The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-11-10


ton devoutly to be wished,'' and it will
certainly come. Nothing can prevent it.
Blunders in high places, inexplicable
tardiness among those having authority,
wrath, madness and arms among the rab-
els. treachery, hypocrisy and treason
among the Copperheads-these things
may delay, but they cannot roll back
that course Of events which is TO annihi.
late slavery forever The friends OF lib
erty must press on with undoubting
steps, assured Of complete and ultimate
triumph.
The President has recently decided
adversely to the request of the late Mis-
souri, delegation, and this decision may,
for the moment, seem to be inauspcious
to the radicals Of that State Their me.
mortal was mastery exposition of the
wrongs perpe.rated by Gamble and Scho-
field, and in rhetoric and logic must take
rank among the ablest of State papers.
How the President could fail to be con
WINGED by it cannot adequately con-
ceive; but so great is the confidence
which the loyal masses repose in Mr..
Lincoln's purity of purpose, and devo-
ton to the good Of the whole country,
and his willingness to advance just as
fast AS he sees the necessity Of such a
movement, that they will yet expect to
behold him shake off Gamble, Schofeld
and the Bairs, AS he did Ne Clellan and
his eompeers. II was long time be-
fore he rid himself and the country of
/" little Mac )" but it came at last, aud
Gamble, Schofeld and the Blairs will,
by and by, experience a similar deserv-
ed fate. Our excellent President, en-
numbered with the load of tie last nam
ed trio Of conservatives, would be weigh
ed down as dclefully as was Bunyan' S
Christian before he was relieved Of his
burden at the cross, or Sinbad where his
shoulders were oppressed by the Old
Man Of the Sea.
This is said with the most profound
respect for Mr.. Lincoln. The original
and radical anti slavery men have ever
been, and will continue to be, bis frmest
and most unwavering supporters in all
those immortal features Of his admins
tration which will hereafter give il char
acter and illuminate the pages Of histo
ry. But it is no part of sincere esteem
and friendship 10 withhold the truth.
and il the President wishes to execute
the clearly ascertained will Of his con-
stituents, faithful and true criticism,
which expresses that will, is certainly
meritorious. This, however, is a matter
10 which shall rsturn in future let
ter.
| must now fulfil! painful duty, and
that is to announce to you tho death OF
G. Tarbox Smeed, clerk in the Sixth
Auditor 5 office, and formerly well known
in Iowa rs the editor and proprietor o.
the Waverly Republican-a paper which
he made the exponent Of sound and rad
zeal Republicanism, and the vehicle of
interesting news and other valuable arti-
cles Poor fellow he took his own
life He had been over worked men
tally and physically, and his bodily ex-
baustion. conjoined with some derange
ment in his business affairs. produced
such depression of spirits and loss OF
resolution that he committed the fatal
act which has left his wife alone in the
world. Peace to poor Smeed's remains.
His body was committed to the tomb
yesterday, the Rev. John Pierpont off
ciating as the attending clergyman.
The citizens OF Iowa resident in this city
were not only generally present at his
funeral, but also in another manner tes
,ihch thCf lcSDtCt LOT
the deceased as will be evident, from the
following article from the Morning
Chronicle
| The LATE c. T. SMEEp.-The citizens of
Iowa in this city held n meeting in the rotun-
da of the Patent Office building, on Monday
evening, ut which the following resolutions.
introduced by l.. d. Ingersoll, Esq, were
adopted:
! Whereas. we learn with great pain and sor-
row that our fellow citizen G. Tarbox Smeed,
of Bremen County, late n clerk in the Office of
the Sixth Auditor Of the Treasury, has destroy
ed his own life 10y drowning therefore,
| Resolced, That our long acquaintance with
| him, and our thorough knowledge of him ms a
man of unusual Intelligence, unquesiioned in
tegrity, exalted moral principle. and correct
habits, lead MS to the finn conviction that he
could not have committed this melancholy act
except whilst under the influence of mental alb
| erration.
4 Resolced That, so believing. we cannot con
denim, but must forever lament his last act on
earth
! ResolDed That we shall forever cherish the
memory of his many amiabe and excellent
qualities of head and hpnrt-his unarri N ~