Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-03-07

o7qge !aT9asa d'ir sissal Ire, iif9A 80
aoilisogsib sdl ION 81 ii isiidH .eoi'sd
notwithstanding the qualification of are
undsrstdnd.p They understood no such
thihg!n There uwerel no witnesses called
TO subsiantiate the charges, and, this fact
was well known 70 the author Of the cir
cular.
=" They further ailegge that The "chargses Of
dissatisfaction, 1t is 6elfeted, is still con
fined toiIhe circle' ofits fpaterni,y.n Very
true, but The circle isra wide one. En-.
bracing not only the counties thro' which
the Canal runs, as the petition forwarded
to the Legislature In 1874 has shown, but
the whole State, as the bohdholders al.
ready knowbffomthe letter addressed to
them by the Legislature, at tits last ses-
sion, specially setting forth the abuses
which Mr.. Gooding's favorites so slrenu.
ous1y defend. - '''-' '@' - s''''
I9d AS further evidences ofdissatisfactior,
lmay instance the action Of the late Con.
.stitutional Convention in excluding the
Canal bonds from the benefit of the two
mill tax, authorized by the 18th article Of
the new constitution. You viii also re
member that the Hon. S.ifA. Douglass
statedin bis speech al the meeting over
which you presided on the 18Th October
last, thai, during the preceding summer he
had made the tour Of our State, and that
every where he heard murndrs and ex
pressions of discnntentI at the conduct of
the. Engineers and the course ofI,hs
Trustees, and the profligate expenditure of
$4,000 in the payment of salaries to two
here. And the call Of that meeting is in
itselfturther proofthat this dissatisfaction
Is not confined TO this State alone. .su7 II
1t is unnecessary that should take a
more extended notice Of this circular as
its'inhuence will be ''confined to the cir
Gle ofirs paternity and the foregoing Re
port answers all its leading points. It's
appearance has been anticipated by me
for some time, and with the nature and
character of its contents, have been in
no way disappointed. tits precisely what
] should look for from its author and his
aDetlors. s~.b rnpli ~ .bgGj saia = a5g
"They talk as they are .wont--rot as we MERIT
Traduce by custom, as most dogs do bark
Do nothing out of Judgment, but disease @
Speak III. because they never could speak we'll
And who'd be angry with this lace of creatures !'
But before close | must express my
regret at seeing the Judicial ermine soiled
by such an association. From Judge
should look for better things. Judge
Dickey was present at, the investigation
(so. called) bsfore my, colleagues, and it
cannot have escaped his recollection that
| was not present, and Consequently took
no part in it, for the reasons assigned in
my correspondence with oMessrs. Swift
and Leavitt at the time, He al>o- knows
that none OF my witnesses were examined
before the majority of tie Board, yet he
prondunces Judgment upon the er parte
testimony, and asserts that my charges
'are not snPporie'bby proofand are with
out foundation in fact How he has ar
rived at this conclusion he does not inform
us; but believe it is customary with
Judges to hear both sides before giving a
decision. He has evidently forgotten that
'.trulh is to be sought only by slow and
painful progress--that error is in its ma
ture Aippant and compendious and that
it hops (as he has done) with airy and
fastidi1us levity over proofs and arguments
and perches upon assertion which it calls
conclusion, a.Ilt..s,n..,.,,a ,,...5. -..,
Judge Dickey's unqualified approval of
the high salaries, and almost constant alb.
-senteeism Of my colleagues, together with
the official mismanagement and moral
dereliction OF some ofthe subordinate of:
ficials, will scarcely reconcile the people
to the abuses which have grown out of
them, or convince them thai they do moi
exist. With these remarks dismiss the
Judge and his worthy compeers. and sub
NIT it to your candid consideration. wheth-
er or not have sustained my charger.
HORDE CHARLES OAKLEY.
i'd fai sg79Jl.o -- a aoi.oa
The folIowingis but a small portion
oflhe evidence which Col. Oakley pub
fishes in his5report.g We extract these
affidaviis so that the public can Judge of
the nature ofthe evidence produced: 3~
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STATE OF ILLINOIS, go oa.ao-lsE al
Cook County, t.-.s
JOHN VAN HORN maketh oath that be
was an assistant Engineer on the first di.
vision ofihe Illinois and Michigan Canal,
under William Gooding, who acted as
Chief Engineer. was appointed as as.
7isfant in July,A. d. Is45., Soon after
was appointed, a relative Of Mr.. Goodng
who owned the building used as an office
for the Engineers the first division, Of
tered to sell me the building l did moi
agreeJto purchase. Soon aferI went to
mex mort ,ui,nrn mot NTH NilL;ann Cnnd