The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-20

Governor and Legislature Of Wisconsin
will show that we manifested great sym
#pathy and did all in our power to prevent
Mr.. Clarke from losing any thing by what
he had done. q
But let us see whether we failed in our
contract, and in what way. In my pro-
posals to the Legislature insisted upon
having all the copy, properly prepared,
placed in my hands. This was never
done. The portion that MIR Clarke took
on with him, or its duplicate, I never
could obtain. If all the copy had been
furnished me in season, the work would
have been completed at the time specified
in the bond, for it was my intention to
have the printed copy executed at st Lou
is, while was printing the other at my
Office in Fort Madison. / called on some
of the printers in st. Louis to make ar
rangements to this effect, but was unable
to consummate them for want of copy.
Although it did not come within the range
Of my duty to search for the copy, l new
ertheless made several attempts by cores.
pondence and otherwise to obtain it, but
without success. All this / can prove.
After had completed the printing as far
as could go, sent a letter to Gov.
Dodge, informing him Of the situation of
the laws and asking advice in regard to
binding what had already been done. Not
receiving an answer from him in season,
sent portion of the Laws to St Louis
to be bound; Immediately after this, | was
taken sick with the fever and could do no.
thing farther until my removal here in
November. l then wrote to the Govern.
or and Legislature of Wisconsin, stating
the circumstances and asking for advice.
In the meantime the Legislature despatch
ed a special messenger, who received
from me number of copies of the Laws,
containing the Acts Of the Winter session
Of 1878 and of the special session Of
juno 1888. l then received letter from
the Secretary of Wisconsin Territory con-
tanning resolution requiring me to stop
the work where it was-that / was to be
remunerated according to the pleasure Of
the Legislature that Messenger
would call on me and receive the work in
its present state. But the Messenger new
er came.
Early in the Spring, went up in the
second boat, expecting to meet the Legis-
lature. When arrived, I learned that that
body had adjourned a few days previous.
then went to Mineral Point, where I
saw Gov. Dodge and several members of
The Legislature, and learned that no ap-!!
had been made for me. All
hose gentlemen to whom related the cir
were unanimous in the opin-
on that if I had arrived before the Legis-
AZURE adjourned, an appropriation would
doubtless have been made III my behalf.
One of the members moreover informed
ne that the committee were about recon-
nending an appropriation for me, when a
certain memorial from Mr.. Clarke was in.
reduced, praying for remuneration for his
portion Of the laws, which they had new
II seen, and which exasperated them so
much, that they declined doing any thing
or either of us. This does not look much
ike my standing in the way of Mr.. c.,
ut vice versa.
The editors of the Gazette have appeal
d to ''the Public and so do we. Let
he Public Judge who has had ga job of
printing which was half finished, thrown
pom his hands total loss!' By the
egllgencc OF others we were incapitated
rom doing Job which would have
to between three and four thou
and dollars; and all we now ask is remu-
eration for the trouble and expense to
which we have been put in expanding be-
ween 1900 and 1000 dollars for journey
aen, paper, &c. This we do not believe
ne Legislature of Wisconsin will deny
$ when the subject is properly brought
efore them-for we believe Court of
,quity would allow US damages, even
Notwithstanding the ungenerous attempts
lat have been made to deprive us of our
ard and honest earnings. We think we
ave shown that there was such a physi-
al impossibility thrown in our way, that