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Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27

We. the representative Of the Repshlican
voters Of the State Of Iowa, in Couventioe A.
semblsd, ansoanee the 70 lowing - the platform
of cur principles:
Received, That We again proclaim il ~ . ear.
Ainal principle Of our political faith. th-t al
men are equal before the Law, and Ne are in f..
vor of such An amendment 10 the Constitution
u the State Of Iowa ~ viii secure the right Of
the ballot. the protection Of the Law ard equal
:-s.iee - AL men, irrespective Of color, race OF
religion.
Es.o'r~d, That We approve Of the military
reconstruction acts passed by the 39th and 4eth
Con gress, but a. their iliiberAl eonstfuetion BY
anfriendly officials deprives those acts Of their
energy and vitality, We demand that Con greft
assemble in July, 70 carry ont, BY additional
enactment, the true ard original intent in said
acts. the reconstruction Of the rebel States upon
. true and loyal basis.
Rssoiped, Tha. the prompt trial and punish
ment according to Law Of the head Of the late
rebellion for his ipfameus crimes is imperative
" demanded for the vindication Of the Consti-
tuition and the Law, and for the proper punish
ment Of the highest Of crimes II lie demanded
by justice, honor and . proper regard for the
obligations Of American citizenship, and BY .
due regard for the welfare and future safety o!
the reputlic, and it 10 due not on'y TO the digni-
~ Of the nation. but in justice 70 the loyal
people Who have been 50 heroic in their devotion
to the cause Of the Constitution, the Onion and
Liberty, and to the soldiers Of the Union Who
survive. and the memory Of the heroic dead.
Resoired, That We are in favor Of the ~etriciess
eepnony in the expenditure Of public money,
and We d. mand ct the hands Of all our ofheials,
both State and national, . faithful and rigidly
honest administration Of public Affairs.
Rssolpsd, That the Republican members Of
tAe Congress Of the United Statss, are entitled
90 the thanks Of the Nation for their frmness in
eosistine the consy Tracy 70 turn over the control
Of the eovernment 10 the hands Of traitors and
their allies, and in defeating the purpose of .
corrupt executive, and thus sustaining the hon
Or and integrity Of the Nation and protecting
the interest Of liberty in . great and dangerous
crisis Of our history.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27

The Methodist Episcopal denomin.
alton Of Iowa certainly contains -
much christianity and sound patriot
ism - any other in the State or Out
of it. W. have always been gratiied
to observe its readiness to encourage
not only by precept but by efficient
action and example. all progressive
movements having for their object the
advancement Of tho State in religion,
politics ssd temperance. We design
no reelection upon other dsnomina-
lions vbsa ~ ~ that the Nethodists
oflossbsssf saamore, prsctically,to
uustain and sender si1ci-nt the TEN.
psrsnss orgssisseions Of the State
lAsn any other branch . the Christian
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27

There car be no more pernicious
doctrine in politics than that Of class
es. 1t is in direct antagonism to the
true democratic principle. IL fact the
object Of a republican form o govern-
ment is to abolish all distinction Of
classes and treat every citizen ~ the
political equal Of every other citizen.
All class appeals. therefore, are anti.
republican and should be deprecated
and denounced ~ the tricks Of dema.
gogue. All classes have . common
interest in the liberslity and stability
Of government /; all classes are neces-
sary 10 each other in the body polite.
The rich mar cannot do without the
poor man; the poor man cannot live
without the rich man. Take away
capital and employment fails. Take
away labor and capital becomes
useless. Tie moneyed relations Of
society IS . rule. regulate themselves.
Every man may become rich. If he
have the muscle or brain. or both,
necessary to produce riches. This is
the rule, and the exceptions may be
the fault Of parents, or design. or ad.
ventitious circumstances, but not Of
society. In Republican America, with
Ill its governmental shortcomings even
. poor white" Of Tennessee-she
sub-stratum in America-may become
m accidental President. But while
the rule may thus work an exception
81 evil, it 10 the rule Of Heaven never
theless. II is this utter obliyiousness
of classes in our government. which
i the true secret Of its power, and no
man or party = pursue > course bet
ter calculated to weaken and destroy
IL vitality, than that of recognising
class distinctions, widening clsss diff
ferences and appealing to class preju-
dicea. In view Of those facts " SUBJ
init that the worst enemies Of our re-
publican form Of government are those
Democrsts who are constantly seek
ing to excite sectional and class feeling
by psrsistently lying about the char
acter and purposes Of different classes
Of our citizens. exciting hatred be.
tween them, and then hypocriticalIy
declaring themselves the champions
Of the class whose votes they hope to
secure.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27

