The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-07-09
A little stirred up.

ES- Mr.. Q. FL. p. RoszELL gives
very characteristic exhibition of his
spleen, in last weeks Civilian. Having
had occasion to rap him and his co trail
tors over the knucklcs, he processes to
be very much gratified at the blow, aud
then wades through half column ofex-
pletiyes, hot and excited sentences, and
personal Remuneration of ourself, to prove
his great qualification The gentleman
must have certainly felt very easy and
pleasant over the operation when it causes
him TO lay aside his great pretensions to
dignity and decorum, and make an ex-
hbilion of himself that lacks as much in
decency rs it eXcels in righteousness
and absurdity. Such exhibitions Of
choler, such wild and reckless rarrying
of attack, undoubtedly comes from an
extremely felcitous state of mind His
confinement Of his reply to the common
boyish, inane and empty retort Of " 50
are you, proves also how forcble he is
IN defence. how confident in position.
how ovcrw helming in argument. To
prove that he is not a traitor he denoun-
ces as as Il tlaitor. AS evidence that he
Is not incapable of a glow Of patriotic
felvor, he has Analysed the contents of
our arteries and veins and found that not
drop of patriotic blood can be found in
our poor body. TO show that he is not
aierse 10 the preservation of the Union,
he charges US with desire to overthrow
that Union. This proves how cffectual.
y .. III. l.. has studied the infantile
method Of argument and retort.
Mr.. RoszELL says We have been doing
violence TO certain patriots. "Patrios,"
he says, rush TO The support OF Tie flag,
through genuine love of country, and he
(we) calls them traitors" Mr. r. don't
say who these patriots are, nor wha,
flag 1t is they have rushed to support
Probably by inqniring who it is we have
denounced as traitors, we may find who
Mr. X SHELL regards as patriots-by in.
curing TO WHICH flag those we have de.
bounced have rushed, may find what he
regards as genuine love of country.
Now, Mr.. H., 10 whom have we applied
the term traitor? Suppose We answer
our own question, and if we do it no,
properly, please correct us.
LIST. We distinctly remember having
denounced JAMES BUCHANAN AS a traitor,
for allowing measures for the destruc-
ton OF The government TO 60 on under
his eye without question or rebuke. "a.
We have SO termed JoHN i. FLOYD, IA.
COB Thompson and HOW'LL COBB, mem
bcls of Mr.. BucnANAN's Cabinet, and
whose completely with tho rebellion from
the first Is very clearly proven. Sd
We have applied the same term TO DA.
Wis, TooMDs. BENJAMIN, HAMMOND, PICK.
EMS, WIGFALL, Mason, and the whole
bevy of Senator's, Representatives, For,
eisn Ministers, and Army Officers, who
by VOICE, vote and action, have endeav.
ored To overthrow the government AT
Washington. 9TH. We have So desitna
ted all those, North aud South. who tighl
Tor, talk for, or sympathize with, the
Southern Couiederacy. In the latter we
have included Mr.. RoszELL, and some
half-dozen Of similar stripe, residing in
the village of Independence in Buchan.
an County, Iowa. Now, Mr. RoszELL,
these are the only len, aud classes OF
men. who have Leen through the col
nmns OF this paper styled traitors
Therefore these must be the men whom
you term potriots. Thy rush TO the
support of what flag Certainly not to
the old, honored, glorious surs and
stripes. The Palmetto, with its rattle
snake; the Confederate, with its stars
and bals-lhese are the flags TO which
their SERVICES aud their sympathies are