The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-10-23


braius, he is sadly deficient in sctsnoa
sense. lie has a large heart and geHes-
Gus Impulses. Possessed OF an immenss
fortune, he has given to the needy with :
lavish hand lie contributed freely TO-
all sorts Of charitable purposes. Wscan-
not deny him the merit of being phi
lanthropist, but lac sometimes exhibits
his philanthropy IN very queer way.
When the free State men III Kansas stood
in need Of pecuuiary aid he opened his
purse and .miuistercd generously to their
necessities. f@a~'#"
We now behold him ru ,ning ~ N
independent candidate, when every one
but Gerrit Smith knows, til he has not
the slightest chance OF an election, and
that the tendency of his present action
is to strengthen the Democracy in bis
State. and to give ,hcm the victory this
fall Gerrit is IS impracticable Ms Gar
rison, Phillips, and the rest OF the 81.
mon Pure Abolitioni.ts. He is we'll
characterized as an Independent, candidate
for he is perfectly independent. lie has
his own views OF ri yht aud wrong, and
goes his own way, without tho slightest
regard to the opinions aud judgment OF
the rest of msukird. He regards this
as a free country, aud doubtless thinks ts
has just as good right to run 'sr the
Office o. Governor As any other Man IN
tho State 1t is quite possible that he
will not rest satisfied with his Guherna-
torial race, even if he does fall far be-
hind his competitors, but will be dispos.
cd to try his chances for the White House
in 1860
lie would probably consider himself
we'll qualified for President, although
we believe his qualifications for mem
Der of Congress were, in his own opinion,
little below par 1t will be remember
cd that, when the Nebraska Bill was un-
consideration, and what was regarded ~
tue fnsl decisive vote on that momentcus
measure, was asou, to be taken, in tho
midst of the excitement that prevailed,
Gerri,t Smith cooly took up his b I aud
marched of to bed, icc rs the hour OF
I9p. NJ. had arrived. 1t was bis usnal
hour for retiring, aud he could not con-
sceintiousIy sit up till later hour, no
matter what might be the consequences
Of his sbsencc from his seat in the House.
He must 80 to bed ut 9 o clock, if the
heavens should fall. He could not think
for a moment Of violating the Tvs OF
nature, which required him at that time
to repair to his couch.
H., hsd introduced one novelty in the
system of el1ctioneering, which may an
swer for him better than it would tor
most other men.-at any rate, we arc
: sure thai few Il be disposed To, follow
his example The p"e4l:ar feature is
D simply this Gerrit takes the stump, bat
instead of making a speech, informs his
audience that he stands there, for the
purpose of answering questions, for the
sake of being duly eatechized. He re-
Gently made his appearance ut the Cooper
- Institute, New YORK, when he submitted
t to searching examination. His odd 40
+ tious os the p.ovinee of civil government
were pretty generally extracted. He was
/, opposed TO Naturalization laws, aud said
$ Government could no more make voter
d than man, and that any man had right
II to vote in the place where he lived; that
n women had exactly the same right to vote
II that men had; Il Mt no one should be elsc-
d ted to Office who was not In favor OF the
u total prohibition Of the liquor traffic; that
n he preferred Imprisonment for life to cap.
l. ita punishment. If it would answer the
y end, though his philanthropy WIS not Of
:, the rose water kiud;" that he vas OPP
&c posed to schoyl laws, that he would have
schools supported on the voluntary prin'
&c ciplc, Just a. churches are, and he thought
ai they would flourish eq ally well; that he
+ was opposed to the return OF fugitive
l. slaves, and that "to save the last blacl
babe from the hands Of the kidnappcr
So he would sec rivers of blood shed,' tha
S he had never seen clause of the Con
lie stitution providing for tho return OF fu
ritiyc slaves, and that slave could no
Il owe service any more than a horse tha
to he saw no difference between the Repub
OF hcan and Democratic Candidates, thoug
ne there were more temperance and anti-sls
;, very men in the Rcpublican party than i
Id the other: that Kansas owed her salys
}" ton to her own sens, to the money an
~ Sharpe's rifles sent from the East, an
to not to the aid Of any political party; tha
In reference to land reform, he believe
ot "the highest title Of every man to til
ur soil was the fact that he was andk s.;
ss. that 'sland monopoly should he ABOLISHED
.s- aud poly Iamy also---ior when NAL
,es polygauist gets tel wives, he robs min
,w men," that be was opposed to sunda
Ter laws, bat for the annexation Of Cuba,
if tho people desired it, that if the Lecom,
pm ton Bin had passed, his "remedy woal
Of have been civil war;" Being aske
lst whether his running would not condae
to the election Of TIE Democratic cand
date, he said "the running # Gerr
ht Smith would conduee to the election
IN Gerrit Smith"
TO Such are the views Of this ecccntr
I'm candidate. lie is h, nest in his convi
m, tions, and possessed Of fine natural parl
ht which have been highly cultivated by e'
ell ucation, but We cannot believe that mai
cir thousand men will be found in the I'm
Ter pire State, willing to throw awsy the
'Iy votes on him Dur. Times ls
The Cleveland Plaindsaler, appropri
- ting and adopting the language OF the :
-; Y Times, in noticing the death OF Drs
=, M Scott, says: ale appears before judy
}" of Judges, who will recognize no rank {
tito or color, as superior to his. III
-, is not only rank heresy, but dcwnrigl
treason against the Dred Scott decision
~ and an open violation of the Constitute
-. as cxpoundcd by it Who authorized II
-: Cleveland editor TO decide that Dred hi
a,- any ri hts that would be respected
- even the Judge If Judges, and VIII