Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-03-08
The Situation.
Mineral Point, Feb. %, 1872.

Our article of February Esd headed
encouragement" appears to be very
discouraying to the Mineral Point papers.
The Democrat, without giving any proof
whatever, calls US liar cOaoard, and several
other pet names. We don't consider the
article worthy reply. The Tribune is
much moro gentlemanly, but is quite as
persistent in denying the position it took
last summer on the bond matter. We
hardly like to Eli up our columns with ex-
tracts from the Tribune, but, to show that
we do not misrepresent that paper, we
make few. The Mineral Point Tribune
of May 25th, 1871 said:
"Tho last legal hope of the people of
Iowa County to avoid wholly the payment
of the inquitous railroad bond debt has
been dashed to the ground"
This was said when mentioning the fail
ure of the county to get the mandamuses
set aside by the court. We quote at
length from the same article:
The local officers failing to collect the
tax, and the judgments remaining upsatis-
fed it is within the power-nay more, 1t
becomes the duty--of the court making the
decree, to employ some other power to
insure the satisfaction of its judgements
The first power to be thus employed is
the U. S. Marshal. That officer may,
and it is thought undoubtedly will, unless
some settlement or compromise is soon
1o 70 tn "
and collect the tax. His first duty will! be
to try by ordinary means to collect from
the individuals their proportion in accor'
dance with assessment.--Faling in thi,
he has notwithstanding to the best
legal talent of the country, and the rulings
of the highest courts of the nation--to
levy upon personal property wherever
found, and need not restrict himself to TAX
ing from any citizen sufficient merely to COW
er that citizens proportion; but may take at
pleasure every dollars worth the man has.
For instance To satisfy the judgement
of thirty odd thousand dollars against the
town and city of Mineral Point, the Mar
shall might levy upon the entire stock OF
any one or any number of our merchants
pack and ship the goods to Milwaukee and
there sell them to whoever will purchase"
This the Tribune says the highest
courts and ablest lawyers are of the opin :
ion the marshal may do under the law.
The Tribune then concludes that we
have only two courses left-to compro-
mise or to rebel against the government.
it opposes rebellion and favors compromise
1t then says:
Thus far, the most equitable PROPOSE
ton under which we are invited to settle
this matter amicably, is that of Geo. W.
Cobb, Esq, TO wit, To accept as COM
promise the extension Of the Mineral Point
Railroad northward through the county"
Every one knows that Mr.. Cobb's prop
osition was the compromise we alluded to,
to pay ever dollar, principal, interest, and
compound interest. This we know is not
urgently recommending the proposition,
but it is a sample of the whole tenor of
the Tribune during the agitation of the
matter, and we believe was as much op-
posed to the interest of the people of the
county, and for the benefit of the bond
holders quite as much as if the paper had
been run in their sole interest.
THE ALABAMA CLAINs.-Now, that
She text of the English note is fully
known to our officials, there is, they
say, less cause for alarm as to the final
success of the Geneva Conference than
was supposed Everything looks well
for satisfactory adjustment, but there
is to be no back down as far as our
Government is concerned. A Wash
ington dispatch to the New York Her
aid says: There will be delay of
several days in dispatching our answer
to Lord Granville's note. The results
of the interview had by Mr.. Thornton,
the English Minister. with Secretary
Fish, Friday, was sent by steamer, so
that it may reach England earlier