North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-01
Correspondence BY Grape Vine Telc.

Correspondence BY Grape Vine Tclc.
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The following is sent us for publication.
1t purports to be an intercepted dispatch,
or the copy of letter written to Hon. W.
b. Allison. Its senuineness may be
doubted by the sceptical, but, like the
letter in our columns of two weeks past,
it is proof conclusive that the writer
evidently understands the character he
assumes. We let our readers do their
own guessing as to its authorship. 1t
may not be the product Of Tompkins'
brain, but ithas smell "Nasty" enough to
justify the presumption:
Mc--R August -
Your two letters of this inst, have been
duly received, and very much regret the
delay in answering them. The first was
but just received, and casually read when
it was mislaid, lost or stolen, and the next
l saw of it was in the columns of the
TINES. 1t is useless for me to say that it
was a source of terrible modification and
chagrin to see it thus made public. How
the TINES came in possession Of the letter
l cannot conceive. You seem to think
me careless in my habits; such is not the
case; no one is more exact and methodi-
cal in business habits, than am.
The political situation in this County
has changed very much since l saw you in
N. Y. / was then confident we would be
able to carry the county, but events prove
that l was mistaken. You take it too
hard. ! regret the angry mood in which
you wrote. A person in politics should
never suffer himself to be excited so as to
use unkind language or harsh epithets
toward those with whom he happens to
differ. 1t is not in good taste.
When you intimate that Major Drum
mond and myself deceived you, you do us
injustice. True, my great anxiety to
secure the appointment may have warped
my Judgment, but was honest in at least
one thing that always stated to you
that was, acanted the Z. D. and on that
depended my political course.
You cannot comprehend, Mr.. Allison,
the complications by which we are sur
rounded. In the first place, Mr.. Eiboeck
claiming to be your friend, thrust himself
forward as candidate for the Legislature
dared not oppose him, bat l knew him
to be entirely unfit for the position. lie
is a good, clever, little fellow, but oil
entirely too small calibre for the posi-
lion. l did not like to sustain him, but
dared not oppose him. lie was in
possession Of facts connected with on,
intrigue that would be too damaging, and
he was not to be trusted. 1t was tho
extreme of folly for him to be a candidate
but no advice of mine would keep him of
the track, and in his .taror l could say
n,thing. Only short time before, thu
Ners had branded him perjured villain,
and accused him of almost everything ir
the catalogue Of crimes. The Nc,cs to-
day is not willing to acknowledge that il
was then wrong, and the facts published
by him were still more damaging to me
and as they could not be contradicted, die
not wish them re-published.
1t was probably the only controversy
either Of us ever engaged in, where any
respect was paid to the truth, and a:
neither of us could invent SANDER worse
than the facts We published, we had to b.
satisfied We have since formed mutua
admiration society, on the principle o.
Moral Equality. And in addition, Mr.
! Eiboeck has been very indiscreet; YOU
fe,c friends could not trust him he hat
made no secret that his support of you
depended entirely on what you did 70.
him.
1t was generally known before the con
vention that he had told Mr.. Price, ant
many others, that the reason he supported
you last summer was, that you paid hin
more money than any one else would
: that he had found the way to make none,
with his paper, was out of the candidates
that he wished to be elected to the Legis
lature for the purpose of extending hi
acquaintance among politicians, and thu
increase the value of his paper. Their
happened to be but few who wished t
send representative with no highe
motive than such as he declared. Ant
he complained bitterly that you had no
paid him the amount you agreed to 70
his support, and when he got your lette
in the winter, saying that the Office o
Assessor was promised SO he could no
have it, he Immediately wrote you Cor th
balance his due, and when you sent hir
, the draft for one hundred dollars, with
promise of the balance in a short time
r he made no secret of it, but talked
publicly on the street.
You ask why did not attend the Co.
convention. For the simple reason wa
not delegate. Had Mr.. Drummon
been present at our City caucus, shoult
have had one vote besides my own, bu
he ran away just before, to avoid bein
: present at our humiliating defeat; as
! was, | was the only member of larg
caucus in favor of your election.
/ should have gone to the county con
vention as it was, but only that week
had secured the p. o. and had not got
: to running SO that could leave it, and
was not sufficiently aware that publ
t sentiment had SO changed as to requil
my presence. / had for several yeal