Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-04-17

For the Gazette
Rcplicatfon to the Conn
inG Man.
see by the GAZETTE Of April Sd,
that some correspondent under the
signature Of G. has started that great
and good man Col. Sessions ON the
track for Congress. I doubt not but
G. had full authority both from the
Central Committee and from Col. g.,
and IL was C.'s duty and right for
him to do IL.
Now that his name has been start.
ed, oil say his nomination and cleo
ton Ii q foregone conclusion. IL has
spread over this county and Grundy
like prairie sciid fire and IL fast run
ming over the District. All French
town, this week, have been passing
nay office and clamoring around the
ColonePs office door, singing the
Colonel praises I'm an unknown
tongue. One of our extensive deal
ers in hoop skirts and fur, On soon ms
he heard the Colonel was on the
track, sold his stock at an awful sac
rifice and gathering up his mantle,
left the church to take the stump for
the Colonel. Democrats, large
share of them, from Tom to Bah give
1t up and say If the Colonel Ii on the
course, 1t will be useless for them to
say word or make any nomination,
for the Colonel will blow them all of
like chaff.
See what the Algona Democrat of
April 9th, says: what we have all
along feared has already taken place,
viz: The Cedar Falls GAZETTE of the
Sd, has started the name of Col. Seq
sions for Congress. Had the Pumps
but run Scott, Porter or Clarkson, we
might have had q fair chance, but
with the Gallant COL s. for their
leader, our hopes are all gone and we
shall not be able to find any good
sensible democrat to enter the list
against the Colonel, and shall be
obliged to run again as before, our
forlorn hope, the fat Judge G. or our
stump-tail b." We see by this that
the Democrats have given 1t up that
the Colonel IL bound to win.
/ cannot quite agree with c. that
we could spare the Colonel as we'll as
not. If he goes to Congress, their
loss will be our gain, but who shall
we have to run after and toady to the
distinguished then of the nation
when they arrive at Cedar Falls. Is
he not always the first one to run
when great man stops at the Carter
House. c. must have forgotten too,
when he says we can spare the Colonel
as well or better than any other man.
What would become of our railroad
interest IL he Is to leave us? Did he
not, unaided and alone, build the G.
+. & III. +. n. r.? IL he not the
lesding man In our Iowa G. II, II. i?
Did he not take a whole 800 share of
Its stock, and pay up the same I'm
good promises? Did not the Iowal'.
X. r. pay him literally last winter
TO stay ut home, and not take his great
Influences to Des Moines and corrupt
and demoralize the third house with
his dead head tickets?
l can ihdorse all c. says, and more
too, ON the gailaatry question, for /
have known some who had so much
confidence Ina the Colonel's gallantry
that they have even left their babies
on his door steps for him to adopt.
AS a revenue officer he was un-
equalled in this county while he held
that Office, and it IL currently report
ed that he tiade enough out of the
stationery trade to make both him.
self and his coroner wealthy; and
his successor reports that I'm careful
examination of tho Colonel's books.
In the last six months of his reie a
that the Colonel made few less than
200 mistakes, and thinks the Govern
ment will probably get small trifie
outof 1t when all mistakes shall have
been corrected.
Orator .ft poeta nascitur.-He Is
the reputed Poet Laureate of the Wa
terloo Conrier-See Courier of March
5th; and as an orator he has not an
equal In our city. Read LID speech
of Sept. 10th, 1865, at the election of
May, Chairman, its equal cannot be
found In all the District. The speech
can be had of the Post Master.
The Colonel earned his name and
fame as Colonel when he served Nth
our army In Flanders, and he bears
all of his gushing honor thick upon
him meekly. Unobtrusive modesty
IL o prominent trait i'm his character.
Some men are born to greatness
land have filled the bill,) but the
Colonel has had his thrust upon
him." Two years since, when the
Colonel's bosom friend, Fitz Henry,
was appointed minister to GUATEMALA,
the Colonel was offered the appoint
ment of minister plenlpotentiary to
Timbucto, but he was induced to de-
cline this offer by zImri and the rest
of his friends, and promised III no
would do so he should have the priv
ilege Of running for Congress at this
election, and we are under q moral
promise to let him run. If we get
him well on the track he In bound to
make good race a. his wind Is
good. He may balk little at first
and want email share OF fiattery to
get him of, but once started nothing
In the shape Of Animal inapktDse 5i-
ped can head him off.
Isee by the GAZETTE Of the 10th,
that some CIV. d. has undertaken to
head off the Colonel and to make q
division In our ranks, and has hurled
his brntum .fuinsen at me and has