The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-08-04
Judge Lemngwell.

Our exchanges from the south Of this dis
trict, arc pitching into the Congressional
canvass with pim that is refreshing. Up
north, here-a-way, we have net seen either of
the men, nor will we till few days before the
election, and hence no great interest seems yet
to I've felt on the subject. The bitterness with
which the leading Republican papers of the
south and the interior, assail Mr.. Lcffingwell
personally, augers fear that Vandevcr is losing
ground, but il cannot be that gentleman Of
| the high, intellectual, benevolent, consci
cncious forehead which Mr. V. carries, can
be beaten 10y fellow SO ''thck between the
ears and possessing the "animal expression of
countenancc" which is imputed to Lcflingwcll I!
The people Of this district do not want work
ing, effective; energetic man to represent them
in that schoolof propriety called the American
Congress, when they can choose so nice and
proper specimen of "bencvolence' as the
Anamosa Eureka represents v. to be. Oh,
no! LEFT. is too rough, too saucy- too bold,
too western in character, (besides he used "to
drink whisky,D to suit the refined tastes of
that class of men whose delicacy of sentiment
and Ihianthropic love of sour race" prompt.
ed the striking of the ,cord WHITE out of our
State Constitution.
| And then LEFT. has said that he would "get
the Speakers eye, or Mrop brick at hin, :"
Now this expression is an awful evidence of
the depravity of the Democratic nominee, and
did we not know that he only meant to put a
| sbrick' in The Speakers hat in order to secure
his attention, we should be inclined to call for
withdrawal of our candidate at once; but
LEFT. has probably heard that that is the ef-
fectual mode Of attracting the favorable notice
of presiding officers at Washington, and he is
candid enough to avow that the interests Of
his constituents should be attended TO even at
the sacrifice Of great principle Of morality /,
to.wit the throwing Of brick into the hat Of
the aforesaid Speaker. Worse than this, our
candidate is charged by the Eureka with hav-
ing ga smooth way of talking" which it says
is in striking contrast with vandever. If he
talks smoothly, he will naturally be influential
as Congressman, and this would be attended
with bad effects to virtuous constituency.
Who knows but LEFT. might be instrumental,
in his "smooth way of talking" backed by
his "sel6sh" animality, in getting this district
favors, (rights) which Mr. Thorngton gave
away, Mr. Davis could not secure; and which
Mr.. Vahdever, in his mild 'unsel6sh conscicn.
tiousness, would be shocked to accept? There
is danger of it, and our Republican readers
are hereby warned in time, that they may &C..
lect mild-mannercd man who will reflect the
benevolent sentiments, rather than work
for thebusiness interests of the district.
Seriously, we have no reason to find fault
with Mr.. vandeyer. Personally We expect to
find him a gentleman, politically an honorable
opponent but when the heads of candidates
are compared phrenologically, We think it is
time that common sense interviewed between
Fowlcr's foolcry and the people of the second
Congressional district in Iowa. From the de-
scription of the faces and heads of the two
men, We should prefer Leffingwell by all odds
for Congress and Vandever for Chaplain to the
House. A narrow head, high in the crown, is
not the modern make for men Of energy, nor
will you see many heads Of old times that were
wonderfully narrow. Notwithstanding this
known fact in hesd observation, intelligent men
like the Editor of the Eureka and even BELroy
Of the DEBORAH Gazette, twhose head is thick
enough to have been Buonaparte,) give their
choice of man to represent Them in the Coz