The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-01

We last week intimuted to our neighbor
of the Buaie, that if he wanted to secure
the election of his candidates, he would have
to pull of his coat, roll up his sleeves, and
manufacture the biggest kind of thunder
and 10! and behold! our suggestion is
adopted, and the readers of that pure demo-
cratic sheet are treated to several specimens
of strong writing the "boiters'' are trans
mogrifed into Benedict Arnolds-the demo-
cratic candidate for County Judge is eulo-
gized in manner perfectly nauseating-
held up as very paragon Of excellence
and his success predicted, with the most
overweening confidence. On the whole,
We pronounce this last effort of our neigh
boris to be magnificent -chaste-elegant
--forcible-terse, and piquant--he has
really outdone himself-he has evidently
reached the zenith of his power-he has
completely mastered the English language
selected all the choice epithets, and ap-
propriated all the adjectivas to this browning
effort of his editorial career. All the strong
words are gone, and zee are left in the
t'lurch." If the regular nominees of the
Democratic party are not elected, after our
neighbours thunder has had time to ''echo,"
why, it will be no fault Of his.
Well, as our neighbor has expatiated at
some length upon the County Judgeship,
We propose to follow suit.
The people Of the County, without dis
tinction Of party, regard change in the
Office of County Judge, as "consummation
most dcvoutly to be wished" The way the
affairs Of the county have been conducted
by the present County Judge does not appear
to be satisfactory. A full exhibit Of the con-
dition Of the County, financially, has not
been made. The people, SO far as We can
ascertain, are deternlinedto look into these
matters. And in order to do so, they deem
it to be absolutely necessary that change
should be made. They have come to regard
the present condition of the County
affairs, as matter which demands their
immediate, most earnest, gravest, and calm
est attention. The people of the County
have come to the conclusion that they ar,
not only politically but pecuniarily interes,.
ed in the affairs Of the County.
We do not charge the present incumbent
of the Judgeship, with prostituting his Of
fee to his own individual ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
for we do not kaow such to be the case
But If universal rumor is not universal fc-'
ton We might justly do so. Neither do wo
charge the candidate Of the Democratic par
ty of this County, with being influenced by
Interior designs, sinister motives, or future
political reward, in asking the SURFACES OF
the people to elevate him to Office. 1t is
enough for us, and for many of the citizens
Of the County, that his present surrounding
invites the suspicion that he may be subject
ed to improper influences. tbs vital to the
interests Of the County, and essential to the
proper management of its affairs, that the
public confidence in the officer who controls
and directs. the affairs Of the County, should
be mistaken even BY suspicion. A judge
elected through the nomination of political
party, knows that he must answer the parti.
zan expectations of those who put him on
the road to political preferment if be hopes
TO receive reelection, or still higher pro-
motion through the same instrumentality.
The manifest tendency of such course of
procedure. is to foster and cherish corrup-
tion in Office.
II was this yieE of the matter, together
with the manner in which the affairs Of the
County are supposed to have been conduct
Cd. and the c,ursc which had been taken to