Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-02-09
WEEKLY BUGLE.
WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY 3, 1859.
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] At tbs last hour, when Il Is impoxsgbls to
step the ealamMys the snezniss of senasor
Douglass hare STARTED the ISLANDER that ia
hia acslen In securing tho Hlinoia Central
kallroaa Gran, BE wilsalIy sacrificed the
Interests q Galsna. without expecting
ihat the rasusAtloa win 20 AZ fast ~ khe
g issaooas asyef.nelssas h Justice to Mr..
0esae1Aas, ~ pnbiish ne following letter
fTem bin o. kasn Yerv ssaAssek. II sussgsrs
tAA charge and Sandtcats6 him arom all
btaMas. what we're the circumstances 9--.
Gen. Johss BED aia k3s pesesf - defsss de
amsasmss whash has made ETllncas what sac
is so@day--sas og tAa Asss States In the
uaaan. Haaxpaasaad hia iEAnnxahls de-
Termination % axsseiss has pnwer, and
thsFe5y aaeEiaeas a0e onAg Galanas baa Q
yssat Ssaaai not nnly ems town, bat an han-
ssrs& A@Mn@ with Esatags eanaf 70 Hazena.
1 add faF What For What w0nId he hare
Kept tbs Hiilifons OF aeres in filiheis. now
dotted aIi over with farm houses, churches,
and peopisd By hundreds Of thousands of
hoasss ysotnanFy, Ia sendlslsa 20 better
thaa ttak oR barren desart--foF what
would he hagR gisTs&ted the measure thaE
has raised khe xaia@ ct III inois State Stocks
from 10 esatH on khe asllar b 1e3 aad los
IA ceRdltion qf ssIgeney sseend 70 20 Ssats
In the Unlon--Aor what would. General
Gesfgs Washington Jones Swho new comes
Ia as witEsss agafnst Senator Douglas. ]
havs saerthrea all this greatness and pros
peE4ty Simply TO get thefoad to terminate
ak DaSaqus Was il not an sEasted, stasgs-
aaa mSake coarss2 Does il rot damn this /
man Jones to infauy for allowing 8 Rar~ !
rsW-sontTaetsa Iesal feeling to imperil /
mighty measure for the good Of an empire |
Hs had IL In his power to kill the bill that |
had been Arowght 30 the very point Of sue |
cess by the hsEsulsaR efforts Of Douglass,
and he vowed his purpose 10 do 1t, Tor the /
psltFy reason that it provided that the ter-
minus Should be at Galsaa instead Of Dabu-
que. We ask any man, had be occupied
the position that Douglass did, as the cham
pton Of the msRsnre if he would not have
pursued tbs pgagi8aseourse that Douglass
did-~Yield to the demand OF the inGompAr-
able Jones', for the sake Of securing the
gEaaE end In yiew Bal he did not do this
until be had full consultation with all the
members Of both Houses of Congress from
Illinois, Whigs and Democrats, and they
became Convinced EhsEa Egas he othsr alter
native. We say he aetsd the part Of states
man, and we honor hin for rising above
tbs stsAdaEa sg suGb pany whiPsters as
your JoAes, and your Wash barnes, and
others Of that nk, who cannot comprehend
q policy higher shan dollars and aents.--
We honsE shs maa who, tho reluctantly l
eoaapRll@d TO yield paiat, did so, hali"v-
Jag that the iatsgests OF great State were
paramount to those of Que town,
sappOss Mr.. Douglas ha1 insisted on
keepAnx the terminus at Gateaa, and Jones {
had defeated the bill, where would be the |
exsEEatiaaa of ths psapls Of this State
have falisa NE splhe that sFsa 4alaHi- !
ans would haYe united with the whole
State In deRoaasing him as having acted {
with s@msuAa&s E0lly. No Raa could stand
before the satT aged thousands and say that i
aseh paiiey was right. GalsBa 10 said /
10 have lost By ii; If so, hold Jones raspon- 7
sibIe, and Rot tbs man who had not The Pow.
