Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-07-11
RESEMBLING THE VOTE.


ES Our readers are all aware, we pre-
sumo, that a proclamation has been is
sued by our county Judge, for an election,
to be holden on the same day of the reg
ular August election, TO decide whether
or not the la;e vote in favor of loaning
tie credit of the county to the Wapsipin
icon and st. Peters Valley Railroad shall
be rescinded. We know of no good rea-
son given by the petitioners for this re-
visal of the former expression of the will
OF tie people of the county, as we be-
lieye it is not contended that there was
any fraud perpetrated by the friends of
the road, or that the decision was other
than the legal, full, and free expression
of the wishes of the majority of the vot-
ers of the county. The petitioners have,
10 be sure, merely exercised right which
the law clearly bcstows upon them, and
IN that connection simply, we have no
thing to say, although we doubt the JUS
tice or wisdom Of the law which allows
such revision without cause. But as to
the secret of some of the prominent OPP
position which the project has met with,
ms well as the general reasons which have
been offered against it, we hare something
10 say. We know there are many, in
fact the mass, who have and do oppose it
Honestly, though We mus. say ignorantly,
but, there are still many who do so from
mere personal enmity, a feeling of spite,
POLITICAL expediency, and outside dicta-
ton. There are two or three gentlemen
whose course we have marked in this mat
ter, whose opposition is SO clearly promi-
nent, and arises so evidently from these
causes, and more than one of whom op-
c.a.cs through the medium Of such gross
misrepresentation, that we have deter
mined to give them tie benefit of per-
sonal notice.
First and foremost, is a gentleman who
rejoices in the title Of Colonel, with a
surname OF THOMAS. Mr.. THOMAS, at
the inception of the project, protested to
be one of its most ardeHt friends, but is
now on OF its most unscrupulous and
implacable enemies, using all kinds of
misrepresentation, and descending to the
most base personal detraction, in his en-
deavors to defeat the object of the late
vote. Mr.. Thomas PROCESSES to be OPP
posed to the county loaning its credit to
tie company; but upon the day Of the
organization of the company, he made
motion to amend the articles of incor-
poralion, after they had been read to the
meeting. by making the first division ex-
tend 10 Fairbanks, instead Of to Quas
Iueton, as was in them provided, and
supported and carried the proposition up
Ola the ground that "ace & 10 Use his own
worJs) shall want the county to take
stock in The road, and if we stop the first
division at Quasqueton, tie people in the
north end of the county will not go for
il, AS they would be apt to believe that
the road would not reach beyond indie
pendence, at furthest." Mr. THOMAS
here coupled himselfwith this movement,
endorsing not merely a simple loan of
the county's credit, but subscription of
stock, by use Of the pronoun are. Mr..
THou As IS motion carried, and Mr.. THoM
As was ipfatsl=-tut soon sustained a de-
cided collapse at the insertion of Quas-
queton in another portion of the articles
I'll Incorporation. Mr.. THOMAS, bowcv-
er, wanted a seat in the dEacLor and
acquiesccd in what he could not help,
and subscribed for ten shares of stock,
in the election for dree tors, Mr.. Thomas
was ieft out, and behold the rrsnL. lie
is now engaged in an ardent crusade
agabAsl what he was the first 10 propose.
and for no sounder reason than personal
pique-for 20 better motive than spite at
those VINO refused to trust him.
The next in order is Mr.. GEo. W. Be
i,Is, who is also an ardent opposer Of the