The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-23
our Candidate Nicholas >. Rascn.

Our Candidate Nicholas =. Rnscia.
We shall violate no confidence, we presume
y by the publication Of tho following extract irol
er letter to . gentleman in this city, written b
On one well acquainted With Mr. Rusch, the Reput
:, lican candidate for Lieutenant Governor. Th
e, writer had ample opportunity TO judge Of th
20 qualifications Of Mr.. Rusch, and our reader
n NAY rcpose entire confidence in the judgmen
IN he expresses: sss#
~ am, - you suppose, very well acquaiute,
q With our candidate for Lieut.. Governor, Mr.
e Rusch, Of Scott County.
/, Mr.. Rusch is German by birth, ia abou
n 80 years Of age, and has been a resident q
: Scott County about thirteen years. He wa.
: educated to the Lutheran Ministry, but lie nban
. doned that profession shortly alter taking or
: ders, and has been, for many years, one OF the
! largest II not quite the largest, and one Of the
: most successful farmers in the State. He haa
{ been twice elected from Scott County to the
Senate BY overwhelming mAjorties and Il
was 10 that body that became acquainted
/ with him.
NM. Rusch has thorough university educa-
/ ton, and both speaks and writes the English
language with great correctness, though he
speaks some words with . foreign accent. Some
OF his articles have passed the censorship Of ana
been published in the New York Tribune and
other papers and periodicals Of large circulation
He is familiar with other modern languages be-
SIDES the German and English and is well versed
in the ancient Classics.
Il ;s sheer folly to talk about Mr.. Rusch not
understanding the English language well enough
TO preside over the Senate. Unless his compet-
itor, Mr.. Babhits has infinitely improved his
education within few years, he does not ap-
proach Mr. Rusch in point Of educational ac-
quirements, nor is there any man on the De-
mocratic ticket who does, unless it may be
Judge Mason.
To sum all up, Mr.. Rusch is . modest, pru-
dent, educated, honest man, who commands
the respect OF all who know MIN, and is as well
qualified to discharge properly the duties of
the Office Of Lieutenant Governor as any man
IN Iowa. Several years experience in the Sen
ate has rendered him familiar with the political
history aud policy Of the State, and acquainted
MIN with the routine of the official duties he
will be called to perform.
cannot say that had been q delegate to
the Convention should have cast my ballot for
| mr. Kusch. do not know how would have
voted, but can very truthfully say tha. when
came TO sit down and look over the State to
| see how the Convention could had done bet
ter, soon concluded that the right man had
been selected for the right place, and that
better nomination could not have been made
indeed believe that his nomination was not |
only right in itself and due to the German Re- |
pubiicans, but was also master stroke Of poll. |
cy az to its effect on the interests Of the State
at large.
lou need have no fears about his election
NO man who deserves the name Of Republican
VIII decline to vote for Mr.. Rusch because he |
was born in foreign land and became citizen
OF this country from choice rather than for ne
cesslty, and no man will refuse to vote for him
VINO knows the antecedents of his competitor
Gate City.
Tnere are several other insinuations (Teesdale
never makes charge) in the article, and they
VIII oe attended to hereafter.-yOurnol.
Teesdale never makes a charge" does be
not? If you had dded,-"unless he knows or
believes it to be. true" your sentence would
nave been rounded truthfully. We did not copy
the statement of the Harkeye about Mr.. Cole,
because we did not know whether it vas true in
all its particulars. We did know, however, that
teddtng locotocos repeated the same story here
weeks since, believing it to be true. And we
oia kno" and charge, too, what every member
OF the bar knows to be true,-that proneness
to sharp practice, Professionally is regarded by
ais legal associates, as one of the characteristics
Of MIR Cole. How much is implied by the
charge, and how far it qualities man for q sta
tion where spotless integrity is indispensably
necessary, we leave the bar and the public to
decide.
We did charge that Mr.. Cole sold.his slaves,
when he left kentucky, with as little compunc-
llon as man sells horse; and that he is not, :
therefore, the man for position where human !
rights are to be adjudicated, and human wrongs
rearessed-thas he is not the man Tor Supreme
Judge in the State Of Iowa; State that recog-
nizes no slavery within it's limts, requires Ju- '
dietary whose sympathies shall all be on the f
side OF freedom, and whose Growing glory is d
70 protect the weak, and secure eyen-handed Q
justice to every human being. ?
We did charge tha. Mr.. Coles party leannss .
we're so dubious, for months alter his arrival e
here--which happened about two years since I
that his most intimate friends did not know 70 h
what party no belonged; and that he made it /
his boast he voted according to the dictates Of '
duty, regardless Of party; and could not be in. !
duced 70 accept Office from any party.
we DID charge that he sought and desired the 9
nomination for Judge; and we have the Asser- 9
tions OF leading men in his own party that such d
is the fact. He came forward in the Conven- a
ton that nominated him, to advocate his own :
case, and With representations designed to Sc
cure bis own nomination. Yet, he had the as
surance TO say that the nomination was cOnfer- :
red against his own expressed wishes and feel
ngs.
II the facts we have mentioned, eyince frank !,
ness, honesty Of purpose, and single hearted ;,
oeVotion TO principle, on the part OF Mr.. Cole, :,
we will adduce more Of the same sort.--Iowa
Citizen.
GARIBALDl.-The Paris correspondent OF the b
independence Ssigs writes, reporting the con- Q
yersation OF lady:
Then the conversation turned upon Carl
baldi, the hero Of the Roman Revolution, and !.
his great timidity and reserve among women. !.
He was once at Nice when was there" said \
she; 1t was during the winter Of 1855, II re- !.
member right; at all events it was after his re- I
turn from Peru. Of course was anxious to r
have him introduced, and-wonld you believe
ty-l had the greatest difficulty in making him
talk. He ran away. To bring him back had
TO make the conquest Of his little daughter, a
little child daughter Of the heroic !
creole who shared the adventures OF ner hus-
band in America and Italy. and died in the siege
OF Rome. Through Miss Garibaldi reached q
Mr. Garlbadi. He has all the powers OF pleas Q
ing, especially an enchanting voice. 1t has
such sweetness, such penetration. But he cared s
% little to profit BY these gifts that with one \
conset we named hins--the ladies and LID II
SignoTe"
SICKLEs ON THE STREEr-The New York !,
Of The Baltimore Patriot writes
The following:
Mr. Sickles is stunned here by his old poti- !
cal associates. He walks Broadway, and iastens i
upon every leading man to walk with him
They cannot shake him of. Sickles joined a a
leading statesman in Broadway, near Grace
Church, one fine morning last week, and walked
by his side for about two blocks, when the gen.
tleman apologized to Sickles for leaving him to =
buy book 10 store. Sickles said he would n
wait. The gentleman went into the New York 3
Hotel. Il was Of no use; Sckles waited until {
be came out. The gentleman stopped at Stew
arts to buy pair OF gloves, and staid pur-
posely half an hour, it was with no success; \
Slckies waited, aud walked down with the other !
to Wall street. HIS political power has gone. i
and his sole aim now il to be recognized as Of !
old. II won't do. His old friends do not wish !
to be seen with him. or 70 endorse him in any
way. Mr.. SiGkies will never be heard Of again.
He will attempt to claim his seat next Decem- d
Der, but even that will fail him. lie was not j
fairly elected, and Mr. Williamson, his opponent ,