St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-24


of either in respect to moral turpi.
tude.
II, therefore, Mr.. T., in the manage
ment and passage of the bill, neglect
ed any duty necessary to secure L" the
interests of Northern Iowa" such neg.
lect involves either ignorance or NOR
al crime
Mr.. James Thorington will never be
SO wanting in sci complaceney as to in
terpose the plea of ignorance-and
should he do so, all who read his re-
markable letter will strike out the
plea as frivolous.
Were not these interests" then,
basely sacrificed? Is there "any
doubt" y? and have the people of Nor
thern Iowa mo cause to complain
Mr.. 7. further says that, Mr.. Hall
and Senator Harlan were as free as
new born babes in the management
and passage Of that bill, further than
their mere votes went"
Now, l confess this sentence, like
other portions of his letter, battles my
philology yet suppose he means to
divcst those gentlemen Of all credit or
blame except for their votes. They
may relish the compliment. If Mr.. 7
will have the credit, he must of course
take the blame.
He does not charge Mr. Jones with
any interference in getting up and
shaping the bill, or of obtaining its
passage in the House. His quotations
from the Senator's speeches are only
cumulative of what l have always
understood to be true, that the Sena-
tor knew little of the tenor of the bill,
or what it in fact was, when it came
to the Senate These facts | learned
from several members of the Land
Committee Of the House soon after
came here, and upon this information
my letter of the Goth March was pre-
dictated.
Both the Iowa Senator's were sur
priscd on the presentation Of the bill
from the House, and consulted as to
the course to be taken, but decided to
/ pat it through the Senate III its oriGi-
nal shape, fearing that an attempted
amendment might finally leopard the
measure. In this they may have act
cd wisely; but perhaps Gen. Jones
confded too much to Mr. T. and should
have watched the bill in its incipicnt
stages OF this, however, Mr.. r..
should be the last to complain.
With regard to the interest" that
Mr. T. or any one else might have had
in the adjustment of the grant, |
leave for others to Judge 1t is per-
hapS possible that residence Of Mr..
I. at McGrcgor, or at your young in
land city, might have induced him to
pause, hesitate" and even ",debatc," !"
before conscnting to allow the en-
trcmc Southern portion of his district
to monopolizc the grant.
But as he has thought proper to en-.
ter a general disclaimer, it is but fair
to consider him quite disinterssted
When l came, which | did with
much reluctance, as the Directors of
the McGregor Road well know, Icamc
with no hope of obtaining for that
Road a grant Of land. That the other
portions of Iowa had fully exhausted
all claim was we'll understood. But
it was hoped that Congress might be
induced to extend to our road Pre-
emption Right - giving time to the
Company to establish her lines, and
to select and pay for alternate sections
of land for six miles on each side the
line.
A bill of this description is now be-
fore Congress, and | am much inclined
to hope for favorable action SO soon as
the bill can be reached.
Mr.. I. betrays his ignorance of my
mission to Washington in his gra-
tuitous" strictures-andhe he does much
injustice to Messrs. Davis, of Indiana /;
Montgomery, of Pennsylvania ; and
Mckibbin, Of California. They are
! indeed Democrats but they are not
opposed to grants Of land to aid other
than their own States. They, togeth-
cr with Mcssrs. Bennett and Wal
bridge-all members of the Commit
tee are favorable to the McGregor
bill. Mr.. Cobb also informs me that
he favors the preemption bill.
( Kansas has engrosscd so much time
that little else has been or can be
done during this session. But unless
our cause be damaged by some ad'
verse influence from rival interests,
believe our bill will pass Congress at
an early day during the next session
and thus some slight reparation be
made for the cruel injustice heretofore
metod out to your section of the State,
not by Congress, for the grant to Iowa
is liberal indeed, but by those whc
have basely and cruelty sacrificed
your interests.
The greatest obstacle I have had tc
) contend with, is the enormous size oi
. .hn n,rant naie To yOur State and