The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-09-26

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cord6to rptawattamie sDunty, Sbsjne 1asIaily I'M
derstosd that Woodbury. snsuid haSe h. Repsesenta
tive Int weoait canned ballosing, no caldidates
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there are about l6osvoters. ne candidate was mot
claimed for this city; but Il was expected that Mr. g.
toni and would have been but justice for the delegates
Siosr CITY Eagle
We will not impugn the motives of our
up-river contemporary, in making the above
statement, butswe must take issue with him.
We agree with him that ssthe candidate for
Senator wrs freely accorded to Pottawatta-
mic county," but il was not ssgenerally I'M
derstood that Woodbury. should have the
Representative" Woodbury. presented two
Candidates, each supported by the respec-
tive delegations from that county. It was
the duty Of the Convention to pass upon the
candidates, and harmonic the contending
parties, if possible. Upon the first ballot,
the candidates from Woodbury. received .
majority Of all the votes cast, but they were
for two several men. At this stage Of the
proceedings, a consultation was had with
the Woodbury. delegation, and at their sug-
gestion, and with the approval Of q majori-
" Of that delegation, it was determined to
unite upon man outside of that county
This was thought to be the best method Of
reconciling the contending parties. We do
not think that it can be truthfully said that
ssthe action of the Republican Convention,
in selecting candidate for Representative,
was not characterized with generosity.
At least, the delegates from Woodbury.
expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with
the course taken, and it was upon their sug-
gestion, that Mr.. DENIsoN received the nomi-
nation. The nomination would have been
given to Woodbury. county, had the dele
gates from that county persisted in claim
ing it, either as their right, or from gen.
eral understanding to that effect. But, with
view Of harmonizing the conflicting inter-
ests from that section, and generous and
magnanimous desire for the success Of our
party, they sacrificed their personal and To-
cal preferences for the good of the cause.
| 80 Neutralized. w. F.
The diurnal organ Of Tuesday, contained
remarkable funny piece Of information,
under the caption of '.The Black Republican
Organ of Pottawattamie County Neutral
ized,'' in which the sapient harlequin Of that
delectable sheet, attempted to show that the
Nonpareu had become neutralized-had be-
come in differentas to the success of the two
parties-Republican and Democratic. To
say that our neighbor knew better, would
be a truism. We would have our neighbor
to understand, that unlike him, we have
never yet attained that position in PARTISAN
ship, that would not let US entertain decent
respect for our opponents-we have not yet
joined that dishonest crew, (of which our
astute neighbor is Prince Regent whose
cardinal principle, and chosen mode of war
fare is personal defamation of their politi-
cal opponents. Our neighbor can pursue
that course by himself-swell his falsehoods
into mountains-spit his inscriptions and
malignant venom upon all, both friends and
foes, who do not think as he does, to his
hearts content, but we cannot consent to
bear him company. Our party, nor our
cause demands such course on our part,
and if they did, we are not so solicitous of
being ranked among the horde of low and
mercenary vili6ers, as to become particeps
crimiais to any such proceeding. If to
speak courteously, of our opponents, is to
become neutralized, then the Nonpareil is,
and will be, for all time to come, So long as
under our CONTROL, to all intents and pur
poses, undeniably seutraliSed! We cannot
consent to be received into your "open arms'
Mr.. Bugleman, because we are in toto OPP
posed to amalgamation in any form whatso-
ever, whether contemplated by Slave
Democrat, like yourself, or your allies, the
Southern amalsamationists, of the Douglas
school.