The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-09-21
Correspondence of the Times.


/FARnERsSuRo. Sept. 18th, 1859.
Dear C6lonei: Some four or Eve weeks
since, saw in your Times call on the Dem
ocracy Of Old Clayton to meet in Mass Meet
ing, at Garnavillo. on a certain day, for the
purpose of organizing the party, which rather
pleasantly said, "Come, fellow Democrats, let
| us rally and see if We cannot at least scare our
Republican friends" When saw said notice,
I had no idea that the Republicans were 50
easily scared, mean that small fraction Of the
party who have heretofore lived and fattened
by the offices, and that other large part who
have heretofore, and still hope that their turn
at the public crib will soon roll round, (for l
happen to know that very large majority of
the Republican party-that part that expects
and deserves to eat their bread by the sweat of
their own faces, care little or nothing about this
matter). Hence. in all the towns in this ceun.
ty, you will find few very small, but would be
very great men, continually urging their neigh
bors "to stick to the party, be sure aud vote
the entire party ticket, County officers and all"
They are not content to let the Democ attic
nominees define their own position in relation
to national politics, but in the very face Of the
solemn protestations Of every one Of them to
the contrary, insist that they are in favor of the
extension of slavery into the Territories, and
If these very wire-workers were in the South,
they would swear upon the Holy Evangelsts
that those same Democratic nominees we're
Black Abolitionists," for men who will make
such assertions in Iowa, knowing em TO be
untrue, would not scruple to do the same thing
in the South, they suiting thei, falsehoods to
the different latitudes they may happen to re.
side in for the time being.
Now, want to ask those gentlemen who
take upon themselves to instruct their neigh.
b0rs, who have as much sense and great
deal more honesty, what great goou this party
has ever done that the people Of Clayton Coun.
ty should be compelled to stick to it Z One
thing know they did in relation to the taxes
in Clayton County, for the present year after
the Assessors Of our comfy had, under oath
and from personal nowledge, assessed the pro
perty of this county, certain State Board OF
Equalization, as it is called, consisting Of the
Secretary of State, Auditor and Treasurer,
three Republican gentlemen and Office holders,
got together at the Seat OF Government, under
q Republican law, without, perhaps, ever hav
| ing seen an acre of land in the county, and od.
ded tyfoe per cent. to the assess. d value Of 60.
cry acre Of farm land IN the County. but took uery
good care to let the to,on tots remain as they rere
and here is the effect Of such conduct: every
Farmer in Clayton County has to pay fifty five
per cent. more taxes than he would have had to
pay if his land had remained as fixed by our
County Assessors, and those gentlemen in the
towns are exempted.
Most assuredly. gentlemen Farmers, you are
under great obligations to stick to the party,
| to vote the entire ticket, County officers and
all" Whether this is true or false any man
can know BY asking B. F. Fox or Judge Crary
What do you say, neighbor Republicans p
Will you continue to shout "Grcat 10 Diana,
| the God Of tho Ephcsians r. A.