The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-10-31
BEAD AND COnPARE.

BEAD AND COHPARE.
AsseFlIons ~ Eacas-yltupero,
tics W. Arg00on1-Thcs Dkoees6p
MoWos q Ooeperaaloa brie0y
attended %.
We again cit down coolly.
just - We did last week,
to pay . little attention 10 Mr.
Cotton and his Cedar Post. Il shall
30 only - little." because no more 10
necessary; aud, indeed, oil ws could
wish b that each Republican 10 Cedar
County could DOW read aud caudidly
comPsrs all that has already been said
by the two papers-the Post aud An
vERrisER upon this subject. This
would b quite all the vindication "
crave; but - Il 10 impossible, just .
brief recurrence to the matter will Be
made.
In the drse place. lot % call particu-
lar attention, TO the fact that last week
the ADvERTIsER, which had previous
" been 6ercsiy assaulted by the Post In
regard to the Upton PostofIics matter
aud Cotton's connection Herewith,
made defence VI Itself aud an. ar
raiynmsnt Of Mr.. Cotton which con.
sisted OF specific statensents. Although
the Post had already put itself on rec
ord to the contrary Ut nearly oil these
points, what does 1t TOW do Ia answer
to our arti,le Of last week? Nothing
whatever, except exclaim with
crocodile teas aud hypocritical
horror, about ''lies" and ISLANDER. ]"
Does such vituperation amount to
snything In such . cass? Remember
that In our last weeks article We dis
ttnctiy said what we now reiterate,
Wig: That no statement was therein
made for which We had not abundant
proof. and the disprovGi Of Which sDe
did not boldly challenge and defy. We
know. Of oourre, that there 10 nothing
left Tor the Post to do save just what It
hes done-tO All its columns with gen.
erAl denials aud cries Of 'liar." ''slan-
derer, malicious laisifier," &c; but
In heavens name, what does oil this
amount to whom ooolly considered !?
Why, to nothing moro or less than
open confession that Its position 10 In
defensible and that its former state
ments have been false ones aud can
now only b sustained by more Of The
same kind! Remember that the Post
challenged this fight by direct attack
upon this paper In which II impsached
not only the ADVERTISERS Republi-
canism, but also Its truthfulness and
honesty. Remember that the ADvER-
rIsER replied BY the statement Of spe-
cDic faces which proved tho Poet 70
have stuitined itself over and over
sgain. Remember these. aud then
read carefully this weeks issue Of the
Post. which fails to touch q single one
Of the .oints made by this paper 10
any other way than by resort to the
clsssic language Of the immortal Gree
ley, "you lie, you william, you lie''!
This 10 really al We need say; but
We will add few words, and point
out . few instances Ut the ack now ledg-
ment Vt weak ness aud error referred
10 above. So Tar q ''slAndering" Mr..
Cotton 10 concerned why do not some
Of bis supporters point Out aud expose
the ISLANDERS? Simply because the
statements they denominate SLAM
ders" are true and can not be refuted.
All any Of those papers most warmly
supporting him do OF can do is TO cry
like the Post against "slxnder" and TO
deprecste what they call the ''pers ondi
direction this campaign II taking"
When men accept nominations for
public ONCE. they In degree surrsnd-
er themselves TO the public. and must.
aud do. expect examination into their
lives and character. Aud God save
the mark ii We In the Republican par.
~ sre to be dirgrsced by nom mating
men who cannot bear such scrutiny.
We think one such case will be the
last IN this District. for some time ut
least.
We will now close what has
already grown upon our hands by
quoting . few examples of the Posts
arguments ~. lent this one conclu.
sive:
:" The anything 70 beat Cotton ma
ligHer. who control aud run the AD-
vERTIsER, are ~ unscrupulOus aud
unprinciplest In their sianders ri the
Repu biican nominee for Congress ~
the mswt viruient anything to beat
Grant slabderens ever were. They
could not get the Democrats to pub
iirh their bitter attack on his private
character. 20 they could copy II into
their organ, ND they must vent their
spleen and pour forth their 'dOgRery'
bsldsrsiash, first, and directly through
their own column"
II the above fails.t satisfy that the
ADVERTISER statements are all lies,
read this:
'Just on the eve ~ great election
the Ring organ pours firth its venom
and It's con rollers parade the streets
Of Upton. aud tell Ill the slander0us
stories they ever heard of."
And this
"And the advertiser seems TO think
that laundering Cotton will make
votes E1 L-fiingweII."
And this. which we might preface
by saying that. II human testimony Is
good for anything, we do know these
reports to be facts" otherwise We
should not have ''yiven them respect
ability by mentioning them
1T the Advertiser) says. III the
half that In currently reported about
Mr.. Cotton be true. 1t IL IN Insult to
xsk 81 honest man to leave the bosom
Of pure family aud cast . vote for
him." Exactly. Then 1t IL either
true or not true. II true, why did
our "Ieader' ever prostitute Its "vir.
tue" into the form Of his support :
If not true-if II does not kn0W these
reports" u b. facts-it Ii Islander
vile treachery-:o give respectability
70 them by mentioning them.O