Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-04-19
THE IOWA CAPITAL REP

PUN. ~ Tic OfSSon Iaii ROAD, gram tc
Iowa, to continue the chain to the Mis-
sour, followed as a matter of course
This being the fact, and there being fair
prospect, with proper exertions, Of the
requisite grants being made at the present
session, it became Mr.. Letters duty tc
cooperate with the Illinois delegation in
the House, and Messrs. Douglass and
Breese in the Senate, by promptly intro
ducing the necessary bill, which he did.
Very different is the case with oul
prayer for q grant for the Dubuque and
Keokuk rail road. Such memorials arc
referred to some appropriate committee
who ariU take their own time to report or
them, and if they consider the grant mex
pedient at the time, ,cM refuse to recon-
mend it, in spite Of all the solicitations and
influence Of our Representative, who, by
unduly pressing the matter, or taking it out
Of the hands Of the committee by prema-
turely introducing a bill, when there is no
chance forts passage, would not only en-
danger the ultimate success of the mea-
sure, but would seriously injure his in
fluence in other matters.
Here is all the "mystery about this
matter; and as our esteemed contemporaries
OF the Express are too intelligent not to
understand it, we are truly astonished at
their being SO misled as to catch up and
give currency to such ridiculous trump
ed up charge against our democratic Rep
resentative. With all due Difference and
respect for our friends in that city, we
must say that the mystery here spoken of
is to be looked for in Dubuque alone. If
Mr.. Letter is actually deserving the cen
sure melted out to him there, for the change
in the Land Office, let him bear it; we
seek not to screen him; but let not such
gross injustice be done to public SER
want who, while absent attending to the
interests Of his constituents, has no chance
of defending himself, or even of being
heard. Is this generous? is it Just? is it
honorable? Certainly, neither of our Rep
resentatives have met with more unfair
treatment from the most violent of their
political opponents.
What! are all the public services of so
talented and faithful champion of democ-
racy to be carefully yelled from public
view, merely because certain portion Of
our friends think that he has stepped aside
in one solitary matter? Are his jealous
and enlightened efforts for the improve
ment of the Rapids, which we hope to see
crowned with success, to say nothing of
other important items which we might
name, all to go for naught? Are all his
acts to be viewed through this distempered
and everything imputed to him
for evil3 Forbid it, democracy! Forbid
it justice! Forbid it, every consideration
of harmony, union and mutual good will
among the friends of equal rights!
Mr.. LETTER stands deservedly high in
he affections and confidence of the mass
Of the Iowa Democracy, who will not be
alienated from him for light cause
Our sole aim in these remarks is, without
my expression of a preference among the
for our next Representative, to
prevent his acts from being misrepresent-
ed, and to see that even handed justice is
neted out to public servant who has no
of defending himself. We
rust that the Express will, on reflection,
see and remedy its error, by doing SIM
pie justice to Mr.. Letter.