The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-03-14

to split American gold coin, abstract the
gold from the centre and fill with gong me.
tai and re-connect the pieces. This coin
will deceive anything but scales.
Mr.. Stockton, of Philadelphia, is elected
Chaplain to the House.
The Virginia Senate is opposed to a
Southern Conference.
The Louisiana Democratic Convention
favored Davis slave code resolutions, but
did not instruct their delegation on can.
didate.
Chicago Election.
Some of the ardent men of the Opposi
ton seem to think that the election O
WENTWORTH settles the chances Of Mr.
DOUGLAS nomination, and puts him out 81
the way of Presidential aspirants. The Re-
publican party fear DOUGLAS as candidste,
or they would not have urged the defest Of
Mr.. GURNEE for the reason that such defeat
"would beat DOUGLAS at Charleston" If
the Little Giant is SO weak before the coun-
try as they represent, why not hold out in
ducements for his nomination?
But this Chicago election is not very sur
prising. True, the Democracy credited the
Republicans of Chicago with moro selfre-
spcct than is implied in the elevation to Of
flee of a moral Upas, but if the necessities
Of party were such as to require sacrifice
of selfrespect to secure the plumber Of off,
cial patronage-if no decent man Of suffi-
cent influence was left in Chicago to receive
the votes of the majority of that city, it is
all right that WENTWORTH should be their
representative. The city Of Chicago is
largely Republican; the battle was fought
by charges of the basest character from the
Press d 7ribune-lies innumerable were told
Of 'money furnished by the Standardization
to elect Douglas candidate !"-its columns
teemed daily with charges of "colonizing,"
on the part of the Democrats-of the Irish
Catholics having flags made, marked 'Down
with the Protcstants''-when the facts GO
to show that the importers were on the 9TH
er side that the Republican vote has in
creased three to one over the Democratic;
that the ''Popish flags" were inscribed with
"Down with Prescription" only; that the
polls were closed at half past five, to ex-
clude several hundred Democrats that the
Republican voters had their cue to "vote
early;" that those who would be challenged
were admitted to the ballot-boxes by tie
bacE-doors; that Democratic foreign born
citizens were unnecessarily questioned and
kept from voting by hired DULLES; that Re-
publican foreigners, whose rightto vote was
doubted, were invested with the star of Of
fee to protect them from a close inquisition;
that the city was in the hands Of the Oppo-
sition entirely, in its police and other official
character, and villainy at tie ballot-5ores
could have been practiced with success only
by them.
AS this election is making much noise
just now, and as many of our church going
opponents hereabouts are elatcd at the "tri-
umph of Republican principles" we propose
to favor them with few extracts from the
leading Republican organ Of the Northwest
the Press G 7ribune-to show in what
estimation JOHN WENTWORTH was held by
that paper prior to the day on which he
was selected as the champion of those ''doc-
trines that underlie the religion and morals
of this Christian Republic We invite the
particular attention of religious Dragging
Republicans to the last paragraph:
'If that class of the community who
pretend to believe in the superiority of vir-
tue over vice, will still justify and uphold
and applaud such a man, what shall we
think of their own claims to respectability?"
stomach full of hot punch, and his lips
dropping with mingled whisky and morali-
ty, exhorting his readers, through the COL
umns of the Democrat, "to be mindful of
their moral responsibilities" John contin-
ually reminds people that he may be found
at church every Sunday, lending his pious
countenance and godly influence in behalf
of moral responsibilities When his brain
is reeling with the fumes of whisky, does
he not preach against the evils of unlicensed
saloons (? And when fresh from the society
of frail females, does he not denounce the
city government for not waging more Wig
orous crusade against the fallen angels?"
"A loud-mouthed prater about public NOR
ais, he is personal exemplar Of all the
vices and corruption Of city life. Holding
forth regularly on the evils of intcmperance
and prostitution, he is VIGOROUSLY q victim
of both-presenting to the young men of
the city and State, in his own person, the
gravest possible warning against those in
firmities"
"His prosecutions for public offences were
carried on, as he made no scruple of avow-
ing, for purposes of revenue only"
"Glaring frauds were perpetrated on the
taxpayers, while the mayor was gratifying
his prurient tastes by the presence of aban-
doned females in his room at the court house
carrying on such conversation as disgust
ed his own employees"
she used the money of the city for the
vilest of all purposes, and the vouchers arc
now on file in the Controllers Office for mon
ey expended at his order by agents in the
business of public prostitution"
ut is well known too, that he narrowly es-
capped indictment for this offence, which, if
proved upon him, would have made him sue.
cessor to Prendergast and O'Malley, in the
city bridewell."
MusIc.-If there is anything in the world
calculated to take the indigo out of ones
brain or heart, it is music. If we have not
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