Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-09-27
Iowa Politics.

n B. Baker, the nominee cr the " Union"
Convention of Iowa, for Governor of that
State, declines to accept the honor rendered
him, and the ticket on which he was placed
is now without head. The contest is, then,
narrowed down to Krkwcod aid Mason
the latter beirg more than suspected of dis
loyalty to the Government and the Union
cause. He will unquestionably be beaten /;
but not so effectually as il all parties and all
men in favor Of prosecuting the war to an
honorable peace-by that we mean the pun
ishment Of the traitors and the re-establish-
ment of the national authority on every foot
of the national domain--had united in Wig
orous expression oftheir patriotic sentiments
at the polls. Thousands of men who have
heretofore acted with the Democratic party
particularly those who saw in Mr.. Doug
las an exponent of their principlcs-will not
touch Mason, no matter how heavily the old
leaders may attempt to apply the party lash.
They want man whose love for the cause
admits of no question--one who hasno treas
enable wishes to explain away, no purposes
to conceal-one who is not an eleventh hour
convert to the necessity Of enforcing obedi-
encc to the Constitution and the laws, by
fleets and armies. They will not find hin,
in Mason. He is party hack of question
able fidelity. All his life he has been will
ing servitor Of the South, and he is too old
to change.
We have no hesitation in saying that the
Republicans Of Iowa acted unwisely i'm fol-
lowing the example of the Democracy, and
calling a party convention. They should
have taken advantage of the errors of their
adversaries, and appealed to the people to
put parties aside, temporarily at least and
unite for the rescue of the country. Such
was the part Of patriotism and good policy
But they did not improve the opportunity be-
fore them; and now they must not be disap-
pointed if the affection Of certain partisans
for whatever is labelled democratic" though
it leads to treason and disgrace, gives then,
trouble. For one thing, at least, they must
be prepared. 1t is unquestionably true that,
somewhere in the North, there has been
gathered a fund of considerable magnitude
for influencing tho public mind in favor OF
the dissolution of the Union, or the accept
ance, by all the States, of jeff Davis's Con.
stitution. 1t is being used in New Jersey
in Connecticut, and New Hampshire. tits
that which supported the New York Day
Book and the Neacs, which keeps alive and
hot with treason the pestilent little sheets Of
lesser fame, which are doing, in their way
their uttermost to distract and divide the
North, that the rebels may profit and REBEL
ion flourish thereby. Iowa is the first State
in which, since the opening of the war, Q
party contest, in disregard of an Union or
ganization is to come off. The occasion vii
be improved by the concealed enemies of the
Republic to apply the arts that they have al
ready put in practice in New York and New
England and when, for a hopeless cause ant
for candidate who has no show of success
newspapers are found veXing and distracting
the public by appeals for dishonorablt
peace, holding up pecuniary rewards as com
pensation for national dishonor, and exciting
sympathy for the rebels on the ground thai
they have always been willing to compromise
and the North would not-whcn, we say, pa
pers and orators spend time and money ir
such efforts, their readers and hearers may
be assured that the agent of the rebels ant
cut-throats has taken Iowa in his tour, anf
that the price of an attempt to break up this
Government, and substitute slave e-breednl
oligarchy in its place, has been paid and ac
cepted. Let all Union men-we make ne
appeals to Republicans now-a-days-beware
BY their partizanship they have opened th'
door for the tcmptcr to come in. Let then
now see to it that he does not practically pu
the State on the side of Belal!
We understand from our Iowa correspon
dent that Gen. Baker Withdrew from the po
sition assigned him by his friends, for thi'
reason only: He deprecated the division o
the real Union mon-the fighting Unior
men--of the State, into two parties, on
headed by Governor Kirkwood, and the othe
by himself, thus opening the door to the sue
cess of Mason-the last man whom loyal low;
ought to elect. This is an honorable ant
patriotic motive which does the declining
nominee more credit than an electon.-C Chi
cago Tribune.
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