The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-03-19
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! Ghavalry--.1Ee ssraalaas Russs1l,
speaking of or Own LsgisIasasFe re-
maids US, By the BY ok Dir. hsasseli. e
WISHING lon-s speaking Oh Il iEa eaais con
asstion, that 10 10 SAP. Whak We paEtic-
uiariy admire about that gentleman 10
his human beauty. What we particular
lv don't admire about him, as
Somebody said about nobody, is-"ey-
ervthina else. We ought perhaps, to
have q saving clause in favor of his mod
esty. and another In favor OF his ganteef
breedingl At any rate, Don 2ulxote
himself never charged upon . Hock OF
Sheep or q wind mill with half 20 mach
gusto as Mr.. RUSSELL takes his tilt against
Mrs. Wittanmyag. The cream OF tae
joke, however, is that whereas the good
Don was little cracked, the Repres emit
ative from Washington is simply I'LL ered
He seems 10 have no more idea OF eour-
tesy than pig. His attack upon Mrs.
Witienmyer the other day, was the best
specimen of unnixed boorishness we
have ever happened TO come across. IL
would have been regarded ~ simply dis-
graceful on the part of any one but: hus-
sell; in him it seemed quite natural
The report before Us ought to Put o
perfect quietus upon the opPoslt on 10
Mrs. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. by the
way, which originated in o heaftleas po-
litical scheme, and has ever since been
carried on by its origiuators with the
heartlessness charaekeristical of potitlcai
sohemers. BY which we do not mean TO
say that all who oppose Mrs. w. are Pc
-Iitical schemers. We refer only to the
heart-diseased. don't-expect-to-liye long
anti Wittenmyer' set " ~a
We desire to add our testimony to the
above item from the Muscatine Journal
and we can say that we kBoO. from per
sonal observation, at the Legislature this
winter, that the thing which the JoRrnaIby
courtesy or through sarcasm, terms gen
Reman, is the most superlatively mean
piece of Humanity that we were ever Of
ficted with the sight of. He is a man OF
considerable shrewdness. can make IA
good speech, and at present claims to be
a Union man--from what cause we don't
know, but certain it is that he is not &C
tuated by principle, for there is not sound
manhood enough in his organization To-
afford basis for q shadoW of principle.
He is the result of one OF those freaks OF
nature whereby she designs to convince
mankind that she can stoop to the low
est depths. as we'll as reach the sublimest
nights.
Some men succeed in making for
themselves reputation by one great
act; Mr.. Russell has accomplished this
in his dastardly attack upon Mrs. Wit
tenmeyer. He was one of the leading
spirits in the CRUSADE against this patr'-
otto woman, which eliminated in the
famous "Des Nolnes Convention ;" but
here he was most signally foiled, for the
Convention which was secretly planned
and arranged to annihilate Mrs. W., to
ruin her character, and destroy public
confidence in her integrity, resulted in a
complete victory for her. She was une-
quivocally endorsed, commended ard
encouraged, and the very Convention
that was designed to break her down D
turned out to be one of the ablest sup
ports she has ever had. Defeated, cha.
grined and disappointed, at the Conven-
ton, the Gallant Russell marshalled his
dirty brigade for charge upon the Leg
islature. When it was determined to
make q standing committee on " Santa
ry affairs" be made personal applica-
ton to the Speaker and earnestly solicit
ed the appointment of himself as Chair
man of the said Committee. This favor
was innocently granted by Speaker But
Ter, and Russell was thus placed in posi-
ton where he could run" the Sanitary
arrangements of the State in his own
way. Hov he has been managing, the
foregoing extract from the Journal will
in part explain. We hope the press
throughout the State will follow the ex-
ample of the Journal, and give this mat
ter q good airing ;" let the detestable
old paltroon who glories in leading this
dastardly onslaught upon one of the no
blest women of our country, be thorough
ly ventilated let the people know
him, that they may appreciate" his
courage.
In another column will be found an
article from the HaWksye in relation to
this subject.