The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-12-30
The County Seat.

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asking the Board of County Supervisors to
authorize vote for the re location Of the
County Seat at McGREGoR. A movement
Of this kind has long been expected by
the people, from knowledge of the fact,
that those gentlemen of McGregor who
have heretofore distinguished themselves
as champions in the County Seat arena,
have recovered from the wounds and contu
siOns received in those ctmbats, and being
now conveleseEt are again bucklng on
their armor in defence of the Rights of
the people," that have for years past been
trampled upon bya prolonged continual
ton Of the County Scat, at the very incon-
venient and out-of-the, way locality of EL,
kader. That these petitions are receiving
and will continue to receive, until consul
mated, the signatures of large majority
of the voters Of the County. | have not a
doubt each assigning some strong and
forcble reason for doing so, among which
may be enumerated, with great truthful
ness, the following:
First The respectah'lity of the male
inhabitants Of Elkadvr, does not come up
to the expectations and requirements of the
County.
Seeond They have utterly neglected
to build Railroad from Guttenburg to
Elkader, with branches intersecting it from
Garnavil'o, Millville, Elkport, Voga City
and Clayton Centre, as heretofore promised
by them.
Third There is no political reliability
to be reposed in the inhabitants of Elka-
der, as demonstrated by the late canvass
for Governor of the State. They having
started out with great enthusiasm in sup
port Of Gen. Tuttle and terminated in sup
port Of Col Stone, howing that their
support cannot be depended upon at the
coming Presidential election, in aid of Abe
Lincoln, jeff. Davis or "any other man."
Fourth They have denounced our
German citizens as being bullet headed at
one end, and wooden-shoed at the other
thereby making them out to be "hard Gus.
TONER'S"
Fifth They have declared that the
strings Of Erin's Hrap were of Lake Supe
rior manufacture, and that they would
never again awake with martial strains the
wild, woven shout of Tara's Hall.
Sirh - The number of Saloons at Ell.
kader are not quite two to each private re,
sidence, showing in the most selfish man.
ner determination to provide in this par
ticular only for their own convenience
Serenth The great scarcity of water
at Elkader, when compared with the sup
ply at McGREGoR; and the we'll known
refusal of the inhabitants of that place to
permit the farmer to water his horses above
their mill dam at low stages of their spring
branch, has become an insupportatle in.
convenience.
Eight There is no newspaper at El-
kader, the "Gimblet" having recently left
the sordid and mirky walks of social life,
to soar among the realms Of literature.
Ninth They have converted the Coun-
ty Treasuary into an Hesperian realm and
placed innumerablc lIarpies at its entrance
to drive back the widow Of the wounded
soldier, when approaching it by authority
Of the people of this County.
TenM:-It is we'll known that the town
of Elkader is not down upon the great
Evangelical chart of St. Peter, which would
render it impossible for citizen of the
County to pass into the elysian field, should
he be so unfortunate as to die while trans
acting business at that place.
There are other like objections, which
may be regarded as the promptines, that has
awakened the stern and sober action that
is now moving the people to final and con.
elusive settlement Of this question.
G. N. 20.