The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-09-06


JAMEs Il. RoTHRocK, Of Cedar county.
FOR P,esscn.ing A A. District.
!. Jonn Potter Cook-Continued.
Last week we merely announced the
bet that the above named gentleman
had concluded to have his name placed
upon the Copper-Johnson-P ossum-Kan-
gAroo taokct, An irvpcs tlIut the p1upi-,
by some unforeseen accident or some
huge mistake, might favor him with a
seat In Congress ~ Representative of
this Congressional District. This an
uouncement we thought sufficient for
one week. After resting one week we
are able to proceed further. Mr.. Cook
appeared to be a little coy at first-that is,
he was modest and reserved. But when
his old friends from Cedar and Linn
counties importuned him, and would
not be put OFF without his consenting to
serve them, he, at last, very reluctantly
consented. According to accounts Civ
IN by his friends, he said he was out of
politics and did not want Office, but at
such time as this, when everything was
at stake he would forego his own person
n comfort and convenience for the pur-
pose Of saving his beloved people from
certain destruction at the hands of those
terrible Radicals. How modest! how
disinterested! how self-sacriicing how
patriotic! But then, true worth and
great modesty always go together.
4 Out Of politics? Certainly he Is. We
oil thought SO when he came here two
years ago and made a speech in which
The denounced Lincoln, "Bill Seward"
the "Lincoln hirelings," Greenbacks
and the war. We did not consider his
speech political speech at all; and when
he said he was no politician, we all be-
lieved him, for q more miserabiy egotis-
tic copperhead speech had never been
made here. He now pretends to follow
Lincoln and Seward, has for long time
been fond of Greenbacks, and now de-
clares that the war has established the
supremacy of the Constitution. We are
sorry that we cannot present him with
complete copy of his speech; for it would
even astonish him to see what a great
remote . prospect of Office.
He then stood on this platform, adopt
ed at the Chicago Convention:
"ResOsved, That this Convention does
explicitly declare as the sense of the
American people, that after four gears
II failure to restore the Union By the e.
pertinent Of ,0ar, during which, under
pretence of. military necessity or war
power higher than The Constitution
the Constitution ITSELF has been disregard
ed IN every part, and public liberty and
private rights alike trodden doWn and
the material prosperity Of the country
essentially mpaired-justice, humanity,
liberty and Republican welfare demand
that Immediate efforts be made for q ces-
sdtion Of hostilities, with u view to an
ultimate convention Of the States, or
other peaceable means, to the end that
at the earliest practicable moment peace
may be restored on the basis of the Fed
eral Union of the States"
Now he stands on this one, adopted at
the Philadelphia Conventions:
's2d. The war just closed has main
tanned the authority Of the Constitution
with all the powers which it confers, and
all the restrictions which it imposes up
on the General Government unabridged
and unaltered, and it has preserved the
Union with the equal rights, dignity
and authority of the States perfect an,
unimpaired.'
We do not think Mr.. Cook has rcall,
ehaaged SO much, because we believ,
that the last resolution was framed fo
the purpose OF catching votes. The fac
Of Its being endorsed by rebels and cop
perheads makes it appear SO.
In his speech here, two years ago, Mr.
Cook prophesicd that if Lincoln ant
johnson were elected there would never
be another Presidential election. Does
he claim that Booth rid the country OF q
tyTant, Or, that johnson is a tyrant? He
will perhaps come here again, to explain
this matter. While he was denouncine
the National currency in the same
speech, some crusty old Radical who
could not forget ''former unpleasant
ness, and would not ''let by-gones b,
hy-gones, suggested that he had lttl,
Florence that, he would exchange fol
Greenbacks at the rate of ten cents or
the dollar. AS Mr.. Cook is now can.
qldate he will be expected to exchange
GieeAback< for his heretofore WORTHLESS.
Florence. We notice his fine, cost,
residence, in Davenport is for sale, ant
we nope it is for the purpose of maxim,
tle financial arrangement we have JUS
alluded TO. 1t will accommodate man,
persons IN this county.
The Southern Union Convention.
This Convention, which met at Phila