Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-09-12
MAHONYACCEPTS,

MAHONY ACCEPTS.
Mahony, in letter dated in the "Old Cap.
itol Prison." accepts the nomination as a
candidate for Representative IN Congress, and
hopes to be transferred from the "Old Capitol
to the "New Capitol" 1t had been hoped
by the sensible portion Of his party that he
would decline the nomination under the cir
cuMstances, but it seems he has concluded
to try his chances. The North Vest, of this
place, is an earnest supporter of Mahoay, and
with the diligence it labors in his cause we
would suppose it had more than a personal
interest at stake. As rebuttng testimony
we give the publicly expressed opinion of
two Of the leading Democratic journalists of
the Statc,-two who have been probably
more widely quoted, and whose opinions have
greater weight than those of any other two
editors in the State in the Democratic party.
We refer to Richardson, Of the Davenport
Democrat and Ne,cs, and to Col. Richardson,
late editor Of the McGregor Times. The FORM
er says:
He SHOULD DEcLINE.-There is no kind of
use to try to conceal 1.-THE fact can't be con
cealed that the nomination of D.. A. Mahony
in the third Congressional District was
most unfortunate blow to the success of the
democratic cause in this State. Gentlemen
may declare to the contrary as they please,
we know it to be the case. If the Democra-
cy of that District are determined that they
will sacrifice all the chances Of the other can
didates, let them maintain their course, but
We advise them to act differently. We hope
that Mr.. Mahony's good sense will lead him
to decline the nomination at once. He
owes it to the democracy of the State to do
so.
Col. Richardson speaking Of Mahony's
nomination says:
But otter Mr.. Mahony was charged, by le-
gal precept, with disloyalty and disregard
of the wishes Of the government, the desire
to see him nominated ceased, except with a
few whose PERCEPTION Of individual duty to
the country, and whose appreciation of Dem
ocratic theory, were blinded by madness
not creditasle to their sense. A portion of
these few were delegates to the Convention,
and though paternally and kindly informed
that the Democratic masses could not and
would not cast their votes against the author
ity Of the Government, and thereby place
themselves on the revolutionary or "hisher
law" ground which is the origin ofour trsub-
les yet these few men. having the power,
chose to do this deed of which write i X
The debris Of Lecomptonism and Brecken-
ridgism, strong, unfortunately, in schemng,
though Immensely weak in popular sympa.
thy, has deliberately insulted the Democracy
Of this District by q nomination achich men
aces all authority and puts lao and order at
defiance.
We give the above as in opposition to the
statements Of the North West, and we need
not say that the opinions of the two former
are entitled to far greater weight than those
Of the latter. The Independence Cipilixn, q
Democratic paper in Mahony's District, re-
fuses to hoist his name, and utterly repudi-
ates his nomination as an insult to the party,
and the Ottumwa Mercury, also Democratic,
says:
The Convention in the Sd District acted
foolish, very foolish, by pushing Mahony
forward as a candidate for Congress- Lie
could not represent the Democracy. There
is just as much difference between his views
and the Democratic platform, as there is be-
tween the views of j. b. Grinnell and the
Democratic platform.
Were the North Vest thoroughly loyal it
would coincide with the above opinions.
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