Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-10-21

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A TRIP UP THE vALLEY-DRBAT
OF ALLHsON ANGsbeacAaAakDs. !.
I We had the pleasure last week Of trip up
the nnequaied Cedar, Valley, in the excellent
company of W. s, Jefferson, H.hc Dubuque
7'imSs. 2 3 -
!, was or good fortune b be present a,
the join, discussions between .he@"pposir-
candidates for Congress in the Third Dis
,riet at Wavrry, Bradford. and CHARLES
, City. These meetings were each well at
tended. and at each Che ji-ep Interest shr
people feel in the present political CAR: ass
was prominent
Our readers sre well awsrr,,intthc Cedar
NAlisy is net rtsogniztd by 'cspp fh1a,ls as
their most congsnial .. elm, but conirarily a
r gia, unaqnaled outside pf New England
! Cor fanatic AIN and aboa;nsisn. 'fl,ctefnrc
liz can readily be imagined in what manner
hlhe Hon. B. b. Ricll,a!s was received ,y tie
bpcopl. on his Shiny Chicago platform. We
hardly expected that n would have the ef
Etront",y to appear on the rotten panks Of
,hst instrumcn, ainl srgucto tfie% psoplc ,iixt
their sons anil brothers ana fathers who had
gwen theirssrrics to their country were cn }
gag2d in an unholy war; that he would as
scrt and attempt 70 prove the war a G;lur'
that he would boldly declare for a cessation
Of ho,tiiities. But so he did. j He plain|yt
made the issue that il the Uninn or Slavery
must be sacrificed let it be thr Union. His
speeches bore closc resemblance 10 the
eninciati"n> Of Vallandigham, the Woods,
Mshoney, Bynrgt"n, and that class. The
aao>t 'iisgracef'tl sentiments, that hav" been
'exprrsseu hy thu above. named radical Cop
perh"ais will explain 1t rngth thegtoiin.F
which Mr. Richards occupied, We, would
apuch Ike to furnish synopsis Of each Of
the three debates we attended. hut the crow1i
ed state of our COLUMNS forbid NJ lRich.
ards j. fl'Ient' talker; a man whe holds
himself in good subjection. and whose lan.s
giage is s,uoo,h and free from slang and ep-
tibet, Socially he is a pleasant gen,lemsn.
Hon, VIM b Aiaon.- his opponent, mad
no fii"hlty in annihiia,ing every argument
offered and every POSITION taken by hi. Dem
o,rstic fricnd Mr. Allison does not Offer ~
his constituency glihly spoker words which
m~sn nothing anh therefor, prove snothihg
hut he "cupics before the peop'el,hc rosi
ton Of patriot. a statesman. a lover of hi~
country who seriously considers the issues
involved in, the 0coptest.. with that spirit
whicl, their mnmeElaus Importance aesrrvcs
He employs .nonethut good arguments, AID
has a p culiarly convincing way afJp'itri,,g
them home to the ,nrads and hearts Of bis
hearers. lie has the advantage oy.r. hi,;pl,-
tagonis, of beng able to 70 over TWICE re
ground ii ,hesame lprs,h3ofi tims BIZ, %, {
wi,hstanding our high ->,ima'c..of Mr. Ali
son We must confess that Mr. Richards IS
accomplishing. unwi;tingly though it he,
mora than he for the cause Of the Union \.
The people. only need to understands the
character and position of- The Deinocratic
party TO be disgu~teh with aud tnrn 'heir
backs .qnarely upon il. Mr.. Ali>en's rep
res"nta,ion Of i, might Ne ,liscr.,li,ed, hit
with Mr. Rmhasis present to confirm his
representations. they can hardly be ,disre
gard,d So. the more such peace apostles
as Mr.. RiS,aras on the stump tn" better FOR
the country: HeYdoesnot go into = town
without making votes for Lincoln aud John
son. We heard If Il ve that h. converted Al
Wavcrly. and If eight at Bradford. -iz Il
Mr. Allison will be returned t. his scat in
Congress by very large rnajarity Richards
will carry one county, Dubuque. and with
that ,nn>t console himself for the loss OF CIV
cry other. '..~..'. IN f.. -
! Wavrr'y is a town claiming = population
nf between twelve and fifteen hundred in
habitants. the county seat Of Br,sneF soH ~.
ard thriving prosperous village. lis poo
pie confidently expect railroad co,nnunica
| ton not far from the fra, Of the coming De,
c,mbcr. and, theT stimulus thus ,sHords is
sending matt, rs along boctnir,g'y The depot
buildings are already erected. and Mcssr>
Boss & Waikup, of this plae", have grain
Daily House. u fine hotel. Messrs Ellis, John
n. Stone. and J. Gorham are putin. up a
brick block Of one hundred and twenty two
feet front. which viii contain five store rooms.
two OF which win be- eighty feet deep. and
the other three sixty feet deep. Just west
Of this Mr. Geo. Ellis is bniidng frame
store. building twenty-sx feet by forty. w.
p. Harmon has erected fine stone woolcn
| factory, which is now ready for the roof. lie
is also preparing for the foundation Of a large
Touring H. The Episcopalians have built
very nca, little church, which is now near.
Is ready for occupancy Many other build
inss havr been put up the past summer.
which. together with the above, add largely
TO the appearance and credit of the pisee.-r
We found Israel in his glory. selling quaint.
ties of ''sheap c'o,hin'" j. ". Plummer,
OF this place. is having fitted up neat room
where he will establish the drug business -
We cali, 4 on Maynard. of the rostoflicc and
! PAenir offic-. and found him as congGnal AT
| home as he is abroad lie has relieved him
| self somewhat of business Gales by dispos
| ing of one. half of the Ph9nir office to Mr.
II S. IIalbert Politically Bremen county is
NIL right, having clear Union majority o.
oLnut thu bnnlrod and Ertc