St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-01-28
Communication.
For the s.. Charles Guy Iateliigcnc2r.
Another " View"

MEssRs. EDIroEs Noticing in your
last issue communication ominously
entitled "Wcst side view of the case"
| feel constrained to make few COM
mcnts thereon. ! say "ominously en-
titled" because "Wcst side view
implies enc side view; sectional feel
ing; one side against the other; as the
South against the North. Ominous of
strife. So much for the title, and now
in regard to the article.
The various towns Of the county are
compared to q firm in which "thc sen
ior member Of the firm selects and III
sists upon the place of doing business,
and compcLs the junior members in the
transaction of that business to 90 as
many miles as he goes furlongs;" all
of which is 50 glaringly incorrect as
to be almost incXcusablc ia q volunta-
ry contributor to a public journal.
The senior partner did mot select and
insist upon the place of doing bust
ness, but lawfully and without grum-
bling abided by the decision of disin-
terested individuals, appointed by the
lawfully appointing power, from DIFF
fcrcnt and distant counties, as to the
place Of doing business This fact is
indisputable. So much for the charge
of the senior member selecting, insist
ing, &c.
Gle (thc senior mcmbcr) builds
costly buildings near his own, at the
expense and against the protest of the
rest" This deny in tate. First, there
are no buildings put up by the firm,
senior and junior members included. |
The walls of building are up, true
enough; but did the senior member do
it? No. The senior member of the |
firm Gas it is callcd) joined nih the
juniors in elccting chief clerk, agent,
or county judge, as the case may be;
and he, i'll his capacity as agent for
the arhoie firm, put up the walls Of
single building. Such arc the facis in
regard to that charge
And now Mcssrs. Editors, after such |
grave charges against the senior
member Of the firm, listen, first to the |
puff and then to the pathetic appeal |
to the magnanimity and generosity of
the said senior:-
GAS village, St. Charles has done
nobly. She has out-stript and stript-out !
all other villages in Floyd county, and |
as citizen Of Rock Grove am proud |
Of her prosperity. But the county
seat has but little to do with her flu
ture engagements. St. Charles will
continue to grow and prosper despite
Of all her rivals, whether the county
seat remains there or not. The beau
tifal Cedar, with its splendid water
power, the excellent quarrics of stone
which underlic her and line her out
skirts; the inviting groves which cn-
circle her; and the energetic business
men who have made her what she is,
will remain there, let the county seat
go where it will. In view of these
advantages st. Charcls can and should
be maGnanmous, and exhibit her gcn-
~osaty by contributing to build up
that portion of the county for which
nature has not done so well"
After such an appeal, I almost re-
greet that cannot agree with the
writer in thinking that the senior
should be generous and contribute
towards doing that which nature has
left undonc; but agree with him | can
not. To build a town without the
least natural advantages, is too much
like trying to make two blades of
grass grow where one grew before.
As an example at this moment recur-
ring to my memory, | will mention
CAIRO, H., at the confluence of the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The To-
cation should make her the metropolis
OF the Great West but, alas! nature
failed in performing its duty. The
site for city is rather lor; and al
though art has expended its hundreds
Of thousands, it is still only city in
embryo. On the other hand, nature
AaS Gone great deal for New York
ci'y' The metropolis Of America. "As
citizen Of" Iowa 7" / am proud of her
prosperity and with all of her advan-
tages shouldn't New York be ".suer-
o"S" enough to contribute something
towards building up St. Charles, for
which nature has not done ante SO
much! She will not IT'S not nature.