Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-11-05

| JUDGE 4. w. HUBBARD.
Sla:-With your psrmisaion I will 3D.
drsss you few words 10 rslasioa 10 your
remarks on this evening 20 far - they ars
personal 70 myself. You, With much ~
hsmsnes and with seeming intensity Of
feeling replied 70 respectful enquiry
which I had The honor 70 make Of you,
that had no right to form IN opinion"
upon certain act Of Congress, and that
you had not or would not express IN OPT
nioa upon the same. Now, Sir, - I could
not At that time % fioisntly express my
disappsoval Of your position prohibiting
my forming IN opinion, I take this method
Of assuring you that I do claim the right
Of forming and expressing IN opinion
even upon An act Of Congress framed BY
the whole Iowa delegation, and sanctioned
BY the wisdom Of Judge Hubbard-and I
do not conceive that You are acting con.
sistsutly with your claim for csndor and
fair uindsdnsss when you denosnce mo
for % doing. Either you did not say what
yos nsans, o. else you srs seeking to
ovsssws ne BY your sssumption Of this
imsculats character Of "A act Of Congress
in which you have helped destroy, in my
opinion, tho prospects Of our county,
You arc volubls enough in expressing ~
opinion on some other acts 10 aiding which
you conceive that you are en- titled to great
glory. You assert that If said road was
not built on something near ssraish, line
tho cisizsos here must resort to the uscer.
tain issue Of law suit to protect their
interests, and are utterly astonished that
any one should think that Congress, the
Iowa delegation, or your honorable self
should be expect to take any further inter.
est 10 the matter. Judge fear that YOU too
have written book, and that your capa.
cious Uranium is no nearer right than my
thimb lefull Of brains. You informed me
that if have the temesity to send Pe.i.
ton to Congress-which you Yourself char
aeterize a. respectful and proper-it will
be received with derision and contempt.
Pardon me Judge. had presumed that
such . document would be received At
least without disrespect to tho Petitioner,
and was in this belief foolish enough to
procure the printing Of a number Of copies
thereof, intending to send them to Con.
gress at an appropriate time; but your
gratuitous assurance that such would b
received with scorn and jesting will Ger.
.ainly alter my determination. assure
you Sir, that l have acted in this matter
solely for what believe to BE- the inter.
ests Of our section Of the country, and l
will try hard to believe tha. you have done
the same.
You endesvor to connect me with Edi.
torial attacks upon you in the columns Of
the Sioux Clrr REGISTER.
think you will believe me when tell
you that l have never, to my remembrance,
written any article for paper published
in Sioux City, except such a. had my
name At the bottom, nor even counciled
or instisassd any person to ssy sushs
against you, printed or otherwise. Your
insinuatiou that seek o, have ever sought
to srsduce your character BY contributing
to the Register newspaper, is maliciously
false. Ny opinions differ from ito political
teachings a. much as they differ from
yours. am not even subscriber, and
do not often see = number of it, which l
somewha. regret.
Invectise and ridicule are neither rea.
son nor argument, and until l shall hear
that you have an "opinion upon 90 vital
. matter to the interest OF Sioux CITY, %
the probable location of tho Dubuque /
Sioux City R. R., l am compelled to b.
lieve that you think Is do, tha. tho
amendment, produced BY tho united Wis.
dom Of all the Congressman Of Iowa
though it be. to the Iowa Railroad Bill;
though it may result in benefit to oil other
portions of the Stste, yet i. il injurious to
you, who boast Of 90 large stake in this
country, and myself who have 90 little.
Of course, Judge, Jon will be elected.
do hope that if BY chance ono Of my
ridiculous and laushabls petitions should
ever reach you in Jour high capacity Of
legislator you will secure your vest bot.
tons before reading is-and do, Judge,
show me some mercy when some Member
Of Congress shall approach Jon with
copy Of ny Pstitioa in oss had and The
other on bic stomach ''eu6awing" -
boisssrously - Jon represent. Do deal -
sendsrly with my sanity - possible, and I
shall feel under lasting obligations for
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