The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-06-19

the State for tho Lunatic Asylum-that it
was : fns. healthy locaticn--that no more
money had been spent on tho Asylum than
was necessary-that the State needed a Ca
pscious house for that purpose that he and
Col. Dan JAcxsoN were both members of
the Legislature when the appropriation for
this Asylum was made, and voted for it and
also for the location. Besides, he said Ed.
JOHNSON was one Of the Commissioners ap-
pointed by tho Legislature to superintend
and control the work, and would probably
be a candidate for Congress in this district,
and he considered this resolution direct
| stab at said JOHNSON, inasmuch as the reso-
luton charged the money to have been vast
ed and squandered in the erection of said
building. He considered Ed. JOHNSON Us
good Democrat as Col. PALMER, and the
best man in the State for Congress. Said
if he could give Gov. GRIMES, (who was al
so one of the Commissioners) lick without
hitting Ed. JOHNSON, he would gladly do it.;
but it could not be did, Us they, with DR..
C. S. CLARK, were all concerned together.
TEST closed by saying, the resolution was
perfect tom-foolery, and hoped it would be
stricken out. Col. PALMER defended there
solution with great earnestness, and he and
the junior Col. had it back and forth, hot
and heavy. PALMER seemed determined to
kill off Ed. JOHNSON. TEST was equally de-
termined he should live, and charged the
senior Col. with being an old fogy, and op-
posed to the Lunatic Asylum at Mt. Pleas
ant, because Iowa City wanted it &c. PAL
xER spoke in feeling terms of tho blind
children in the State, and also Of three
mutes living out in Madison county, who
were made both deaf and dumb by tho ex-
travagance of the Black Republican party
in building n Lunatic Asylum at Mt. Pleas
ant.
Finally, Judge RIDDLE wrung in edge-wise
and moved to strike out tho word "aboli.
ton" in said resolution, so that it should
not call Mt Pleasant an s'abolition town.
This motion elected some discussion, il
which Col. G. A. ROBINSON participated
He said he was in favor Of striking out thu
whole resolution-that he was an Ed. JOHN.
son man, and thought the Asylum was prop
erly located at Mt. Pleasant. Finally Judge
RIDDLES motion was put and carried.
Col. BABBIrr moved to strike out all Of
} the resolution which condemned the loca
ton of tho Asylum at Mt. Pleasant-sait
he was willing to retain that part which con
demned the expenditures, and thought i
} very proper to hit Ed. JOHNSON dig; ant
he hoped that Col. TEST would accept Of
, his motion as an amendment to his TEST:
} motion to strike out; but TEST would no
consent. BABBITr said he was in the Lcgis
lature when all the Saline lands in the State
were appropriated to the erection Of a Lu
matte Asylum-that the Legislature at tina
time was strongly Democratic-that the
lands appropriated, brought $4,000, all Of
which had been expended in looking up &
place for the Asylum, without finding any
) that this money was expended before tn,
Republicans got into power, and he thought
very likely the Republicans had been squan-
dering funds also, and thought it best tc
condemn them in advance, at any rate. Col
PusEY was opposed to the resolution in toto
said he was a member Of the Senate las;
winter-that the Legislature of which he
was member, had made IN appropriation
of 100000 to complete the Asylum at Mt
Pleasant, and every Democratic Senator bu,
two voted for said appropriation; and that
he was one Of the two-thought if they
could rake the Republicans without hitting
Democrats, it was all right, but they could
Col. JAMES said he was in favor of tho re-
solution as it stood, abolition and all-that
he was an Ed. JOHNSON man, but did not
think this resolution reflected any on Ed,
said there was no doubt but the other two
Commissioners, to-,rit: Gov. GRIMES and
DR.. CLARK, had swindled and robbed the
State, and had they have had Pottawat-
tamie County Grand Jury, they (GRINEs &
CLARK) would have been ere this in the
Penitentiary; but as for Ed. JOHNSON, he
was a Democrat, and if he had stole a little
of the public money, he had a perfect right
so to do; he was only laying q little up for
his children and for old age, which it was
his perfect right to do. TEST asked him if
that was the principle upon which he acted
when he was County Judge. JAMES replied:
''it was"; but said there was no law to meet
his case. Col. JAMES became very eloquent
in the course of his remarks, and seemed
quite spirited. Finally, the motion was put
and Col. BABBITr's amendment prevailed.
But TEST was not satisfied yet, and again
pitched into the balance of tho resolution,
giving, in the course of his remarks, the
senior Colonel particular "phits." At last,
the old military chiet1ain finding himself
out-done by the vigor of youth, very reluc-
family withdrew the remnant CT his resolu-
ton, which was intended as death blow to
the aforesaid Ed. JOHNSON. l see the Buale
says that the resolution on motion Of COL
PALMER, was laid on the table, which is a
mistake, for it was withdrawn. But why
Col. BABDITr publishes resolution which
was not passed, can't understand.
As soon as Col. JAMES found that Col.
PALMER had withdrawn the aforesaid reso-
luton No. 4, he (JAMEs) became rantanker-
Gus, and moved Immediately to reconsider
the Kansas Lecompton Constitution resolu-
| ton, which Col. palmer at the commence
ment had tackled on as an amendment.
JAMES said he was down on JAMES BUcH-
ASAN, General JONES, and that damnable
Lecompton Constitution. Col. ALLEN call
ed him to order-said JAMES had no right to
make such motion, he having voted in the
negative; but JAMES said he didn't-that he
had right to mako the motion, and to
speak, and would speak-said he did not
blame Col. ALLEN and Col. PALMER, for
supporting BUCHANAN and JONES, for they