Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-12-27

debt forever, employed attorneys for the
County, agreed topay and dad pay, their ex-
penses( and something more besides. These
men haoe succeeded in ''staving off pay
day., and trolling up "big debt" They
have had the wisdom to get this pay, and
the good of it as they went along, while
'the people" have been in the full enjoy
ment of "rich promises of never having to
pay a! cent, and are now expected to keep
their eyes shut another ten years on the
halt as rich promises Of never having to
pay only fifty cents on the dollar, 'provid-
ed the County let US have our way, and
carry on the suits against the. railroad
which shan't cost the County cent ex-
cept OUR expenses" and perhaps little
matter.of $40, 900 or $4,000 besides, with
variations to different understandings.)
The County has fought the bond holders
inch by inch all through the Courts, State
and Federal. Every time the past due in
terest on the bonds was asked for, "a "fright,.
full growl came eastward. andsschoed west
ward" from that most profound lawyer,
the (so-called) .MILwAuKEE LEGAL RnINoc-
EROS, kept under pay by the County for
nearly ten years, to do. this work.
The attorneys for the County" have
obtained the passage of two laws, which in
hor ea1u IN
ses," amongst smany other acise things, to
meet contingents, making it a 'penaf off
ence" for 5the County to compromise and
settle its debt at Deer fifty cents on the
dollar, and amongstiother "Strong" things
contained in their law may be found the
authority for the confscation of large
corporate property" called railroad"
because it was built with "Wall street
money" coined out of the twenty years
business life of "roped in, well-to-do,
Detroit merchant, who pledged his fortune
and raised nearly million of dollars t.
build. equip and run it, For which the
County has never paid one dollar; and
yet this law assumes to authorize the "vio-
lation Of contracts" TO set aside the final
DEGREES and decisions had in the hiqhest
courts of the land, and all adjudicatons
had or to be had therein, and give it to
them under color of their laws, and at the
expense Of the county. These "Attorneys
for the County" propose to annoy and en-
barrass,s ,saggravate and harrass the present
owners of the railroad, SO as to prevent any
extension, and keep it's Jumping off place
at the growing city of Mineral Point"
Men of Iowa County, do you not see
why any compromise settlement of the
vexed County Bond Debt question has not
been possible. "There are none so blind
as those who wont see.''
Now the County can compromise"
and settle its debt forever, by voting and
promptly paying a small annual tax of
only three per cent. on assessed value, and
less than six mills on actual value, for
"Oou1 oC'Ch J Gals OuiJ. ~1y/cc W w AlilS
"scith .faith," and in good faith do it, and
the population of yoar County will reach
over thirty THOUSAND; the actual value
of taxable property will be over tsoenty
millions Of dollars, and every man shall
have railroad within from ten rods to ten
miles OF his own door before another ten
years.
Without fee or expense am ready ,able
and willing, to work out compromise"
and final settlement of the County and
town debt subs tantially on the plans and
with the substantial results set FORTH
Asking no reward other than the ac-
complishment of purposes herein frankly
stated of Iowa County, what do you
say Shall it be done !?
LUTHER BEECHER.
Detroit, Mich, Dec 18th, 1866.