Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1859 — SCHUYLEK COLFAX. [ARTICLE]

SCHUYLEK COLFAX.

The Democratic papers of the State are still keeping up the cry that this gentleman is aspiring for the Presidency, without the i least, shadow of foundation for the charge. Now, although the people of the Nintu Disj trict know lull well that their honored and j loved Representative is emit) ntiy qualified j to fill the office of President, Vice President, Governor, or any oilier office in ihe gift of ! the people, yet they appreciate his services ; in Congress too highly to easily part with them; and we believe that the highest, ambition ot Mr. Colfax is to deserve well of his i friends in this District. That he is almost • “idolized” Imre, as the Democratic papers ' sav, is true, for in Colfax the’ jiccple have ! found a champion that has never flinched in doing his dhty, and they delight in honoring him; but they will never tamely consent to his running for an office outside of (lie Dis- ; trict. We are ted to these remarks by read- ; ing the following from the Williamsport Chroroh/pe, a Democratic paper, which has : some truth, and some not so true: “In fact, the Republican party might go farther lor a candidate and fare much worse. Mr. Coif x is, ten times as well known in the politic: ! world, has rn -re intellect, more experience, more shrewdness,; more brass, and is a man of more gumption generally 1 than ever Fremont, was. In the northern part, of this State a large majority of the people almost idolize him. “Hundreds of youngsters in the Ninth District, none of whom resemble him in the smallest degree, I are every year christened -Schuyler Colfax.’ Besides, he is a near relative of Horace Greeley, and looks so much like him that he ;is sometimes called -Little Greeley,’ which . is no contemptible qualification for a Re- ! publican candidate,’