The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-23
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We pf1nt DeIow portion OF Q letter, Wr1ste3
BY Lieutenant Godfrey, Of Polk county, now
acting Adjutant Of the I'd Iowa Infantry, 70 the
Hon. g. o. Cole, Of ,Des Noines, dated 4 camp
Of I'd lows, near Cotintb, Miss, Aug. sth." The
Lieutenant has the reputation Of having been
one Of the most ardent Democrats in Iowa; and
was one Of NJ. Coles most active friends xhsa
The latter vas candidate for Congress in opps-
sition 70 General Curtis, two years since. We
omit the opening Of the letter, q It refers 70
mere local and personal matters, Of interest only
to those acquainted with the parties The por-
ton in poin. is the close: :. .,..S,,w
Have y, not too many quasi Union men in
the North Who are continually throwing cold
water upon every effort Of the Administration 70
put down rebellionls Il seems = thossh our
people in the North had almost forgotten that
there IL war in earnest. Every paper va get
is filed With political chickering's and broils Of
this and that party, seemingly further apart than
ever before. Some cursing the Administration
and Secretary Of War, for fear they will adops
. more vigorous war policy, and others cuesinE
it because every slave 10 NOT set at liberty &
once. E!hi bI6 &7ia95s .ss"32Fg R2paa''tI
i! When 70 meet with few more reversible
that Of Richmond, and, every town In Missouri
and Kentucky 10 gerrisoned By band Of guer-
rillas, and the war carried 70 our very hearth
stones, then our people viii begin 70 think that
this i Q war In Ssynssk Had there been one half
the unity and devotion, displayed, in ths North
shat there has been, in the South, there would
not have been rebel left to-day 70 tell the tale.
Here every man, woman Ind child ale engaged
with thsif dwhols might Ind main against n,
While our people at hone seem indi6efsat and
but few seem 70 manifest any thing like detsr-
mination u put down rebellion, To Il cost what
il may. Many c0mplain of enormous taxeO, and
swear Ahey vii snetsr ysubDit - suclI tyss1ny.
II such q these eould .havs their own way, I
think tts ,gpersillss would relieve than from
taxation. Ii . Few months they would have no
property to tai. oIsss thoDs Who think tKlS var
i a,maee pastiue, shealdsr thsir gun end lkaap-
aack and nsreA :, lsvl days ~, this climate sad
7 win as.uis yoe, shey viz H. glad e return
home, md pas Their sasss md ~ no moro about
j Why 10 II thAs yeu lst tsaisota q home gosa.
punishsds You have them IN lyeur very nidsk
They are scattered throughout 1ows-you know
shemI-svvvSrry one knSws shsmi What better
evidenced % yun ~ahs oe . Usns Aisleyalsy than
% knew,thst he ness Ne vhols inauapce sgaiast
every measure which ID adopted for pfqsssatjng
this wa, aud pfoclaims bis ayowed oppositioa
il publc speeches eaSd through tbs pssiiSrs II
YOU are at.silossa ~ know WhsrG ~ And then,
losk aoe George ", Jssee snd his sstslltss. We
have too many ancho men, and there, are othsfB
WHO can themsefysS Conaefvst iyea which ID only
another name sfof viSGSon.a 0oHssfvssssm for
war policy ~ plassd sasG u You - ~ Aware
,thst shss IJsik Iwaseseef thePosecessssv--
atiys men il ths oerpany;; but ] hare changed
my mind On that question. We have done too
mach ouoisksv. ana left 10 enSny men behind
lbs vkeo osghtto b. With uiq . ussd toshink
thas ivrs 81 right ,but il h.dimy.!sy now.
would not leave, {, Secessionist behind, and I
Would rssts Clean sweep g went, Es every
vesties II properly which would wSakSn tie lob.
els. and b of any ussto -; w6ethssH 1t was in
the, shsps Of labos, herSes money ~ psovisiops.
Let them take their families with them, or let
them starve. We have supported them long
enough.Ess Ssasc - a1sffssss agyeg
: But I have already written more, thanI in.
tended. and win only say that T. am glad to know
that YOU support the Administration il prose
cutting the war, and that you proclsini your son
timents, not only ID private letters but IN psSie
speeches. agteigsa AaoI "a 10 EGa g!92sa