The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-02-01
Enasss Later E1wetlca, SsOnc VINE
KmNNa RNIter.,s ana OurselYAs.


KNOWS Bester.,s and Ourselves.
We gave our friend : considerable space
Of quite small type, yesterday, to soutrovert
our position with reference to the. later sure
ties of DR.. Eads. To all his substantial
points We viii now reply.
And in the FIRST place, be would have coon
omised space and saved us trouble in reply
Ing IL he had had our article before him at the
time Of writing, and not assumed that we
said what We did not say.
We did not cay that the sureties upon the
first bond took any part at all in procuring
signatures to the subsequent bonds,
We did not say that the Germans upon the
bond were more entitled to immunity than
any other bondsmen. We did not indeed
even fstinsats any such thing. But We do
nor say that If any body whose name 10 upon
the bond was inveigled into signing it who
could not read 1t in consequence Of his igno-
rance Of our language, and who would not
have signed it except it's contents we're mis-
represented to him, be is more especially en-
titled TO relief, not because he 10 German,
Irish or American born, but because of the
fraud thereby praoticed upon him. Is that
q wrong positionp
Neither did We, as our friend seems to as
sumo, solely recommend the unconditional
discharge Of the bondsmen. We in fact left
IL to be plainly inferred that we favored .
submission Of the matter to Arbitration
And suoh both was and is, in our mind, much
tho better thing to be done in the premises.
Now as to other points.
Does not our friend enlarge the sum Of
the defalcation, to begin with, in order to
give greater force TO his objections2 We
believe the highest figure that it 10 usually
placed at is about $4,000. And we think
we have authority which be will not dispute
for placing it at little over $4,000
Ia one material point wherein our friend
contradiots US, he is quite mistaken. He
says that "but one individual claims that he
Vas BY fraud induced TO sign thc bond, J" etc.
The fact 10 that sir individuals made oath
that they were fraudulently induced to aign
the bond, in consequence Of its oonter kev4
Ing been misrepressnted to them.
Our friend 10 laboring under another nis.
apprehension, in the use he makes Of the idss
that the school fund will be defraud Cd Of !
portion OF ito principal in ease these people
are relieved Of any portion Of their obliga-
tons. Such would not be the case. The
school fund would remain whole. The sum
would be a loss to the general treasury
Section article Of the Constitution reads
as follows:
"Sec. 8. All losses TO the permanent Eahosl
or University fund of this State, viii sh shall
have been occasionsd by tho defalcatisn,
Encouragement or fraud Of the agents or
omcers controlling and managing the same,
shall be audited by the proper authorities of
the State. The amount so audited shall be
apermanent funded debt against the State,
In favor OF the respective fund sustaining
the loss, upon which not less than six per
cent. annual interest shall be paid. The
amount OF liability 90 created shall not be
counted as part Of the indebtedness author
ned by the second section OF this article"
We submit that the above meets nearly oil
the essential points In his article. One mat
ter-what he says with reference to the APP
pointment OF an agent to confer with these
parties under law Of the Last sessi on-we
might refer to in manner which We believe
would destroy all the Force which be thinks
II entitled to, but, for considerations connect
Cd with other persons than him and our
selves, and a. II 10 really not important to
the argument, We prefer to make no com
ments npon il.
50 Tar With reference to our friend more
particularly. And now we will make . few
remarks on the subject in more genera
way.
If the people Of the State are willing
Z knowingly add premeditately, through th,
influence OF party seal or any other cause, te
elevate 70 high Official position notorious
ana reckless vagaband, -, In the case Of
LADS, they elevated to the Office Of Superin
tendent OF the public schools and manage,
OF the school fund VIGOROUSLY immoral
ignorant, incompetent, lewd. whisky drink
ing, Inscriptions politician Of the worst an,
meanest school, we for one don't care If the,
are 10 some good degree made to share tn
responsibility 81 their inexcusablo folly
There was certainly no more folly exhibite
BY his sarsties IN becoming bound for him, :
not 90 much, in fact, when We remcmbe
that many Of them were cheated into becom
lng sures'es,-than by the people in elsctip
him, And, especially under tho circumstance
which cyst, i docs not become the latter 4
hold the former TO rigid and unfesling re-
sponslbility, refusing themselves to bear an
portion OF the consequences OF their owl
conduct.
A plain REV OF the whole case may be ia
ken 10 this way:
II any portion Of the sum ID lost. Il vii