The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-08-05
Gen. futile for Governor.

The Editor Of that paper, d. N. Rich
ardson, was the principal Secretary of the
late Democratic State Convention and he it
was who formally announced to Mr. Fisher
his nomination for Governor. Mr.. Fisher
declines. The reason given foi the declen.
sion is plain: he did not consider himself
fairly nominated" The Secretary says
his conclusion is a correct one This is rea-
son enough, though there were thous-
and others. We cordially endorse the
commentator Of Mr.. +. as written by the
Secretary Of the Convention.
In conference with Mr.. Fisher at Nc
Gregor prior to the reccip, of the published
facts, W., in common with several others,
insisted on his accepting, to save distraction
TO the party; this course was decided on.
Subsequently Mr.. F. called second meet
ing Of friends and laid before them letters
from many prominent Democrats of the
State, representing the course taken by the
Con 'eution after the second ballot backed
by report Of the proceedings by the Sc,
cretary. Then and there, we and the others
present, except one, declared that no con.
sideration would cause us to sacrifice self
respect to crafty factious opposition in
defeating the fairly nominated" candidate
Of the Convention. Mr.. F. viewed it in
this light himself, thanking Judge Baugh
for casting the vote Of Clayton against him
under the circumstances. In justice tc
Mr.. F. we state that no advice on the sub
ject was rcquired-he had decided for him
self prior to our conference and the meeting
was quite matter Of courtesy toward old
neighbors and warm friends. So much 70,
that.
The Dubuque Herald of the 29th i'm
pugns the motives of Senator Hammer
Judges Eaugh and Brown of this county, o.
Hon. W. McClintock, of Fayette, and Judge
Upper Of Winnishiek, for their action in
the Convention. IT'S mater of regret
that our able cotemporary has attempted
to play the part Of Censor toward gentle.
men who have never before been charged
| with d'sloyalty to Democratic principles.
Inc gentlemen named have lived for years
IN the deils'on that they knew democratic
theory and practice quite as well as the
Editor OF the Herald. True they were not
sufhclent'y prominent to incur the fears Of
the Administration. nor has either of them
felt the rigors Of an infamous and tyranical
Incarceration; but they do not admit that
they are less attached to the faith of
Jefferson, Jackson or Douglas, because
Of this dissimilarity in the political fortunes
of Mr.. Mahony and themselves. Neither do
they recognize the right of any man, how
ever able, "to arrest them without warrant"
and proceed to cond mn them for the free
exercise of their own will. This is step
in party drill which they have not yet
learned and it may as we'll be known, that
such assumption Of superior party author
ity is not much respected, much less feared
up this way. The delegates referred to
were instructed by general public sentiment
here to vote for Tuttle. They obeyed, and
they are now honored by the masses o
their constituents, however active few
men may be to produce contrary impress
sion on the mind Of Mr.. Mahony. byaru
not credi,able to those who played It, Gen
Tuttle was cheated out of "fairly" OBJ
tanned nomination. The vote on thu secont
ballot was, futile 23l, Byington 2sS' GIN
r blanks mentioned by the Herald were no
; there or else the Secretary has mis- reported
giving clear majority Of three votes. Th'
Secretary, as is not uncommon, asked time
r to re count. Mr.. Mulkern stated that n
had kept the record and that the Secretary
was acaong. In the dust, smoke and palave
, that was raised over a matter into whic'
Mr.. Mulkern should not have entered unit
the Secretary had re. counted, motion wa
made to re ballet. Now what? 4 re ballo
was asked to test the correctness Of the las
one and the same names should have beel
: used. Instead Of taking this obviousl,
just and only fair course, Mr. Byingtol
was withdrawn and Mr. Fisher placed il
the field. Why? Becausc Mr.. Byington ha.
just been defeated and the knowledge of i
caused his withdrawal! A new man wa
introduced to add 70 the confusion and OF
the rs,6allot he received majority; after
wards the nomination was made unanimous
as is the custom. The high character o
Mr.. Fisher was the only reason why tn
friends of futile submitted TO the tranSpar
ent outrage. 10 fasten these charges "
are now assured by the delegates from thrc
Of these northern counties, by the publish
t ed report Of the Secretary, by tie editoys
, from the Necs, by leading Democrat
( of the south part Of Iowa, and by tn
r language of Mr.. Fisher himself, that tn
8 reported vote of 23l to 228 ,cas correct an
that Gen. futile is now the nominee of tn
Convention. Somebody was nominated
Mr.. Fisher says he was not, "fairly." The
who was? eat
In view Of these facts and with dispo
e sition to resist tyranny whether it come
from foe or friend, we hereby declare it a
our purpose to support Gen. j NJ. FUTILE
as the already "fairly nominated" Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of Iowa. N
man can examine the records and err O,
this point. That he wears epaulettes is
crime in the eyes of some, but it does no
hurt him in our estimation nor ia the est
. nation Of the masses Of our countrymen
Gen. Mcclellan, Gen. Meagher, Gen Grant
Gen. Corcoran, Gen. Meade and hundre,