The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-28


having been convinced by good and reli.
able authority that there will not b any
democratic ticket in the field, I can see
no improperly in coming out in opposl'
ton to man who has held the Office four
wears in succession. Some men say
soldiers, wait two years hence aud the
result will be better. I would say in
reply to those men, you talk very differ.
emily from what you did at the time
Cedar county was raising her quota OF
troops for the different calls of the gov.
ernmeut; you did not say, boys wait yet
two years and the result will be better /;
no indeed, the result would be the draft
ing Of some of you very men who now
say stand back and wait the result. But
that ives not the case, aud thanks for it.
We have performed noble work, remov.
ed mountain, and as nation should be
determined to ever sustain, and If neces.
sary, hazard our lives in defense Of the
object now gained. Should I be elected
or not, it Will make no change in my
principles. Whether l have acted i'm.
prudent or not, leave for your decision.
I now submit the whole for your honora.
bic consideration, hoping it may meet
with your approval.
am very respectfully.
Your obedient servant
II. A. MCkELVEY.
REMARKs.-We give above the state
ment of Capt. McKelvey. If he has
given any good reason for boiling tho
regular Republican nomination, we fail
to see it. He was not a candidate before
the convention, neither was there any
soldier urged by soldiers for the Office,
aud We cannot see why he can complain
of the action of the convention. Does he
claim that soldiers should have all the
Offices? He does not say SO, but his
actions would imply it. If the soldiers
are Of shat opinion, we think they should
have a voice in saying who should be the
candidates. AS it is here, very few
shoulder straps have come together and
brought out shoulder straps aud now ask
the soldiers as such to vote for them. If
the soldiers as such were to name candi-
dates they would not always be Of the
officers.
He does not want to hear again that
"this is copperhead move" and in the
next sentence gives as . reason for bis
being a candidate, "that there will not be
any democratic ticket in the ficld."-
What does that show but that he expect.
the support Of the members Of that party
We can state to the Captain that hi
unquestionable friend" tried to &c
another, and he not a soldier, to run TO
Treasurer, so that it was not altogethe
from love OF the soldiers or the Captain
that he was urged to come out.
Capt. Mex. claims to be republican
and still sets himself up in opposition l.
the whole republican party. He fails t.
tell US whether he supports the republi
can State ticket or the bogus ticke
headed by Col. Benton. We undcrstan,
he fails to answer when the question j
put to him. Suppose the Captain an
Lieutenant should be elected, who wi
rejoice thcreat? The Union men VIII
have stood by the "Boys in blue" or tn
copperheads who prayed for their de-
struction? An answer will show ho'
! loyal men should vote.
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sD-The soldiers tickets in Clinton an
Muscatine counties are all off the track
and now the cops in Muscatinc hav
brought out a ticket. The fact is tn
mass of the soldiers do not wish to sepa
rate from their friends, or give comfor
to the cops in any way and they wi
support the Republican ticket.
Coll BENTON is said to bs stumpip
it somewhere in the north part of tn
State. He travels alone, and refuses t