Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1867-04-18
MELLOW.

WELAONss
We are aorry to say, thai many Of our
citizens do not seem to appreciate the
swamp L,ud Scrip drafts upon cur
Cauaty Treasurer, aud dsnounos the
$3s 900 consract as swindle. Lis Ger.
tsiaiy better for the citixensef the eoaa,
" to pay Caleb Baldwin, Samuel CiiD-
Ton and W. v. Sarp SIS, 900, than bare
We Beard Of Supervisors violate the laws
oE the State. In fact il would be a ter
Yibls s.sss 81 aifairs if saeh dread ca
lamisy shouid hefal Us. And yet We have
,aen In car midst who think these msn
jshsaid not hare there money. Some AZ.
sn 90 90 far IS to say, that the POOR
~reteh who was hang In cur city. few
ysars aga, for stealing less than $50
Was a gentleman compared With nso
whs seek to dignify such transactions on
large scale, with she name Of COZ
sraet.
The PEOPLE ia the Valley of tbe Mas
quito, We learn, have made up their
sainis to make stealing odioEs. Nov We
aan assure the people Of sbls county, that
Judgs Raldwin and Isaac Ssigler, ia any
connection With the S3S, 900 Olnsraei, or
che swamp Land fund, ia fact all The
parties, were aotsased By The puress Of
ehristian motives, to KiG:
s'Ths maa who will not provide far
bis own household Ia worse than an in.
Gdei. - Scripture
Nov whe 10 lbers 60 base, that be
woald have these men worse than an in
adsl' "If aaY speak for him, have |
aFsndsd2 pause for q reply" The
bill 6lsd against she Board OF Superb
ssrs 70 sqaslSh tho $3S 900 sonsraes,
charges Judge Baldwin and bis CO. soun
ssl, With having made false and frsudu-
lent representations, in order to obtain
It's procurement, bat does not Judge
Baldwin nail thai to the cross In bis let
ssE TO The HoHpaEsil, when be darss them
10 prove it? The presumption Of inHo-
ssaos, With The failure Of proof, is the
great haiwark Of soms mems liberty.
The Judge says in bis letter, that ''As
considered the contract nos 40 safalz
Sns," and bis great heart Ovsraowing
wish the milk Of hanAa kindness, does he
aos further say "my silence would tend
70 smbarTsss ether parties referred to-"
Nov there is sahlimisy about SILENCE
bat tbs Judge, In the kindasss Of bis
hsaEss MAS willing to aispsl it, rather
than bare any sOs embarrassed, COZ
nectcd With him in fair business trans
Rction, which Is An evidence Of the pes
sessioa Of the b ghsss and aoblsst astri- |
batss which elevate and sdorn human.
itY. Some 60 80 far as 10 say, THAI al
though the Judgs has nos bean sileus,
the acaioa Of the next Grand Jury 'wiIl
tend to smbarrsss other parties referred
to- Bat ws saT to lhs tax payers OF Pot
taEAttamis county, 'bs just and fear not,
fer 40 man 10 bound to eriminats himself,
wbieh is another great bulWark of hu
man liberty. IL 10 said that before this
still-born soOtrac' opened its eyes, and
~hiis be and all others connected with
-, we're m&iatsinisg . mastery silsues,
be vas told thai TIE $l00, 900 of the
hands Of the eeunty could be surrender
ed for FIVE Ter cent, bat that be opened
BOT bis mouth, neither vas there guile In
ia him. Speech 10 human, silence lie
diVins, and Why should not Judge Bald
win, Be per@istsd to indGlgs Ia q little
divinity, anless "ia has 9 tendency to
emharrsss othsE parties" Wig should
be spsak-hAa be not declared in pub.
lie meeting In this place, th1t the bonds
ware net worth the paper on which they
weTs printed9 When you talk to him
about I've per cent, be 10 not on is; be
has contract With Mcbride, Fes;sr and
Seiglsf, after bis OWE heart. But when
she embarrassment came, dill not 500
poands avoirdupois, of gzsaE, good, fat,
decsst, competent, loyal humanity speak
Gus 40 mas bad never spoksn before p
Thea ia the language Of "b,s man Fri.
day." Why eli this "grumblins" about
the S3S, 900 SO II snap, Of this man and
brother, or Ia ether words, "why do she
heather rsge, and the people imagine
vain things ~ Able. The muehness Of
the man, calls for mnchnsss 10 the con.
tract, and calls loudly. Are not all
the parties honorable men--ws mean de-
cent menS Verify they are the salt of
the earth, &nd IL let alone will save US.
They are reformers and all Tgformations
mess 9Th opposition. Then Why talk
about their silence, or denial OF shs con.
tract did not Peter deny bis Lord and
master, and was not be one Of the
twelTs? The hostility to THE financial
schsma to relieve the county, looks like
perscsatiau, asd We are glad to see the
So1paxeil cons Hp to the help Of the
Isighiy, bat notwithstanding all this sym.
na;hy, Rs fsar the gess WsaBadoedls
nseurnssh--n not ever his frss, bal his
last born.
This waa seadvT fswsr, and wsuld
hare hess reared pes, bat wssn ezpos-
81, IL sisksnsa and wisbsged, wiitsA and
faded, is Is dying, IL 10 dead, deads dead.
TO It's parents We SAY
s.Ts lsviHx mss come risw the EEsund
wasas res msxs shortly us."-wATTs.