Voters Of Buchanan county, You
are on the 9Th Of October to decide
whether the party which has preserv-
ed our nationality from destruction.
and rendered it possible tor W to live
in peace and security 10 to retain its
ascendency in this county, Of whether
you are to surrender, horse, foot AMI
dragon to the friends Of the Southern
Confederacy in your v midst. 1t
i to be the blue or the grey. Every
vote east for the Democratic candi-
date will be % far ~ endorsement Of
treason.
The record Of the Democratic party
IL clear and unmistakable. There is
no use in trying to mince the matter.
Traitors lifted their hands to strike
down the national flag. and received
the oren countance and support Of
Northern Democrats. Morally these
men who supported traitors by every
means which they dared employ are
~ guilty Of the murder Of our fathers,
sons and brothers. and Of all the mis-
cries which followed upon war. - the
rebels themselves. They encouraged
the enemy and thus prolonged the
war; they used every art Of persua.
sion to prevent enlistments; they at
tempted to dishonor our financial
credit; they voted against appropria-
tons 70 maintain our armies; they
slandered u leaders; they magni6ed
u defeats and the vicories Of the
enemy; they denounced our soldiery
- hirelings and sxtolled the Southern
traitors - patriots; they rejoiced
when rebels rejoiced and mourned
when rebels mourned they pronounc-
ed the var . failure, and nov thar VIC
tory sheds an imperishable lustre up
on the name Of u country, they de-
nounce the taxation which their own
trsitorous course made necessary, and
advocate the repudia,ios Of the na-
tion's honor. Could any party posi-
bly, possess . damning record
than that Of the Democracy We are
Sighting TO- day? MOI can there be any
mistake Is to the Gag under which our
enemies are fighting. They have torn
OF the stolen blue under which they
have attempted to ride into power
during the years just past, and nov
sport the ventAble butternnt and grey,
With the "stars aud bars" floating
proudly over them. There IL no posi-
bility Of installing their idenity. and
il only remains to be seen whether We
are to lose by the ballot what We
gained by the bullet.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27

clare that "Radicalism b the tool Of
. monied aristocracy, while Democrs-
cy i the faithful friend and champion
Of the laboring classes" Al we'll
might Satan and he hosts, after hAv-
ing been utterly defeated In their
great rebellion agains. high Heaven
and cast down into hell, have declared
themselves the champions Of right.
eousness and the authors Of salvation !
Do the Democracy appeal to the Ia
boring classes in the fond delusion that
they can neither read nor reasons Il
90, they should be Informed that this
is lows and not South Carolina that
this is . land Of free schools, and not
Of poor white trash.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27

Reader. We are Q apt to forget that
We have only recently emerged from
great struggle I; not one for pow.
er and aggrsndizement, in which there
might be patriotic differences of opin-
ION Is to its justice and ~expediency,
bnt for the nations very life, in which
he vho vas not for the Government
was necessarily for its destruction. and
therefore . traitor in principle and
practice. We are too apt to forget
that in the struggle hundreds and
thousands Of men in our own midst.
forgetting all the mercies, blessings
and protection received from the gov
eminent, and their sacred obligations
to support it. joined hands with the
traitors Who we're endeavoring to de-
stroy it, and persistently supported
them during the war. We forget
that these men practically served un-
der the Confederate dag, that the
blood Of the Union dead is upon their
hands - truly and legibly as upon the
hands Of the rebels themselves. VIZ
forget that their sympathies and earn
est wishes were all against the Union
and Union men. and for JET Davis
and the Southern Confederacy. We
forget hat it was their moral and
material support to the s'lost cause"
which prolonged the war, causing the
slaughter Of hundreds Of thousands Of
the eountry's patriots, and creating an
enormous burden of taxation. We
forget that but for these aiden and
abcttors Of treason the great problem
Of the war would have been solved
with . comparatively blood!ess strug-
gle.
Let us solemnly recall and remem-
Der these facts as the 9th Of October
opens upon US, and let Is 60 up to the
polls determined on such an over
~helming defeat Of the Southern Con-
fcderacy that treason will again retire
utterly rebuked and condemned, TO
its wailow.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27
DEMoCnAraC PLATFORM.

