Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-05-15

political rier, ] will say here, tina, il ! ever
sneak outside Of my profession and the ring
7. Of politics. i, will be on the rights Of child-
I rem, who should not be treated MS dead logs,
! ba, b. treated as intelligent human beings,
/ whom you wish 10 raise up 70 follow in your
! footsteps. They viii but re-echo ,he Seoii>
meni of every true intelligent man and wos
man Of Iowa,
You utter sach sentiments fellsw citizens
/ That il is only a wonder that any man should
have been ioaud who is ashamed q them,
| fApplausc. You utter a truth 50 vital, so
/ Heaven horn. so eleyating in ail It's clements
that no tnan who has ever lived upon the
/ earth, or in the civilized world has been able
to answer in conscience for holding cons
trary doctrine. Applause.J
| l congratulate you that yoa bravery step
out on this ono doctrine of esvslizat0n ln
! this last grand half OF tue nineteenth ccntG,
| nv, made more glorious by the chapter OF
American history which We have just passed
| through. Don't You realize, don't You ieei
as do. sometimes, "a blash OF shame come
to rav check at the thought that | should
ever have hesitaied for moment, or should
have dared to debate upon the equal rights
| OF the whole human brotherhood.
| thank YOU for that. l thank You again
/ fellow.ci,izens, because you have echoed the
common sentiment of The people Of Iowa,
not Of the Republican party alone, but ('o
their honor be il said Of the honest Demos
Gratis Of Iowa, when You have said by reso>
| luton tina, the human wretch. who has been
| faithless TO everything, taiihless TO every
| pledge that he has made, and iaithiess alike
| to the high and the low, the wretch without
one redeeming quality in his execrable
character YOU have echoed the sentiments OF
| every honest man in Iowa. without distinc>
| ton Of party. when you say that he onght 10
| be hurled from the office he has disgraced,
an office in the nation that he has SO touliy
| dishonored.
| am no sunshine politician, worshipcr Of
no man. Rumors fly, or rather are carried,
on every eastern breeze, of the hesitation
! and doubts in the mind Of one OF the rep
! resen,a,ives from Iowa. speak Of men.
never was a believer in this humble doctrine
| OF measures, not men. Measures are as
| nothing. unless YOU have men with the soul,
and conscience, &c carry them ont.
Breezes from the East come laden with
| whispers OF doubt in this great struggle in
which representative OF this glorious State,
that has she'd SO much blood, has desolated
so many hearth stones, left so any widows
aesolata, and filed the land with orphans,
one>armed men, one.egged men who Lave
given all but their lives for their country,
that one representative Of this great State.
that has made 4 name that has gone 10 the
uttermos; parts Of the civilized world, has
doub, as to what Is his duty in case where
the evidence is mountain high, In case
where. if you took band Of twelve counter
feiters and pu. them on the trial Of the
tbir,eenth, they could net fail to convict
hin.
Fourteen years ago this spring, at Iowa
City, where my Old friend before me lives,
he would have had no doubt under such cir
cGmstances, when the Democracy ruled To-
va. and We were battling them, when con-
servatism trembled. these conservative men
who would lie. steam engine 70. for fear you
would break il in using.
When | was battling in ny feeble boy
way Tor those principles, mixed, SIS much as
dared, with my original negro equality as
you call it-when We looked around for |
candidate we could 6ni no man % ran, / |
found candidate and he was nominated on |
the sole condition that ! should persuade |
him to run. After considerable trouble l
accomplished my task. That banner he /
raised aud carried triumplantly, especially
through this part ofihe State, and we ac>
chievei our frs. victory under that man.
| feel myself responsible for having cone
something. and have always credited myself
with great homer for having presented james
". Grimes for that position. He has dled
the position Of Senator OF this State With |
I.r th.ra bar hal
We want no doubts. speak plain. say
thai though he were ten times more hoHor>
Ell. though ae were a thousand times great
er, and if instead of being my friend lie were
my father or brother, or what is ,till nearer
my son. ii he started through and stepped
back, aud failed - discharge this plain man
iiest duty, | say ii he failed, when the evil
dence is there. sufficient for any man, who /
viii le, his soul speak and le: his Conscience |
guide him, with readiness through every
sorrow would be the first in every door
step, in every school house to denoance Kim
as unfit TO represent Iowa and untrue to ed-
usa,iou and principles. Applause. II
there is any capital to be made. out Of what
say, by a Democratic reporter for Dem,
ecratic party, by this seeming detection in
Iowa, want him to get the benefit of it
Immediately. want him TO telegraph it TO
the Chairman Of the National Democratic
party at Washington, with the request that
il be published tomorrow morning.
There IS much more ! would like TO speak
about, but You are al seeming to feel SO
good tha; commend yoa to your reflections.
Applause and cheers.
-Four delegates at large to the Chicago
Convention were elected as follows:
Peter Melendy, Ct Black Hawk Gen. J.
A. Williamson, Of Polk Gen. j. NJ. He'd
rick. Of Wapello; Gen. g. N. Dodge.
b. Z. Lyon, Judge Cotton, b. $. Merri>
am and g. w. Edwards. were elected Alter
mates.
Delegates for the Congressional districts
were elected as follows:
FIRST DISTRICT.
Delegaies-Scth Craig, Van Buren, CO.;
Joshua Tracy, Des Moines.
Alternately " Woolson, Of Henry co.;
II Il Cox,es, Of Washington.
SECOND DISTRICT.
DeIegates--John Policy, Of Clinton, and |
hon John Mexican, Of Jones.
Aiernates-H Hon Hilsinger, OF johnson |
co., aud Robert Lowrey, Scot. CO.
THIRD DISTRICT.
neega,es-Andrcw Felt, Ch;ckasaw
j II Easton, Winneshiek.
Alternates Aaron Kimbal, Howard CO.; |
joseph Grimes, Delaware co.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Delcgn.es-N B yinyard. Iowa co.., and
Major A Pope. Keokuk CO.
Alternatss-E Clark, johnson co.; Major
N N Walden, hppanoose co.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Delega,es-IIon Z Ii Sears, Fremont co.;
L I Smith, Taylor co.
Alternates-G II Swan, Warren co.; S G
RUBY, Manson co.