The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-09-09

atVemPt 70 prove u, as probably no one
but the Editor of the Civilian is ignorant
enough to deny it. If he doubts, we
may find it convenient to enlighten him.
Misreprcsentations Of the Civilian.
~ Our neighbor Of the Civilian
seems to be striving very hard to make
some political capital for Judge RoszELL,
the Democratic candidate for Member Of
the Board of Education and to accomp-
lish that end, makes some assertions in
last weeks issue that display either the
grossest ignorance, or the utmost disre-
gard for truth. on the part of the editor.
In reply to correspondent of the Du-
buque Times. writing from this place.
who asserted that Mr.. RoszELI was hand
somely defeated in August Of last year,
BY S. w. TABOR, for the Office Of Coun-
ty Judge, the Civilian says:
-. T." knows as well as any man in
this community, that RoszELL would have
been reelected to the Office of county
Judge, but for this reason I'm the win
ter of 1857, . vote was taken to see wheth-
er the County should subscribe 5000, 600
to the Wapsipinicon & st. Peters Valley
R. r., which was carried later in the
season q petition was circulated, hume
rously signed, praying the Judge to issue
a proclamation for an election to rescind
this subscription. The vote was taken
and the loan was recalled. ROSWELL had
always been opposed the County loaning
this road money, because he knew it was
managed by company without capital.
AT the next county election, quite num-
Der of our prominent Democrats being
officers in the company or interested
therein, did all they could to defeat Ros-
zELL, and to elect TABOR, he being favor
able to the loan, drew the votes from the
villages in the south and north parts of
the County, through which twas propos-
ed to run the road this, with what GER
tain Democrats above mentioned did,
elected him /; but every man in the Coun-
ty knows that it was not by any party vote
but on local question entirely"
His endeavor is to show that Mr.. Ros-
zELL is SO popular in this county that no
Republican can beat him in political
contest, although the county is strongly
anti-D Democratic. Now we have no wish
to detract from Mr.. RoszELL's reputation
or popularity. He stands fairly in the
community, is accounted man Of good
abilities. and socially is much of a gem
tleman. He has not, however, been as
intimately connected with educational
matters as his competitor. Mr.. GATES,
and is not, therefore, we think. as good
man for the Office for which he is nom
mated. But still, we have no doubt,
that if elected. he will serve his constitu-
ents to the best Of his ability.
We must protest, however, against the
Civilian placing the Republicans Of Blu
chanan county in false position. Mr..
RoszELL is in no sense popular enough to
induce them to scratch their ticket, and
all attempts Of the Civilian to make it.
appear that he has ever carried or can
carry more than his party's strength
here, 10 pure misrepresentation. We
should not deem il necessary to give the
proof of this fact to the people of this
county-for every man knows it--but as
the Dubuque Esprsss q Herald viii
doubtless copy and retail the Civuian's
assertion, it may be well to show up its
falsity.
The ignorance Of county affairs which
this article Of the Civilian exhibits. would
be astonishing, were it the only instance
whore that ignorance has been exhibited.
In the FIRST place no election for Rail-
road loan Was held in the winter Of 1857.
The vote Of (which it speaks was taken in
June of that year. The result Of the
resembling of that vote could in no way
have affected Mr.. RosxELL's prospects 10
the election for Judge, as the Civilian
asserts. because that proposition was yo-
ted on upon the same day that the con-
test for Judge was decided. The fact is.
Mr.. RoszELL gained more votes than be
lost by that Railroad issue. as is known
by every man at all acquainted with the
facts of that contest. and as is evident
from the official result, which shows that
he led the other candidates on the Demo
cratic ticket some 80 votes, and that
these were gained from Republican town.
ships, where the anti-railroad feeling was
the strongest. II he was sacrificed sim
| ply because Of bis opposition to the Rail