Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-08-01

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false and r,dicsloss. The following il a.
tractcd from that paper Of July rs Il is
q fair average Of its logic and moving ap.
peals for = hundred or hundred snd City
Thousand dollars In aid Of the Rams Horn.
When BurliDgton wanted TO construct her
own road, she called on Mt. Pleasant and
Henry Ceunty, whose interests were connect
ed with il, to assist 10 il construction. That
assistance was rendered. Now, when that
town and county diadover other interests, 10
this direction, Burlington proposes to expend
Sc, 900 in the WsrsaN and Rockford TO pre-
vent their securing those interests. This
kind Of treatment, After the assistance rem
dered to the Darlington rosd, Is not very
well relishcd, and ut. Pleasant, on her Part,
proposes to achieve for herself the position
which Burlington says she will attain on the
complstion Of the Keokuk and Mt. Pleasant
road; viz: TO use the words Of the Burling-
.onians, ant. Pleasant will take the place Of
Burlington, And Mt. Pleasant concludes
that il Burlington can afford TO invest $780,
900 in dubious enterprise to damage Mt.
Pleasant, she can afford to cxpend the same
amount in q safer enterprise 10 prevent the
intended damage, and insure her own sue
cess. Accordingly she proposes, in addition
to the subscription Of Henry County to the
amount OF Yl00, 600, u subscribe $50, 900 in
her own corporate capacity to the Keokuk
and Mt. Pleasant road.
The Gate is not probably aware that
there are in Henry county good common
schools, to say nothing of higher institu-
tons Of learning. The people, We had
supposed, aud still believe, have sufficient
intelligence to know Hank from Hand
saw, although the course Of the editor Of
the Observer does rather make against
this charitable conclusion.
The Recommendation of the HawKeye
and Telegraph that Burlington aid in the
construction of the Warsaw road is proof
positive that this city is hostile to Mt.
Pleasant! And as Mt. Pleasant has aided
and assisted in the construction Of the b.
& M. r. r. r. purely for the benefit Of the
city of Burlington, (Which by the way
amt quito finished yet, therefore, Bur-
lingtonians are basely ungrateful, and act
ing in very bad faith, in seeking any south.
ern connection, save and except through
Mt. Pleasant! therefore High Henry
ought to give $780, 900 to the Rams Horn
Railroad! QE. D.
This is the Kind of augmentation in
dulged in by the Gate and echoed by the
Observer. And in ingenuity tits deserving
of patent. The proposition to aid in the
construction Of the Warsaw road is out of
jealousy Of and to injure Mt, Pleasant !!
Don't you hope you may make the people
believe it !!
This whole matter needs but be stated
to be understood. Their are not five in
dividuals in Henry County so shallow as to
be caught by so transparent device. The
voters of that county will decide for or
against the $4,000 subscription without
being influenced in the smallest degree by
this COCK and bull story. How they may
decide the matter is Of no consequence to
us. We expect them to decide it as seems
to them good, without any reference to any
body else. And SO far as we are authori-
zed to speak for them, the citizens of Bur.
lington will do the same. They will pur
sue that course that seems best calculated
to promote the prosperity and growth Of
the city, without any desire or expectation
of preventing the growth Of any othe,
Mace