The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-11-28
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We SEQ some Of our contemporaries are
1eginning to .agltase the SUBJECT of u.
3. Senator, 10 succeed Hon. DANES w.
%iEiInes. whose term Of otficeaYill expire.
one year from the 18th of March, next
Ne bsiieye the frst b, speak cat on this
Auhject MAS eur friend Of the Council
Bluffs Yuaparea As far rs We have no
siced, all who have yet spoken favor, the
reelection of Mr.. Grimes, except thei
-,Sospareit; and it seems to have no OBJ
lection TO Nj. Grimes personally. polit-
icaliy or officially = but thinks the State
has right, totha best talent it can COM
4nand forthis highly responsible position.
and objects TO foGdytas 10 NE; and insiE's
that the claims of the, Missouri. Slope
should be fairly considereds and EXPIRE 8.
90 the eangictien that heretofore the
- Slope = has not had full Justice done
% its claims in, the. .bestewsl of patron.
age. In acme respects Ne agree with. the
SonPareL Weagree that the State has
. right to the services of its hest men for
placesef honpr and trust. And if there
is any better marin the State OF Iowa
for q United States Senator than Mr.
Grimes, We say by all means Let the Leg
aislature elect him. We believe that the
people of this part of the State arr salts
.fed with him, and would regret to see a
change. especially sinl tha present june
tuHe of public, affairs. They seem to
think. that his acknowledged ability;
81 sat experience in public affairs, and
commanding influence in the councils of
the nath'n. Justify the. old trite saying.
= = Lei, well enough aIone,Ty-Home Jour
IInn@t' haaiI p $500 u: ...- ,..-l
= In souie respects oar neighbor Of the
JoHrnai represents US correctly, and in
others, he does not. @ So far o. coneeERs
4euFPosition toward sMr. lGRMxs. he is
right; but as regards our insisting that
the" claims of the Missouri Slope should
he fairly eonsidered,Yahe is wrong this
was the argument Of d correspondent
not our own. We haze long been con-
WINGED of the fact that we, of the Slope,
were, politically, IN Iowa and yet mot q
Iowa; We have also been fully convinced
of the utter folly of insisting that the
claims Of the Slope should, be fully con-
sidered. We were ut one time foolish
enough TO hope that The .claims of the
w est 1aisht be fairly considered in the
~afstribation of pnblbe patronage; but
that time Is nast-we are now con WINGED |
that we are not " royal faEoritea. Hi--we,j
expect n 10th and are not often, disap-
pointed fhee Chioqn1 { men ne 81 he West.
asse net held together by " the adhesive
ness of public plumber they are actd-
~ted, in striving to promote the good
eaase, tby motives of disinterested patri-
+otism. Although We have not been re-
eaaenlbersd in,4tLe distribution of the
'"spoiIs, we hSEs never b en- denied.t the
fpestimableG Efiyilege Of lAbarihg and
voting Cor theqmen and measures Of, the
scsass this In tho only g claim ~ of the
Missouri Slope that the eastern PORTION
Of the State has ever recognized ana ave
have sufficient confidence in the liberal
~ efour Eastern. rsesghborsl to believe
that this viii not soon be det1id MS. i
As coneeEns Mr.. GsIxE,; H. ex press-
sd ourselfupposed4o forastalling pub
Tic opiniotsff,'' in favor of any particular
candidate and insisted that the Legislp-
&ure should be left free 10 select the t44f
man for The position We hnSenodoabt.
that Mr.. GRrMEs is good man, But if we.
have any bsttsy men, let his successor, be
one of the best. We are opposed TO-
making an Idol of q man apd is saying
our prayers to lin because he simply
GasSahas ne In paid for doing Some
>ggf tGee aorshipesp Of sfr! GFfxEs IL this
2otnnani t. consider it almott blasphetay
10 mention the name Of sRy other man
ia connection with the Office Of T.. S,
Senator n and ittI "a IBIS toadsasos We OBJ
jest. Ar, GRIxxs has discharged his dai-i
~ TO the besksef. his ability, mo doubt
bslt If we khoW b man who san do better
,ssEyics it is or duty to support min, not
IwithstandiRg, our neighbor sthinks, We
alseuia *isa well enough alone" That
= i good stand-stin motto. but 1t never
puf&'ss wsd forward 20 step. - $ PtkR
along. and keep fnsyipg," j. the motto,
of prssress Add tie ags, Ketp going pr
fFon gosd % hettet,ll 49,, ,..i !