The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-08-15
MCGREcoR. August 9th. 1866.

EdROr Ne1cS "A few DAYS ago several
gentlemen believing that the newspapers
IF this city were too severe and personal
& in their political discussions, got up pri-
vate letter to each of them, respectfully
requesting them to discontinue the prac-
tice. Such letter was plainly marked
private Among the signers were those
who believed one paper most to blame
while others thought differently: care was
taken in framing the letters, not to pass
: upon that question, and also to show to
every one whose name was asked, that no
reflections were intended upon either pa
per. ', s.8
nj The letters were signed in duplicate and
a copy sent to each by mail on Saturday.
The foregoing is plain statement Of the
facts. .fte 81
is The Times in it's issue of Tuesday, re-
: fcrs to the letter, puts on Peacock feathers,
takes strut and cuts stiff, assuming that
the movement was all intended as an an
.proval of the course of the Times and con-
domination Of the News. IF such had
been the fact, i fail to see what right the
Editors OF that paper had to blow strict
~ private letter of that kind, but such was
not the fact, and therefore the course Of
tfle'IiMcs seems less exchsable 60
REUBEN NOBLE.
= of the fourteen who signed the private
letter referred to in the above communica-
ton, thirteen are republicans, and, with
an exception, are the leading orators and
wire-pullers of the radical party in the
county, and we believe mainly control the
sheet from which We clip. We don't like
caviling in any shape, nor do we approve
Of or deal in personal newspaper quarrcls,
which any capdidly disposed reader will
adWjt on examination Of the files of the
TIAEs.eaaI ,41ruaa GiIai So 2iljt =
Before the, writer Of this had any con-
nectiop with the TIMES, or any other news
paper, its principal, editor lived down
killed, if the. reader piease-one man
whose whole soul was filled paper was)
with the bitterest, lowest, most obscene
and falserersonal abuse, weekly fred at
tho editor Of this paper, and that man to-
day wears name which by common con-
sent Of his own party friends will brand
him IS mean and !" Nasty as long as he
Lives in the memory of others or is read
by single specimen of humanity. That
man was killed by letting him alone to
sting himself to death was spared the
whitening rebukc of pen with which he
had no power to cope, and which he SO
much deserved and if we mistake not his
-SS <,l1
are apt to partake, to some extent, of the
nature. disposition and habits of those
who they succeed us fast approaching
the same unenyiable end.
We desire to write candidly, and believe
we do when we say that Mr.. Noble and all
others who, like him, have lived in and
watched closely the. commencement and
rapid advance Of our young city, will not
hesitate to say that Col. Richardson, from
its infancy, has welded pen which in
ability, faithfulness, fairness, truthfulness
and briliiancy has never been equalled in
this nor excelled in any other western or
Iowa city; nor are we willing to believe
they viii hesitate to repeat what they have
50 often heretofore said, that his pen is
worthy of the credit Of much of the sue
cess, advance and prosperity of the city
and usual amicable and kind feeling exist
ing among our citizens. We have very
good authority for saying that most of the
thirteenall Of whom we arc proud to say