JuDGE MASON IL A DIaUSIoNIsT-
A TRAITOR TO THE NATIONAL
GovERNnENr.-N Thomas ". Caggets
in 1861.
"JEYPKRsoN DAVIS - A BETTER
UNION MAN THAN ABRAHAM LIN
coLN."-Judye Mason.
"JUDGE MAsox's sYxPATHIEs HAVE
BEEN roc STRONGLY WITH rHE ARCH
TRAITORS To SUIT THE PATRIOTIC
DEMocRAcY or IowA."-W r. Cool.
6dugh.
I 6eiieye from the bottom Of my
heart that tie election Of any ma az
Governor Of loyal State at Mepres-
ens time, occupying the position which
JUDGE Macon does on Mis great Ques-
ton Of prescribing the government.
WOULD BE A. DISASTROUS TO THE
CAUSE or TaE UNION Az THE LOSS or
4 GREAT BArrLE."-W ". r. COoAbaugh
Democratic Senator from Des Noinea
county.
II AN AWARE THAT ] HAVE HAD THE
NIsF0RrCNE TO DIFFER FROM MANY
PATRIOTIC AND JUST MEN DURING THE
sToRAY TINES THAT PRECEDED AND
ACCOMPANIED OUR LATE BLOODY
srRIrE.-AM NOT YET SAT.
ISFIED THAT HAVE BEEN
MUCH IN ERROR."-Judye No.
sons Addyess. July, 1867.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27
Notice 10 Teachers and Schee]
GERS.

Tn COMPLIANCE WITH A RESOLUTION
Of the Board Of Supervisors, public exami-
nations of Teachers will be held in the several
District Townships in Buchanan County Al
follows:
In Perry Township, At the School House in
Littleton, on Monday, Oct. 1sth.
In Fairbank, at the School House in the vii
laec Of Fairbsnk, on Tuesday, Oct. 18th.
In Haaleton, ut the School House in tho vii
Iage of Hazleton, on Wednesday, Oct. 10th.
In Buffalo, At the School House in sub district
No. l, on Friday. Oct. 18th.
In Jesup, for the Independent District oil
Jesup and the District Township Of Westburg,
on Monday. Oct. 2Ist.
At the School House in Brandon, for the Dis.
trict Townships Of Jefferson and Homer, on
Wednesday, Oct. 23rd.
At the School House in Winthrop, on Friday
Oct. 25th, for the District Townships ofgRyron
nd Fremont.
At the Court House in Independence, on
Saturday, Oct. goth, for the Independent Dis.
trict, and the Dist. Townships Of Washington
and Sumner.
Al the school House in Qunsqueton, on Mon,
day, Oct. 28th, for Liberty and Como.
At the School House in sub district No. 5, Ia
Newton Township, on Wednesday, Oct. 3oth.
At the School House near Mr.. John Specs,
(No. s. in Middls6sld, on Friday, Nov. LIST.
At thu School House near Wards Corners, ia
Madison, ON Monday, Nov. lth.
These examinations are TO be held fSr ths
convenience Of teachers living At . distance from,
the County Seat, and also to give Directors On
opportunity % witness tho examination Of thoss
seeking employmst ~ teachers, and thus enab!a
them to judge intclligently oftheiT Qualifications
Teschsrs who have engaged for the Winter
tern, will please AttspA The examination 10 The
township ia which they expect to teach.
These examinations will be oompisneed ct
O'Clock 4, N, and siossd at 4 ?. ~. aud - they
viii Be sondustsd orally, teachers will please b
prompt In their sttsndsnee.
MS @. @. PIERCE, Co. 6up't.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27

