Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-01-05

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!, TO aid ia the construction of The coi,t,e 4
, plated rail road. ,s%Pe'a fsatss 9tsli.tda "a
'ssaa On rhoiinn, ~ s-95S.ss 1ap ISIS I,
4 4 Msolueda That the publishers Of news
papers in Iowa City, Dubuque and Keo
kuk be requested to publish the proceed
I ings'of this meeting. =. : so s2;ila {
Is On melton Of Mr. Smyth, N. w. Isbel
land s. R. Crummey were added TO- ,A'
| delegates 70 the State Convention, /. &
| On motion. adjourned. q
i J. c. BERRY, Chairman,
]. Dawn, Sec'y. t'oa"s''f I.iRs9 ~
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Iais}j ssFrfsxs Ntis From AheaPennsylyara
Letter from Col. f. H., Wyncoop'
! Francis W. Hughes. Esq, Of Potsville
to whom the following letter vas ad
dressed, has kindly placed it at sopr dispo
sal. 1t 'expressesthe frank opinions OF a
a gallant soldier, In phrase so direct as to
prevent all misconcepiion. A perusal Of
it. will make our Federal frienil, regret
the course they have pursued, and rejoice
4 the hearts Of every true lover ofour coun-
try--her glory aud her institutions. Col
i WAS a "Whig" at home-but the con
duct of the. leaders and the organ. Of the
Federal party in their 'said and comfort''
Of the enemy, has been 50 glaringly nnpa-
trictic, that it has converted him into a
good Democrat, while abroad--a patriot
he has always been, as his conduct fully
proves: @-5a4 -
Castle OF PERoTE, Sept. 9, 1847. e
My DEAR Sin :--Hayinga little leisure
from my daily occupation, and remember
ing Warmly and freshly several acts of
kindness towards me, it gives me pleasure
to address you, knowing that you entertain
sone interest for my welfare. l am NOW
in command Of this military department,
and am kept quite busy with. cortinud
skirmishes with Guerrillas, and an ocea-
s'onai sharp fight with, large forces that
gather between here and the coast in or
der TO oppose trains. The health of my
great mortality which R Ras ea aHPlsdd IL ifs
army is decreasing. sstitiT
| d, This is hard, laboriols, and precarious
service. Many OF our best me h have died,
and | truly consider the climate in itself a
much more formidable enemy than the
, Mexieans. A noble and self denying
| spitl, of endurance actuates the men, and
complaint Of any kind is rare. Contented
10 DO their duty, they risk everything in
| the effort, and with a cheeriulness which
is gratifying to these, who command, step
up readily TO any work, no matter wha,
the chances. 1t is. as have before re-
marked, hard service, full Of toll, priv,-
tions and dangers-bu but it is willingly en-
countered and bravely endured Judge
then, Of the effect upon our good men here,
when they look back upon the dist nee
which separates from their friends, in an
effort TO find al home some appreciation Of
their self sacrificing conduct! II is bitter
and humiliating. l tell you. sir, there is a
spiri, abroad among the eoon Americans
engaged in this war, which will not sleep
| during funrity spirit which awaits bnt
their return, to thunder down upon the
mouthing, scribbling sycophauts Of most
unjust party, the full measure 0! an honest
Indignation. II is the same that brooded
over our land during the War of The Rsyo-
luton and the last war; and men of the
present day, palsied with age, have lived
10 curse, with tears Of epeniance, the hour
when size, with ecornful finger, marked
them for life as the TORIES of heir coun-
try. We, HERE, can see no difference be-
tween the men who, in. &c succored the
British, and those who in ~ gave argu-
ments and sympathy to the Mexicans
This kind OF language from a man who
came into this campaign Wing in policy,
may sound strange oyou, but | have again
and again been compelled to listen to and
to suffer that which would have changed
the disposition and alienated the affections
Of the most desperate pirtisan. Even
now do moi slice. 10 the leading and main
principles OF my old party, 50 much as l
curse and depreca,e The tone Of its
acknowledged leaders and supporters. Ii
there is any reason which viii prevent
Genera! Scorr from .fi.ct;ng an hono.a.
bic peace, comman ing, as he does, the
whole city Of the Az,ers, with his power.
full battery, it is the spirit Of treason which
| uahesitatingly say is promulgated by the
leading Wing journals at home. In a sor-
Tie upon some ladronss of Jalapa, a short
time since, possessed myself of all the
late newspapers published in that place,
end upon examining them l find that in
that place, same as IN Mexico, the strong
est arguments published against our army
are selected from Wing papers in the
& nited States. l send ycn late copy of
the !" Buletin de Noticias," in which you
| will perceive that the lir.t article is AN