The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-07-25
Ce..esa ua~ffs Gsarss.

0e0eu pftU0xS leStef upou psV0Se O0SluSSs'
We ware greatly surprised to see our letter
in print, q it va not written for the "Pub-
Lie Eve. bat were still more surprised up
on reading fhat purported to be IN expla-
nation Of ihe same, AZ the false statements
contained therein. We are unwilling to &C.
cupy the columns of our paper with what Is
purely private matter; yet in the present
case We deem it duty which We owe to
oursef and those other citizens who are de-
nominated the ssCiique," to give an inter-
probation of the letter.
In the 6rst place We win say, that the
ssClique'' spoken of, only exists in the i'm
aeina,ion of the writer Of the article in the
Nonpareil. We do not believe that there Is
3 man in Council Bluffs, outside Of the
Company, who desires to see the Company
broken up. or disbanded--we knOtc that We
have no such desire. That we entertain
any .spriyate pique against the Company"
is rs false, as the man is foolish, who pen
ned the assertion. Whether we have con-
tribu,ed some cent" towards the support OF
the Company or not, is a private matter;
but we will add that when the Company
succeed in showing that We are indebted to
them, or as good citizen are bound to
aire them anything, we will be found ready
and willing TO ssfork over" We are happy
to hear that there is one other Company IN
the State, and we hope there never may be
but one other place in the State, where so
large and respectable body of men are
capable of making such decided asses of
themselves as the Guards have done in this
case. That the Company has been no dis
credit to Council Bluffs or the Missouri
Slope, none are more ready to admit than
ourself, and We have in our paper on several
occasions alluded to the Guards with feel
ings of pride, and pointed to them as an ev-
idence Of the public spirit and enterprise Of
our citizens. We will remark that we do not
wish to .srule or ruin'' the Company--hrst
we believe in the principle of "Squatter
Sovereignty" and believe that every COM
munitv, or company ought to rule them
selves: and secondly, we have no desire :"
ruin the Company, in as much as to do so
would be against our prirdte interest, as
we'll as the interests of the citizens of Coun-
ell Bluffs. The Company assert that they
have fulfilled all their contracts with US; II
this be true, then our letter could not have
injured them-they have written lease
from us. which would have secured them
against all injury if they had complied with
the conditions thereof. They say that we
did not comply with our contract with them
that VIC agreed to plaster the room. This
statement is Incorrect, we never made any
such agreement; but leased them the room
with the express understanding that they
were to take it in the condition that it was
then in, and to return it to US at the expira-
ton of the lease in like good condition.
With regard to their fulfilling their contract
with US, we will say, that by the terms of
their lease, they were to pay us twenty dol.
larf per month in Advance, for the use of
the room. At the time the letter was writ
ten the Company owed us for SIX MONTHS
RENT; and that we settled with them for
rent and received but $40, being fire and
half months rent. We did this because the
company desired to surrender the room into
our possession on the Goth inst. If we had
desired to have broken up the Company, we
would not have given them any notice, but
would have closed the room against them
,cithout notice, which we were authorized to
do under the lease. They say that our
Clerks left the scuttle open-this we do not
believe, but will say, that our Clerks had no
business there-the Company had the key
to the room and ought to have kept the
door locked. The windows to the room
have not been closed for sic weeks before
our letter was written. With regard to
their appeal to the citizens of Council Bluffs,
and their complaint of bad treatment on our
part, all We have to say is, that had they
quietly, upon the receipt of our letter, paid
the rent, closed the scuttle, and kept loafers
out of the room by locking the door, there
would have been no difficulty about the mat
ter; and the world never have known that
they were so near being ruined. Again they
did not know that they owed us anything
until our letter was received. This speaks
not TOO favorably rs to their business quail
ications-whose business was it to know
that their debts were paid ?-they knew they
were occupying the room they had lease
in their possession setting forth the terms
on which they occupied it, and who but they
and ourself ought to have known how the
matter stood between US? They are SO for
getful and ignorant about their o,r7s BUSH
ness, that we regard ourself quite fortunate
in having written the letter, as they might
have forgotten the matter altogether had we
not refreshed their memory. Several of the
MERCHANTS, we wonder whether the plea
will save them from the expense of a pro-
test? Gents, next time you come before
the public. in the name Of your own repu
tation as business men, don't.put in another
.ssch plea! On the morning Of the 18th
We found the door, scuttle ami windowgbf
ths room open, the night previous heavy
rain had fallen-we found the water drip
ping from the plastering upon our goods u
the second story; I'VE sat downnpon the spur
Of the monlsnt a1swrote theE hotter, which
has produced this tremendous outburst of
indignation on the part Of the Guards. Here
it is-further comment is unnecessary:
Council BLUFFS, Iowa
July 13th 1857
c. NJ ROBBINS Secretary c. B. G.:
SIR The door OF the Miar, Hall is left constant
opeh--the scutte is never closed-loafers Of every
grade have to the Hall The rain from the
clouds descend upon the floor doing great injury to the
floor and plasterlng belowhe rent has not been paid
You therefore notified, that unless arrangements
are which the door be kept closed and the
scutte shut and the rent paid within six days from
this date that shall take possession OF the Hall under
the authority granted in the lease, and will commence
suit for the rent and damages occasoned by the manner
in which the Hall has been used
Respectfully, Yours,
LYsANDER W. BABBITT.
We are aware that there are few hot
heads in the Company-men who are better
qualified for dlscharging peculiar kind OF
gass, generated after eating a hearty meal
of Beef and Cabbage, than to give direction
to missile put in motion by the explosion
of gunpowder; and we are satisfied that such
men in their zeal to appear as great guns,
have succeeded in placing the rejecting por-
ton of the Company in a position from
which they would be glad to be relieved
We are obliged to treat the subject AS the
act of the Csmpany, because the article is
signed "per order Of the Company.'-Bu-
gle.
Duboque without Lawyers.
1t is doubtful if another city in the United
States can boast, as Dubuque can, of being
without legal representative! Strange as
it may seem to distant readers, we are not
aware, at this hour of writing, that law
yer can be found in the limits OF the corpo-
ration. including even the Jail! Blessed
cityl with but two or three mad dogs, only
one mail agent, and not lawyer in its pre-
cinets.
If there is solitary member of the legal
fraternity left, he is one whose infirmities,
& ~, ham "a III h.y, an, the