall have the power of a full
executed in writing, sign
■ilk*” m ’
i C. S. Longcope.
SnvseittFrio*—83 Dollar* per annum, in advance. . jo^n jj Carter.
Advkrtlsino-81 per square fur the firat insertioni 'Sam’i jp McAshan W. B. SfcClcllan.
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ho. marked wi.h rhe number of I W.lll.m (J. Webb. Cbarlee Zavireh.
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F^r thf Monument.
r. I The Road Tax.
“ Unawed by the influence of the rich i
the great, the voice of the people r
be heard, and their rights vindicated.”
Mu. Editor :—
The positions assumed by Junius i
his
mg our interest. • ‘ J i
If the road tax is defeate^, let those sident
mission to the voice of the people. If it directors^®nder the seal of the company,
should be adopted, it will niost surely i
r operate upon us all in |
could have rich should contribute more than the poor, $ U000, and less than $2,000, 5 per
" ' ' .’cent., and so on; and upon the assess-
lorv in the ,nent amount made for the county, 4 of
the like per cent.—See Hartley’s Digest,
page 958, Art. 3179. For collecting, |
the same per cent, is allowed as for as-
sessing.—See Hartley’s Digest, page 961,
Art. 3192. And the County Treasurer
is entitled to not more than 5 per cent. |
Taking, then, my estimate of the road
i tax lor 1853, SI,333 33, the Assessor
will receive for assessing A of 5, or 2A
per cAnt., the amount being over SI,000,
and less than $2,000; and for collecting,
A ol 5, or 2A per cefit, making the amount
of the Assessor & Collector’s per cent.
5 per cent., to. which add the County
Treasurer’s 5 per cent., and you have 10
per cent, instead of 20, as is slated to
you by Junius, although he professes Jo
be guided by the “torch of truth.”
In reference to his estimate of S50 for
reviewing the roads, I beg leave to state,
(although under the reflection of the fiery
torch of Junius,) that the County Court
has never paid a single dime for that pur-
pose, and that neither the present law nor
the one •proposed gives it the authority to
do so.
I stated that there were not more thari
269 miles of public roads in the countyx
Junius is informed that there are nearly
double that number. Mv figures were
the result of a calculation made by the
Commissioners themselves, who doubt-
less had the records before them. Men
may give utterance to falsehoods, either
from mistake or by design— records never
; do.
Whenever any man or set of men de-
! sign to change a public road for their
I convenience, it is right and proper that
they, for whose benefit the change is
made, should cut out and pul in order the
new road. Such has been the practice
under the present law, and will doubtless
be required under the tax law. It is con-
tended that the number of public'roads
may increase, (and 1 hope they may, for
it is always an evidence of the prosper-
ous condition of a county.) and that the
tax will not be sufficient to keep them up.
The tax for 1851 is 33A per cent, more
than the tax for 1850, and it will doubt-
jess continue to increase iu a greater ratio
than the public roa Is, and will be, at some
future period, md e than sufficient, and
the surplus can be applied to the building
of bridges whenever they may be needed.
Junius endeavors to rally the old
of the county on l
tion by telling them that it releases “all
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and brings under its requisitions the aged
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Tqese are indeed
beautiful and honieid words, but have not
the semblance of truth.
in every instance, where contributions (or
taxes) are levied, then do 1 gl
name.
While my positions, and the arguments
f t, may “smell” of
are ready to
ppliant knee (if necessary to
• own sinister motives) al
! the shrine of the would-be rich, and whosA
. ’ are of course sympathetic j
is ' sitions assumed by Junius and 1* junto,
loudly” of it, as to be
' really “offensive and nauseating” to every
oizer the spirit , inan jff high and lofty sentiment, whose
of their dreams,” he who reads will doubt- i political olfactories are in the least degree
(sensitive.
While I admit, that every law levying
a charge upon the people should consult i
, so far as can be with-I
state that- I ; oul a vjo|atjon of (|ie principles of-equali-
empiiry it to my repu- ty, yet, when their convenience becomes
both political and moral; and shall paramount to the law, and the object of
dazzle the eyes i always feel grateful to mv fe low-citizens ! ^,e defeated, it should no longer be
• ■ • r r i r • taken into consideration, and the system
ot mv native county, for the manifestation 1 . , . . . , zr . .t
J ; ought to be so changed as to effect the
object for which it was designed.
The object of the present law is to
■ and con-
, uui ii nuns me convenience of
many, yea, very many, not to woik on
the roads more than one day in four or
five years, and if possible, not to work at
all; and hence the object of the law is j
subservient to convenience, and the pub-
t| lie roads of our county are miserably neg-
lected. That the present system of work- ’
ing the roads is wholly inefficient and .
nugatory, is fully demonstrated by past,
ceded by all.
is not a very plentiful article in our com-
munity, and the people will find it diffi-
cult to raise the amount of the road tax.
Now, under the tax law’, the man who is
worth $1,000 will pay the small sum of
66§, and he must be a miserable drone
indeed, who is worth that amount and
can't raise 663 cents, as an annual road
tax! The man who owns no property w'ill
pay 165 cents; an<^ it ought to call the
blush of indignant shame to the cheek of
any man, I care not how poor he may be,
to be told that he can’t raise 16§ cents!
