The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-02-25

will have none 10 ths"~next because the
delegates are unknown and unused to the
workings of conventions generally. We
think that Iowa should have selected
men who are known drought the nation
as representative men, or At least men
in whose judgment we are apt to
confde. We suppose however that the
National Convention will have but little
to do except carry out the nearly unani-
nous wish of the people, aud it don't
matter much who casts the vote.
A COPPERHEAD WHINE AT THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS ADMINS.
TRATION.
The last Courier but one, contains an
editorial on military Success" The
article is a whine Of the ex- candidate for
Congress at the supposed efforts Of the
President to secure his re election. 1t
starts out with charging that the Presi-
dent is too busily engaged in working
for the succession to desire that there
should be any victory achieved very soon
by the federal armies.
1t then proceeds with good many
reckless assertions aud no sem blance Of
truth is found in them. But as truth is
no part Of copperhead editorial We were
not disappointed in fuding the article
referred to, destitute Of it. |! says that
Mr.. Lincoln breads the approach Of the
day when the rebels shall lay down their
. arms and propose to come back into the
Union. The practical consideration and
free discussion Of the question, it says,
is sure 20 divide the Republican party,
aud thinks that when the rebels ground
their arms and return that the "total
destruction of the abolition party will
speedily follow. More, that it would be
an immediate consequence" of their
return. No reason is given for this con
clusion. OF course, if the editor had
any reason for it, it would have been
given, hence we must conclude that the
author Of the assertion expected it to be
discreditcd. Every sane man, of com
mon intelligence, knows that is false
The party to which he refers has made
the prosecution of the war to final sue
cess, its only test of membership, and for
this one object it has laborcd ever since
the first rebel gun was fired. Around it's
standard the truly loyal and patriotic
have rallied until vast and overwhclm-
ing majority of this class of citizens of
the Union arc found in its organization E;
and when tho Union is restored, then
this party has achieved its highest sue
cess. When the cause of the party and
the Union orc identical, why viii tho
restoration of the Union be the ode
struction" of the party?
I AS well hi ght he contend that the
success of the Union. would cause its own
perfect dissolution. 1t cannot be that
the editor believes that the triumph of
political organization seals its destruc-
ton If he does, why does he not lee
ture the people against voting the dem
ocratic ticket? For, if there is anything
on earth that he loves, it certainly is that
party. If succcss will destroy one polite.
al organization, it will another This the
Courier man knows, hence he must have
intended to be satirical when he penn
ed the assertion. The part of the article
which asserts that the Pres hent is try
ing to deceive the people in reference tc
the willingness of the traitors to give VI
the struggle, is false, as every intelligen,
man knows.
The rebels have repeatedly declared
the terms of peace they would accept
and these terms the President and the
people are well aware of, without Con
gress appointing commissioners to visit
Richond as the Courier would wish
Such course would be humiliatinc to
the Administration aud a disgrace to
the American people. The idea Of vic.
torious government continually coaxing
armed traitors to come back, when it is
plainly evident that their treason, slave
~, the devil, aud everything else with
which they are spelling, vii! speedily be
whipped out of them, certainly is repug-
naut to the feelings Of every true Ameri-
can.
The editors nsinccr'ty is shown again
when he asserts that "should Mr.. Lin.
coin be reelected he would abandon his
Emancipation Proclamation - For avn