Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-04-13

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From the Mt. Pleasant Home Journal.
Presidential.
Who do the Republicans of Iowa wish for
q candidate for President?
If Col FREMONT should be put in nomina-
ton, he would carry the State again by
largely increased majority. There would be
political justice in re-numinating the man who
led so calamity the new, uniformed battal-
ions Of Republican forces, when victory was
almost snatched from Fate. But COL Ere
mont is buried in the mines of California
His chances have been annihated beneath
his pondercus quartz crushers; and while
the memory Of him glittcrs through the hearts
Of the masses, no cunning political machinery
is being put in motion and operating to bring
it out and mould it into golden success
John G, Fremont then being out Of the qucs-
tion, We say, unhesitatingly, that WILLIAM
III. SEWARD is the first choice Of the Republi-
cans of Iowa. He was their first choice
in 1856, and had it not been that "availabil-
ity" and personal admiration ran away with
cool judgement and devotion to principles,
he would have been put in nomination at
Philadelphia. Undoubtedly he, like Fremont,
would have been defeated, and probably by
more decided majority.
From the very fact that Mr.. Seward has
been the hrst-foremost man of the opposi-
ton party, for many years-the man on
whom all eyes have rested, whenever an OPP
position President has been spoken of-he
has hadto encounter this misfortune-that
all other aspirants for the position have LOOKED
upon him as the obstacle to their success !;
and they and their friends by busy tongue and
active pen, have forever been manufacturing
an impression-a sort of vague sentiment,
though Seward was Just the man for PREsI-
DENT, yet as Candidate, he was not availa-
ble-Somebody s uncle's wife's relation would
not vote for him, because he was nm aboli-
tionist-or because he did not believe in burn
ing Catholicism New Jersey would not vote
! for him -or he could not carry Pennsylvania
or, the Silver Grey Fillmore Know Moth
ing Liquor influence would defeat HMM New
York.
Now this sort Of stuff has been gabbled
long enough. Seward is the name carried
in the hearts Of the people and written on the
! palms of their hands; and depend upon it,
he will unite more elements of strength in the
coming contest than any ten men you can
name. The very idea Of his preaestination
would alone. ccnsure his election.
would rather risk him in Pennsylvania
than their own Simon Cameron. He would
poll larger vote in Missouri than Edward
Bates, and would run neck-and-neck with
Chase and Lincolnin their own States. Say
what you will, even the Fire-Eaters of the
South would have more confidence in having
ajust, statesman-like and impartial admins
tration, under Seward, than under your
Bates, or Bolts, or Bell.
I The eyes Of the South as well as the North
are upon him, as our candidate. They see
no one else-they think of no one else for
that position. They know that he is the very
Observation-Disclosures "real presence" of the
free labor-frce thought free speech-free
press-free land and free man spirit of the
country.
They know-we all know that he is Neem-
bottinaent Of the great American System, whose
great Champion was CLAy-that Stewards
great soul is in the developing Of our common
country, and that instead Of prostituting Leg
islative, and Judicial, and Executive action
for mere party or sectional purposes, and en-
ploying the power of the Government in pre-
pairing new breeding grounds" for slaves !;
and mechanical interests, and thereby every
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protection through discriminating tariff;
would rather push on our internal improve
ments-rivers, harbors, and railroads through
judicious and constitutional assistance and
aid from the General Government-and. in
fact, as " Ben Wade would say, would rath-
or 'give land to the landless than nigSers to
the niggerless."
We already know-the whole people know
Seward, as well as though he had been eight
years our President Nobody ever thinks Of
asking What kind of President do you
think he will make?' Then, il Seward is
the man we want-if he represents as no 9TH
or man does or can what we wish-if he will
carry out what we desire, let us have him
and no other?
I do not want Iowa to 60 to CHICAGO with
her finger in the corner of her mouth, like a
bashful country girl. She has as good right
to her choice as the rest of them. Let her
speak out then decidedly! Don't go there
as make-weight, to be used by any body,
or any set of bodies. Don't say Iowa Is ready
for "any body, good Lord she isn't partic-
ular!" We want SEWARD Count Iowa
eight for WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
THE PRESIDENT IN TEARs.-M. Buchanan
is evidently grievsd. The Message which he
sent to Congress yesterday is one Of the most
iachrymose docum ents ever issued from tbs
White House. What it lacks in dignity, it
makes up in wounded pride. It is vehe-
mont appeal to public compassion, too hu-
initiating to inspire respect, and not sufficient
ly dignified to enlist any considerable degree
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