Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-10-18

When the responsibilities Of o local journal
it are placed in the hands or impulsice rhet>
oricians, or with weak imbecile scribbles, the
public are forced to suffer at their hands
and so it is the case under discussion.-1d a
County Union.
The above language was penned BY the
Right Honorable Hifolutin Old Egotistical
Copperhead, one Cyrus B. Ingham, who edits
. dingy little sheet called the Tama County
Uuion, in reply to q remark we made about
wheat buyers Of lama City. We made no
positive assertions, but stated what our infor-
nation was and who was our informant, say
ing nothing against any Of the wheat buyers
of Tama City. We said III the Tama City
men have thus sought to form combinations
to swindle the farmer, they should meet the
frowns of all honest men," we re-afirm it, il
they have not then, we have nothing to say
against them. Our article was headed,
wake up Tama Ci,ians,' and read as fol,
lows:
ave are informed by Mr.. C.. s. Jerome Of
Howard township that at Oxford wheatbuyers
lay from ID to % cts. per bushel more for
wheat than at Tama City. How is that gentle
folks of our neighbor town? Dent let Oxford
do q better thing for the farmers Of Tama
county, Iowa, 10 the wheat line than you do
Recollect that you claim your town as the
Embryo State Capital" The Tama City
wheat buyers it is also reported, one or two Of
them, went TO Oxford and tried to have Oxford
wheat buyers to enter into IN agreement to
pay the same prices for wheat at the latter as
at the former place. Ten or twelve persons
from near Salt Creek instead Of selling their
loads of wheat at Tama City the usual place
of selling their wheat, went to Belle PLANE
We think that wheat buyers should pay al
much as they could afford to the farmer fol
his wheat, and should not seek to form com,
binations 10 cheat the farmer out Of his hare
earned money. If the Tama City men have
thus sought 10 fol combinations to swindls
the farmer, they should meet the frowns AND
indignation of all honest men,
That statement was made in our mildes,
way, We divulged our author and have no re-
fractions to make. The Union does not deny
but that the above is true, but goes on Il
abuse in its characteristic and filthy style
the editors of the REPUBLICAN,, and the citizen,
of Toledo generally.
"Impulsive rbel orleans and "weak Imbi.
! cile scribbles," eh! If that expression hat
come from q respectable journalist and ont
capable Of determining ones qualifications a.
q writer, we should have felt somewhat dis
couraged in our feeble efforts at newspaper
writing. But as it comes from such an in
desc-ibably ~contemptuous sou, &c We are not il
the least shocked. We have never been dis
posed to enter into any personal alteration
with the editor Of the Lnion, but he has force,
us to it in several instances by his continue,
slow flung filings" at us, without provocation
II is no pleasure 10 us to be continual,
throwing out personalities in our paper, an
our readers do not, we imagine, relish it much
The Union, however. since we first came here
has thrown out to It's readers not less thai
fWe.y columns Of low personal trash At tn
editors of this paper. If the Uuion has moth
ing more Of general inter cat than person a
spite to vend through its columns for the pc
rusal Of its readers, the thing had better pas
int the hands of some man who can writ
his own editorials and has a mind more pro
life than the present editor. The Union edito
will please read the communication from
Oxford.