The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-10-10
A CRITICISM.
The "Advertiser" and Cedar Coun.
q Politics The Farmers and
xahororsu Defended.


Eaborers" Defended.
Ysu .seuld, have. SAVED 1 thin
some lntent<6na usess. ~ yo,}
last lace: relative to: lhe reps
.sentatioGD Of delegatV & the secsat
Warmers and Lah6fers Convsnti0n
held In Upton for the purpose Of NOM
mating another ticket for County
Onicers You state: 1.-THE idea of a
county convention which should have
consisted Of 81 delegates. but could in
stead muster only IS, the majority
Of these being without credentials.
&C." The reason, why, there was no
fuller representation Is no doubt In ci-
dent to the fact, that neither the
Advertiser nor Post stated the
place where the Tow nsllip Caucu .es
were to meet. The Post did say Sat
Orday Sept. 18th 1872 at Z. o'clock
2. NJ. Ia each Township In said Co. y
This lixee no particular place within
any Township: Hence is fatal to the
object. do not lay this sin to your
charge nor do I lay 1t to any one.
since 1t may have been an oversight
and not Intentional. lfnot mistaken
the Advertiser gave no notice Mt all of
any such primary meetings. 1t may
have thought 1t not beneti .ial to the
mass Of It's readers who are Farmers
snd Lab0rers to know anything about
such q meeting: 50 that the results
could be more easily criticised. Now
If the Advertiser knew nothing about
the meeting and the defects OF the
notic04hat called II, then 1t IL simply
guilty Of unintentiOnal misrepresenta :
ton !; but If It did know of the meet
ing and purposely withheld giving It
publicity and noticed too the defect OF
the notice In not fixing the place
whore the primary meetings In each
Township were to be held, then 1t Is
guilty Of Intentional lnisrepresenta-
ton. Because In view OF these facts
the recent County Convention com
paratively speaking proved to be .
decided success and not o fizzle, a.
both the Advertiser aad Post wonld
have IL believe. This IL NJ least my
conclusion drawn from both These pa
pess, aud / have read and heard no
other reports than theirs concerning
IL.
TheAdyertiscr OF Sept. 2s says: .The
resolutions of the convention say
much that IL good and true; but what
political n|atform was ever made, that
lid not do that. But how they
have ever particularly effected the
candidates after they were elected has
never been motto able.n
This Is precisely what seems 20 be
the matter, Mr.. Advertiser, aud is an
acknowledgment that the resolutions
Of the party Of which you are the or
gan have not been kept aud are not to
be kept. In this admire your cam
dor; and this is the precise reason,
why the Farmers and Laborers are
waking up to their interest, and per-
nit me to assure you, that there are
men among them who mean aud in
tend that their resolutions and
promises shall be kept.
! say this without reference 10 your
pet styled Junior Dolly Nardsns."
For there was time when the Re-
publican party was an Infant rocked
In the cradie Of free soil fee la
Dor free speech aud free men. and
1t lived long enough to grow strong
enough. to bring I'll. these principles
into present happy rea.itRs. Now IT
this party glorious In peace, potent
and triumphant In war, lla- heroine
SO vain. 40 independent, ~ refined. so
so seifri4 h,eou- and igno-
Die, that its organs can see nothing but
ridicule and slang IN anything that
emenates from Farmer. ard I.nbnrers
irrespective Of party. it certainly has
commenced digging its own grave.
For be It remembered, that Farmers
and Laborers did not petition our
State Legislature for the present in.
creased salary OF our state and county
officers, nor for . reduction to lesa,
than nothing Of some Of our Township
Omcers, with threatenings Of fine, and
Tor what know imprisonment II any
refuse service after election.
Designed politicians for wears have
been pleased 10 call us The borie and
'lnew Of the country. They seldom
I ever attribute to Us any brain. and |
when they do condescend To do 40,
hey would have us have generally |
hat kind which is surmounted by
ong ears, simply because our views |
Il iim~H s~s.stss.< Sriss. st..s.-. ssuv
enough for this time. as am not
authorized to speak, in defence Of par
y but Of principle. As always have
,een reader Of the Advertiser, / trust
you will not deny me utterance as /
through 1t simply because | have
chosen To criticise it once while ii, is
LONG this continually. | am still a
republican, but not servile one aud |
ntepd to vote for Gran; aud Cotton
! remain your Friend tn the free ex-
'rcise o: private Judgment upoa all
uhjects.
j. GrICrR.