Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-07-23
NUMBER 80.

VIII ADMIT, that all you say ABOUT
the Convention is true-that the "roy-
al family of Des Moines " and their fol-
lowers traduced and slandered better
men than themselves, in order to de-
feat their nominations that they even
secured the smiles and other infuen-
ces Of the women (God bless 'cm gen.
orally and particularly y; and used all
and singular the good and bad means
you mention in the accomplishment Of
their end. / admit that Mr.. Attorney
General Nourse exhibited much more
partisanship than patriotism by his ill.,
timed, illjudged speech in opposition
to the nomination Of soldier, of which
more directly. All this ! admit, for
the sake of the argument, and still do
| hold it my duty faithfully to support
the ticket.
l go farther and say, generally, and
without any reference to the late
Convention, that it is the duty of the
people, and of the press especially, to
denounce the tricks of politicians to
expose and excoriate their "skuldug-
gerry" to take from them the power
of controlling political machinery, and
send them to the vile dust from whence
they sprung,
a" Unwept, unhonored and unsung"
This thing Of saying, "Thus saith
the Lord" to every word said by your
party, is worthy of slave, an idiot or
a Copperhead. The earnestly, indie
pendently loyal will do no such thing.
He will praise for instance, the Alba
ny response of the President, and his
response to the yallandigham commit
tee, but he will spurn his (alleged) let
ter to Schofield as thing which would
disgrace the smallest politician, and
withall the dirtiest, the world has ever
seen. l believe am as firm party
man as any body, have never scratch
ed ticket and am opposed to that
business on principle but l have not
often incurred the wrath of party
friends in power by denouncing trick
cry and inefficiency. In short, be-
lieve in and respect individual judg-
ment in party matters as in religious.
1t is, therefore, without the least dis
respect toward you and those who feel
with you, that Judge Williams was
shabbily treated, that l urge upon you
to "go in on your muscle, and do your
handsomest by the ticket
l was panied to notice that Rich of
the Independence Guardian attacked
you personally in his paper. 1t was
unworthy Of him and most unjust
towards you as l shall take the pains
to tell him. '
As for the speech Of Nourse, it did
nobody any harm but himself If he
thinks soldiers are so much more need
ed in the field, why don't he take up a
musket and go there himself? had
rather see him do that than hear him
tell very smutty stories about women
taking chloroform, and so on, all over
the State. But he was only gassing.
He himself voted for Col Stone, after
he saw he couldn't get his civilian"
nominated. He has to swallow mil
itary man, nolens rolens, and / wish him
joy of the feast. 1t will go hard with
him, know, for he seems to be as
nervous over the mere mention of
sword or a musket as ever was king
James of fatty memory advise Col.
S. to take off his military canonicals"
when he drops in at the Attorney Gen.
erals office otherwise, there might be
a foot-race The people will no
doubt take Nourse at his word, how
ever, and certainly latter the war"
recollect that such as he must then go
to the wall. He is a very clever fel-
low, and tells story remarkably well,
if it be not too delicate, and for "auld
lang syne" am sorry he has hung
himself out for the crows to pick.
And if Nourse so slew himself, 9TH
ers did the same. The sceptre has de-
parted from the hands of "the royal
family of Des Moines.' The fears
which were entertained of "Des
Moines Regency" may now be dissi-
pated. Their victory over the North
was the last they will ever gain. They
have "gone up the spout" They are
men of sense, however, and of more
political rectitude than the ruling "set"
of any other State in the Union.
cannot doubt that they will acquiesce
gracefully in the will of the people as
now manifested, to wit: That no par
tiealar set Of men, achatecer, shall keep con-
troll Of the political machinery Of the State
That, | take it, is the lesson of the
Convention. Both those who taught.
and those who learned, ought, in fact,
to rejoice at the result, even though
both may have been disappointed in
other respects. Both will rejoice be-
fore we are two years older, but the
sooner complete harmony be restored
the better-the better for "the North"
the party, the State, and the whole
country all around.
wanted to give you my notions Of
the men on the ticket, but haven't
time now. Barkis being willin', will