Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-09-29
Tic Richt and wrong Of 1t.

la Tic Right fnd wrong Oh II.
In, nothing more than in politics
should men be actuated aud governed
by principle. 1t IS bard 20 conceive Of
anything more reprehensib,e than the
sacrificing of IDEAS Of right and Justice
to the qualification Of some petty mali
ice or personal enmity. Political par
ties are formed, not to elect this or that
man 10 Office, but rather to secure the
adoption Of this or that code of prinei-
Piles in the. administration Of State or
National government. ''s -. ...- III =.
Therefore, A, 3 OK G, who rejects the
ticket of the party nearest representing
his political principles, and declares. in
favor of opposition candidates, becsAtse
on his ticket there are men whom ne
dislikes.and on the other men whom he
adnaires or personally prefers, very
surely gives his influence TO the adop-,,
ton OF ideas and policies which he con-
siders fallacieus, perhaps abhorent and
ruinous. His action, in consequence,
cannot be justified By the application Of
right ethics. yg5 ag Hla bas9a1l gd q 9g
Neither is he at perfect liberty to oc-
cupy neutral ground, If thcrc were any
such thing, and abstain from casting
his, vote. In Withholding his ballot he
renders victory for the opposition pre-
cisely 80 much the easier, and makes q
virtual Acknowledgements that he has
no principles whatever in politics. esd
Suppose that Stone, our Republican
candidate for Governor, is very bad
man, and suppose that Benton, his OPP
ponent, is very good man, what now?
Why, nothing. only personally you dis
like Stone and personally you like Ben
ton. But you do not, therefore possess
antipathy 10 Republican principles and
admiration for, the views Of Copper
heads-not at all. If Stone will govern
the State more nearly i'll accordance
with your political ideas, you are nee
essarily bound in justicetc yourself and
others to give him your support. As
the issues pending arc important or I'M
important and the differences in party
policy small or great, your duty is the
more or less binding. u.s.. ., . s......
What woald any good soldier think
of comrade, who should desert 10 the
enemy because1of ~ ill-feeling toward
his Colonel? No attempt would be
made, we dare say, toward Justification.
Still, that descrter would not material.
ly differ from those who leave the I'm
ion party t9aupport Benton. The war
Of artls is closed but the war of ideas
goes on, The same Issues are pending
in this peaceful contest at the baliot-box
;tsiwcrct pen ding in that bloody contest
at Shiloh. Our victories OH the field
and at home have made US more secure,
but that moment vigilance is lost our
security rests on an unsafe foundation.
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'Elss2 z Politics In Wisconsin. a1
The canvass In Wisconsin Is now fa r.
ly opened, Ia The Democra 3, or more
properly Cepperheacs, met i'll conNei-
ton at Madison last Wednesday and
nominated ticket headed BY Gen. III.
C.Hobart. Their platform opposesnegro
suffrage and farors President Johnson's
reconstruction measures. t"@l ...i ~.
The Republicans have General Lucins
Eairchiid for their standard bearer, and
his ticket, says the milwaukee, Visions
ain, Evil defeat any ticket brought out
underfthe auspices Of a clique which
didits utmost to destroy the Republic
during the trying perils of civil war"
The platform adopted at the Republican,
conventions is not entirely satisfactory
To the loyal masses OF the State, Isl that
II evades the question of negro suffrage.
The ticket, however. is universally ac-
cepted with the utmost favor, and viii
meet with an enthusiastic and liberal
s,ipisort. Gen. Fairchild is weli-kuown
in tAe,Stlte:: has filed responsible pub
lictrRsts, and lost an arm at Gettys-
nnrg while calamity lighting for the
old flag. % @--' a.t+9 81 52i I2N ~.
Cen. Hobart is q, man Of whom letter
things might have. baeR expected; but
ia sinordinate, political ambition has
draugrd him ,it1%t'ta ah afIiatien with
Copperhesds, anu, ialienated him. from
the fegara and honor Of, sts3dfast, and
cosisisten illegally. tnathe Chamber OF
Commerce at Milwaukee he stated that
he owed his escape fsola tie rebels, if
nothis life, to a colerei nam. Now he
stands up and says that that man shall
not, by mis- permission, have the rights
ofeitizenship, nor any Of his race BE al
lowed voice in the government Of 8
cou,fsryi they helped to pcrpetuate.--
Gen. Hobart, by his own yolHioltg il q
prisoner to the enemy agaiG; aud this
time neither the arpas OF the Union MOI
the help of poor, desI.isoe negro shal!
work him deliverpnre.
q. Burlington E4aek-E Eye says that
che Postum candidate for supreme
Judge, III. Il. TrimbIe, of Davis coun.
ty, was a rigid Do1nocra. befarcth the war
and has not changed his poIjtieS.,, Stlftu
since. :. From first to laglhsays tbs
Ha,sk. Eye, ;ibeforc the war, duringtht
war, anti al the time, he has shewf
himself an inyc!erate Copperileaa
whose aspirations have beea7 for tht
5oayes and fishes of isil AID military
caIce, and not for the good OF his coun
Ivy He resigacd his com mission il
the Third Cavalry in 1852, being enc 0
fiose who were agrieyed at the EGaan
eipation Proclamation, probably, ane
raeoi~@d nnf IN fight FOR the "ni@ger."