church. When the life Of the nation
was threatened the Methodist church
North was found ahnost . unit upon
the sijc Of the Govcrnment-ao de-
domination exceeding it ia patriotism
or m~anifestsng more advanced politi-
cal ideas. Il Is IN ne van Of
governmental progress. The action
Of representative bodice. ~ well as
facts and figures. sometimes startle by
their endden revelations. but We trust
those Of our friends who oppose f.
male suffrage will not lose their equi-
librium when they discover that the
North Iowa Conference Of the Meth
odist Church have fully endorsed that
great ~principel Of true democracy At
their annual session just closed. We
invite the careful attention Of our
readers to the following resolutions
W. are especially grati6ed from the
fact that the Endorsement of the prin-
Of universal outrage is SO positive and
unmistakable:
REPORT OF cor. ON III STATE or THE
COUNTRY.
We, the North Iowa Conference Of
the Methodist Church, and Loyal Cit
isens Of our great Republic. advoca.
ting the inalienable right Of suffrage
and . full representation based upon
the supremacy Of the majority, and q
jus: regard tor the natural rights Of
the minority,-and believing that
these principles are a. necessary to
the full Development Of the political
liberties Of the American people az
the growth Of grace in our religious
organisations, do
Resolre, LIST, That We believe the
time has come in the history Of our
country when the right Of universal
I, suffrage should be extended to all
classes of loyal citizens.
ID, That in the organization Of our
civil government there should be
guaranteed to every person . perfect
equality 10 national, civil and politi-
cal rights.
Sd, That NC earnestly protest
against the action Of our Executive in
removing from official position those
men who have stood irm by the prin-
ciples Of our government while passing
through the late struggle for national
existence.
4,h, That We will give support to
no candidate for Legislative Office. who
will not pledge himself for the SUI
premacy Of Federal Law over State
legislation, to the consolidation and
perfect union Of the confederacy, with
. constitutional republican form of
government in every State.
5,h, That We endorse the action Of
Congress in placing its legislative
hand upon the throat Of treason, and
the Reputation Of the elaine Of trai
tors.
9Th, We acknowledge the hand If
Divine Providence in bringing us thus
tar safely through the perils that have
threatened BUR political government.
and trust that in the wisdom of our
Legislators and the blessing of God
our reunion will be based upon the
broad principles Of truth and justice;
that we may afford an example to the
world Of > free and intelligent people,
framing and administering their own
laws, and providing an asylum for
the oppressed and down trodden Of
other lands.
VIM. PuRvIs,
J. SKLBY,
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27

A few months ago the Conservative
Of this city, was very indignant be-
cause We referred to it az . Copper
head sheet. The name sounded badly
was not in good odor with the people,
and the mild nerves Of the quiescen,
reptile were very gnevously shocked,
And it moreover indignantly denied
having opposed the war. We fell
confident the latent animus would
again develop itself with even re-
doubled venom This weeks issue Of
the delectable sheet contains such ar
outburst Of Confederate slang and
frenzy that We cannot resist the i'm.
pulse to give > few extracts as evil
dence of its support Of the late var
and lis loyalty to the government
which protects it.
I'VE say what is good for the tar
payers Is good enough for the bond
holding hi hounds Of > rump var,
rump congress and . rump money au-
thority.- Conservative, Sept. 95th,
1867.
All it was . rump" war you sup
ported. then! And the men and wo-
men who loaned their money to the
Government in the hour Of its soress
need we're he'll hounds, were they!
This is complimentary to the ten thou.
eands of even poor men aud women
who loaned every available dollar they
possessed to the Government for the
sole purpose of enabling i, to preserve
its existence.
FOR > radical to talk Of loyalty is
like satan rebnking sin. They would
not. could not, nor never will be loyal
until they are all placed where Con-
over is. or until they repent and show
a little love for the whole country in
stead OF trying and that continually to
sever the nation and bring more than
Mexican turmoil to our very doors
Conservative. Sept. a5th 1867.
The only charitable construction
to be placed upon the above, il to sup.
pose that its writer WAS either crazy
o drunk. When he RECEIVERS be will
probably discover that be il not in
Richmond, Virginia, nor under the
dirty pennon of the Southern Confed.
eracy.
Talk about brazen efrontery.
Why, sir, not only during the war but
up to the present time. your party
(meaning the Republics party) has
effronted everything decent, and TO.
day has it's unholy fingers upos the
+" throat of liberty" while its accursed
fangs are daily tearing ont the bowels
Of freedom and rending asunder our
once beloved and happy country.
You talk about )" black record" II
you had even horse sense, you would
blush At the words. for you would then
know yourselves ~ others know
you"-to have the blacklist, vilest and
most damnable record of any party
that ever existed under the sun, and
so devilishly indelible that even old
time himself will forever find it hard
TO obliterate your = marks and your
scratches. Generations to come will
point to them in horror and in shame
~ acts Of imbecile foolishness and
malignant tyranny and wonder that
ever a nation lived to suffer it."-ln-
dependence Conservative. Sept. 25th.
1867.
Whisky could sever have produced
the above. Nothing short Of absolute
lunacy could have inspired such I
conglOmeration of treason and imbe-
cility.
But what an ardent support the
Conservative must have rendered the
war, and what . foul SANDER to term
it , Copperhead sheet!
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27

Another wonder has been found in Abba.
The onion Of that place says some work
men in diging . we'll came scross the bone,
Of some hugo animal completely petri6ed,
twenty-five feet below the surface Of The earth
The editor says:
From the immense size Of these bones
the animal must hare been of the Mastodon
OF mommoth species. How they zane there,
and how many centuries they have been i'm.
beded in their deep, dark tomb, are ques-
tons for the geologist to determine. The
great animal was doubtless Of an.ediluvian
origin"
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27

