St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-24
Communication.
For the st. Charlie City IntcIigenccr.
Letter From |. T. Mack. Esu.

NFsSRs. tilLnRERH Il CARVER =
De0r Sirs Il am this moment per.
mltted to read, in your issue Of the
10th inst, a letter from Mr.. James
Ihorington, quite novel in its style
and possessing the merit of great
length. This letter, occupying more
than three and half columns. pur-
ports to be can answer to one writ
ten by myself on the 26th of March
and published in your issue of the
18th ultimo.
The most of this elaborate produc-
tion of Mr. 7. will doubtless be re-
garded by all as an clectioncering
document, with very little pcrtinencc
to the subject of my former letter
1t may indeed be important to Mr..
T., at this time, to present to the vot-
crs Of Northern Iowa political sum-
mary of his State--to present an ar
ray of eminent military and civic
names of those Democrats who pre-
ccded him in the councils of the nation
in order the better to contrast his
own success with the fruitless efforts
Of all who have gone before him, tho
constant in their cndeavors to pro-
| cure aid for lowa-to show how for
tunate to the State that I" the people
of Northern Iowa were so eyrattc" as
to allow him to make his debut in Con
gress.
1t may avail to remind then, that he
took with him ,eorking talent acquir-
ed by experience from nineteen years
residence in the Great West" and
portion Of that too even in company
with Kit Carson" and that he event
into Congress as he would into bear
hunt or an Indian tight"-and that
Alabama knew him in boyhood,"
that her Representatives. were his
school mates," and that even one Of
her Senators o." was his fathers
earliest associate at the bar"; and
then that they know and realize that
the sequence of all these, coupled with
few other unimportant corrclativcs,
"was that six States and one Terrific
ry were blessed with munifccnt
grants of land
Now, although this may be essential
to Mr.. T., may be permitted to re-
mark, en- p0SSaat, that it is not all
zens, just now, rs to know why the
Northern onc-third part of the entire
State of Iowa was not permitted To
share in the muniticent grant claim
/ ed to have been secured to that State
by this common Rocky Mountain
trappcr.'
The gcnttemanty insinuations, threats,
queries and innucndocs, which adorn
! his letter, such as throwing stones"
"cry of stop thief" " eating idle bread,
paid for by the friends of the Metre
gor Railroad,' friends, (if he has
any, y" calumniator," chow honestly
he is acting for the interest of North
crn Iowa" demagogical way" suck
ing the substance out Of the hard.earn-
ed contributions of the yeomanry of
Northern Iowa to support you (mc)
in Washington to take the status of
General jones'" taking the money
out of a railroad company that is
struggling to compete with q wealthy
rival which has capital and lands to
sustain it, &c, &c these are all
doubtless legitimate otlsprings of one
who goes into Congress as he would
into bear hunt or an Indian (or wind
mill) fight and may be appreciated
by his constituents. 1t is perhaps
possible that the Directors of the Nc
Grcgor Road will not appreciate his
compliment to them, and allow him to
supervise their finances, and the yeo-
many of Northern Iowa might posi-
bly, have placed higher estimate on
his sympathy had it been exercised in
the Saith Congress, and feel now a lit
tie disposed to suspect his honeyed
words but =" siren notes." and his tears
of coincidence of that fabulous sort
which flow only to allure
Few men covet political capital ac-
quired in this way, and Mr.. I. may
find himself not so skillful a trap
per" at the second baiting.
With Mr.. 7. have no personal ac-
quaintance beyond a mere introduc.
ton. am therefore left to estimate
the man by the records of the State OF
Iowa, of Congress, and by his very
original letter, with such gleanings
from his political history as chance to
float within my reach. With nothing
; of him, however. except what concerns
me and my associates in the McGreg
OF Railroad, and the interests of that
; portion of Iowa in which it is located
have to do. A slight analysis ot
those portions of his letter which refel
to the McGregor Railroad and to the
grant of land to Iowa, is due to ALL
That "the interests of Northern
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