The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-03-19

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your columns. that are always open 70
Justice, ALLOW tfs 10 express some 0s ctr
indignation IN rel sr1 10 she eaenaefstaf
our GanitarydAg enEY We haEa kept sileAA
until. like "a fire in the bones, z cur ID
aignatiop demands and will md expfes-
M isavs carefully Watched the coafss
ofeyents from the first 81 tho war; hare
insessig ated every attack and insinuation
against Mrs. Wfttennye r arid we're long
since convinced Of her entire devotion 70
the cause to which she has consecfated
her life for the last three years. There
are always jealous persons Eaa<iy 10 slany
der those engaged IN any nobla york II
| has been so ia this but We never I'm.
agined they wsnId "carry their vindicsfss
meas to any great len eeh But the Sanil.
targ. Ccneanfior ~ Dies M0ines brought
out such deep laid schemes for the, pyeg-
throw of noble woman, quietly pursuing
| her heayer.borr mission, as % startle al
connected with it.f Many of the bent
mcs and women in the State signed Che
sscaiT, n h hoping thereby 10 harFnpnizs The
conf citing elements. But were all the
| facts in gaaard to the origin of the Con-
| vention known, the most charitable per
sons would be. shocked at the develop
ments. 1t il enough for the present 10
saw that letters were written 70 eveFya
part of the State saying, Mrs Witten.
myer had sqnandered hundreds of dollars
OF which she could give no account, that
she was unworthy or public confidence;
| that this convention would FeAsiiate her
affairs, = &c. Il Itfs no use denying these
things, for zoe hare ne prpaf, i Again gem
tlemen in certain localities WERE invited
to attend the Convention As 6saegases.
while in others it was carefully sepFs4
sented thatonlyl Adieswoula be adnnitted.
| A lady was engaged aegeral weeks be-,
| forehand to act as President, and all the
plans were rnatured for the actionof the
/ Conver.tiori. We went with no plans,l
only hoping 10 deal fairly and be dealt
With the same way. Had we known gen
Aemen would be chief nloYers in all the
Proceedings, such force of noble unpree
| iuJfieed men would have gone as ehanpi&
ons for the right, as to have completely
overthrow the schemes of those that
descended from high places in church
and state. to engage in carrying out plans
! so unwaSthy of them. 49,
Gov. St0gie and Hon, r. H.. Brainafd
Will long Do haldin grateful remembrance
! for the noble stand the took and main
tanned, Throughout the Convention. And
whas was accomplished ~ One of the
proposaIs in the cali. was ID employ
agents that would act without salaries. 4
| They secured the agents, but with such
1 salarfasas had never bsens paid before.
I God made .'the wrath of man praise him,
] and when the Conv ention adjourned MS.
Wittenmyer had more friends in the
| the State Of Iowa than ever before But
her enemies would not rest, and vita
Dir. Russell, oil, Washington in the House
hf Representatives TO act for them; they
partly succeeded in doing, what they
failed TO do at the Des Moines Conyen.
ton Mr. Russsu introduced abiN for .
sanitary law, emitting Mrs Wittenmyer's
name, and reducing the pay of sanitary
agents to $Ia per month, out ofiwhieh
they are 10 pSy theirown expenses So
akilIfally was the affair engineered that
many ofthe members did not understand
its real intent, while others had not the
Courage toput thsn1yelves fon record %
having voted aaain strednetion of salaries
BY purporting. to be merely an act to
prevent the Governor from paying ex-
travaeart saiahies. and rhis-applyirag ths
contingent fund, it has passed the House,
while in reality sst ii ID direct thrust at
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