The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-10-05
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49,, reuesssily charged, end not only ssvse de-
:.a hu, sivssslly addisse6, shst certain indi
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.,.,.,d on Sunday, Aug. asth, q shW admit q
s.od., Ass. sssh. Al she slsss of The OeSnv
,.a,. Of Des Noines county, and there 20 alter.
! and uutilsted the platform pf The Democratic
c,.p,y meeting as to entirsly change its char.
..,,-siving 70 Il . disleyal cast, which the
,.sesof tbs county, Who are loyal, never would
hvs sanctioned. :2t
mi. secret inquisition Of political eonspita.
49,, vho committed fraud and forgery In order
~, Southern rebels might have aid and com.
mi and encouragement and sympathy in their
,,lE,h vork--who ss;d to those sAey believed
,s.i, .ools, 1--WE must ron up = big Democratic
,or ia order 70 chow them (the tories) that they
lar. friends 10 the North "--these men who
,,,.d Of "pcace," and saivised shout our .'mis.
,,;aed Southern brethren" the awful horrors
.,d vickedness Of civil var, and the high taxes
,si.h i, wosld bring upon the people-vho de.
t,a.sd in spesking Of " Lincolns warn-Lin
.lu'. usurpstions and tyranny -Lincolns viols-
lions Of the Consitution-4hese men, who have
,,oyed themselves destitute oftruth, honor, hon
,s.y md patriotism, have become the propric.'
e,s By purchase, Of the only true, original. gen,
as Jacob Townsend) Union party-of its
asAsordA battle cries. patriotic sentiments,
hsose and poetry, Gags, banners, candidates,
B, md obtained a quit claim conveyance Of the
,seommissioned officers and privates hereto
IN mustered into the service for the var, 20
b they may be able to secure the same,
cseing TO- take them as they run, subject to
sfugitive slave Law and the Kansas-N Nebraska,
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We freely confess that We did give the lead
NJ men Of the so-ealled Union party.
rsdt for honesty and sincerity. When they
inounced the hahoney platform and party Is
saoyal, We believed they were moved thereto
~ IN honest desire to do their duty As citizens,
nd thus rose in our estimation above party and
wrsonal considerations to the noble position Of
patriots But they have proved themselves
s1npsrent cheats, who are not worthy to be
n.ned in the same day With open and avowcd
The one comes with ball-cart-
iige to give us battls--the other with honeyed
'rds Of loyalty and patriotism to FIRST secure
E confidence. in order to betray. Look at
aar acts See what they are doing. They per.
list in running John Edwards for Congress after
lis nsme has been fairly withdrawn from, the
auvss Do they do it expecting to elect him !
" Net one Of them expects him to come
IAin 10, 900 votes of an election. Do they do
asecause there is no other loyal candidate for
vhsm they can consistently vote! No. Ed.
uds and Wilson are both Republicans-both
loyl and true men. They run Edwards in order
70 pdeieat Wilson and elect Jairus E. Neal, who,
u have their authority for saying, is disloyal
nd wishes to go to Congress to oppose the war
nd to give aid and comfort to the enemies of
he Government and the Union. They are rum
ling Elwood for Supreme Judge, the meanest
scesiOnist and the biggest liar in the State
BE is the man who proved the Luuatic Asylum
liz miles in circumference They are running
legislative and county tickets of their own
vhere they can benefit the Mahoney party by SO
tOine- where they cannot, they are joining
openly and shamelessly with the Aahoney party
IN running common ticket. We all know what
Ati, Professions have been. These are the fruits
which we find them bearing. As open enemies
they we're harmless; as friends, trusted and be.
Ieved, they are sowing dssension, division and
,oriusion. Their mode Of warfare is mesner
than that Of Mart. Green's Missouri bridge burn
ing thieves.