The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-05-12
SELECTED ,
Senator Jones.

00A0IO1 OOAS6.
The friends of this gentleman will be graft
fed to peruse the letter that follows. The wri-
ter, l. F. MACK, Esq, Of Wisconsin, is q most
decided Republican and his testimony in favor
ola political opponent is therefore the more
valuable. Gen. Jones has been abused with
out stint by men who knew but little of the
duties of his position or his valuable labors for
4he interest of the State. That he is one of the
most influential members of the Senate, none
will deny-his forte is not speech making, but
he possesses strength as business member of
far more value to his constituents. No one
can charge this paper with beslining our public
men with adulation-it is a fashion we do not
practice at the same time we think it an act
OF simple justice to give the agent of the people
tho credit 10 which he is entitled. The course
ofGen. Jones on the Kansas question does not
suit us nor would it be approved by one out OF
a hundred democrats of the State yet while
wo deny the right of any one to call our opinions
heterodox, We arc disposed to be equally liber-
al to others Here is the letter:
"AohaNSiVN SA1fs Ol0iCu SOp 1CNC.
MEesRs. HrLpRErH g. CARVER,
Editors Of St. Charles Inteuigencer:
Dear Siys In your issue Of the 18th inst :.
notice, under the head Of Seen. Jones and
the Kansas Resolutions" you charge the Scna
tor with having "wofully neglected or thwarted
the interests Of his constituents in the northern
r zion Of the State )" and then you significant.
~ inquire, /" where is the land grant to which
the McGregor Railroad il entitled !? Where
are the Post Office and mail facilities, includ
ing Northern Distributing Office, which oul
rapidly increasing business imperatively de.
mands p
Now am in position to Judge pretty cor.
rectly of the status of Gen. Jones in relation tc
the land grant to which you allude and aftel
the most careful examination into all the facts
connected with the passage Of the bill in 1856
granting lands TO Iowa, by which the interest!
of Northern Iowa and of the McGregor Rail
road we're sacrificed, have come to the settled
conclusion that Gen. Jones is NJ Justly chargea
bic with any share Of the blame. That the in
serests of Northern Iowa were basely sacrificed
in the management and passage Of that bill
there is NO doubt; and the man who, either fo
interest or political considerations, was guilty
Of the treason should be marked and thorough,
~ spotted, be he Democrat or Republican. ant
not be sent back to repeat his treason upon tina
or any other PORTION Of your thriving State.
Gen. Jones is now, and has been for months
doing all that he can to procure aid from Gov
eminent, in some form, Tor the McGregor Rail
road and his position enables him to accom-
plish Is much. to say the least, as any othel
man. He is sincerely devoted to the accom-
plishment Of some action which shall place tina
Road dn par with the other Iowa Roads, anG
have strong hores for its ultimate success.
In reference. also, to mail facilities can only
Say, that some time since received from Judge
Collins of your City a request that certain mai
routes be established through yours and the ad
joining counties. Immediately called on Gen
Joncs-presentcd him with the letter from the
Judge-and he informed me that part of the
service asked for had already been ordered, and
he would see that the balance was put on at
once.
The General has manifested no indifference
to the wishes or interests of Northern Iowa, or
70 the McGregor Road, in his free and frequent
intercourse with me for the past three mouths
and although TO some extent we differ, and
rather widely, on politics, cannot endorse the
charges you make in reference to the McGregor
Road, % in which feel no ordinary interest.
Very truly yours,
!. F. MACK.