St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-10-06
E. c. Cole.


This would-be honorable gentleman
honored (?) our town with visit on
Friday last, and very soon had it ar
ranged to make a speech here, and
show how beautifully the Judicial err
mine, if upon the back of dcma
gogue, can mingle in the turmoil OF
politics. Mr. Cole, it is well known
was nominated by the late Democratic
State Convention, at Dcs Monies, as
candidate for one of the Judges Of the
Supreme Court.
Knowing that thinking people be-
licvc il due to propricty and dcccncy
that candidates for Judicial stations
should keep aloof from party strlies,
Mr. Cole opened his speech here with
lie, and closed it with lie. Indeed,
the entire speech was complete It's
sure of prcvarication, deception and
falschood. He stated that he came
before the people to vindicatc his
character on an appeal from the Sian,
dcrs of the Republicans and that, had
not his character been aSsailcd, he
would not be stamping the State III
behalf Of his party. Having made
this statement he launched out into a
bitter TRADE against his political OPP
poncnts, forgetting entirely to tell us
what the ISLANDERS upon his character
were, and consequently forgetting to
rcfutc any of them.
He continued his vitupcrativC abuse
Of Republicans for some three hours
and a half, and occupied the time till
| after eleven O'clock in the evening, for
the purpose, no doubt, of preventing
a reply from any of the Republicans
present, several of whom were pre-
pared to fay him on the spot and lay
bare the falschoods and deceptive rca-
soning which from beginning to end
pervaded his speech. His plea that
he would not be playing the political
mountcbank had he not been attacked
by Republicans is VIGOROUSLY false.
Cole was the first offender. We heard
| him proclaim ut Dcs Moincs, immc-
diatcly after his nomination and be
fore any Republican had opportunity
to attack him, that he would soon SET
out on an elcctionccring tour, and
stump the State for his party--not
that he expected to be elected, but be
cause he wished to make the acquain
lance of the people. His nomination
was wholly unexpected to him, G.
nevertheless, it would advertise hi,
profession, and even in defeat h,
should be content with his reward, Sc
generously proflercd by his Democrat
ic friends
| Mr.. Cole took especial pains to ere
ate the imprc ssion that he was Il " la
dy's man." and sought to latter til,
ladies by saying that they were all 70
popular sovereignty, and wished t
regulate their domestic institution
in their own way His gallantry
however, was poorly appreciated, 70
when he had closed we heard the Ia
dies exclam-" If that was dcmOcra
cy they wanted no more Of it !"
| Cole boastcd that he had visited
nearly every county in the State
This must be matter of congratula,
ton to the Republicans, for if the Of:
feet of his visits elsewhere has bccl
similar to that Of his visit here, the,
need have no fear for the success o
their cause. w" heard it repeated.
stated that the Republicans could wei
afford to hire him TO continue his la
bors, so disgusting was his speech t,
all men of sense and candOr. His
cgotism was perfectly nauseating
He had great deal to say about his
honesty, and affected to be very dc
sirous Of being corrected if he mad,
mistatencnt, BECAUSE" said he
expect to be Judge, by and by, and
wouldn't tell lie for the world :"