Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-08-10
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CLAsIsDA. Page county. July IA.
EDS. DExocRAr AND Ngws.-For
h'ee months past, newspaper reader
have had little else than "war news"
placed before them. No person can eat
one article OF food for weeks or moths
to the exclusion Of all variety, withou,
becoming 10 time satiatcd. The mental
appetite is perhaps mere capricious than
the physical; hence propose to give
YOU q letter wh,ch shall include q
change Of diet-a mental pabulum, the
component ingred'ments Of which ]
hsve picked up in my travels over the
wide-spreadiog virgin pra'rles, and
among the hard listed yeomanry Of the
State.
My route from Davenport to this
place has been through one of the flo
est portions of the State, and the 90.
called "hard times" Of the past year OF
two have convinced many of the GER
tainty and stability Of the farmers W.
cation, in contr adlction to the tickle and
uncertain business too often pursued in
towns and cities, especially when
"stump-tail currency" is at par, and
honest men at discount.
Mother earth generally pays her de-
positors good returns, 10 golden curren-
cy, and The farmers throughout Central
and Southern Iowa, have the prolAise
Of good crops, despite the much.com-
plained-of army worm, chinch.bug and
'ust. | have made it point to ascer-
tain facts respecting the crops-for
upon them are based the true aud per-
manent prosperity and wealth Of the
State, and my conclusions are that the
prospects Of fair harvest have not
been better for years than at present.
This is the most pleasant season OF
the year, and every tree, plant and
shr"h-fr"m III" NO.. l~i.e~.e r."'.;-
flower to the giant oak, or the wide
spreading vine Of the wild grape that
forms the cool arbor of the brook side
are all in their prime. After spending
weeks add months amid the continual
din Of fife and drum, accompanied by
the heavy tramp of soldiers around me,
and being daily compelled to contem-
plate the horror Of civil warfare, toll
lowed by drums and visions of blood
and carnage at night, you can hardly
conceive what pleasant relief it is to
get away from tumult and strife, aud
take long breath on the free, vide,
balmy prairies.
But he Who would get entirely away
from military sights and scenes, mast
leave the United States. The influence
Of this war is confined to no particular
locality, but is felt everywhere. Tie
intent manifested IN city, town or ham.
let, is in proportion TO the population.
1t pesvades and permeates all classes in
every community, OF every age aud
every sex. Wherever l have been the
old Star Spangled Banner floats tri.
umphantly, no, only in county seats
and towns, but from the modes, cabin
OF many an isolated farmer.
On this trip, have found several
po,nts. rendered notorious IN history.
where less than thirty ears ago the red
man fought bio dy battles with his san.
guin:ry foe; and the very places, in
somes mtsances where the war camps
Of the savagcs were located, the civil.
zed aud educated whites are low en-
camped, mastering recruits and pracsic,
ing all the arts aud tactics Of modern
wartare-preparing to wage war upon
their own lilh an. k,u.
While the people throughout the
State are willing to sacrifice their means,
and if need be their lives in defancc Of
their coOntry's independence, the sober
rejecting minds, those VINO work and
th'uk, and think ~ they work-nnb as
ed BY the abolit on,sts Of tie North or
the tire-eaters of the South, deeply re-
grct the cause of this var and tre,nhle
tor the result, believing that after a
sacrifice Of thousands Of our best citizens
aud millions Of dollars, to the greedy
army worm, possibly after all this, tue
settlement Ct the difficulty will be bu,
temporary. Some say ",et us have peace
agaio, 1t whatever sacrifice"
There are lev portions OF the County
adord'hg more extensive or picture Que
landscape views than Southern Iowa.
Toe streams that enter the Missouri, are
here rather de.p,and in places the coun.
~ broken. From he h,ll-tops the in
.erven'ng valleys wear the aspect OF col.
tivated meadows and rich pasture
grouods, dotted here and there Ly small
groves, irrigated by pregnant riyuIets
hat wend their way through fields Ct
wild hay, finged with fourisbinR VII
lows. On the summit level, or table
And. sQfeada the all n, airia dark.A