Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-09-22
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The clti<sa Of last week contains a
short paragraph Aliading to eommu-
nicatiea In she journal signed ssTAx-
payers The axaaalsin question lie ehax-
gsd Hp0n ''s Fsaeg@as RspwkAcaa, aaho
Lsfl tks party, bsraalae kis eOrmoTaaG ap-
petite for o0scs eas aog gYastRed. -
sa pglg ussssgTa shag 7sax payer kas asyey
pa1a roe cssass ~ saz ss he Sssss.
saeh IL the language ussd by Ghs 0iEi-
xsn. Upon reading the arsiele in question,
We bad 40 thought that ii referred to us,
bat being advised by thoss who stand
0ehind the eurtain and pull the wires for
dancing puppets, tassws are tbs person
alluded 10, va desire 10 state that the
article aignsd Taxpayer, has never yet
been sean or read 6y us sitheT In manu-
aeript on priaG. WhansvsF ws desm 1t
oar duty 70 sxpess Isaads eogSApstea,
pszIurs ag unprecedented pEoaigaays In
yolving aathar his sxceIlency Governor
Grimes, pg los- pHkchased voses of mexn-
bsrs Of he LagisaasuEe, or bribsd aAd
corrupted Conlnisaiehsrs, OF downright
stealing from the State ofaciala, We Wlll
append our mama TO ths charges and hold
ourself responsible TO suastAin them,
1nIsss the necessary testimony Ia sup
pressed By black Tspablisan Lsgisl&-
ture.
As against Grimss and bis meniAls ws
are enlisted for the future, and God help
us, We expect so TO sxpuss his and their
rascalitisR, 20 sueA an extent, thas they
will be 'hissing and by-worP among
men. -.-...
As regards tia amount Of taxea We may
have paid to the State we can show re-
eeipts exceeding tea TO 0nsfor every dol |
lar paid BY either or both The editors Of
the CitiAaga.
Our present misfortans--povarty~is |
the result Of tFeacheTy and fraud of pro-
feSssd friends-and yet had we held |
0urself like sheep OF swine, 10 be sold /
10 the highest bidder, we would to-day
occupy the poaition--now occupied By
John TeesdaIe, Esq, Editor Of the Iowa
1ftiEen, the suppliant tool Of J. W.
arimes 4 De.
In this communication allow nae 10
AJAX, how is it that every Republican
State OficsF has grown rich, arrogant,
md s&noy On the smaii moiety which the
Ss&ss allows them as salaFyF
Again, how muah did the aathog Of the
Sonderfui Aagallation Of 'sT&x-paysr''
receive for eoIlsoaing County revenue in
" Eebster eounty2 as per Auditor Pat
'es's letters 10 County Treasurer.
again. why is it that in unisSn with
,uT wonderful tenaeity 70 seonomise,
hat our Governor selected man In Ma
ion, Linn county, and sends him over
.wo hundred miles aa IS per day to ex-
tmine the accounts Of the School Fund
Commissioners af Adams eounty.
Why Ia il, thas upon the Inauguration
# our party into power, We had over
BIS 900 IN Rhs State Treasury and &nnu-
lily decreasing Gar State indebtedness,
nd that With ell ear professions of
'sOnomy We hare absorbed svsry dollar
Il the Treasury fRnds-inersssed our
axatioH--and although oar Conssita-
ion limits our State Indebtedness 10
s250, ,000, We are to-day In debt 70 al
mount exceeding q half ua&IItoB QfE
IollaTs 7 |
AsE shall set forth and sustain at an
larly dag, BY facts and agarss, not only
hsse, bat many mere charges / eonseAt
Myself for the present.
W. Fl. FARMER.