The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-10-04
IN - ~ Va Ne

b'a'. "'ousht Vol. HPntuH, candidate
~ the Possnms fl Governor, in our
midst, No, al, iudirdua, was appraised
- bis coming Everybody, ros,ums
aod al, were surprised that 10 impor
liant personagc An q would be. Cover.
NOT. should drop down upou us,-to
use biblical lansnagc-"!ike thief ia
the night" But it was so nevertheless
Col Conne.l, who had p.eviou.
acquaintance with him, introduced hin,
TO some of his worshpers, and they
sa''ed in. doing tho pretty TO the
entire satisfaction wr presume os the
would be Governor. Hand bill. were
,yoon circulated announcin, tha, M
would rp"ak At The NJ Z Church in the
esrning. Evening came and found The
ohurch about half full fa,Iy three.
f"nrths II not nine t-h,hs, wore curiosity
eeekSs, and will not vote tor him.
They came to zee the circus rider, sec
Cl Benton rile the Republican and
P'ssnm nags At the tame time. Pos.
fib'y The Col. may TO little oblivious
a. 70 he cxac, position on ttcse ars
80 We would inform hi that at present
he i tolerably we'll located on the Pos.
snm nag but the Republican ma. being
TOO fast for him, he can lean only nron
ono OF its eNtremeties, with gr. at LA.
b'lty to slipping off, which he will Ger.
ta'niy Do on election Day, and then If
he Is careful be may pos-ihl-, recover |,
on the Pussnm nag, provided It will
not be guilty If auv it's old tricks.
which it probably will be, and then tn, |
Col will find himself completely A,ore.1,
ana be ready to cry, "A horse, horse: |
nv kingdom for hor>e"--a political |
~. Of course, TO ride into the Cover.
nur< eft,ne.
He commenced nv explaining or
more properly defending The car-cn
tor which nominated l,,r,. II. failed
- state howe,", that hn. six or eeyan
counties Va. represented III his State
convention. He also failed to state
tnat II was n,ass conventions; said that
over seventy participated in the con.
vention after a par, had Withdrawn.
ard acknowledged hc vas no. there. /
.sun we have II from The authority az /
hos. who were there and counted !
Them, that there were la, between I
forty aud City. H. mex. proceeded 10 !
.xtol the candidates who ere on the !
ticket With s.,nt. 1t reminded us very |
;aaoh Il 'era,r and touch,n. ealo gums
OF the -cat' and in fact Nas no. en-,
Ars's 'rarl rcin'a'e lii tia, rc.rcct
- mea'i reaise FIR Cap. Sennc,
w. al'"geth-f no great. This man
''.as stated that soldiers went to war
'heeanse they could get better wage.
there than a; i,'me; also after he re
'Mned he expressed himse (. discusted
With tho war and sad we eonid never |
~'n IN fhe course We were pursuing. |
lis neiohbnJs in Jasper Cn. state these |
facts. Ho made one great omission |
however. arr that was he forget il eu |
logic to!. Van AIDA who would no, !
accept tho nomination Of Lieut. Cover. !
nor on the ticket. II, undertook to |
/ create p''lndce agalns; the Republican
ticket by stating that i, was called IN |
June, much too carly. ard carried .hs,
idea that il was done Intentionally 70,
the purpose Of making the nominations |
before the soldiers rot home, SO tha, |
they shcull have no voice i, il, when |
tue tact is that TIC conv., ton was cal !
led rs all previous conventions by the
Republican party hive been, and he
ought to have knowa it.
Upon the negro ,es,ien he WIS very
short, ard shot At random. To stated
that. donh'lrsa, IL negroes nd II. mi
v'lrgc q voting in the South ,hoy
would Be a'rayed directly against the !
whites. and there would DC unceas;no |
turmoil and strife be,wce,. them. To sec |
which would have the aace,dency. an,
gave not a single argument to Sustain
ench sweeping assertion. The Col
was evidently engaged in a bad cause. |
and to vac trying to make he best 81
u. lie spoke with grea, deal az
sympathetic candor, a. lcss, apparently.
lie could give us no satire Q. saIlies Of
Wit, for there was no one ia be ri,
lopPrrheads he dare not abuse Tor tho,
nre h'r right bower, Republicans n.
had no heart 10 asssil, for Il. profrsscl
10 be one4'inself And thus be, r.cn
tHeedlednm ndtweedl. eea. he proncd |
his way along ~ We! as any unf oriunate
oiiice seeker could without responsible
supporters.
-. The friends OF lie Rev. D. NJ
Mallory will he pleased Ia learn that The
conference has returned HIM TO this