The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-10-27

TOM DRUM MOND.

People generally pay peculiar respects
to venomous reptiles when found crawl.
ing or watching in their pathway. The
same sense Of duty moves US at present
to pay our respects to one Of that class
Of animate creation. Our readers will
bear us Witness that both before and at
ter the election We advised a foryetlul
ness Of the separation Of Republicans in
the past Senatorial contest To the
same do We mean to adhere in the future
as touching the party But there are q
few, We mean vt present but one, who
seems to be fifty constituted to enjoy the
rsvcls Of midnight brothels and all their
concomitant vices; who has never lived
We are informed in any community with
out personal as we'll as political broils
quarrels aud dissensious:~ho constitutes
himself a sort Of double acting weather
cock, to indicate the direction the wind
is blowing. when it blows to suit him,
and to endeavsr to turn its course when
it blows otherwise This Scion Of Ben
ton County, IN the exercise Of his great
wisdom sees &. 10 act and advise differ
eutly. 1t is in perfect keeping with his
character. He is at home only in dis.
pntes aud wranglinss. These are his
clements, and to remove him from them
wou!t! be 10 end his existence. The
calms which succeed elections, surely
distress him. But single week eapses
when his characteristic itching propen.
stiles break out anew and he scratches
about for q new subject to contaninate
with his disgusting disorder. Having
;,rac,iced his receptions, and spread his
faIschoods somewhat successfully in his
own county, he seeks to enlarge the ter
ritory Of his labors By including Tama,
and to increase the multiplicity Of his
falschoods in proportion to the square Of
the distance from THAR author Wheth
or he will peacefully occupy his new ter
ritory for the purpose Of sowing the
. sccis Of his own corruption remains to
be seen. What We said Of him before
election, for his qualification we say Of
him now, and even more We said then
that he was not to be trusted, that he
gas not man Of candor or stari ity.
that he was worthless politician Of lit
tic or no influence in the Legislature,
that he would make pledges for the
times the occasion and the place. for the
purpose Of securing It's election, caring
but little if anything for his pledged
word. We say further that he is 50 well
practicedin his favoritc art, that he can
tell 4 falsehood and repea, it. with mor.
grace Of manners and ease Of conscience
than he can tel. the truth
!, The majority OF our people wal ~,
proofs Of this. or they haze given evi
dcnce Of their belief in the past election.
bu, few who have been deceived nav.
In the last issue Of his paper, dated Oct
18th, in speaking Of the Senatorial con
test he tells no less than twenty four
falseioois TeeAiy .1our we say and
make the number not one ltss and were
they not III ali 100 lengthy for our col
nmns, We would re publish them. to how
70 the world that this identical Tom
Dsumnnnd whom Benton county has
chosen 70 represent Us IN the Legislature
j. il bis spirit and nature but little
above the dlr.icst yugabonds and scav-
engers that Disgrace the streets Of any
town or city.
We rejoice that we labored no, for his
election; that lama. County rerudiated
him For this act Of hers will she ever
COP graduate herself, and her pride con
:nnc to increase long after the petty
snob shall have been publicly invited in
the future to secluded retirement. This
spotless, stainless personi6,ation Of pur
i,y; this beau ideal Of political perfec
ton this loving disciple (Judas like Of
cou.se) who speaks Of one horse cleri-
cal spells hunters: !" this unoffending
iowly christian, who says 1.-The bar room
gentry cursed land piety prayed
for the spells y this moral Washingto.
MAN temperance nan, who says " VIE.
ting takes nip this immaculate Tom
says in his last issue that those who sup.
ported DR.. Doe have bottled and disor
ga, lied the Republican party Of Tama
County. We speak for ourself and say