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OUTAGAMIE COUNTY 'TRE^SURIJR;.AmETOH, September 12, 1854.Friend Chow LEY :—I wish to correct some wrong1 impression* thathave been made public, in which I am pretty considerably interested, ho that my friends and the public may know the facts, (which are here accompanied by certified documents) about which there can be no mistake. I moan the conflicting claims to-County Offices! n Outagamie cou nty, growing out ot our recent organization.'va as a county end two or three bungling acts of the Legislature in endeavoring to bring about an uniformity of elections.I was elected to the office of County Treasurer in the Fall of 1852—was recognized by the County Board and Town Treasurers as such—and performed all its duties for the first year. About one year ago, Mr. Grionox, the other claimant, or rather Smith Baixabd —aa Mr. Gkignon is only a passenger, and a *■ dead head” at that—commenced a suit in the Circuit Court upon information quo warranto, to see who was entitled to the office— they claiming to hold by virtue of an election previous to my own. The suit Was duly tried before Judge Howe. The thing was played fine and cool, as no one knowa better how tosphedo it than said Timothy, and the decision of UT this immaculate Judgo in the simplicity of his 06nature, was, that I should be ousted from the office, which I had usurped by the tree will of the people and all those who had business to do with the county, to the great injury of this notable law firm, Smith Baelakd. From tins decision I very respectfully appealed to the Supreme Court, or rather corned the suit up on a writ of error. They would not give me time to obtain a writ of error from Madi-HOii, being too anxious to suck tho blood of the county—of which they had before had a taste. I obtained the writ, however, with a Btay of proceedings, and this has kept the bloodhounds at bay until the present.Weil, what is the result of this 1 The Supreme Court met in due course of time, and reversed the decision of Judge Howe—thus leaving me the County Treasurer, and the whole matter where it was one year ago ; only that 1 have been twice advertised as a runaway, by a vagabond Editor guilty of all those little eccentricities which you have attributed to him, and a great deal more that you have not told. The fact is, Sam Ryax ia not so much to blame—he has to do as his owners toll hi m. I am only glad you do not, like some other papers, copy any ol Sam’s articles until you know the truth from some other source, bo that you avoid publishing any of his lies.But I have digressed From the County Trea-Biirer subject. Since the decision of the Supreme Court in my favor, they have been more desperate than ever. They have ob. tained a bogus warrant from before Judge Ignoramus, a certain County Judge, who lias about as milch jurisdiction in the premises to issue a warrant for me, as he would have to issue the same warrant against the Treasurer of Winnebago county. But this notable law Arm told him it was all right, and as ho has implicit confidence in thorn1,he “let her rip.’* Besides he thinks it hard that so big a Judge as he is,and made out of nothing at that, should not have unlimited power. It is hard that so much wisdom and legal talent should be circuinscribed to our small county. Attached is the opinion of the Supreme Court in the case, verbatim as given. You can thus judge what reliance can be placed1 upon articles in the Crescent.As I have been advertised as having ran away with the books, papers, and monies of, the county—that I am resisting the decision of tho court and the laws—am a fugitive from justice—a defaulter, c.,I thought it but just to mysolf that I should let the public know that I am a quiet, peeoable person, minding my own business, and acting as County Treasurer of Outagamie—as the Supreme Court has just decided I bad a right to do—resisting no law, and perfectly responsible for all the county has entrusted me with. That the decision of the Supreme Courtis entirely in my favor, any one can see by reading for themselves ; and by so doing, they can the more readily appreciate the Crescent jnan “Friday” —or rather SiM and his owners—and that I have been put to trouble and expense by their imposing upon a poor, old illiterate mim who had the misfortune to be elocted CountyJudgo, and they undertaking to play their Peter Funk games through his ignorance of the law, and at iny expense.You will much oblige my by publishing the above. Yours,ROB. MORROW.- ftt1
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Menasha Advocate
Menasha, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Sep 14, 1854
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