The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-02-08
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49,, ne writer ofis 70 q : very aniabie frame
$500 :. he time Of its inOuhatioo.
II NAV be . veil sndsrsseod ia The ossss,
49,, :. arc not The organ Of The railroad COM
.,a cannot be seduesd % become ito pr.
-. rhs. i mot our nissioa. III Our busi-
49,. a.f.ud The xutA, nainsain Tie rigAts Of
!. ,.ool.. and prevent. if possible. the State
s.I,;ne into The hands Of this - we'll - Of
.,h., railroad companies.
". kpo. soshing Of The transactions Of the
$3.50 compaay .. Fairfield, and are not jsssi-
80. either approving Or condemning them.-'
-, .eo discovered, however. that there
go ,vo sides, At least 70 81 thess esn-
..s,.,.;.s and that il 10 very unssfs to form .
;uasn.n. before both sides are heard. Il is
as,h for our presen. purpose to kaow that
a,,;,s the truth Of our declaration.
49,. -. :. county had refused to issue the bonds
!. ..reed and will not issue them until COM
..ll.d ), : Judicial tribunal. "if she loses, her
s.,,. vil b. issued;-if she gains, her bonds
80, vIl he issued" says the Ledger.
III. Ledger Gays there lie no legal or moral
ALLEGATION resting upon the county to issue bonds.
rss may be 80, bu. We never knew man who
,.fs.ed to comply with his contract, who did |
-. max. Just such an apology for his conduct
The Ledger does not deny that the interest on
n. hopds slready issued 10 unpaid. It could
,.s d.pv il. The County Judge Of Jefferson
.o0p,, announced long ago, that no provision
IA h.sr or would be made, to meet the inter
Az oov p.ssed due. 1t matters not who holds
,h,.e bonds, yet We will say that, to our knowl.
.dee. some Of these are owned BY citizens of
Burlington, Who have no connection whatever
with The railroad company, and who will delight
The vision ofths Ledger editor with view of the
duo and unpaid coupons Of his county Whenever
be sill be pleased 10 call upon them.
The reason given BY the Ledger for tho nom {
payment Of interest, may, or may not be valid. {
The reason for the delinquency 10 not 10 con-
sssvsrsy between US. We alleged fact, not .
reason for fact, and that feet is not denied. {
10 all the epithsts applied to US and to the
niifOad company, We have no reply to make
isey prove nothing but the disturbed mental
sudition Of the Ledger, and are calculated to t
sRe only their author. c
The Home Journal, Of Mt. Pleasant, desires g
to say that Henry county is in arrears on on il
! Two installments, Of semi-aunual interest, viz:
lily, 1883, and January, 1859, instead OF four u
Is stated in our former article .,
Ee make the correction with pleasure. We re- Il
led wholly upon the information of those who h
rofessed to know the facts, and regret that We g
ssre betrayed into making even SO trivial mis- a,
tstemeuL W
The Washington Press is quite confident that c,
III the bonds Of that county will be promptly !.
MD, except those in the possession of M. "
shenek. The latter are alleged to have been fu
sued without consideration, ald it 10 said they at
'sver will be- paid. ~ %
The shole aim of all our articles on the sub re-
ssi Of municipal debts, has been to convince de-
be people Of Iowa. that that was most unwise TO
nd nurderous policy that undertook to build i''
,lroads with city aud county bonds. We have de
luded to cities and counties only BY way of co
xsnple and not because We wished TO cast te.
dun upon any place, or to interfere with the ~
tlvsis or local affairs Of anybody. We have tie,
Ny alluded 10 facts that were notorious, and b.
hisA thereby became the property OF q public s e
'urnaltt, and We have invariably alluded to IN,
lem BY way Of warning and not by way Of re- sL
zach. The Fairfield Ledger knows this as raj
III IS we do, and hence we cannot but regard W W.
article as entirely unoaled for, and it's spirit vii
exceedingly ungenerous. That every man hs
y Judge OF its character for himself aud learn
shat manner it attempts to refute our state o ao
nts let him read the article as published in an GU
,er column. no