The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-30
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The UonvS1yl5h witch nominsysd Mahony for
Congress, NET i West Union, Fsyette County,
On ths soth Instant One Seneoa 4. Tupper, Of
Wianesheik County, acted - Chairman. and
Chas. O. D. Jones, Of Dubuque, 40 Secretary. q
On al informal battot Geo. W. Gray, Of Ala
makse County. had ffsy-one votes, and D. A.
Nahony had afty. ga
On the next and formal ballot. Hahoay 50.
hfty.two and two thirds votes, and Gray Fifty.
one and one third; whersupon the Chairman
announced that Nahony Was duly noninated..--
From the proceedings, as published in the
Dubuque Herald, it appears that no attempt was
made to make the nomination unanimous, pro-
badly for very efficient reasons So tho Art
full Dodger" appears to have been nominated by
. majority Of one and one third votes out Of
ono hundred and four.
I We ere unscquainted with Mr.. Gray, and do
not know whether or not be is of the Nahony
GLASS Of slang vhaDgsrs and conspirators or not
From the fact that Nahonys co-laborer found
it necessary to nominate their arrested leader,
we should judge that Gray must be too loyal .
man to suit such traitorous sympathi1ers -
themselves. We can account for their action
on no other ground. Nothing else, it seems to
%, could have induced themtto do 90 absurd .
thing - 70 nominate man, not only suspected
Of disloyalty. but actually under military arrest
for REASONABLE conduct. There may b few
persons id that District 70 whom Mahouys trea-
son ID Recommendation. But even they must
see, If they reflect moment, that to call on the
people to support such, man 10 an act Of mad
ness pasalleled only BY the folly Of bic own
conduct There ID no danger Of the election Of
any such man for Congress in this Stats. The
men Of Iowa are altogether too earnest and sim
osre in their devotion to the Union and the
Country to be found supporting any man who
ID 80 openly the enemy of both. All the hopes
of such treac6erous men q, nominated Hahony
were In successfully dsluding honest men into
the belief that they were truly loyal. They have
nov destroyed al such prospects if they ever
existed. They avow themselves traitors They
ses themselves up against tho Governmsnt--
They undertake to override the administration
Of the Law. They make common cause With the
Rebels Of the South In An attempt to ct Fed
sral authority at defiance. 70 !.
Such conduct 10 90 supremely absurd, lis 50
suicidal in its nature that We can account for il
only on the principles condensed into the adsge.
"whom the gods would destroy they first make
mad" In order to remove the veil from the
eyes of all honest men, who possibly might have
been deceived by the specious pretences, the
oaths and protestations Of loyalty and patrio.
tism, in which the Ashoneys, Stewards, Bah
bits, Clsgetts, and Dodges 80 profusely indulge,
it was only necessary that this act should DO
consummated. It is done. Since such traitors,
organized for 20 horrible purpose as the ruin
Of our country BY its complete disruption, we're
at work among us, We are thankful that it is
done. In opens the eyes Of all. Deception is
no longer possible. .s. sag :
The editor Of the Chicago Times sees the folly
Of the nomination as plainly a. Ne do. he con.
dennis it, not for the reasons he gives, but be-
cause he sees how impolitic it is to show the
game Of treaohery too plainly. He tries to cover
up the folly in the following stvle:- 70 ri
Nj. D. A. Mahony, publisher Of the Dubuque
(Lowa) Herald, recently arrested BY order of the
government on charge of having discouraged
enlistments, was nominated for Congress BY q
convention held ut West Union, Fayette county.
lows, on Wednesday. Thisis all wrong. whether
Mr.. hahony be guilty or innocent, We know not.
nor is It material in this connection. His arrest
must be supposed to have been by competent
authority, and, while be remains in CUSTODY. It
10 contempt Of that authority to place him in the
attitude in which he is placed BY this nomins
ton. and We trust all good democrats will wash
their hands of the proceeding. It is one of the
most obligatory commands of the democratic
faith that the citizen shall yield obedience to
the law, or Whist shall stand az the Law for the
time being, and that abolitionsts have for wears
de1ed the Law and nulli6ed it, is no provocation
or apology for the same thing BY democratic
The members Of the convention which nomina
ted Mr. Aahony may have believed that he had
been vrongtolly arrested, but this does not alter
the case, Though be be entitled to be consider.
ed innceHt until be be proven guilty, decent re.
spect for the government Ia whose nans be ID
held In custody forbid this nomination.
Let democrats remember that there liz but
one eafe way out Of the terrible troubles which
rebellion against the Law, North aRd South. h,s
brought upon ~. That is, BY standing 10 for
| the 4suPREAACY o. rae Law ct al tirnes in
all places and under alk circumstances. IL Mr..
Aahony has been wrongfully arrested. ana If he
be innocent, the law will vindieate him. and
nothing else can. 81 5sa 10 IlGsG - :"
/ t~Ths Gata f,itv ..v. th,. n. pI.n oai31
leader Of the hahoney faction, and late State
Senator from Van Buren, County, vas brought
70 Keotuk on Friday night, under ares. on,
charge OF discouraging enlistments and hsasS
4 been ticketed for Alton $500 80 4 -,
u The Eddyville Star says that it has been
reliably informed that party Of men left Xppa.
lnonnA Cannfx n faz As.a a.oA III A..