New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1863-02-27
q THB People OF NORTH e IL
IOWA.

About SIX months since an address was
prepared and circulated among you: submit
ting plan, and asking yoar assistance for
the construction Of Rail Read. Directly
or indirectly as the result Of this movement,
you have rood reason to believe, lthat with
your liberal cs.operationl the speedy compile
ton of Rail Road would BE- seenred Events
Of recent occurrence have somewhat chang
ed the relation Of uv.elf and some Of my
associates, to the enterprise as originally init
ated. Thi cha, ge our relations has g:vs
en- occasion for stntomcnts. involving to a
greater or less cxtent our regard for upright.
ness aud honor.
IF f,he object in making these statements
had been to ga information. and my own
incl:na:iens had been CT shifted. ! M ght
have chosen less nbtrusive method OF i'm
parting it, and for this if for no nther reason
sh II make no apology for addressing you
publicly, whateuer may be yeur local interests.
You are olinterestcd in the construction
Of Railroad and fortunately, or unfortu.
nately for the interests of :. portion of yonr
community MIR. T. P Davies ano myself have
for the past two years represented them;- in
one instance as their sc ect'on; and iatteriu
[because of IT, form'r chnicel we assumrdto
do so. We proposed to represent nothing else
neither our own private interests; nor any
local interest, to the prejudice Of the common
good. Our claims upon your co 'tid' nee will
depend upon our integrity and ability to pro-
tect yorr in terest>; and We ether deserve,
it or we do not You all ought to know whittier
we do; or do not posses these qualifications.
These statements,- made publicly and
privately to wh'c' I have alluded. deny to
US: the possession Of either. Now. these
statements are either true or false; if they are
true.-you osght t knew whose" good faith'
we have betrayed; ;-and we deserve 10, the
confidence and .rrnort of the community
but the contempt ef every upright. high
minded man.
IT, however it shall aprcar that these state.
m>nt'. with their inference, are false may
not ask in the a"me of ''the commonest kind
of fsense."-where shall we find our redress.
I object to the right of any one assuming the
position of"o lowyer'' and putting us "on triar'
before you--or any other commnnity-with
an accnser no more responsible than seonu-
mon rumor." shall not willingly expose nv
selfto 'ece'ving any damag gng blows with
~, Ne.
them.
Therefore-without either affirming or de-
nying any or oil IF II csc statements-T pro-
pose that any respect ec'able.-resrons;ble per.
son possessed of the proof to sustain any i'm
putati"n "ron our good a,ome a. connected
witt tie events aludel tn.-that knch per-
son shall make snch allegations, over hs own
Signature through the nnblic press. Then i.
it hall appear that we have betray.d any in
tcrest that we proposed to sccure,-either
from want ofintegr;ty or forsicht,-that in
single instance We have been governed bv a
dls honorable motlve.-we shall accent the
verdict of SHINE as being just lion the
other hand-the accu atien shall result in
failure-we insist that the parties making such
stand convicted among you as
J1se aceu ers" We say to al among YOU.
interested in making these statements. both
small and grtat-that we do no seek the con-
cea'ment ofa single act;-that every spoken
and written word is open to fair and just
CT t'ci M that We are ready to stand or fall
BY our action.
Allow me to say then in conclusion that
while we would avoid all needless notorietv.
-fthcre be among you any who still consider
US unworthy Of public confidence.-let the
statement and proof be furnished as pro-
l~sed, and we shall be hapy to make such
defense as we may be able.
Yours truly
AUa. BEADLE