St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-05-13

or at least Mr. Mack, who seems to
have taken the "statws" of the General,
and of course can answer in this case.
The Lyons road had friends in Con-
gress, that represented capitalists in
The East, who demanded for their con-
stituents that the Lyons road must be
in the bill. They had the balance of
bower and exercised it. /, or any
other Representative, would not so far
forget the interests of all Iowa as to
defeat the bill by emitting the Lyons
road; the committee would never hear
of q fifth road being included in the
bill; thus it passed. Il
As an evidence Of the zeal in behalf
of the McGregor interests, the Gener-
al publicly gave utterance on the Sen
ate floor, on that subject, in the fol.
lowing words:
AT this session, one of my COL
"leagues, representing the Northern
District, a member Of the Committee
"on Public lands of the House Of
Representatives, (Mr. Thorington,
land myself, were exceedingly anx-
"ious to'have provisions made for the
"Northern road from McGregor's
Landing to the mouth Of the Big Sioux
~river, which is the identical spot ma
med in the bill before us, now called
"Sioux City. The committee on Public
LANDS in the House Of Representa-
"tives refused to consent to report to
"give us this road in the North. The
committee would not consent to
"give more than the roads named in
"this bill lying North of the Daven-
"port road They made their report
"and that is the bill which passed the
House, and is now before u.s."
These remarks are on page 80 OF
the Generals pamphlet and may also
be found in the Congressional debates
q the l4th May, 1856. Iquote these
last remarks for the benefit of Mr..
Mack, who processes to know the
status of General Jones--and as he
"has come to the settled conclusion
"that General Jones is not justly
"chargeable with any share of the
blame" and as the General has kindly
volunteered me a record in the fore
going quotation in the McGregor mat
ter, and, as the lawyers sometimes
say, l hope he won't impeach his own
witness, will leave the Generals re-
marks for him to digest.
As to whether the House Of Repre-
scntatives would have concured in any
amendment, made by the Senate, in
GLIDING the McGregor road, is a mat
ter of conjecture at tbs time. Then, l
knew but little Of the Parliamentary
details of Congressional legislation,
and the uncertainties attending the
fate of this or that measure. l do
know, however, that succeeded in
having engrafted on the Pacific Rail-
road bill clause making a grant to
q road to commence at McGregor and
to cross Iowa and unite west on the
Platte River, with the great trunk
route and l know, also, that the bill
was matured, settled upon, and woult
have thus passed, if the last few
weeks of Congress had not purposel.
been FILTERED away in committees t.
investigate corruption, for no othc
reason las l firmly believe) than t.
defeat this same Pacific Railroad
Grant. Northern Iowa has NO caus'
to complain of me. never failed t
work zealously and firmly for her il
terests. As to General Jones undo
standing with railroad men, and raj
road interests, am unable to say.
never was in his councils or confidenc
I was very much surprised, howeve
when urging the passage Of the bill
on the l4th of May, 1856, to hear hir
make use of the following language:
"The Senator insists (meanin,
"Wade of Ohio) as does the gentle
imam from Vermont, that the bi
"provides for four roads runnin
Through the achole width Of lows
THAT is not the case, as they ma
leone together before reaching Siou
city, if deemed advisable.
Again, "The Lyons and the D,
"buque road are to run to a poln
son the correction line, as it is cal
"led, forty-two and one-half degree
north latitude, and then to 60 togetl
Ger to near Sioux City, which is tn
"mouth of the Big Sioux River, tn
"point to which the road from McGreg
"or's Landing would have gone, if tn
House of Representatives hal
"agreed to make grant of land 70
that road"
These statements l find in an eS
tract Of the debate in the Senate, GO
mp in pamphlet form by the Genera
/ believe, however, they are found j
the Debates of Congress, as also o
pages 36-7 of the pamphlet referre
to, in which is also copy Of the bill
Here are the words Of the act, 80 ia
as the line Of the routes is concerned
~From Lyons City, northwesterly
"to a point Of intersection with tn
"main line of the Iowa Central Al
"Line Railroad near Maquoketa
"thence on said main line, running a
"near as practicable to the forty-se
"ond parallel across the said State
1.-THE Missouri River !" from ii
"city of Dubuque to point on Il
Missouri River near Sioux City"
Where the General got his info
nation that these roads were to con
together, l have never yet understoo'
If there are not four roads in the BIZ
then have forgotten how many &
gers are on a persons hand.
As to Mr.. Mack, himself, let's !
see how honestly he is acting for Il
interests of Northern Iowa. tt
present Congress is Democratic. TIL
Mr.. Mack, presume, has learned b
this time. Democratic Speaker o.
organized the Committee on Publ
Lands as follows
Williamson r. w. Cobb of Alabam:
Dem; John Mcqueen of South Car
DE-. &c Aa-A