Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-07-14

Isigned. Henry Henry & Smith, Attorneys
for Iowa. County, appeared in the
! NATIONAL DEMOCRAT, Of May Oath:
Ito say nothing Of the insult to the
Judge, which it contains, there is one
paragraph which is so full Of the
same invective that pervades the
!, foregoing quotations, that the attor
Fl neys may not unjustly be suspected
of plagiarism from the anonymous
Iauthor Of the article from which they
are taken. The following is the par
agraph referred to: IT, e..
I'VE cannot but believe that your letter of the 1st
instant to Geo W. Cobb was persuaded from you by
Misrepresentation, not fraud that in other way
could you have been induced in SO important matter
and to lend the influence of your high official position to
promote the infamous objects Of few men, who, judas
like, have for money ungraceully taken sides against
through the courts trying to enforce the people
robbery-no less infamous because through neglect OF
attorneys and mistaken advice to- county officers it is
| temporarily decided to be legal.
My object in presenting these quo
tations at such length is to show,
that the Board Of Supervisors. and
others who have attempted to Justify
reputation, have done SO, as already
stated, upon the assumption that the
officers of the Railroad Company
procured the bonds by fraud and
misrepresentation as also to correct
some errors which the quotations con-
tain. @".i+ -.a" @%" 1875 ,aa5.4."
I IF it is true that the officers Of the
Railroad Company are justly obnox-
ious to the imputation Of obtaining
these bonds by any improper means,
1 then do / acknowledge that am the
chief offender. Twas the chief Off
Ger President of the Company. Up
on me de7olved the duty of suggesting
! ways and means to effects the objects
! Of the organization-the building OF
the road. Although the President
| possessed no powers, except such as
were conferred by the Directors. yet
it was his duty to execute all such as
were conferred; duty from which
4 [ never shrank. The Directors did
i determine to make an effort to pro
cure Iowa County Bonds, to; aid in
constructing the Railroad, and it be-
came my duty to give effect to that
determination! i. / performed that
! duty. It is. now said and has been
for twelve years past, that / so per
formed it, as to procure the bonds by
fraud and corruption. I. - 1'1 !
l. ov1NDIC ALTON, AND REASONS FOR TT. g.
| I have hitherto quietly mot to say
patiently rested under this imptta-
ton. NY reasons for not sooner
making a public exposition Of the
facts connected with the issue, of the
County bonds, and thus indicating
i my character from the charges Of i'm
proper conduct which have 50 often
and so1requently3 been made, and 50
| long rested upon it are two-fold:& j.
FIRST, The County authorities were
attempting to defend suits upon, the
! County Bonds, under. the plea that
they were obtained by fraud and mis-
representation. D. IF j had succeeded
in an attempt to exonerate myself
from3these charges, it must necessar-
i lily ahave resulted, that the plea OF
fraud and misrepresentation set up
by the County would have failed.
If / was innocent, there was no. fraud
or misrepresentation. IF there was
no fraud or Misrepresentation, then
this plea must fail. The alternative
presented for my choice, was to vim
dictate my character at the. price OF
the destruction Of the defense set up
by the County, or to, quietly submit
/ to the impntations; SO long as an eff
/. fort toashow that theyawere baseless,
could work any possible injury to the
! County? Il chose the latter. saare35A Il.
!. SECOND, The charges against me
| were private grievance, and the
vindication of: my private character,
| even as connected with public af-
fairs, was not matter, of such public
concernment, as to justify my troub-
ling the public with any exposition
lof the facts. an4xaE a92snaG ed1 / g
# Recent events, however, hayeagain
4 given an importance and interest to
!. !. the questionsof fraud and nisrepre-
lsentation which it has been said at
fected the issue of the County Bonds,
and the truth can now be stated with
out danger Of injuriously affecting
! | the interests Of the County Other
wise, I might have been content to
/ maintain my selfimposed silence,and
: have gone down to my grave, which
! in the ordinary course of nature can
: not be far in the distance, without
any further explanation or ayindica-
: ton than such as would naturally re-
suit from theFquiet andsure operation
I of time and events, and with a com
scientioas2 self-satisfaction, that be
i ling void Of offense towards God, i
II could afford to endure the conden-
nation Of man, whether, founded in
ignorant prejudice, or more 1gll p lie
! willingness to do an injury. z 6.se al
i IT199a THE RAILROAD EXTENSION 30
The events referred to. relate te
!, the extension of the Mineral Point
MIR. R. to Tomah.f and the proposition