It is certainly as easy for him to pay 16§
cents, as to work even one day instead of
six, upon the roads. Upon this branch
of the subject, Junius adduces, in procif!
of his position, the fact that land has been j
frequently sold for the taxes.. Now I '
venture the assertion, that no resident citi-
zen of the county has ever allowed his land
to be sold for taxes if it were worth the
amount of lax due thereon. On the con-
trary, the lands that have been sold for
taxes are owned by non-residents, who
suffered the sales to be made from negli-
gence, and not fiom their inability to pay
should be !*,e ,ax’ The people are told by Junius,
property. ^,al there is an error of $254 40 in my
property; and their owners, estimate of the probable tax for 1S53.— ,
the recipients of ^*ow Junius had been disposed to pro-1 *)e °oes not PaX l"<! P0^ tax» p
i, mulgate the truth, “the whole truth, and P^rty alone is taxed ; and the property
Suppose, for illustration, I that the/e nothing but the, truth,
were no staves in onr country e then, un- .
der the present law, every man would people, (and more especially those
> same amount 6f tabor to' w ho profess to be guided by the “luiwii--- »• -- t-— n------- ----------
the^publicroads without re/fard to the truth”) he could have found in the ' Jax 10 be dtstnbuted in favor of the town,
J zr . 11 one is presuming not 01 1 *' *
list of property given in by | ance, but upon their malfeasance in office.
properfy to be
i in, and the amount of tax
taw was justand equitable ? ot would the tbe other b
j man of wealth be so lost to a sense <
i lice as to contend for its correctness?
■ think not.
; sense (not those who are “goin
' for it is useless to ask them an
; if it be right that slave property should at®d in other counties, which amount i
-stin my estimate, 1 Z
j The assessment rolls show the amount of will not presume to do
If one section of the county should be-
come arrayed against another, and there
heartburnings and jealousies,
counties upon lands situated in this coun- .as Junius apprehends, let it not be atlri-
[ am advocat-
troller’s office, to our County Treasurer, j ing, but to the systematic effort now be-
onzt .u- oor an tk<> jng made by him ind his? “junto” to
make the road tax a test question in the
August election, ancl to array the country
against the town fori electioneering pur-
poses. The petition which appears
above will disclose the truth of these re-
marks.^^g^
I trust, however, that the efforts of this
clique may prove abortive, and that the
unable to say ; if to | people of this county have too much sense
• • * " _ 1_ !_i • • • I I a •
o - as every man
were no slaves in onr country L then, un- 1 should do, who writes for the information likewise taxed at the same rate.
------’ man would °f ^e people, (and more especially those 1 0 insinuate for a moment that the
amount if tabor to ! who profess to be guided by the “ torch ; County Commissioners would allow the
* • • • • • * • jn t|Je 1 tax to be distributed in favor of the town,
Clerk’s office, two assessment rolls, one presuming not offiy upon their ignor-
who has to labor day by day, and I containing a l._. t 1 . • 1 j
no properfy to be enhanced in [citizens of this county, and situated here- e certainly can select Commissioners
value, be induced to believe ^hat such a
taw was justand equitable ? or would the l^e o,her containing a
man of wealth be $0 lost to a sense ofjus-1 in by citizens in #
1 j situated in other counties, and the amount
found the sumf of $254 40 to be the a- lpe lax» lhis is npt so; for the amount
on lands situ- j
— -------------, .....-1. ----- - .is .
' not included in my estimate, my figures Commissioners have
equally just and proper that other pro- having been taken from the other book.
perty should contribute likewise? 7
1 certainly can see no sensible reason 1
the man who is worth $10,00 ) in negro
men under! fifty years of a^e, should
contribute more to the public roads than
the man who is worth the same amount
in money.
upon the interest of his inodey for the
1 .. * " J . *
pends upon the tabor of bis slaves; and
if it be right that a portion of the labor of
the slaves should be applied fo our pub-
lic roads, is it not also right thti a portion
of the interest on
applied to the same |
are both entiiled to the
leges and immunities
and should, upon every principle ofjus- other, he certainly deserves your con- in the election f
; same a- 1 tempt. I wish it distinctly understood, I certainly has nothing to
' mount to every general internal improve- that I have no friends to promote, nor I
punish, but am actuated by them. , , , , r
higher, purer, and nobler motives: and 1 agr$e with you, award to them, (if there aecounts.of the receipts and expenditures
• same oiThe company, and all other books and
! and may say upon the question now be-
fore the people, will be received bv them
as my honest convictions, promulgated
with no other view than that of advancing
I • ~
what I conceive to be the interest of the
people of the county generally, both in-
dividually and collectively.
Upon the assessment for the use of the
Stale, the Assessor receives upon $1,000,
; upon all sums over
and less than $2,000, 5
upon
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J 'JE 1 ■ I T
proportion to the I shaft^e valid binding; aftd the books
" u:_l ■■ : 1 *! open at all reasonable hours to
I ted above, is, in my humble opinion, just, the inspection of stockholders.
- J - 1 H * **” '* ' • •• •
Fifty-Two. to dispose of the shares
stock in such manner and
as they may deem best fori the interest of
ti.o any agreement in
; writing whereby any person shall become
Section 1. Be if enacted by the Le-
gislature of the State of Texas, That' • -
George W. Sinks, James S. Lester, aCCOrd,n
Sherman Reynolds, Thomas C. Moore,
George Hancock, A. B. McGill and P.
W. Nowlin, and their associates and suc-
cessors, be, and they are hereby created
a body corporate and politic, under the
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