Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1866-09-19
Col. Cobb and bis Defamers.


The envy manifested towards Col
COBB By class of men who would be
glad to see others brought down to
their own level in matters pertaining
to virtue and honesty, is not at all sur
prising. Col. CoBB's popularity with
the people surprises them for they can
see no virtue IN integrity, fidelity, and
persevering honesty. Hence the at
tacl,s upon the Colonels political char
acter by such persons as the editors of
the National Democrat of this city.
Their attempt to make it appear that
Col. COBB was opposed to bounties to
the soldiers, because he voted against
the bill granting a small bounty to one
class Of them and leaving others with
out any, shows their own want Of hon
estv, and aptness at misrePresenta
ton. They know very well, and do
not deny that Colonel COBB was IN
favor Of and voted for bill granting
to all soldiers a bounty proportioned
to the time they had been IN the SER
vice, and yet they attem. to make It
appear that he was opposed to grant
ing bounties TO soldiers Knowing
that their own party friends, like them
selves, were opposed to voting supplies
to the soldiers while in the service, and
that their party friends in Congress
opposed soldiers bounty bills until
small pittance to certain class of
soldiers was coupled with bill to put
money in their own pockets, they at
tempt to get up mad dog cry to dl-
vert attention from the sins of their
own political voke-fellows. They hope
in this way to throw dirt in the eyes
Of soldiers, and secure if possible their
votes for copperhead candidates. But
in this they will fail as they have ever
done heretofore The soldiers know
their friends, and have not forgotten
the " fire in the rear" by those who
now court their favor.
This we do know, that Col. Cobb poted
AGAINST tie bill qror,t1q the go!ateerS Of tie lgar
the additional bounty Of 500, and yet as the
bill passed he had the supreme modestv Of
putting into his own pocket the additional sun
of g. 900 for his distinguished services III
Congress. Five thousand dollars was not con
sidered BY him too much for a Congress
man, but not one cent for the poor soldier
should be given by his vote.-Natiozsal Dem
ocrot.
Now the political hypocrite who
penned the above extract, knew at the
time he did so, that Col. COBB voted
to give $500 instead of 500 to the
same class Of soldiers to whom he al
ludes. This fact is known to the sol
diers, as well as to every one else, and
the November election VIII show that
they have not forgotten it.
He" (Col. CoBB,) had the su-
preme modesty of putting into his own
pocket the additional sum Of 80 600
for his distinguished services IN Cor
gress." This our neighbors say they
bao,0. Now if you know it to be
fact, viii you give US the proof? We
have no knowledge upon the subject
whatever, but from our knowledge Of
Col. COBB, we doubt the statement,
and demand the proof Col COBB,
unlike Mr. Eldridge, the Democratic
representative IN Congress from this
! State, voted against ra.=ing the mem
/ bcrs salaries. and we have no doubt
that unlike him and Senator Doolittle,
he failed to put the extra pay in his
own pocket. We Judge so from our
knowledge of Col. CoBB's conscien-
tiousness in such matters, and if our
neighbors know he did take it, let them
prove it by something more than bare
assertion
We know it Is part of the religion
Of some of the political friends of our
neighbors, to pocket all they can get,
and we are not particularly surprised
at them thinking as a matter Of course
Col. CoBB IS actuated by the same
principle. There are men who wor-
ship some other God than money, and
we have faith to believe Colonel Cons
! Is one Of them
But even if he did take the extra
pay allowed him by the bill alluded to
+ (which would fall far short of S2.0OO,)
was It any worse in him than in Mr..
Eldridge, Mr.. Doolittle, and every
I other member of the same political
faith in both branches Of Congress ?
/ lie was lust as much entitled to it un-
/ de- the law as they were, notwithstand-
ing his vote against the bill. and it
would look quite as honorable in our
I neighbors to censure their own party
friends for a wrong as to condemn the
! same act IN others
| Grant and Farragut.