The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-09-17
ROBERT COVER, President,
Amos G. Miller, Secretary.
Why Lefnngwell Should Not be
'sS4tt' "f~ Elected a

BECAUSE, rom and after his
dismissal from the army, ne affiliated
with the CoppeThead u element of the
Democratic party; in February, 1853,
making. a speech in this city denuncia-
tory of the conduct of the war by the
Government and in the course of which
he stated, as. All illustration Of the evils
Of what be called the unconstitutional
policy of the administration, that in
Missouri rebels were Killed and captured
IN battle who had in their pockets pa
roles previously given, but who were
compelled" to take up arms, again by,
the course pursued BY the Union armies
that il, because the war was begin
ming to he conducted to hurt the rebels
regardless of the institution of slavery
aud other. "unconstitutionaln points
upon which the DslnGcracy North and
South have always been 50 extremely
tender. ~ U@# 1HTzil@ 81 s5t RE tts.-
Second Because, ia ls64, he support.
ed Mcclellan and Pendlrtoii upon the
-four years Of failure PLATFORM" which
meant q comptets surrender 60 traitors
ahe one fully ekenlplifying the military
failure question, and the other.a disun--
ionist at the outset. s.
Ttir1LBecsiusc, III, 1sss, when the
rebels, partially recovered from the ef-
fects ,of'defant in the field, And encoir-
aged by Johnson aud the Democratic
party, sought to gain hy. diplomacy
what they had lost by arms, he took the
stump in this District for the Democrat
ic candidate, whose vote aud influence
if elected, would haze been cast on the
side Of those rebels, and against consti-
tutiona, liberty ard human equality. !.
fSnth-- because. he supportssSeyanour
and BlAir--tAe one u complete persona
tication Of the word Copperhead, and
the other All embodiment Of iawless vio-
lence and catiseieSs war, as evident by
the letter securing his nomination, in
which he declared that the President-to
be must overthrow the Southern State
Governments by the bayonet. @G
Etfh-Because he advocates the paw
ment of fl ve-tWenties in greenbacks in
stead of ia gold, in violation Of national
faith and honDr-being the the first step
in the Democratic policy Of repaaia-
ton. sss air zT.
Sixth Because his chief beast is that
he has always been Democrat, in the
hour of its prosperity, and in the dark
est hour of its uiversa. va member of
the democratic party, under whose adj
ministration and 10y whose aid rebellion
was orgaAized aud commenced; al
member Of the Democratic party, which
step by step, inch by inch, fought every
movement OF the Government to defeat
disunion, which bitterly opposed tile
emancipation of the slaves of traitors in
arms, which demanded truce that the
country might be surrendered into the
hands OF those endeavoriiig to destroy
1t, which desired to instantly reinstate
conquered Traitors into power, which
requires the destruction Of reconstruc ted
Snnfharn pr,f ,1n MT ,.-6t
seeks to continue to deprive of all polit-
which requires that the United States
shall forever b. disgraced by refusing to
fulfil d plain financial obligation; in
short, whiclff from long before the open
ing of the war to this day, has been the
bosom aliy-as party, no matter how
good the intentions Of many of its MEM
bers-of Shareholders, secessionists, trail
tors and copperheads. $50 $50 III
A score OF other good reasons could
readily be adduced, any one OF which
should be sufficient to deter true friends
OF the country from voting for Letting
we'll, but these half dozen are enough
for the purpose. III e
On the contrary, the reverse Of each
cause Of opposition. to the Democratic
candidate is reason enough why Smith,
the Republican nominee, should he
elected: He is representative menu
Der OF the party which put down treason
and saved the Union, abolished slavery,
ana extended the area Of freedom;
which will keep down treason and pre-
serve the Union, maintain liberty and
promote political equality, and substan-
tiate the financial credit ofthe nation
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