St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-03-18

For the 81. Charles City InteIlgencer
" Views " Continued.

views COnIlnueu.
MEssRs. EDrroRs Il once read def
milton Of the word nothing, as follows
" A footlcss stocking without leg :
which definition ], at that time, con
sidered perfect. But, Messrs Editors
that was before / read the communi
cation Of Wilberforce in your paper
of the llth inst. To that article
unhesitatingly yield the palm, as be
ing the best practical definition extant
of the word nothing"
Itappears that prognosticatcd tru
ly in my last communication, when
suggested that the whole argument Of
Wilberforcc was exhausted in asking
and answering his own question, for
there is absolutly nothing in his last
article bearing the rcmotest resem
blance to argument. He pleads gull
ty to my jocular charges, not particu
larly relative to the subject, but is
perfectly mum as tony yrefutation of his
charges against St Charles. He turns
my prose into verse, and groans out
Shakespeare with quotation marks as
if from my article. He meekly claims
to be following the example Of our
Savior by speaking in parallels from
which we would especially urge him
to dcsist, as he will assuredly be
made to bear his cross up the sleeps of
that commanding eminence," a Sec
ond Calvary, there to he crucified a
sacrifice upon the altar of his own
transgression.
Wilbcrforcc climbs into the branch
es of that eternal turnip; a second
Moses upon Pisgah's top, in full view
Of the promised land, which, alas he
is destined never to attain but
with far-s seeing vision through the expanse
Of yonder armament of Heaven -.
beholds unfolded to his astonished
gaze "an almighty big turnip"! He
also sees "some selfish men in St.
Charles"! Wonder of wonders =
With what an astonishing vision must
he be blessed He also sees "large
RATS Of logs floating down the Cedar
to supply the St. Charles mills" How
wondrous strange He further sees
that Rock Grove and Union are two
years ahead of st. Charles totcnship in
agricultural improvements" What a
miraculous sight! If such should
prove to be the case, I can account
for it only from the fact that St Charles
township extends to the centre of the
County, about which latter place it is
rather wet for farming without drain
age, an expense which but few as
yet are willing to incur. CAT present
you can only grow turnips there Once
more Wilberforce strains his vision,
and "sees some Arnolds in our (his)
camp" Yes, doubtless there are
more than he imagines-but how Ar
nolds ? Traitors TRAITORS to what :?
Because they will vote as their judg-
ment dictates, and not blindly and
prejudiced as becomes an ignoramus,
are they to be branded as traitors
We will now suppose Wilberforce
has descended from amid the branches
of that eternal turnip," although for
aught we kno,o he is perched there yet.
He told us about climbing up but not
about coming down so that we have
no tenable ground, we admit, for the
supposition. But we will suppose him
| to have descended. He tells us Web
ber and Resident and their coadiutors
have two sets of arguments to suit
different latitudes. If such is the fact,
| thank him for the information, but |
would like the proof He says one
argument is that, should the County
Seat be removed to the Centre, a large
village will spring up there We
never before heard of such an ar
gument being advanced, nor do We
believe large raiage will spring uI
there. Well may he italicize-"if suel
aplacc should &c. Very applicable ital.
les, those. do not endorse the article
of " Resident" as to striking out three
fourths of the towns, &C.; nor do
believe an endorser can be found; but
do fully and heartily endorse the
views of "Anti.centralization,' and
believe that at least three-fourths OF
the citizens of the place do the same
have never eulogized st. Charles
nor shall now. Wilberforce tells us
it is the pride of the County in one
of his articles; in another, he rather
inconsistency slurs it, by an awkward
attempt at parody and misquotation
Shade Of Byron, forgive him!
! l know, and admitted from the out
set, that st. Charles was not in the
centre of the County, but was some five
miles distant. l said there was no eli
gible site nearer, which repeat, anc
claim that, with the advantages pos
sessed by St. Charles; the bonus mad,
by the proprictors for the use Of til,
County; the advanced state Of tn
Court House, which even if the Count,
Seat is removed, must be paid for
the consequent additional expense al
tendant upon removal, adding enol
mously to our already unenviable cor
dition in regard to our County finar