The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-01-08

Personal and sharp Corresponasnc-
Between senator Douglas ana
Jonss, 81 lswa.
[From the aalsna Courier.l
WrxcHEfrER, Aug. 7, 1858.
Mn pscr Sir Your letter OF the 2Sth OF
july. comm unicating to me the fact that there
is rumor In circulation in Galena, supposed
to have come from Gen. JoDes, Of Iowa, that
pending the Illinois Central Railroad grant
In the u. s. Senate, an arrangement was
made between him and me, by which the in
terests OF Galena were sacrificed to those OF
Dubuque, is received. | have q distinct re-
collection Of the facts Of the case, and they /
are in substance as follows: The bill, us
drawn and introduced into Congress by my
self, provided for a railroad from the south |
ern terminus Of the Illinois and Michigan
canal to the mouth of the Ohio river, with a
branch to Chicago, and another to Galena,
the northwestern terminus Of the road. Gen. |
Jones, his colleague, and perhaps some 9TH
ers, objected TO Galena as u terminus, on the
ground that the road would not connect with
the Mississippi river, and thus hiatus would
and west side Of the river. cndeayored to
dssuade them from their objections, and to
induce them to allow the bill to pass in the
shape had introduced it, but they were i'm
movable and insisted on defeating the bill,
unless we would extend the road to Dubuque.
Upon full consultation with my colleagues in
both Houses of Congress, it was determined
to permit the alteration to be made, under
the belief that the whole bill would be de-
| feated unless we consented to the change,
and we thought it was better to allow the
| change to be made than to lose.the bill al
together, although We did not think that our
Iowa friends were treating us kindly by at
tempting to defeat great measure for our
State, on point Of the kind. Under these
circumstances, did cheerfully acquiesce and
concur in the determination of the united
I Delegation of the State. to agree to the
change BY which the road should be extend
/ ed to Dubuque, but carefully emitting to
provide a. what point the crossing should be,
whether ut Dubuque, at Tete dc Morris, or at
any intermediate point will only add tina.
any insinuation, or intimation, on the part
Of Gen. Jones, or any of his friends, that
had any collision with him, and was willing
20 sacrifice the interests Of Galena to those
of Dubuque, or any other point, 10 basely and
UNANIMOUSLY false. S. A. DOUGLAS.
II. G. CRoucH, Esq., Galena, lii.
GEN. JoNKs' LETTER IN REPLY TO THE FoRRGo-
ING.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, Nov. 9, '58.
Hon. s. A. Douglas, chicago, W-Sir:
Herewith IL enclosed your letter, dated Aug
6, 1858, to II. G. Crouch, Editor OF the Ga
lena (lll.) Courier, cut from that paper of
the End inst, with the editorial accompany
ing the same, headed ga Base Calumny.' -
| will not condescend to notice the scurrilous
editorial, predcated on the many wilfu mis-
representations of your letter, preferring to
deal with you, rs more responsible than your
instrument, say "willful misr epresenta-
tion," because you say ssyou have a distinct
recollection of the facts in the case,o and be-
cause the journals and debates Of the Senate
prove your statements to be wholly destitute
Of truth, so far as you refer to my colleague
Gen. A. g. Dodge, myself, and our, friends
AS having expressed or entertained the idea
rs you cay, ssof defeating the bill unless the
road was extended to Dubuque" though We
surely had as much right 30 to amend it az
our Southern friends Of Kentucky, Tennes
see and Alabama had to suggest and require
as think they did, that you should make the
road extend to Mobile through those three
. States.
You know we'll that neither you nor you,
colleague, Gen. Shields, ever had such con-
I suitation, either between yourselves or your
colleagues Of the House, before offered my
amendment to make the road terminate al
this place instead of mt Galena. You more.
, over knew equally well that when approach
ed you towards the close OF the debate in the
Senate on the bill with my amendment, anG
asked you whether You had any objection,
to my offering it, stating, Us did, that il wa.
merely to extend your road to Dubuque, /.
or l5 miles further west, that you not oni,
, freely assented thereto, but thanked ME fol
; the suggestion and that Immediately there
after, IN your presence and hearing, obtained
the assent also Of your colleagues to tbs
, same effect. That / then offered is, and i,
was passed without dissenting vote or OBJ.
lection from any quarter whatever, as the
records show.
You must also recollect that within twenty
four hours after the passage Of the bill
through the Senate, informed you that
had had conversation with Col. Baker, the
then Representative from Galena in Con-
grsss, aud that be declared to me that he
would not allow the bill to pass the House
without having my amendment stricken from
it, and TINT you then said you didn't care
what Baker wished; that it was right the
road should terminate on the Mississippi,
and so connect with our proposed railroad,
and that you would so state to your col
leagues, Col. Richardson, Maj. Harris, and
others Of the House, who would take charge
Of the bill, and would prevent Baker from
making any such amendment in that body.
! The assertion on your part that /, or my
: colleague, or any one Of our friends, had de
| term,ned to defeat your bill upon the groune
stated by you, or for any other reason what
I ever, Ia false, and its publication being dc
i ferrea until the day Of the late Illinois cleo
! ton, too late to be contradicted by myself O.
: others, shows that you and he (your Galen,
q organ,) who acted for you, designed to mis-
lead the oalena people, and thus accomplish
your selfish purpose. The journals and tn
l. debates OF the Senate show that Genera
Dodge and heartily eo-opernted with 70,
A and your colleague in every effort and ever
!, vote which was given on that question. 70
i many considerations, we could not but b
10 very deeply interested in The passage Of tha
m bill.
AT the celebration Of the completion of III
Illinois Central railroad to Dunlei,h, held a
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