Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-10-06

the disappointed military gentlemen,
who nominated themselves to the coun-
ty offices, make clean breast of it:
AN APPEAL
10 The Voters Of Black TEa,ic: C5u,,sy.
diers OF Black Hawk Couuty, held in the Court
House, ri Waterloo, Sept. 18th, 1865 candidates
were dominated for County officers.
And believing that to the Nictors belong
the spells, we call on the citizens of RlacI;
Hawk County, who SO manfi,Iiy supported us
while we were in the front, beating back The
traitors. the OpprcSsorS, and the hpter of our
fEee institutions, TO again. as an act of Justice
come forwnra at the coming election and give
our ticket your fullest support.
We believe Sou will do So es we have
brought forward for Office, good, true and de-
serving men; men well qualified; men of un-
questionable charactcr; and men who left
their homes and families to serve our country
in her time of need, who have shown by their
actions as wei as words, that they endorse
inc Union anu support our Government, even
with their blood. -
We, as soldiers, do not propose to break up
nominees of the Union Ticket for State ofli-
GERS, ANA merely ask that you by your vote
aipprecia,te the soldier, who having done his
friends ana settles again peaceably ana quiet
~ among yon as one Of yourselves.
5 ): g 3H b&I, @. Cen. Conn.,
The grammar of the above "arpealn
is hardly in accordance with the rules
of Murray, and the rhetoric not exact
ly such as would meet the commenda-
ton of Quackenbos; but the arguments,
no one will pretend to deny, would
strike the mind of Dir. Pickwick very
forcibly. Were Pickwiek a denizcn of
Black Hawk County, instead of pop
ular parsonage Of Mr.. Dickens imagin-
alton, he would doubtless vote for Me-
Isaac fer representative and Ebcrhalt
for treasurer. His simple old heart
would be thoroughly touched by so
sympathetic an appeal and while
he might blurst the grammar he would
bless the boys. .-:
We are not at all displeased, however,
that the central committee " saw fit
to issue manifesto; for, though it be
lacking in essential qualifications to
good English, it certainly does not mis-
represent the soldiers movement to
any considerable extent.
The Committed give the nominal
ting convention The character Of "a
mass convention OF the returned SOL
diera," when really it was only con-
vention of returned soldiers. 4 great
many soldiers in the county knew moth
ing of the convention till after it wcs
over, and very few indeed residing le-
yohd easy walking distance of the
Court House were present. But this is
of small consequence.
The " committee should have more
forcibly impressed the minds of "tho
voters OF Black Hawk county, with
the fact, that, but FOR the entire failure TO
make it apparent to the regular convcn-
ton that :" to the victors belong the
spoils,' there would have been no ne
cessity whatever for the Soldiers tick
ct Indeed, it might properly have
been stated that certain gentlemen APP
peared personally in the regular con-
vention as " the victors" and asked for
" the spoils," and We're so ruthlessly
put aside as to receive not over one bal
lot each Oh any one vote.
To have been perfectly candid, how
ever, the committee should have sta
ted that the regular convention did be-.
stow the nomination Of county treasur-
er on n returned soldier, an excellent
man, enjoying q good military record,
&c, but whose name is John Elweil.
But the strong point is, that, "as an
act.of JUSTICE" these disappointed gen.
tlemen should I've eheetcd to office from
the very fact that official station is their
hearts desire, and having been in the
army their hearts desire should be sat
isfied at the hands of grateful people.
Indeed, it must he understood that
these holnc-returned heroes will actual
Is doubt the gratitude of the people
over the successful issue of the war I'M
less they be permitted to moistcn their
bronzed lips at thepublic tcat.
These indomitable gentlemen "do
not propose to break up political par
ties not if political parties subserre
their selfish purposes. They cordially
support the nominees Of the Union
State ticket for, State officers but bolt
.he county ticket in order to afford the
people OF Black Hawk county an op-
portunity to "appreciate the soldier"
1t might also have been well for the
u appeal - to have informed the public
that one or two ofthe nominees had ut
torly refused to run but that ii was con-
sidered OF no sort OF Importance so long
as the gentlemen nominated for the
more important Offices stood firm and
were none the less anxious to be elected.
With this friendly criticism we leave
the appeal to work its good results,
feeling assured that its timely appear
ance renders unnecessary any appre-
tension in regard to the soldiers move
meEt.
Whatever the extent Of gratitude the
u Soldiers candidates" may feel to-
ward us for Literally circulating their
we beg them to be assured
Of the cheerfulness of our action, and
look to the large maiorities of the regu-
lar nominees for or full reward.
J. Il CusACK, eX-treasurer OF Hardin
county, has brought suit against the
editor of the Hardin Sentinel for SANDER
and libel, laying damages at 5000.
The editor, in closing his item Oh the
subject, presents to his readers the fol-
lowing mathematical problem for their
solution: "Take 5000 from the IIar-
din Sentinel and what rcinains?n
. e.
THE 'Possum dodge won't work in
Delaware county \ "Soldiers' Con-
was got together, bat refused
to make any nominations by vote Of
l9 nays to Il ayes. Good for Della
ware.
THE Dubuque Herald wants to know