Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-31
VOL. XV--NO. l8.

mo. we are ready; we volunteered to shed ou,
blood in defense of our country, whose privi
$ cges we have enjoyed. We are at your ser.
$ vice to do your bidding" They were hung.
t Senation. l have their names. Do vol,
a want to compromise with these mon?
Twelve hundred of your countrymen are on
their way home now. They are perhape to-
night at Annapolis. A lady of this city, Mrs.
Clark, called upon me to-day to enquire for
her husband, who is one of that number
There are not two hundred Of those men who
can hide their nakedness. They have not
been furnished with single garment since
leaving Macon, Ga. They are on their wsy
home, barefooted, barcheaded, half naked.
some OF them with pieces of carpet round
their loins. What do you think Of that, you
tender footed men? [Oheers.] l hope you
have none here. They will not remain so
when they hear this people want to make this
war DIFFERENTIATION, and they will Join in
the effort to put down this rebellion, move for
ward the army, never halt, but keep pressing
'lsnt onward until it is crushed. Immense
applause.] Go to those men, and their com
rades who have been with them, and ioin
with them in marching South again. Let us
visit these prisons -Talladega, Macon, Mont
gomery Madison tearing up their railroads.
destroying their forti6cati MS, burning rheir
bridges-not houses. was reported once a.
having said, ''destroy their houses" But
never will destroy house-over q woman's
head-never Applause. But will take
or destroy their governm mt properly and
their Notifications, and hang rebels, God being
my helper. [Checrs.]
did not enter the army for the purpose
of being promoted. seek no such promotion.
! never asked the government for an Office
# do not please them will fight anyhow.
Now my friends have not time to stay long
cr With you. Cries "Go on, 20 on."l I
have seven children that dearly love, who
did not know until arrived in Washington
that was alive. Ihave not heard from them.
and want to see them. telegraphed to
them that would be home tomorrow, and
will not disaPpoint them. Oheers.] Istopp.
ed here tonight to tell you how your country
mon had been treated. l speak the senti-
ments Of every man confined with me, both
Republican and Democrat, when tell you We
do not know party Organizations. We aro
going to our homes in this S'ate, and we will
tell the Government, the candidates, and the
voters, how We have been treated. 1t may
be denied in some quarters. l care not we
are determined to tel the truth. Here around
me are many Of these men, my comrades,
Democrats and Republicans, some Of whom
went South as apologists for these men,
Some Missourians and slaveho'der were
with me in prison. We all came home Well,
call us abolitionists if you please, or anything
elss. Applause. tell you the slaves in
the South that we saw are better posted than
the butter nut gentry. Every little act of
kindness that we received was receiv ed from
slaves. Cheers. We have come home
ready to use every power that God has given
us. to put down this rebellion. Cheers. To
take their property, to take their negroes, to
take everything. [Great and continued ap-
plause
How do you think we partook of our food
For six months your commissioned officers
were fed like pigs. The provisions were
brought in and put into tr ,ughs and then dis.
tributed by them on the table. Exhibiting
q small wooden spoon. Thore, my friends is
my knife, fork and spoon. I shall take it
homo. Each Of US had a similar one. Imade
It: 1t was that or nothing. When We arriy-
ed At Fortress Monroe, the first cup and sau.
GER, ard perhaps the first knife and fork that
these gentlemen had used for six months, was
furnished by our venerable relative Uncle
Samuel.
As to the policy to be pursued, those Of
you who cannot fight should persuade your
o"ils uiou " 20 INTO the army, not expect
ing to get q fine uniform AMI new blanket
every month, not waiting for ambulances,
wagons, not letting your colonies
quarrel who should have the most baggage
90 to fight earnestly and promptly, that you
may break up and crush this rebellion. Two
hundred and seventy. mine of your kindred lie
buried in the Southern soil, who died in the
prisons of Georgia. Fifteen out of all the
ieutenants who were taken, died for want Of
attention. This is not pleasant subject to
talk about and [ must stop, for now my time
is out. | appeal to every officer that has
been with me, who is present, for the truth of
each and every statement have made
They do not ag:ee with me politically, but we
are..united in our testimony upon this subject.
We are all of one mind and one heart for our
common country.