The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-09-26
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tion for an elaborate speech. l have had
no order IN what have said but hsvs
tried to bring before yea these few ideas
In the first place, that although the Rs'
publican party, which came into power
on the i,h of March last, surrounded By
unusual difficulties, found all the Offices
of the government filed hy members OF
the opposition party, it has shown de-
gree of liberalisy towards its opponents
which could scarcely have been looked
for 1t is true that it might have been
we'll had no purely partizan ticket been
nominated at this time. Ii might have
been well, bad all political organizations,
fer the time being, been forgotten; tut
our Union friend, showed a studied de.
sire to avoid afii'iation with the domi-
nant party. At the same time our DEM
ocratlc tricnGs have shown studied de-
sire to ignore, and have uothing to do
with the Republican party. The gentlo-
have never placed themselves en- rapport
Gas the Mesmeriscrs call it, boIieve)
with tic Republican party, but have
shown a settled, deliberate, wiliful pur.
pose 10 cooperate with the Democratic
party Of the State, They never fixed
the day for holding their convention near
10 the day the Republicans had selected
for holding theirs. They have not co.
quettcd with US in any way. 1t may not
have been their bounden luty to do SO.
| don't know-it may be so. But this )
knew, that have asked no less Of the Re.
publican party than to abandon their o..
ganization and knowing the purpose Of
political human nature, | know they did
not expect us to do it when they asked
it When the Republicans met in con.
venton, they carefully excluded every
thing from their platform that could Of
fcnd Douglas Democrat, \ "union' nan
or even a Mahony democrat; and when
we asked the II uion'' men to come US,
We being organized and having strength,
they said "no y They ask US to aban-
don our organization in which is strength
aud 20 over t. them who have no organ.
ization, and trust to Providence and tho
chapter of accidents ior the result
Laughter There is, | am sorry to say
it, there Is an organized party that does
not look this question of rebellion fairly
in the face Their conduct. not 50 in
tended, perhaps, is doing more to
strengthen JEFF. Davis aud his forces
than if the same number of men com.
p,isiug this party should 90 down and
join their army with arms in their hands.
There is an organization in this State to
day that will 20 to the polls on the 9Th
Of October, and which, if it elect its
candidates, will strengthen the hands of
traitors by proclaming that there is d..
vided North, When that day comes you
will be astonishcd at the strength Of that
party. And what do the Peoples party
propose to do? They propose to divide
the Union strength of this State into two
par,ies, and thereby run the risk Of pla-
cling the coutrol Of the State 10 tho
hands Of men who apologize for aud sym.
pathize with treason. That is what they
ask us to DO They do not Intend, by
the resolutions passed Il few days since,
< 1--WE aid to tie dieun;ou party in tho
State bat by their action, they afford
to the disuninn party their only possible
chance Of success, by dividing the
strength Of the Union vote of the State
between the two tickets. That's clear.
| DO not presume they intend that, but
if there is any means by which this eau
be done, it can only be in this way. Mr..
Mason eau only be elected by the divis-
ion Of tic Union party. Oar Union
friends ask Of US who have a party that
has strength, to 90 over to them who
have, | think, but little strength. They
ask us who, for several years past, have
carried the election Of our candidates by
unequivocal major,ies, to divide our
strength, abandon our position, leave our
cntrenchmcnt> and Notifications, and ex.
pose ourselves and them to attacks in
iront aud rear, surrounded by an enemy,
and have the whole canp captured?
| would Ike to speak to you farther Of
personal ms:.trs, bat sill not do it, be.
cause you cannot divcst yourselves Of
the belief that | am talking for myself.
| am solicltous that the Union cause in
this State and nation should be success
full. ask YOU to bring to this subject
the same calm, sound sense, that you do
to your own private affairs, and such as
you usually do when you wish to accom-.
plIsh an individual end.
There is one subject, my friends, upon
which | desire to make few remarks
before close, and that is in reference to
affairs in Washington City, and your du-
ty to the administration there. You
Douglas men may think there is not suf-
ticieut energy manifested in the prosecu.
tion Of the war. You may think Simon
Cameron bad man may think SO too,
but | think him a badly abused man.
You may think he does wrong, but } on
cannot rely on all you hear. was in
Washington City, and had to pass three
days in the War dcpar mcnt, aud | found
the rooms of the department full every
day. Nine t,nths of the men there were
for places ana piunder, and they were
not all Kerubilcans either, by great
deal. Laughter. They consumed the
time OF the department that ought to
have been given to other matters. They
20 t:ere and force themselves on public
men: and when they 20 away, as thou.
sands Of them do, disappointed, they
brand the mn as corrupt aud imbecils
who disappo'nts them. They get souo
scrIbb!er TO write something to the news.
papers, charging incompetcucy and ve.
nality on the officers OF the government.
That's the way a great deal of that sort