Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-09-18
HON. b. r. SHERMAN
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AS many OF our readers are doubt
less aware, L. L. Ainsworth was 8
member of the Iowa Senate during
the session Of lS6l-2. In March OF
the latter year, time when the wal
or the Union began to dcvelopc in.
grand proportions, when the gov.
nmcnt was straining every nerve
meet the emergency, and when
ne President and his cabinet, in the
midst Of their tremendous labors and
sponsibilities, needed if ever, the
moral support of every loyal man in
the land, it was deemed appropriate,
that the Legislature of the patriotic
state Of Iowa should give some ex-
preston to the gratitude, admiration
and confidence felt by the people of
our State toward the great and good
President Abraham Lincoln. Ac-
cordingly joint resolution was
framed rendering Abraham Lincoln
al expression of cordial approval and
thanks for the manner. in which,
amidst unparalleled difficulties and
embarrassmcnts he had administered
the government from his inaugu-
ration until that time, and pledging
him earnest cooperation and support
in all such measures rs he should
deem requisite and just, to utterly
and forever vanquish the rebellion
in the South, and restore once more
the unquestioned supremacy of the
laws and constitution.
There was nothing III this resolu-
ton that any patriotic man earnestly
desiring to see the government tri-
umph over its traitor enemies, no
matter what the fate of the cursed
institution that caused all the trouble,
need have hesitated to endorse; but
there were fourteen members of the
Senate, who after an attempt to
cmasculate the resolution, and make
it the vehicle for. their political ven
ON, instead of a tribute of conf
dence and regard for the pure, unset
fish, patriotic man, and wise ruler
Lincoln, when it came to the final
vote, recorded their names against it.
First on this list is L. L. Ainsworth.
the present monorel candidate for
Congress in this district. This, and
similar expressions during the same
session, place Mr. Ainsworth among
that class of Democrats who from
their hostility to the government and
al its measures calculated to speedily
and surely suppress the rebellion,
were stigmatized as "coppcrheads."
Let honest Anti-MonopoIists, who
hated treason and gave their hearty
support to all measures to defeat
it, ponder upon the above indication
ofthe feelings and sympathies of their
candidate for Congress-, when the
patton was at its utmost peril. Let
them turn their eyes upon the south,
now heaving in the throcs of incipi-
cnt revolution, seeking to precipi-
tate another war upon the issue of
human rights, and let them ask
themselves ifa man Of Mr.. Aims
vorth's opinions and anteccdents, is
likely to be the tittest to send to
Congress in the present emergency.
Is there anything in his record to
show that the rights Of any class,
especially the rights of thesscolorcd
man, now imperillcd, would weigh
in his mind against the supremacy
and success Of his party, and their
spirits? Has he the characteristics
of earnest, thoughtful, conscientious
craftsmanship, or is he AN artful,
scheming, wire-pulling, partisan pol
itician merely? If the latter, will
party success atone for the mistake
and possible calamity of his election
to Congress?