Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-08-06

TINE IOWA sTATEsmAH.

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THE EowA sTATEsRAN.
We notice thai the lows &asssnsai
in noticing The deelinasiou Of Ar. FIsaKs
has made ssveEAl statements in dirss
conflict with krash, and calculated, an,
no doabt iaseadea 10 HziSleaa the DeHnoe
racy, and make confusion deadly con,
foaaded. The sditsE also raises sh.
name of hts candidate foE Governor, anS
In doing 50, rszaarks thai be has depart
ed from bic anifoTza course In suei
cases, and then proceeds 30 givs bis rea-
sons for thus dspavsing from his uniform
course, which, wers they bassd upon i
statement Of faeas instead Of being found.
ed upon a statement Of 6aisahoeds, mighi
Justify him in departing fran his uniform
course in such cases.
We take the ground that II there evel
was a time when the people shoald be
Left 70 a free expression Of their opinions,
and . free choice of candidates, uniudu-
sneed By sfpoliticaI seullfoas,s' the pres
emf lie the time thar they should exercise
that frsedora- And the attempts on the
part of the editor of the Satesssan, and
those who have associated with ham, 10
foressall public opinion In the ~selscsion
of candidates, and the adoption Of a
plasforaa, is more 10 be deprecated st the
present crisis Vt our ooansry, than 1t
would or could have been at any etAsr
time. This same band of sspolisicaI
sealiions, . led By tbs editor Of the States
maas two years sgo suesssded In disor-
ganiziag the D~esaocratie party, by multi
flying the wishes and will Of the people,
as enthusiastically expressed through v
State Conventions, in dripiag Judge
MAsos, the Democratic nominee for Gov-
ernor, from the track, and foisting upon
the people their degenerate and democrat
ixed leader in his stead. The result Of
the action Of these sspolitical scallions,f
vas the overwhelming defeat OF che Dem-
oerstis party. One would bare sappos.
ed thas If they hsd any manhood, ssuse,
Or Democracy lingering about their per.
soma they would have been content With
the mischief they had already done, and
would shis year be willing to let the pso.
pie FuIe but there is no safe calculation
to be made upon the action of political
scuiiions," and the only safe way for The
70 pursue, is TO determine to
act without them, and If defeat should
follsw sach Independents aud manly ac-
tion, We would have the consolation Of
knowing CAST we bad been defeassd on SC
count Of our adherence to Democracy and
rights, privileges and guarantees Of
the Constitution, instead Of suffering q
defeat on account Of the aiuplicisy and
hypocrisy Of the "politieal seallions''
~ho bad usurped the Leadership of the
Democratic party.
The editor of the Statesman aays
seen. futile was fairly and sqaarsly
by : majority Of the Sch Of
Jaly Convensiou.n This statement, the
knows 70 be- false. He knows
hat there were bat 459 yosss, NIL told.
the Conventioa, aad knows thaa On the
bird ballot, Gen, futile recsivsd 2s3
md lie Grand Byington $50 vosss, be-
.foss more the there wsss ia she
and sbowiag clearly and con-
slasivslys that . mistake had been made
o taking the vots, and indieasing too
that more fspalisioal seallioasv
baa the one man who voted for q eoun.
y not represented 10 the Conyensiou,
lad had . hand ! producing this result.
de knows soos il be kaows ssythiag, shas
9th, the friends Of Gen. TussIs and his
pponsats, srartaaousis vosed 10 take
vote. He also knows that the
lekss ander this soss, proseedsd 10 call
seaatiss, wisn Mfr. Finch, ssked !.
are Of NE 0oavsnsson 30 rssd . tsisv
raphie dsspaseb fsess Gin. futile and
~ the O0ussatipn granted him lsavs 10 !
md, and thss afterwards The 0onvsatson
srsHisssa I'D. JeAnsson 70 read EXTRACTS =
On swo lssssrs from Gen, Tssns, aud ]
was under 4kesa avsuxusfsme.. xsNa.- 5