The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-14
From the Iowa State Register.
,POssum Conversion,

a - ,Possum Conversion,
That immense sffair denided BY its
author, Clsggett, Of Lee county, aud Ed
itor Of tho Keokuk Constitution, with
the name Of "The Soldiers Con venticu, /"
was com posed according to the report Of
its own Committee on Credentials, Of
Just sepenty two delegates: Among the
names reported we recognize t,centty fve
as certainly from this (Polk) county
This leaves forty seven for the balance OF
the State-nine.y sic counties. VI those
Lee county had large share and a mum.
Der OF those whose names we're reported
as Of the seventg.t,oo delegates, did not
attend. ......-,a ME-
Why did not the Committee report the
names of tho counties represented, SO
that tho people, aud especially the Sol.
diers, could see what q universal thing
Ciagett's Spontaneous Lee county move
ment is" AL but ninety counties in
the State represented! .a.-. ..a-.
There follows list of names. none Of
which do We recognize as belonging to
this county.-ED. ADV. *' ~"o4 AZ
We invite the attention of the soldiers
of this State to this list and ask them if
these seventy tro men, less those not
present and opposed To the movement
were authorized to represent, to act for
and to bind, the SOLDIERS Of the Stale.
Will the Press analyze this list Of
names and tell US who they are and
where they came from? Who is Golfer
of keokuk county, and who sent him
here? Will the Gate CITY tell US how
many Of those gentlemen hail from Lee
county? We know Ba!lipger of Lee
county, the President, Edwards of Lee
county, the big "dorg" with a heavy
cane who was in the service five months
and eight days, and resigned his CON-
mission rather than take the perils of
court martial; and We know Jaeger Of
Lee, who never smelt and, never will
smell powder, and who offered the reso-
luton recommending the County Con-
ventions to Instruct their candidates for
the Legislature to cote as they sac fL
on the whisky question, and next to the
big "dorg,' made more resolutions than
any other four men the 'Possums could
muster. How many we're from Jasper,
besides the foulmouthed Ault and the
Copperhead candidate for Superinteud,
ent Of Public Instruction !? How many
from johnson How many were from
Davis, besides the Copperhead candidate
for Supreme Judge, II. II. Trimble ?
How many were from Jefferson, besides
the man Ward, who when in the army
"surrendered his principles aud sustain
ed his country, but has now gone back
to his principles %
Clagett and others Of Lee county,
charge that our report of the proceedings
Of tho Postum Convention was unfair
and false in representing that forty.six
was the full vote of the Convention. We
the iuessiohh q adj5urnmeutt 10 rp c1bcx;
to consult with the Copperhead wire
pullers on the ticket that should be nom.
mated, included every member of the
Convention present and taking part in
the proceedings, except the President
and tive Secretaries. Let the Copper.
heads take the list Of seventy two names
and figure out over Jorty-ntne in the
Convention, officers and all, and they
shall have the benefit Of the correction.
Forty nine delegates for ninety. seven
counties-about one.hay Of one man to a
county, and twenty five of them, at that,
from this county! Did all from this
County, whose names appear as delegates
attend the Convention? And do all
who attended, with the light they now
have, propose to 90 into the traces with
Fort Lafayette j. ones, Claggett & Co.?
There are ninety seren organized counties
in this State. Will CIagett, Ballinger,
Edwards, Jaeger, and others of Lee
county, tell US if more than seren coup.
ties were represented in the Catspaw
Convention