~ to chaAgE ths determination ofths Iowa t
Gag asaiOaal dsleg stion and others, hold d
nag gae halaAca Of power. Hold the LEGAL C
Re eprs8eatatiFs, Baker. who was lot /
Denoera&, responsible EaF Rat attending to 4
ais aatis8 bat do net Ihrast tae Fespaasi- c
1ility fer his neglect RHd lGe9mPetsagy !
apoa DeuGIags who was working for The 8
,est interests Of every town IN the State Of =
Illinois. a
The presentation Of the charge by the +
at this a,omeU's Is iafa'aous J
and cowardiy. They could Of male It IL
months ago "a yell a. ROW bul they kRAS
i vas unjust and could bs refatsa There q
are souls ether matters uFolvHd of Shtch b
We eoQls speak, but as he slaRdeg baR /
been produced for the ase OF a day, We ara d
to leave The viudteatiou of Mr. a
Douglas to the Judgment Of candid msn--- L
The f.llowiBg is his letter, written from a
W iaehsstsr In this State in August last
WIEcHEsTER- Aug. Z, 1883 3
MY BKGA s4R-Your letter OF the 18th q
If Judy, communicating to me the fact thai 0
here Is a runner ia eiEeaLalj0a in Gaienar y
to come from Gen Jones, OF ?
Iowa, that pending the Illinois Central !,
Railroad grant Ia the Senate Of the United t,
states, 10 So sagemeEt vas made between 8
atna srd me- bY whfeh the Interests Of Ga il
ena were sRcTihced 70 those Of Da5aqa5, 4
s received. | have a distant Escco.Iec- e
ion of the facts Of ths case, AID they are a
n substance as fUllows:-The bill, as q
irawu and Introduced into Congress by il
nyseH, provided for a railroad trgm he y
southern terminus Of The Illinois ard Mich J
gan Canal to the mouth of the 0gD0 river, i
with branch 10 Chicago and Gateua, the
north western terminus Of the road Gen. c
Jsnes, bis colleague, and perhaps some Il
others ohject cd 10 q fRaa as lsf minus, on g
the ground hat tue road DID not meet 4
with the Mississippi river; thus h,atns a
VI % ere zted Ia the railroad between the Il
"a & aHd west slte Of the rlyer / tHdegg- s
,ysa to dissm@ds EAsHs fggra tAsir objections Il
and to induce them To aiOW the bill 20 Y
pass IS had introduced il, bHt tAeg assys )
1zssao vabls. AND INSISTED oE DEFEATING
rHK HGkL anlsss We Raasa extsad the Eoad Q
10 Dabaeue. Upon fan Consultation wigh Z
nv ceIleagEea In both Houses ct Coagress, t
r was des errntned 20 perm il the alteration n
10 be made, under the belief that the whole Z
bill would be defeated If be did not make g.
the ehasgs, and we thsught il gsas better /
.s allow the eh8aEe to be m&ds than to q
Ioo8e ths ELL allegathsES although we did q
not think that our fewa frienda were tesat- $
ing us kindly by attempting tn defeat
great measure EoF our Stats on > Roiat ct g
the kiad. uRder these ciTeumsBaBses ] 0
did ehse7faliy aeqaIeses and eOneaT ia the Il
of the delegation of the y
State, 10 agrss to the change By which the
road should be extended TO Dubuque, bat
carefully. omAttihg - prsgIds a. what Q
point ne Arsassag should be, Whether at
Dubuque, at Tete as Morris, or any Inter- :
mediate point. I will emily add that any /
OF lntimation On ths part sf ! Q
Gen. Joass, os any OF has friends, that /
had any collision with him, and was will J
ling to sacrifice the interests Of Galena to
thoss Il uzaaaaps, OF any other point, is
baseiy and infam1uSly Esiss'
Very respectfully your friend,
q. 4. DOUGLAS. {
H. c. CRorcH, Esq., Galena, Ill,
aEE. gaaE&' LETTER IN REPLY TO TIE {
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