Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-08-14

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faithful to hla colU1laf, IL tY1-
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BePsrts Against Mr. Ailisea.
Mr.. Allison has some bitter personal ene>
mics, who are entirely unscrupulous in their
use Of meas TO defeat his denomination.
We desire therefore to caution our readers
against crediinc the reports put in eircula>
ton to injure the reputation of Mr.. Allison
The same means we're employed two wears
ago to lure him, but the charges were
every one Of them without any hasis what,
ever, and not G particle Of evidence was ever
aAduced TO sustain them. These charges
viii be reta;led thick aud sas. about Con.
vention time for the simple purpose Of in,
ducing delegates 10 vote for Congressional
delegation which will oppose NJ. Allison
6rst, last and all the time. |, nay be under
tho blind Of so-called Wilcox delegation,
or in Some other way.
We hare favored the denomination OF
9r. Allison for several very plain reasons.
1. VIC believe him 10 be the 6rst choice
of three fourths Of the Republicans of Bus
chanan County. If this be the case, no
personal riaue OF one, two or five men ought
10 be allowed to secure delegation from The
county against him. The viii of the people
certainly ought to receive fair and fail ex,
preston. Lat US have no more secre,
rings" Ike that Of two ye rs ago, which
secured the election OF an Adams delegation
when the masses Of the party were nearly all
for Allison.
>. Mr.. Allison has been faithful rcpre>
sentative in every emergency. He has never
failed to express The will of his constituency
on AZ The vital questions Of tue day. Every
Republican in The district feels tha, VIM. B.
Allison can be trusted, no matter what I'M
Auepces may be brought to bear upon him,
and that under no circumstance could be b.
induced 10 rerea, the role of James W.
Grimes.
3. NJ. Allison has ably represented the
Sd district of Iowa. His qualities are not
of that brilliant order which dazzle and can.
,ivate the senses. neither are those OF Gen.
Grant, but rather OF the solid. substantial
cast whose worth is determined by results
rather than show. He is emaen,,y work.
er, with the ability to express bis opinions
Sorcibly, but with the disposition and ca
pacity TO perform tie harl work which far
more than mere oratory tells upon the !, gis.
lation of Congress. Blu, few men in Con,
gress attain and retain with constantly in-
creasing influence the position Of Mr.. Allison
upon the Committee Of Ways and Means.
His labors upon that most important COM
mittee in the House have beeu warmly ap-
plauded by the very FIRST minds IN Congress.
While not great Fan in the ordinary &C,
ceptatio1 Of that term, his good common
sense, bis unloading integrity and his lire
less industry have made Lim ole Ct the lead
ers Of the House, and given him an influence
there which no new man would possess
This leads US naturally to the next reason.
4. 1t is dangerou. TO swap horses while
crossing the stream" At no period Of our
history has there been more imperative
need for true and influential men in Congress
than at present or At the immediate future.
The simple but terrible problem to be solved
by the coming election is peace or rar.-
Should Seymour and Blair be elected, the
nation will be precipiiated upon one Of the
most fearful crises Of its history for should
the rebel programme be carried out, the Ex.
scutive would raise the red hand of reyolu-
ton against Congress and the loyal millions.
How vastly important, in such . coniiDgen
cy, that our representatives be men Of long
experience anc tried faithfulness When .
change is made, let il he after the grea
questions which distract the country shall
have been fully and finally decided.
We should learn wisdom from our enc,
0iss The great secret Of the long prepon'
dsrating influence Of the South in our ma
AlvnAl councils lay in the simple fact tina
When they found faithful Representative,
shsy stack 10 him and steadily returned hin
70 his seat in Congress, while the NortherI
constituencies, under the fatal rule Of rota
lior, no sooner got man fairly harnesses
than they silhdrew him from the course il
order to give some other snoring, fiery ssee
chance to display b s speed sud bottom
II was not that Southern men we're 90 niue
smarter, bnt they acquired greater skill an
in6aencs through continued service. Th
came reasons apply 70 the Nss England de
.egations. If We would ccun.eract the q
most ovsrpo xering influence Of Nee Ens
land in Congress, ne must not send agrse
hands" to compete with her skilled forces.
With the single exception of Mr. LougE
ridge new men have been nominated
every otker district Of the State. Skonl
NJ. Allison be returned, be would newt,
bly, become the acknowledged bead Of Il
Iowa delegation, a. be has hitherto been 9,
easdsd second only to Wilson. aud you
Ahea pesaess IN influence esep beyond tn
already welded BY him.
Taking into viev all these consideration
10 II at al strange that the peaple are 80 &c
.r~llv favorable to retaining Mr.. Allison
,he position he has fiIsd 50 ably aud faitI
1uIl,Y We state Q candid truth when =
....,t ,hnt 80 far as our observation extend
lie Opposition to Mr.. Allison nearly al Q
,.i..lrs from personal or selfish motive
Such s,o,ises, howercr, generally impel ms
4. the exercise Of unfair aud unWev'hy 'ncs'