Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-09-02
GRILL SrOsE.o

GRILL STONE,
Governor Stone is abo"t the best abused
man we know of. The copperhcads have been
! waging ncessant Chinese warfare upon him
ever since his nomination last year, and now
few of our own}party fling at him sulii-
cicnt quantity Of atrabilarious abuse. They
call him " Bill Stone" and all that sort of
thing. They refuse to support Judge Cole be.
cause, AS they asseverate, he is Bill, Stones
candidatc.' On that last point we may say
parcnthcticaly that il Cole be Bill Stones
candidate all the'othcr gentlemen on our cx-
ce!lcnt ticket are equally so, for the same
Convention nominated them all. They ought
all, therefore, to be supported alike or oppos
cd alike, unless there be some grounds OF
personal dnftncss or inability on the part Of
some of the candidates, which is not pre-
tended. Gov. Stone did not have iot more
/ to do with the nomination Of Judge Cole
than he did with the nomination Of the other
candidates. Bat enough on this point
No man can be governor of Iowa without
making enemies. There are too many seem.
ingly conflicting interests to subservc, too
many argus eyed politicians with axes to
grind, too many sore heads to be balsamc,i,
and so forth and SO on. Besides, etcrnal
vigilance sshe price of liberty, and it is not
only excusable, but .omphatically just and
proper that all our public officers should be
held responsible for just administration of
public affairs. They are our servants, not
our masters. In al their official conduct
they are nmcnablc to the laws and RESPONSE.
bic to the people. Hence, a fair criticism Of
their acts and policy is among the duties of
every intelligent citizen and Of 'sadh criti
cism no man can justly complain. But when
it ,desccnds to ribaldry and bilingsgate;
when it manufactures false statements and
builds thereon false trains Of reasoning; when
it falls into personal vituperation and black
guardsm, il becomes most blamcworthy, and
at the same time that it thus degencrates it
destroys all hope Of accomplishing its end
No man Of ability has ever yet beer put out
Of office by the sheer blackguardism of his
opponents, and, we think, no man ever will
be-a fact which we beg leave most respect.
fully to commend to the consideration Of the
two or three gentlemen Of our own party
who arc just now pitching into "Bill Stone"
AS for the copperheads, they are Joined to
their idols. 1t is their vocation to abuse
good, and true: and patriotic public men. IF
the angel Gabriel were governor of Iowa,
they would call him a coward, libertine and
horse. thief 1t Injuries no ones reputation
among honest patriots to be abused by these
fellows.
This same man Bill Stene" is making a
right good governor. lie has as much in.
iiuencc, to day, in the departments at Wash
ington City as any executive in the country;
he has constantly exhibited most efIedtlke
solctude for our gallant sol,licry, personally
attending to their wants in far distant camps
right under the cncmy's guns, and in all the
hospitals he is now hard at work organic
ing the militia, and he will have no Paw
paw arrang emcnts" either; in short, he has
done, and is doing, his public duties vigor-
ously and successfully. lie is making Iowa
better known TO the country, as'viness the
following from the Washington City Rcpub. |
HcGn, ,of a recent date:
\ PLrcEY STATE-We have notion that |
IS nh nj
this continent--or any other, for that matter |
They 'go the whole hog" out there, having
no sort of mercy on rebels, guerriIlas, or |
COpperheads. Not long ago there were ru-
mors Of bushwhacking invasion from Mis- !
souri,. Forthwith, Adjutant General Nat.
Baker organized the Home Guards, and or.
dared that nc prisoners should be taken in
case the invasion were md. lie ordered
moreover, any State officer who should take
any guerrilas prisoners to be dishonorably !
the service. The bushwhackcrs .
stayed out Of Iowa.
Ii seems the militia Of the State is now
being organized under an act of the last
Legislature. In some localities the Cops are
trying to get control of the organizations
Whoreupon the Governor telrgraphs as fol
lows:
DIS HWNEs, August H. 1861.
GEN. \. Is. BAKER II desire the policy |
by whichI shall be governed in organizing
the Militia 10 be well understood. am de-
crmined al all hazards that there shall be TO
Paw paw arrangement in Iowa. To this end ,
be careful, and commission those only who
are known to be strictly loyal. Issue no
arms to companies until satisfied by positive /
proof that they are organized in good faith
by good men. w.M. STONE.
1t is plain the iowa officials, at any rate,
have no respect for rose.watc: policies and !.
The people are at least up with the officials in
his respect. We are assured Of being en-.
irely safe in predicting a majority OF 40, 900
or Mr.. Lincoln.
And We have an idea he will make it still
better known to the country and to foreign
before the close of his administra.
ion of our State affairs. lie is going ahead
and is making as few mistakes
Is could reasonably be expected. lie has
made no ridiculous blunders at all that we
ire aware Of. No man, not disgusting
oady, will praise his every act and speech,
out every .candA person who has the fear of
Tod before his eyes, must confess that he is
| credit to the State Of Iowa. That is what
We think of "Bill Stone"
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j. W. Boslcr has agoyernment contract
NJ furnishing 900 bushels of corn at Sioux
city, at $3.50 per bushcl. A McCrcady has
he contract for hay at 1904, baled and
1854, stacked, per ton. For $50 tons of
lay at Yankton, a. G. Fuller has the con
ract at $3.50, stacked. VIM. p. Lyman
md c. L. Hedges have contracts for hay at
It. Rundad at $500 per ton, and F. D.
'ease, at TT. Sully, at S27,oo per tom
These contracts were made recently by Capt,
5agg at Sioux City. We CLEAN from the
Journal.
In the battle of Rcams' station, on the
W eldon Railroad, on Thursday Of last week,
'ur loss was about 5000, while that of the