The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-12-05
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The f,ouncu Tsiush HoapaY<il CONES cut
in opposition tothefe nosaination III Linz
coin for the Presidency. Thla IL quite
cansistent. The. man or editors that
would oppose the re-elecsiosl OF Grimes,
US. Senator. wonm naturally oppoee the
or reelection of President
lincoln, But neither the Legislature st
the State Of Iowa nor tho people OF the
e. s. will ask the advice Of the NoHpdTea.
Tho first will e-eiect Senator Grimes and
the latter will re-elect Old Abe.--iHala
Dealer. &, e, -
" The Fort Madison Plain Dealer is down
On the Noapartii like q, :. thousand OF
brick" for yenturing TO state that we
believed Senator Grimes was not theonly
man in the State qualified to Ell the re-
spousibIe position of U. 8. Senator. In
the first place, the Pain Dfadr starts out
with wrong premises and must, of course.
deduce erroneous conclusions. We have
never said W. opposed the election Of DIR.
Grimes, but we did say that there are
other good men, and We we're willing to
allow our Legislators to 10 what they be-
lievcd 10 be right Our. position we
thought was plainly stated, and we can
not conceive how it could be construed
nto an opposition aimed at Senator
Grimes. We repeat that We are unwil'
ling to consent to allow all the State pat
ronase to be given TO the Valley of he
Mississippi to the utter exclusion of oHr
own Missouri Valley. We believe that
the men of Western Iowa labored RS hard
As any others to place Iowa in a proud po'
sition among her slater States, and we Teel
a. thouge We are a p,rt Of IoFa and are
part of Ioua; and that We have claims
that the General Assembly will not pass
by unnoticed.
In regard to our opposition to our ex'
sellent President, be sure you are right,
neishbor. before you blow your horn
We said We did not like Lincoln's Mis-
souri, policy and We say so still. We can
not conceive how he can keep Scofeld in
command, against the wishes of major
ity of the people of that unfortunate
State and the very men he will not lis
ten to, are the men who saved Missouri
to the Union and are his only real friends
in the State.
We never did say we would not labor
as earnestly for the reelection of Lin
coin as any other man, provided
always, that be receive the nomination Of
. National Union Convention, and in
order that We may be understood fairly,
we now say we are for the nominee of the
National U Mon Convention for the mex
President, and will labor faithfully to
elect such nominee when made but if
that person should be Ben. Butler. We
would rejoice beyond measure, because
in his dealings with rebels he does not
his pills as Lincoln has done
to the i-secessionists of Missouri, OF
Neutral Kentucky, and other Border
States, but is sure he 10 right and then
goes ahead. Old Ben Butler suits U.S.
He is o statesman and soldier, good and
true, and knows how best to bring to
their senses such rebels As lived in New
Orleans; and would to God all our Gene
rails were as Butler, capable, honest. Wor-
thy and stern in enforcing obedience to
law. Should the great National Conven-
ton see fit to bring out Grant, Chase, or
Lincoln, we say hurrah for the Union
and believe that We utter the
sentiment of a large majority of the peo-
pie of Wertern. Iowa.
We think that free expression of opin-
ion is right, and especially At such time
Is the one in which our nation Is now
struggling Let us calmly discuss all
those great questions, and then, with a
united prSss, and a united loyal people,
we will preas en- the eolumns, and the
Presidential election will be another
great triumph of Union men over all COM
binat1onS that may be found against
them.