The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-11-24
xor YEr SATISFIED.


Col. BAsBrfr, of the Bngle, uas . candi-
date-fun1y, amt its-for Supervisor Of
this township, at the last election. He was
beaten, of course, a. be has been almost
yearly, for the past six years, for some Office.
Well, the Colonel has bsen very much excited
ever since. He don't seem to care for him
self, bu. be presends that his competitor,
Mr.. DousLAss, has suffered an indigDity as
our hands! The Col, last week, vas very
wro,hy because Mr.. DorcLAss name appear
ed 10 the election returns Of the Nonpareil
without q star 81 a6xed to denote that be
1.-THE said DorcLAs) vas a Republican! How
kind of the Col, to look so carefully after
the welfare of the man who distaneed him
At the polls! What disinterestedness! Not
only this, but Col. BABBErr says We took adj
vantage Of him, the said BaEBiTr, and defeat
ed him, By not saying word in favor OF bis
competitor, Mr.. DorsLAss. For this set Col.
BAaBlrr does not seem disposed to forgive
US! He manifestly thinks that our course
towards him was surreptisiously unfair |!
We regrea. that BABB,rr takes his defeat so
.smuch to heart" but We are glad he places
his defeat at our door. Disappointment does
no. seem to chasten his spirit in the least
Oh, no!-every successive defeat bu. makes
him the more wroihy and il-tempered. Heis
very much yexed now. He says We endorsed
Mr.. ErBASk, and set forth his "peculiar
fitness for the Office Of District Clers, but
con,empsably passed Mr.. DorlLAss by with
GU, word of commentator. ErBASK was
defeated; DorGLAss was elected! The Col.
then reasons from cause TO effect, thus: The
Aonpareu comm nded EusASK, aud-he
was defeated the Nonpareii passed DouG-
LASS by with contempt, and-he was elected
rhis is ,olerable good reasoning, only the
Col. forgets to state the difference IN the two
eascs-EuBASK ran against good and COM
petent man. as BABBIrr acknowledges; and
DoucL.s didn'.!-as everybody knows. So
much for that.
Col. BApBlrr, not yet satisfied that We did
not do Mr.. DouGLAss and him self intentional!
injustice, says we had time to set forth Mr.
EUEASk's .'pe ,uliar fitness" for the post to
wh CHI he asp;rsd; blu, no time to say word
in favor of Mr.. DoUGLAss-though both were
announced in our paper as Independent can
didates, q week previous to the Saturday
before election. Ju so-the Republicans
proposed to make no nomination for the
Office Of Clerk of the District Court; hence
we felt at liberty to commend and support
Mr.. EuBASx, who had announced himself an
Independent candidate; for the office of
township Supervisor, we knew, at the time
Mr.. DOUGLASS announced himself a candi-
date, that the Republicans proposed to make
a nomination for that Office; hence We did
no. feel at liberty to fcressa!l the action Of
the township Convention, by asking Repub-
LEANS to give Mr.. DOUGLASS their support.
After he was nominated, as We said last
week, we had not time to set forth his many
points Of superiority over his competitor for
the Office to which they resp ctively aspired.
Besides this, we felt confident the people Of
this city knew full we'll that Mr.. DOUGLASS
was rs much better man than BasBIrr for
the Office, as the Arctic regions are superior
to that hot place down below. for a powder
house.
For entertaining and acting upon this be-
lief, We are soundy abused by Col. LYsANpER
W. BABBITr-s able man" and "porular
favorite." The Col. is very wro,hy-he
foams-he storms-he raves. He is evil |
IDENTIFY mad, because he is appreciated at his
full value here! He don't relish it, and he |
pitches into us, rs the author of all the
which have overtaken him. in |
his dotage. Unable to restrain his i'm potent
rage, he falls to calling US a :quadruped,"
"canine editor" '.sagacious ANIMAL" etc
arguments democratic cable men" like
BABBIrT, invariably fall back upon, when
their very limited supply of brains fail them.
Come at Us again, Col, if you are not yet !
satisfied pithets are cheap. you know-so
roll in.