The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-10-30

AS NGn. Irentlss remarked, l have
| been through the mill left Chicago
on the llth of February last, with a reg
Uncut of over 500 men. We wer' in the
battle of Donclson, and that regiment
acted bravcly. After ,ha, battle, | had
but'ernut prisoners under my charge -
| treated them as gentlemen allowed
them to retain their side arms and the
officers to retain their swords. My reg
lment was in the battle of Shiloh After
that battle We had but 2lO left. The
most of them, nearly oil of them Chica-
90 men, now sleep in Southern soil. Yet
even in Southern prison, the report
! came to ne that the Northern people
understood We were surprised in our
tents. We were not captured until ten
minutes before six . clcck in the evening,
after lighting tercely all day That uisLt
1t ralned as never saw it rain before. -
The prisoners were compelled to lie tha,
might ID a cUrnfe!d without cover The
next morning they were lying in mud
and water several inches deep.
| hardly ed tell you that | have al.
ways been strong, uucompromising
Democrat l havr been an apoIogist for
the Southern people pronounced the
stories Of their crueltirs to be gross fab.
rlcatlons. considered the Abolition
lists and Kepublicans the enemies Of the
Cuion. l'cW t.ot say 50 noso
While | was conEucd in the Madison
prison the officers were allowed bat two
ratlons per day, thos. ations consisting
OF tour ounces of polk and certain
quantity OF corn or -four bread This
bread was made Of mea and water mixed
and roasted. |. YVES first roasted on one
side aud then on the other 1t was very
hard on the outside, Daughter and very
sol; on the inside We used 10 pitch
quolts with these cakes. (Ecucwcd
laughter They pronounced that gen
tlemanl treatment. These were the men
| bad been defending, the men | apollo,
szed for, the men | treated in gentle.
maniy manner at Nohe,son | never
suffered so much, however, during my
whole imprisonment, as | did when s,-
rived at Washington aud found that there
were men in the North sympa.hizing
with the rcbcls The rebels arc our open
enemies We know where to find them
These Northern enemies are vipcrs
They sting Us and We cannot find them
to crush them. My only platform is, Il
love my couutry.' |, AS you all know,
have never been an Abolltionist. | have
turned negroes WHO came into my camp
over to their rebel masters. | cannot say
that like negro now; bat if it should
be necessary, to save this glorious Uuon,
/ wou'd take u rcytnrm Of negroes and
march i"'o Dir's (Imnense applause.
Every party now should be merged into
one. Ther" should be 10 Republicans,
90 Democrats. Every man should sacri-
ice his personal feelings. Twas opposed
to Abraham Lincoln; | am now opposed
70 cvcry .Aar who opposes Abraham Lin,
coin
At thi. point, three rousing cheers
were given for the Coloael, amid the wsv-
ing Of hats and hsndkerchiefs. The
ovation lasted for some minutes, and
cu!minat d in q perfect tempest Of enthu
siasm, at the close Of which the speaker
proceedcd:)
You may talk about the unconstituti0n-
ality Of the Presidents proclams,ion' l
tell You if that proclamation is lived up
to, it will prove the hardest blow this re-
bellion has yet received. But to make
lis proclamation effective, i, mus, have
the support Of the people, and no loyal
man will refuse it his support.
The Southern people are not going to
give up until they are thoroughly whip
ped, aud they viii never be whipp,
while every Slav. is equal to one of our
soldiers. The negroes are h. best tr"n1s
zee hacc You cannot depend upon Tn
ion feeling in the South. The white
trash are against US They have been
made to le,ieve thst the negro would
become their equals if the South were
conquered, and in many Instances they
are .heir equals, if not their supcriors
When we elevate these men, wEcu they
fill the places Of the vauntrd ar stocrucy
Of the South, then they will be Union
men. They fight mighty hard and with
the SheiES vi desperation, "Hiic our SOi-
diers cannot fight we'll because there are
men here throwing cold water upon their
efforts. We must sustain our Govern,
nlent and the Admnistrt tiun, and if there
are men here who will not support them,
they had better 90 to Dixie. He who
does not support the Government, right
or wrong, is not my friend. (ProIouged
arplause.)
Hon. Stephen A. Goodwin. a War
Drmocrst, then followed in 4 long and
eloquent review of the causes of the re.
belIion, clearly defining the duties Of
citizens and patriots, and severely de.
nouncing the traitorous course of North
crn dcmagogues aud partlzans who are
intent only upon procuring the fat Offices
of the land
The sunken Road at Waterloo.
An odd numerical coincidence, twenty.