The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-09-23
TO HON. Il. S. WILSON,
Candidate for Judge of the Ninth Judi.
cial District.

Cdnutodtc LOT Juusc ol tuc NlhtH Juuls
cial District.
You are aware that these United States
have been plunged into civil war, the
most fierce and fearful the world ever
beheld, by SHAREHOLDERS, because the
voice of the people, constitutionally made
manifest at the last Presidential election,
decided that the United States Govern
ment, which for three .fourths Of the en-
tire period since its formation has exist
ed primarily and almost solely for their
benefit, was, for the term Of four years,
to be administered by a President not of
their own choosing.
You are aware that in this tremendous
crisis, former political questions have
been lost sight oil; that now only two
parties exists--the one composed of men
ton, Benz. F. Butler, VIM. G. Brownlow,
and others, who believe tie rebellion
should be suppressed and tie Government
sustained !; the other composed Of men
like jefferson Davis, John b. Floyd, G.
l.. Vallandig ham, d. A. Mahony, and
others, who believe the rebellion should
be sustained and the Government sup
pressed.
You are aware that the majority of the
people Of Dubuque, Delaware, Buchan-
an, Backhawk and Grundy Counties,
constituting the Ninth Judicial District,
whose suffrages you claim, belong TO
the former class that thousands of their
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money been expended, to suppress the re-
belion, and that they are ready to spare
every able bodied man, and every dollar
Of their property, for the support of their
Government. Furthermore, they wish
to cast their votes for no one, for any Of
! flee of honor or responsibility, unless
they know him to be loyal man.
Strange as il may seem 10 you, it is
none the less true, that in this Judicial
District are many per'ons who are IN
doubt as TO what position you occupy.
You may call yourself loyal mana
Union man ; but your political opponents
and your political supporters agree in
claiming that you affiliate with the class.
and are yourself one Of those, who sym
pathize with traitors or, as il Is more
commonly aud conveniently expressed.
that you are :" Mahony Democrat"
In support of this supposltion, they
adduce the following facts:
1st-It would be an insult to your in
telligence and honesty to suppose that
you would accept place upon, and ask
others to vote Tor, ticket which you
would yourself refuse to vote. Aud
prominent upon that ticket is the name
of d. A. Mahony.
2d.-The State Platform Of the Party
upon whose ticket you have accepted a
nomination, was mainly drawn up by ID.
A. Mahony and when loyal Democrat
upon the Committee on Resolutions in
sisted that the Platform should contain
one endorsing the President and his war
measures, ID. A. Mahony declared he
would sit there in Committee till dooms-
day before he would allow any such
endorsement TO appear in the Platform !;
and it did not appear. Ii is reasonably
supposed that if the Platform did not
suit you, you would not accept place
upon it,
Sd The Convention which nominal
ed you for District Judge was composed
mostly Of Mahony men; and the most
violent and tra;torous among them were
most urgent for your nomination. d..
A. Mahony himself. il then being less
than thirty six hours before his arrest
for TREASON, was your most effective
supporter.
4th-lmmediately after your nomin-
alton the Convention, instead of giving
the customary complimentary cheers for
you, as the nominee of the Convention,
gave three cheers for ID. A. Mahony and
the Herald.
5th-The same Convention, tho last
thing before its adjournment, in order
that there mig ht be no misunderstood
ing its position. passed a resolution form
ally endorsing the course Of ID. A. Ma
hony and the Herald.
6th-The same set Of men. and to a
considerable extent, the self same men.
from Dubuque, Delaware and Buchanan
counties. who nominated you at Delhi,
at the Congressional Convention at West
Union. but week or two afterwards,
forced ID. A. Mahony, at that time in
prison for TREASON, upon the Democ-
racy of the Third Congressional District
as nominee for Representative. And he
never would have been nominated had
not your supporters nominated him.
7th-The Dubuque TINES. the Della
ware county Journal the Buchanan
county Guardian, and the Blackhawk
county Courier, papers opposing your
election, do SO on the ground that you
are Mahony Democrat The Dubu
que Herald, the independence Crisis, the
the Cedar Falls Democrat, papers urging