Mr. Cole’s Appointment

The new Supreme Judgeship, made by the present Legislature, has been filled not to the entire satisfaction of all localities, – for that, where there are other aspirants for the same office, would be impossible – but, we think, to the very general satisfaction of the Unionists of the state, and particularly so to those who are acquainted with the ability and moral rectitude of the person appointed. To the people of this portion of the state, Mr. Cole is known as one of the most able debaters, both upon the stump and at the Bar. The thousands who listened to him during the fall campaign, in this state, will not hesitated [sic] to pronounce him a man who looks to the bottom of the subject he undertakes to handle. He sees the weak and strong points of his question, and handles them accordingly.

Politically, he took a decided stand in the favor of the union at an early day in the rebellion, and labored with zeal to bring the Democratic party to which he belonged, to a patriotic support of the Government in its struggle for life. – Finding the Copperhead element in that party sufficiently strong to run the machinery their own way, he left it, and joined hands with the party whose deeds as well as professions showed them to be for the Union.

As a jurist he stands among the first in the state, and his character is above suspicion. Such men deserve honor.

– Published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, Saturday, March 12, 1864