The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-02-10

we tdTU IUuJ sDlllt VI lHe ollCtfS Ut Tic
Court House have received ST. 600 in Postal
Currency. which they propose TO sell at pre-
MUM How is this, gentlemen, do you desire
to speculate out of our business men ?-Cirit-
ian.
EN- Ii seems to be true that the man
who can turn against his country, is ca
pable of any amount Of baseness. No
man who lives in this community need
be told how much cause 0. III. p. Ros
zELL has, to feel sense OF gratitude TO-
wards Dr.. BREWER. To say nothing of
their private business relations, here so
we'll understood, DR.. BREWER, out OF
pure sympathy, last year took RoszELL
into the Clerks office as Deputy, that be
might have an opportunity to earn what
the DR.. believed he very much needed.
He did this, he well knew, at the risk Of
his own popularity. And he paid the
penalty He not only received the de
nunciation of his party friends for taking
RoszELL into his office, but he also reap
ed harvest Of i'll will through RoszELL's
carelessness and incompeteney. DR..
BREWER, it is almost literal truth to say,
never makes mistake in his office, him
self. And it is fact that more com
plant was found with the work done by
RoszELL in his office, than has ever been
found during the Dr.'s administration.
We say, therefore, that the DR.. sacrifc-
ed his own popularity in order TO serve
RoszLLL, but the traitorous migrate, al
the first opportunity which offered to
make little political capital against the
Dr., eagerly seized it; end hence the
above.
Now the facts about that Postal Cur
rencv, are simply these. Our citizens
have been constantly applying to GEO.
w. BEMrs. Route Agent on the Sioux
City Railroad. and brotherin law Of Mr..
RoszELL, to procure them, at Dubuque,
quantities of Postal Currency for change
Mr. BEMIs-ready as he has always proven
himself, TO accommodate our people by
doing numberless little offices for them
at Dubuque-through the mediumship
of friend, had an opportunity TO secure
81. 900 worth of the Currency from
Washington. He took advantage of the
offer. advanced the money, paid the pre-
MUM on exchange, had the Currency
expressed on. paid the expressage, bro'l
it here, and deposited it with DR.. Brew
Err for the accommodation of our busi-
ness men, charging them one half pei
cent That is the extent of the specula
ton Of DR.. BREWER in this matter-he
simply acting as agent for Mr.. BEMIs
Mr. BEMIs advances the money, take:
all the risk. buys the exchange. pays the
expressage on the money from Washing
ton, brings il here, and charges half PEI
cent premium, or IS on the thousand
This is the extent of the speculation gu
of our business men
The animus Of this whole thing is po
lilical, as is apparent to every body. anC
for the sake OF party RoszELL would ruiz
either his country or his best friend
He wanted the impression to go gu
among the people that the officers at tn
Court House had secured Tor the count,
something that they were selling out L
4 our business men at a premium. II
, wanted the people to believe that Their
!. was speculation out Of the county fund
going on al the Court House. and i,
that way to undermine the character am
, influence of the gentlemen holding posi-
tons there, The charge mainly atfectel
, DR.. BREWER, because he was the imme
diate agent. One would have supposed
that common gratitude 10 man who ha,
SO signally favored him would have in
duced RoszELL TO ascertain the truth 0
such charge before publishing it. Blu
, he did not. and his party malice ha
overleaped itself One thing OLrrE
HAZARD PERRY may be sure OF. and lha
is that the county is not likely soon 1
be cursed with more reckless or incom
pe,ent officer than il was in the person q
Ju ige O. Ii. p. RoszELL.