Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-08-21
TmE rlOr OF rHI WaIsKY RlaG.

uV GErAs 1VHrTkSstthat NtteCst IN Rl'
buque has h-oagh; tn light the mos, diaboli.
cal rlo, of the whisky ring to get posses.
ion Of this Congressional and Of the
Federal Offices within il, ever coacocted BY
the moot desperate villains. Forvears the dis
tillers ofthe Caitsd States have been defrasi-
ing the Government on, OF from e1s.000.>
600 to tlee ea9 900 annual revenue by con.
nivance viii Federal sErsrs and by downs
right .iudling in svadingits reveuas tax.
This deficiency has had ,obs made reed out
Of the ropkeis Of honest tax payers. Tie
Government has thus been absolutely
defrantei every wear on, Of . sum nssri,
sufficient 1, nav in ordinary expenses By the
great disillias interest Of The nation /.
Wherever appointments Of revenue oficsrs
have been ina is Ia the interest Of Andrew
johnson or,he Dem seratic party, they have
almost invariably been ia The inierss; Of the
whisky ring. ], Las onls been viea these
officers have lsen appointed AT the instance
Of homes, Rel usl.ean Coasressmen. that
men Of Integrity have been secured and tie
revenue laws eaforced effectively ~ aiust the
distille-. ], sa par. Of the plan Of the
great whisky ring Of the eoun,rr, whose
head quarters are in New York, to de:sAt
he denomination Of every member Of Con
gress who has proved faithful to his eonssi;-
uen,s, faithful 10 his trusts ana faithful TO
his oath q ocise, by securing the appoint
ment Of sueh revenue officers Is would en-
force the ID W. against disiileu without fearor
favor. The creates, thorn iu the side Of ID
whole whisst iaisres, 10 Congress, has been
Vim. B. Allison. Of this district. Not only
has be at all li.les lsborei 50 q member Of
theCommiitee Of Ways and Means 10 ihwari
the plans and overture the plots Of the uhis>
ky ring, Ia ii. rgi.ts TO ds.raad the Governs
nsat ba, the feselae officers in this dis.rie,
appointed I'll HE insiAr GO. are men Of sach
integrity O. character md srch unLsnding
Ermness in ,hs discharge Of their duties thai
the Comm ssiosei at Washington las espe-
chilly congratulated Mr.. Allison upon the
fact that in tie 81 district Of Iosa, alone OF
81 the dis rieis Ia the com ~, The revenue
tax pa The dis iilers has been efficiently
collected Therefore Mr.. Allison reaped
the special hate and special vengence Of the
WHISKY ring. This great combination Of
swiudlers determined to defeat the rsnomi.
nation OF Mr.. Allison al ali hazards, and
TO SECURE the nosninstion OF some unscru>
pnlsus dsmsgogus who would be wiling
tool .h-ir hands. 1t VS. in pursuance OF
this dssig that J. &. Graves, who il and a.
ways has seen identified with the whisky
ia,erSs. Of Dubuque. became svilling as
pirsnt for Congressional bono,s, and re-
sorted to the N est dsmning and outrageous
fraud. to secure the endorsement Of his oxn
county. Joe. Rhonberg. the king disiiiler
Of Dubuque sne of Iowa, who curses the
Republican par,s BY claiming men bsrship
IN il, and John Glab and A. Jaeger,
two Democratic disiillers. have been noio-
riusly bis leading supporters aud workers
Led by these men, the whsle liquor interest
Of Dubuque, including big and little saloon
kee2sn, big and little whisky drinkers. Repub
licsn and Democrat c, have been from the be
ginning Of this eartsst the supporters and
workers Of J. X Graves and the bitter en-
snies OF Wm. Il. Allison. /. was these men
Who took possession OF the polls ., the sew
sral caucus-s, aad insulsed respectable Alli-
son Republicans and forced in the votes Of
notorious Democrats BY scores; who spent
money BIZ the Wholesale TO buy up votes and
who, finding themselves fairly beaten, after
all their rascality. resorted to the logic of a
mob to break up the CT. convention in .
row and insure if possible tie rejection Of
The Allison de'eg4ii IN at Wes, Onion. II
is these men who are nos circulating lying
railroad maps 'hraughou; the district in or
j .r If possible TO convince the people that
Mr.. Alls ION has bee. endearor ng to sell cut
heir interests 10 sogiltss corporations. II
sthese men and their seraant tools al the
several county seats, who food the districts
~ith printed extracts from = speech Of
Washburne of Illinois, in his attack upon
Donnelly of Minnesota. which they falsely
construs - charging corruption upon Mr..
Allison. They have canss TO work thus
desperately aud shamsfully. The distiR-
>ries Of Dubuque hare not been running for
year or more, oiciay 10 The .faithfainess Of
ne officers appointed on the recommendation
Mr.. Allison.
T. iroffs on one reel $ running Of Jos
L aberg's dssiAe'y in Dubuque, ro"td
more than pay all expenses incurred IN de-
fsoting M. Allison enonjnotion. Rhom-
l,srg has publicly declared that he viii spend
$40 900 in the district 10 defeat Mr.. Allison
The plan was and is simply this: secure
The nomination of .. X. Graves, If possible
# not. defeat Mr.. Alisons nomination Al
all hazards and run the chances Of cor,
aptiny new man. Anything rather than
Allison.
Shall the Vaccinations Of this great com-'
l,inaIiou Of scoundrels be permitted TO sue
<ee0l 0pou TIT iiiSu WIZ nav NehocaetS
I, defrauded Tie Government out Of hun'
4iseis of millions Of revenue, which We are
10 help make good by increased taxation
lie allowed by our assistance toobtaln con
srol of this Congressional district, BY pa
ing dswn faithful public servant, an
securing tbs nomination Of some man VIII
NAV b MOULDED IN their interests?
We last week gave several reasons wh
re favored the denomination of Mr.. ALI
son to Congress, but If there we're no othe'
At would seem a.,losi essential Tor the main
tainancs of the integrity Of the party tha
this desperate attempt Of the whisky ring
ont down 40 officer who has been 90 faithful I
Ii trusis e to incur the hate aud rsyenR
al the most carrup. combination of SCOUT
d,sls that svel had All existence on A,ne
an soil, SHOULD meet with such rsb Ike
.ould forever end such uuholy attempts
sv;udliug and corrupting the Republics
,,.rtv "a ,hat which seeks to compass u
d.,s.t q, Mr. Allisan and tosecure the mol
c.,,on of man who has always been de
lied with tie ! Lishy ring.