The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-12-07

tanning it, marked, to Gov. Wise, Richmond
Va, and another copy to Gov. Willard. an,
one to me at Washington City. The West
ern press arc all right The Pioneer ant
Democrat at st. Paul, the Winona Democrat
the Prescott Democrat, the Henderson Dem
ocrat &C., will all come out next week tn,
press Of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, whom
have seen, will chime in, and I am now OF
my way to Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee ant
Kentucky, to get them to join in, also.
Truly yours, X. S. SPROULE.
E#'r 1.-THE s.Editorial."l
TIRE HyPocRIsY OF BLACK RrprBL1cAS
rsM.--Nothing more plainly shows the by
pocrisy and bascncss of tho Black Republi
can press, than their course towards Capt
Cook, one of the Harper's Ferry insurrec
tionists. Cook is quite youth, and ha
evidently been worked and imposed upol
by such willy managers as Brown 4 Co
yet, though this very fact ought to common,
him to mercy, the Black Republican pres
are in favor of pardoning Brown and tn,
other ring LEADERS, while they are clamorint
for the blood of Cook. Why is this? Sim
ply because Cook happens to be Il brother
in-law of Democratic Governor-W illart
Of INFLAMMATION they hate with an in
tense hatred, and they expect to manufac
turc political capital out of his death, b,
throwing in our teeth that despite our ser
vices for the Southern Democracy, we were
unable to procure from Southern Cover
nor the life Of brothcr-in-law of West
ern Democratic Governor, who has been
fighting all his lie in defence of the rights
of the South. This shows the utter mean.
ness and bascness Of these Black Rcpubli-
can papers we hope Gov. Wise will not
please and strengthen them by the death of
Cook.
No man in this Union has laborcd more
for the Southern Democracy than A. p.
Willard; no man has met the issues of the
day fairer and square,; no man has borne
down with more resiStlrss ,loauencc and
bitter dcnunciation upon the motley horCles
of Black Rcpublica,ism than he; and no
man is more loved and admired by the De-
mocracy Of the North W est, or more feared
and hated by the fanatical Black Republ-
can crew. Gov. Wise must appreciate these
facts, and we entertain no doubt that he will
unhesitatingly commute Cooks pardon to
Imprisonment for lif, lie is generous
and wholc-soulcd man, and he can afford
to be magnanilnous in this Instance; and
we assure him we speak the sentiment of
every Western Democrat, when we say they
feel,-deeply and kecnly ecl,--that, in re-
Spouse to their voice, he ought to spare the
life of Cook. Our people are unanimous
on this point. They love Ashbel p. Will
lard, and they will feel mortified and disap-
pointed, if their wishes in this regard are
not complied with, while the news of his
pardon would be hailed with one universal
burst Of applause throughout. TIL whole
North West
Gov. Wise has it III his power to build up
his fame and popularity in the West, over
and above that of any other man in the
Union"
From the Indiana State Sentinel
A late number of the North Io,ca tt e.,
edited by a. p. Richardson, ESQ, formerly
of this State, has an article under the above
caption, in which it is charged that some
person is making systematic effort to sub
orn the press in behalf of the mitigation of
the punishment of Capt. Cook, by opera
ting upon the vanity or feelings of Gov.
Wise. The Times says it received letter
to that effect, with an ''cditorial' designed
for publication in that paper, and thus COM
ments upon it:
1T is known to the reading public of the
Union that Cock has been recently convict
ed of murder and instruction at Harpers
Ferry, and that Gov. Willard of Indiana,
in obedience to the dictates of humanity
and respect for the feelings of his wife,
whose brother Capt. Cook is, has attended
the trial, provided able counsel, and excrted
every justitiable moral influence toavert the
doom which probably awaits his unfortu-
nate relative. 1t may not be known, how
ever, that in the letter now before us, address,
ed to the editor Of this paper as an "Indi-
anian and a Democrat" written by gentle
man formerly in the confidence of distin-
guished Senator from Indiana, there is a
to bring the political character
and services Of Gov. Willard, and the aid of
the Democratic press of the West, to bear
on Gov. Wise's feelings or his vanity, for
the communication of Cooks sentence to i'm
prisonment for life. Yet such is the fact"
And the Times further states that the
writer of the letter says: 81 have seen the
press of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and am
now on my way to Iowa, Missouri, Tennes-
see and Kentucky, to get them to join in
Also" We allude to this matter to state
that Gov. Willard, by thought, word or
decd, has never authorized nor instigated
any person to make an effort of the kind
alluded to. If it has been done, and we do
not question the statement of the Times to
that effect, it is entirely voluntary act on
the part of the individual who is seeking,
as charged, to obtain the services of the
press in behalf Of Capt. Cook. We do not
believe any such attempt has been made to
influence the press of Indiana. We know
that all we have written in reference to the
affair has been of our own impulse, and in
no way suggested by Gov. Willard. The
editor of an influential paper in the south
ern part of the State informed us yesterday
that such, also, was the case with him.
And in this connection We will state that no
public man we have ever known, asks less
Of the press, personally, than Gov Willard
and that he has never attempted to influ-
encc us or dictate in any wise as to the con-
duct Of this paper. Gov Villa rd is not the
man to attempt the subversion of ju stice
by such means as the Times intimatcs have
been brought to bear upon it. Uninten-
tionally, that paper has done Gov. Willard
great injustice. However anxious he may
be to save young Cook from his impending
fate, he will do nothing in that regard at the
sacrifice of his personal honor, or by pros
tituting his political or official position. He
will do no more than to exert "eyery iusti-
fable moral influence to avert the doom
which probably awaits his unfortunate rel
ative," the efforts which every honorable
and high-minded person should exercise un-
der similar circumstances.
PEEAcnING.-On Sunday evening last
Mr.. MACARTHUR, of the Congregational
Church, preached sermon from the text,
1.-The fool hath said in his heart there is no
God We listened to the Rev. gentleman
with much interest, and we have no hesita-
ton in indorsing most that he said. II