The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-09-22
From the Des Moines Register.
MIR. COLES LETTER.


ter from G. G. COLE, Esq, of this city,
on the subject OF National Politics. Tn.
til the commencement Of the War, he
was an honored member of the Demo
cratic Party. lie was its candidate for
Judge Of the Supreme Court in 1859,
aud its candidate for Congress in this
District in 1860. Like Mr.. RIppEY,
however, to whom the letter is address.
ed, he refuses TO be led into the position
of semi treason which the Party now oc-
cupies, and will stand CALAMITY by the
Union Party and the Union nominees in
this State
Drs MolNEs, Iowa, Sept. ;, 1868.
II. G. RIrPEY, Esq Ny Dear SIR
Yours of the Cd inst. is received, in
which you make the inquiry as to the
duty Of loyal Democrats in the pending
election for Governor, DC, in this State
| understand the term loyal Demo
Gratis" to include all those who believed
and acted with the Democratic Party up
TO The breaking out of the Rebellion by
the attack upon Sumter, and who, upon
the happening Of that event, still adhered
to the principles of the party, as avowed
and vindicated BY Madison, Monroe,
Jackson, Polk and Douglas and in ODE
dience to those principles give hearty
and cordial support TO every measure
adopted by the Government to suppress
the rebellion, without regard TO the fact
whether those measures are such as they
would have adopted, If they had been
entrusted with the Government them.
selves, Or, in other words, all those
Democrats who are not only true to the
principles Of the party, but also faithful
to the Scriptural injunction, Let every
soul be subject unto the higher powers.
For there is no power but of God; f; the
powers that be are ordained of God"
and who adhere to the same sentiment
more fascinatingly paraphrased, and SO
often and loudly proclaimed by Demo
Gratis during the war with Mexico in
1845-6-" NY country, may she ever be
right but, right OF wrong, my country"
In order TO correctly answer your in.
qury there is but one fact TO determine,
and that is, what is our duty to our
country' There is no party question
| involved, and there can be none ; il il
purely a question of duty TO our coun
try, not to party; and it must therefore
be entirely immateriel as to what hare
been the former partizan associations o.
those who are now recognizedly and I'm
,-eservedly for the country.
there are but two candidates for Gov
ornor and between these we must choos,
Colonel ,VM. M. STONE, who was nom
mated on the l7th Of June by a Unior
i Convention, so Cah0u, "hu biis NSh
JAMES NJ. TurriE, who has become tn
candidate of tho De,c ocratic Convention
so called, held on the 1th Of July |
has been my good fortune 10 en}oy
personal acquaintance with both candI
dates for several years. Col. Stone ia
not acted with the Democratic part,
since my acquaintance with him while
Gen. Tutlle has uniformly acted will
that party. Both volunteered early il
the war. one entering the Second, ant
the other the Third Regiments OF low
Volunteers, and both have alike faith
! fully served their country, and confess
edly, have qualifications sufficient 10
the discharge Of the duties Of the office
Col. Stone is tho candidate of a part
which adopted in Convention pIatlor'
to( princinles nlel riur cordial and III