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Show is io toiiir wiiiRms. If lb Nnua opoaltlon lo lha ealldailng of nounly wariante, slalma, InJebtedne.a, etc., laauel aud Inoiirrad In aiceaa of lha lenal debt limit, haa eerved no other purpoae, II haa al laaat brought out a ureal many facta which lha Legialature and tba publlo otherwlaa would perhapi not bavo learned, To bate done that muob la aomrthlug of which wo bava no Inclination In-clination lo be aahamed; and now Ibal the bill referred to hat had Ita full abara of publlo txenjlnellon Bad dlacuaalon, haa bn klrk.d aod oufled atnut qulla fiercely, hie been ra-oommllled and aoianded, baa bean mad lh beats for lhtaar arraignment of the official, who plunged tli la county particularly Into auoh a draadlul oondlilon of debt, and will no doubt oprata aa an Impreeelaa warning lo future ortlclal. who under othar olrcum-atauo'B olrcum-atauo'B might ba dlapoaad to rackleaa-neaa rackleaa-neaa with lh paepla'a money, why, we are moved to aay Ibal probably tba beat way out of wore complloatlona and greater lo)urlee la lo eoaol lha bill Inlo a law. Anything lhal Beamed lo Baeorol repudiation w bare always been unalterably oppoeoj la; and lb raiueai to validate many of thee elatrua will praolloally amount to repudiation or lead to litigation of lh moat veiatlouB and eipanelvB kind. The credit of Ibe county aud ol lha oomtuuulty Is worth mora than tba aurplua warrBnlB or Indebted naaa many llmae oTr; and that oan only b main-lalued main-lalued by lha ual payment of every bonealdeut. Home of lha claim, tbal will le aflold by tba propoeid bill ata no doubt dlaban.! and ought not to bo paid, and wa bop will not be lh bill upreaely reeeralng lo III oounty or any taipayar tba power to oonteel tbem. The great majority of Ibem.bow ever, ara houeal, lh oounty raolTd Hberlbeaeraloaaor lb goods lo lb aalu asked; and IheBB everybody eJ-mlta eJ-mlta ought t be paid. We lualat tbat wa do not like tba proceeding or the prcdnl of smooth, lug over cfllclal wroag-dolng by declaring de-claring valid in ouaelalula lhal wblch by lite eapreaa terms of a prior atalute waadsolarsd lo b Illegal, liul unpalatable un-palatable thing, frequently have to b Uon, not so muob to patch up ona fault aa to avoid lb prplratlon of a greater on. In Ibal Hgbl wa are compelled lolook upon thla bill, and altar all that has been aald and wrltban and dona upon lha aubaot, wa ara ooo-vlured ooo-vlured that lb part of bonor aud eon alalenoy la lo paas Iba maaaur Id gcod faith, aod luok our eredllora aud oar I true condition aquaraly lo tba faoo. |