1t is said that q veritable hell hai
been discovered in Montana. It is .
lake Of FIRE and birthstone burning in.
cessantly. 1t is creditably stated that
this u the source Of the Salt River
the Uopperhcads Of Iowa are making
preparations TO ascend on the 9Th Of
October. They will come to their
Legitimate end. It is the old story Of
the eternal fitness Of things.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27

MAsox's PLArFoRx.-Senator Morton in
his great speech q, Columbus, Ohio, put.
Judge Mason's platform into the fewest pos
sihle words. We appeal TO every fair.mind.
ed man Who has heard or read Mason's Mt,
tersnces during the war and since its close
If they are not oil summed up in these pro
positions:
The reputation OF the National debt.
"The restoration Of slavery, or, ifthas car
not be done, payment by the nation for The
slaves.
"Pensioning the soldiers, widows and or
phans Of the Confederate army.
Recognition Of the right OF secession.
"And the unconditional return to REBEL
Of political power"
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27
"A TIE OF IOWA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.


EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
j the State Of Iowa, and BY virtue Of authority
in me vested, I, ". N. STONE, Governor Of
the State Of Iowa, hereby proclaim and give
notice, that on the second Tuesday of the com
ing October, namely, o. October eighth, A. D.
1867, there will be held il and throughout the
State Of Iowa, . General Election and I here
BY designate and announce the following spsci-
ned odices 10 the e@ces to b flied II said
general election BY vote Of all the electors Of
the said State, to-wit:
The ONCE Of Governor Of the State.
The ONCE Of Lieutenant svssnor Of the
State.
The once Of sspsrintsadsnt Of Psblis In
struction.
The once Of Judge of the supreu. Court, in
January, 1868.
Also, the once Of Attorney. General Of the
State for the unexpirsd tern Of Frederick E.
Bissell, deceased, the vacancy new being oiled
BY Henry 0Connor. appointed Juns 20. 1857.
Also, the once Of Superintendent Of Public
Instruction Tor tie snsxpirsd tern Of Orsn
Faviile. resigned, the vacancy being sow AIisd
BY p. =. Wells, .PPoiatsd Nay l. 1851.
Also, ct the same time there will b held .
Special Election 10 the 13d Senatorial District.
composed Of Scott County, 10 III the vssaney
occasioned BY the resignation Of Joseph B.
Leake, late Senator from said District.
Whereof all the lawful electors Of the said
State ard Of the I'D Senatorial District, will
take due notice and whereof the Sheriff Of the
Counter Of the State Of Iswa, and the Sheriff q
the County esmposing the 33d Senatorial Dis.
trict. will take o6icisI notice, asA b governed
according ely.
In testimony whereof, I have hssuunts 1T nv
name and caused to b akKed The Great Seal OF
the State Of Iowa. Done 1t Des Moines, this
~ 9Th day Of September. A. D. 1857,
(sgAG\ in the twenty .hrst year Of the Stat:
Wv Of lows, and Of the independence
Of the United States he niasey second.
By the Governor: W. n. STONE,
En-. WRIoHr, 6ec'y Of Stats.
SHERIFE'S OFFICE
buchanan Cossty.
In compliance with Section l63 Of the Re.
~ . nstics to the 4leetors Of Buchanan County.
And potics 10 hereby givsr to the s~lsstors Of
said county, that Il the time above specified,
the following noes sys to b Gilsd ~ - cleo.
ton held 10 ssid oounty, Wis.
The once Of Representative.
The oGies Of Treasures.
The olies Of County Judge.
The once Of Sheriff.
The o1es Of Coroner.
The o0ss Of County Surveyor.
1he oass Of sapssintsndsst Of Common
Schools.
Whereof The gisstsss Of Bsehsnas County
will take due notice.
In tsstinoay whereof ! Asvs hsssssto sst ~
nams and title Of o0cs, q IndspsnAsacs, The
leth dsy Of sssssshss. 4. p: iss!.
nl..lv Sheriff 81 DSsAsssn County.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27

The Republican neetinGs last ussk we're
generally well attended and cs1husiastic. We
trust our friends viii look carefully 70 the
appointments for next sssk and endsssor to
secure /. fin attendance 20 al the mestinss.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27

Silence Is The asfsst responses for al BON.
tradiction thai afissS from impsstinencs,
vu'pnfy or suv-.