North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-03-25
A3rd Parallel. I

A3rd Parallel.
This has become ty-word OF McGregor
treated "a burlesque. Mayor Kennedy
by request Of many citizens. called meet
ing on Thursday evening, to consider the
action of the Common Council in their en-
aorsement Of the Sioux City Company,
aud their condemnation Of the McGregor
.Nsrs for its course in the matter. Mr..
Tompk;ns was requested to speak. Ito
was not cordially received, and after few
remarks, importing that the large audience
was hired, bought, sold, or ''words to that
effect as Armstrong would say, he sub
sided. The proceedings of the Council
published in cur last issue were endorsed
by vote Of everybody present except
three, one of uhich was Mr.. Tompkin and
the others not yet discovered. Angry that
!. tho people should listen to Sense rather
than to Insanity, the editor Of the Ne'cs
wrote two and half columns of beautiful
language for Fridays issue>ol that organ
Of outsiders of course the Council was
anaihilated, the people informed that
knowledge and honor had their temples
inside the NeUs rooms only, and that the
TrxEs editors were very bad folks, and
everybody else was bad who didn't agree
with Mr.. Tompkins. We are so accus-
toned TO the semi-insane rawlings Of
NASTY IA souJriQ1et given him years
ago, and one by which he is better
known here than my otber) that his
un.ruthful references to us have no eff
feet, and it is rarc that we notice his
elegant sermons. We cannot, however.
withhold from our readers g portion of
his late tremendous effort to increase him
self to the size of General Controller of
all that is worth knowing in this section
Of Iowa it is SO ludierously amusing, so
Don Quixottical, that we think the TINES
readers should see the modern tyre OF the
renowned knight Of De Ia Mancha, and
fer their qualification we clip few doses
designed for the TINES and the Council,
both of which packages Of weakness and
corruption are supposed, by Robert, TO be
in everlasting social and business misery
in consequence of malediction which the
two institutions aforesaid-considering the
source Of its emanation-regarda as COM
plimentary. The attempt of an animal Of
enlarged ears to kick anybody is evidence
that the animal SO ornamcnted considers
himself nobody, and derisioa is the reward
he gets for the effort. This is the effect OF
Roberts last weeks kick at awhole city.
A laugh ct monkeys because they lack
The Judgment Of uaas is common and at
this time it is quite universal at McGregor
when the .Neus editor is referred to; but
zoe think ii cruel The errors Of all infe-
rior races should extsrt sympathy rather
than ridicule, and hence we hereby extend
the unanimous coincidence Of the TINES
and the Council. Read these extracts:
.What q power for good even in the midst Of cor
Yurton and stupidity lie Independent and intelli-
gently conducted press, and with what force will 4
tow truthful words, plainly spoken make their way
through the thick msts of error and iasehood Ner-
tasse facts more clearly demonstrated than
by the CONSERVATION caused by our little railroad
squihs last week, among the advocates of upcomdi-
siona surrender the demands made for Iowa lands,
by thu foreign monopoly operating along the North
era border OF our State Never did the slittering
star Of statwart policeman suddenly exposed in the
midst OF gang OF pickpockets, cause yreater SEN
sation than did plain, truthful, impartial state
mont among the cliques fur thu aforementioned mo-
nrEoiy. Or course We used no hard words against
thoM nor do We feel either the right or inclination to
Go SO now. We blame no particularly for work
ing for his employers, and know exactly how many
are employed in this CASE and what they get for their
services. We know the employers, and We know the
honest dupes among tho number, and confess that
VS. enjoyed the hors d. combat spectacle which they
presented when paper gave the truth to tho world
such picking themselves up out of the nire, such
al ialniry after wounded comrades such gathering
wp OF broken ances, such hurried dispatehs alter
eruits. such wild running to and iro al discomhtet
leaders has seldom been Witnessed. Knowing AS the,
do, In fact acknowledging as they do in words and &C
lions that the Ne'v is the acknowledged organ Of thu
great majority OF the solid business and rcspec,
sble portion OF the people Of McGregor. they saw
something was not done and that Immediately I,
break the f0rco OF statements that all was los.
aud that their services in many Cases obsequious
t5ndered to foreign an hostile organic alton wou
result In DISASTER and disgrace to themselves SO the
e1t wildly about for the means Of exric Atop troi
their unpleasant position. . i n
Now We are not going to reply one word to the 70,
nominations of tho foul thing at the lower end OF III
street The Peter Funks and bill atwoods Of socie,
are too much beneath our contempt" even TO ellie
snotlce OF anything they can say. and any man, hoy
ever respectable, who, even the present
der the stress Of great and immediate einergenc
permits himself to make of gdch dirty tools
carry his ends, places himself equally beyond al
eaims t. our respectful consideration"
We give two other little compliments
70 the Council and ask their perusal he
here cultivating Fayette Co. and the I
kader interests:
But this far-seeing and comprehensive
intelligent Board good naturally chars
US with utterng untruths. We might
good naturally, and certainly with mo
truth, reply to this very honorable boo
collectively, "You lie" but that wouldr
be polite and SO, Of course, we don't s,
It, though we think what we please abo
it, assertion that we did not represent [.
views.of one in twenty Of our people Y
know that we did represent the views
at least one-h half of the disinterested pt
ton Of onr people, and we know that
fully informed two-thirds would see N;
ters as We see them. ta
Luckily for McGregor we are able
state to those people that large major
Of the real solid men Of McGregor
opposed to the short-sighted and suicit
action Of the Council; and we say to Q
Representatives ut 0esMoines, stand
your home company, and don't allow I
action the Council here to influence 70,
feathers weight. Wise me
Sapient Councilmcnl How long c
a city expect to thrive that elects su
mOle-eyed men US its Councillors7 N,
we should rather ask, how long ough
city to prosper that is SO blind as to I;
council Of such men and yet such are
men who compose the body Of that Coz
ell. - ...-.g
The Thursday evenings proceed,
here follow,:.,