The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-10-30

You, DON'T olame me. foF you voted tbas
! shyald read it.
There is however, evidently in the
West and particularly III Ono, Indiana
and Illinois. Q strong Opposition TO the
present war upon The Sorl!l. The tone
Of tho press III these States, the public
meetings, and the Democratic Coauen.
tons, all prove this conc,usiyeIv This
feeling docs not display itself as boldly
opposed to the war per SC, but assumed
the form q. opposition to aholitioniam.
coercion and eubiagation Laugh aud
cheers l. would not be safe to exhibit
i. otherwise, for IN that event the indi
vidaals giving expression to 1t would
soon find themselves incarcarated with
in the walls Of some Yankee Bastile,
and their opposition thus speedily and
cF.ctualiv crushed out. But BY profess.
ing devotion to the Union, the Consti-
! tuition and the Administration Of Abra.
ham Lincoln, they can evgsnize through
" for work, and thus secure way to
triumph in the approaching fall election.
Renewed laughter and cheers
That article proceeds to the length OF
8 column in the same strain. abiding
for will mention the namcs-to
Carlisle Of Pennsylvania, VOORHEES, Of
Indiana, Richa, dson Of Illinois, and
yallandighaua Of ONO. ISensasion.
THEA. parers are 1a.l of it. They look
upon you tendcs footed sow,s rs traitors
70 your country. ~ you want 70 help
tF.ese men murder your brothers and
break up this Government: Ii 80. IN the
name Of Heaven, let us know il, and
the Si,ilol. prisoners will send You down
South where you belong. We came
/ home tnlv determined to take all men
I Toy the hart, who think and feel AZ We
10. tia, this rebellion should lie crushed.
We come home sworn enemies to every
man who sympathlzcs with rebels or
!, advocates compromise Will, the conn-
try's enemies. (Grcat enthusiasnl) Oh.
tina, YOU could he sent there TO see the
spirit Of those men, and hear them talk
as they feel!
i. Ladies! let me say to vou, have
), been published. IL iii theaoutEern States
as a vagabonl who insulted the res.
probability Of that country. In ali the
conversations that ] have had witt.
those people I haze aimed to be strict
IS aifable. I have been very careful in
ny conversation with them Ladies, bv
hundreds. nave called to see the = alkae
| general. Upon every occasion when
they sent ne word THAI people wished
TO converse with me, ! went 10 the
| gate, if permitted Ivy tie guard, and
talked with then plainly and politely,
as \ gentleman should Still, / have
been published through those States as
having insultcd their ladies' and their
gentss.sen. and AZ having been kcrse-
whipped for 50 doing. That news, wen.
home to my family.
| Hero let mention that willis, At Selma,
having daughter some thirteen or
fourteen years nf age, at home. / want.
cd to write letter to f.Y chilli. I sat
down and wrote the exac: conait;on IN
which I y as placed, how l was confin.
led, no, permitted 10 go out Of doors,
what my position was, what privilege
had allowed me. folded the letter
and handed 1t Col. Kent. He told mo:
This cant be sent to your home. j"
why not? Ts it not trne?" "Weli,
lit may be, eaid lie, II think it il, but
there Is no nse IN letting your family
know these things" Sir" said I, 81 am
lighting for my old government, the
Stars and Stripes, and there is no pow.
er Oh earth can make me write lie 10
my daughter. Immense applause. ]
From tLathour on, | have iiaver eudear.
ored to Sc, any word to my family, from
the fact that other officers .auld not
write 'hs truth to theirs. Col. Geddes
desired to convey information to his
family, and was denied that privilege.
II would not do for you Northern mon
to hear from us in prison. They did
not want.onr friends to know'.fxt re
were in prison covered with vernin,
each and every officer. though / am
ashamed to tell it tonight: hnt we conld
not helpit. The truth could not then
De told. Yon know something of TITO
night, but stand here and call nv
Maker to witness that / have not told
you the hundredth part of our persecu
tons. Isensation.]
At Atalanta confined ia a court house,