The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-11-06

Our Ra,lroads-,he .eureat MosuI," his Airing.
otis strange how some mems tcmpers suit,
Like bawd and brandy, with dispute,
That for theft own opinions stand fast,
only.to have them claw'd and canvasd.'
BUTLER must have had the editor OF the
Buqle in his "mind's eye." when epenned
the above, for it is drawn to the llfe-there
is no installing its application. His own
eninions are par excellence, the "best in
the markell which, if no one disputes, he
claws and canvasses them on his "oWn
hook'-glorifes himself and edifes West
ern humanity generally. On the subject OF
Railroads, he is particularly felicitous in
his mode of expression. Whatever pro-
rre,s the "iron horse'' has made in the
Hawkeys State, is solely attributable to the
superbuman efforts of our amiable cotem-
porary. I'VE know he is am'able from a
remark he once made about his boots.) The
Railroad interests Of Western Iowa, he
specially delights to dilate upon. lie mas
taken them under his wing, and like the hen
with the seventy-fve eggs, is determined to
"spread HIMSELF and show to the world
that man who pays annually "$l5OO tax"
knows thing or two about coerc'ng Kali
road Companies, not vouchsafed to the
"knaves and fools'' Of Western Iowa. In
our last, we gave it as our opinion, that he
was the body, soul and breeches of West
ern enterprise. We expected he would
class this opinion among our unsupported
assertions" but contrary to our expecta-
tons. he gracefully admits the truth OF our
stntements-not only that, but he cites US
TO the files of his paper, for proof of what
we asserted. Kind, generous, amiabe CO.
temporary. But the joke of the thing is,
he is willing to divide the honors with
us, if we will prove from the files of our
paper, that for the nine months preceding
the first of March last, we either endorsed
what he said, or offered suggestions on
sour own hook We can prove neither
the one nor the other, and therefore our
neghbor can rest secure in his laurels so
noblv won. 1t was indeed, he "who killed
Cock Robin" because, forsooth, be pelted
him with turf and grass for nine months be-
fore he was visible to the "lesser lights
the "knaves and fools" of Pottawattamie
County. As soon as We got n glimpse OF
the "ungainly Bird" in conjunction with
the "great Mogul," we tried what virtue
there was in paper pellets, and we now
have the satisfaction Of knowing that
"Cock Robin" was killed, but the vexed
question vet remains, "Who killed Cock
Robin" The 'sgreat Mogul'' claims the
honor, and we freely award it to him.
That we ever occupied "doubtful'' posi-
ton in regard to having the Railroad Com
pany commence work at this point, We EN-
phatically disclaim. From the time we first
learned that there was the remotest proba-
bility of the Company's commencing opera
tions here. we have done all that in US lay,
to secure that object, but, not paying an
annual tax Of "$l500," perhaps we have
not been able to accomplish much. Since
the establishment of the Nonpareil, what
ever we thought conducive to the interests
of Western Iowa, and at the same time at
tainable, we have labored for with what
ever Of ability we possessed. Never having
represented the people Of Iowa in the State
Legislature-never having been candidate
for United States Scnator-and never hav-
ing been subject to an annual tax OF
''$l500," our perceptions may not have
been as keen as that of others, and in con-
sequence, we may have been slow in max
ing up our minds as to what was attdinabic
and what delusory. If so, We hope, under
the circumstances, our patrons will excuse
our obtuseness, and We will endeavor in flu
turc, to ''sccnt the battle afar off," and try
our hands at nine months siege sin ad-
vance of all cotemporaries."
Our neighbor having gloried himself I'D
naussum, proceeds to quote from the Nom
pareH, of July Sd, 1853, as follows:
"We learn from the Buqle, that this Com
pany proposes to commence operations at
this point, this season, provided this County
and Douglass county, n. T., will respec-
bonds heretofore voted to this Company
ILL., ~
issued, the Company further agrees to COM
plete 40 miles Of the Road east from this
city, within two years. With this under
standing, We are decidedly in favor of the
issue of the Bonds. When We learn more
of the nature of the proposition, we shall
probably have more to say.
Since the above was in type, we learn the
proposition of the above Company to be
this-That if this County and Douglas will
respond to the call for Bonds, as above
stated, and the Company are successful in
negotiating said Bonds, they propose to
build the Road through this County, (about
80 mlles,) this season, and push the Road
to completion as fast practicable"
He says the above language of ours, war
rants him in saying that ,re "made the agree
ment on the part Of the Company to build
40 miles of the road within t,ro years, a con-
dtion precedent to the issue of the bonds"
md that the resolutions reported by the
Committee on the 18th of October, did not
require as much of the Company as the
Nonpareil requires of them in the article
above given, inasmuch as IRE required them
to complete the road through this county,
within year, whereas "the resolutions
gave them t~o and a half years to COM
plets the road to tho East line Of the coun-
ty." Now, We propose to show, from our
issue of the Sd of July last, from which the
above extract is made, that the position of
the Bugle is not we'll taken. In addition to
what is given above, we said that 'if the
Company manifests disposition to aid US
by commencing work here Immediately, let
US deal literally and fairly with them, and
thereby help ourselves" We were dispos-
ed to "deal literally and fairly" with the
Company, if they ''manifested disposition
10 commence work here. This covers the
!, oIa yround Fayorinc the iSsuinr of the