The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-09-03
The Nomination Of. ,Iahoney.

| "A. T. T." who writes as an occasional
correspondent Of the Chicago Times gives
the views Of the Democracy in regard to
the nomination Of d. A. Mahoncy of the
Dubuque HeraM for Congress. We quote
from his letter in the Times OF the Goth:
dislike to write you bad political news,
but necessity comp.ls, and the sooner it is
said the better The demo cratic Congress.
sional convention for this district met at
West Union on the Goth inst, and put in
nomination ID. \. Mahony, Of Duhuq ue.-
The vote was close between Mr.. NJ and
Senator G. w. Gray, Of Lansing, the latter
being beaten by only one vote. Mr.. Ma
hony is Cor waS) the principal editor of the
Dubuque Herall he is now under arrest
for "discouragins enlistmrn.s.' His nom
nation was forced on the convention by
delegates from Dubuque, Delaware, and
Buchanan counties, assisted By an occas.
ional delegate from other counties who had
been plowed with. The pretense was an
Herald is not suppressed, the presumption
is that the character Of the paper was not
in question, and hence something personal,
and not editorial, rendered him obnoxious
to the late order Of the Secretary of War
What that private or personal misconduct
may have been the government Processes to
be informed, and with the government he
should have been lef. Prior to his arrest
he was prominent candidate with many
Of the party, who regarded him as suffering
injustice from that class who see "sccesh'
in every democratic movement which pro.
poses discussion of the policy of those
who, for the time being, have the handling
of the national ribbons but after Mr.. Ma
hony was charged, by legal precept with
disloyalty and disregard Of the wishes Of
the government, the desire to see him nom,
mated ceased, excep; with few whose per-
ception Of individual duty to tie country
and whose appreciation Of Democratic the
DRY were blinded by madness not crcdita.
bic to their good scrse. A portion Of the
few were delegates to the convention, and,
though paternalIy and friendly, informed
that the Democratic masses could not and
would not cast their votes against the au-
thority of the government, AMI thereby
place themselves on the revolutionary or
"highcr law" ground which is the origin of
our troubles, yet these few men, having the
power, chose to do this deed Of which
write. Following the footsteps Of resistants
to the execution Of The fugitive slave law
and the denouncers Of Supreme Court de
cisions as vio'ative Of conscientious scru-
ples," the debris Of Lecomptonsm and
Brcckinridgcism, strong, unfortunately, in
schemir q, though immensely weak in pop
ular sympathy, has deliberately insultcd
the Democracy of this district by a nomi-
nation which IN naccs all authority and puts
law and order at d fiance
AT HIS Posi- AGAIN.--Ne notice that
our worthy friend Roberts is again at his
post, as the popular clerk of the McGrcgor
House Under his efficient management
everything moves like clock work, and
therefore moves right. The arrivals at the
| McGregor House continue to average abou,
thirty five to forty daily, AMI thy ar,
compelled almost daily to turn away ap
plicants for rooms, as boarders.