The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-07-21


tell the truth about the matter, but gen
orally they get shut by some Of our
boys. But it is not a matter OF wonder
that men raised here in the South, and a
prejudice against the Yankees bred in
them, should cry out against this war as
being one Of aggression on our part, and
defence on their part of their rights.
But 10 hear of Northern men, men famil
lar the workings of our free Institutions
men who have been raised to stations of
trust and position, by a free people, be-
traying the trust reposed in them, and
decrying our benevolent Government
for severity, when the fact is il it was
only just it would put him where he
would be less trouble J But what can a
man with any soul at all, think Of, to
cause him TO favor the Southern Confed-
eracy, Junto of wire working politicians
to establish a slave aristocracy over the
the poor, and draw the reins tighter on
tie oppressed. While we are working,
nay bleeding, and many of us poor SOL
diers dying, to sustain our glorious free
institutions, the miserable Copperhead
gloats over our disasters, and prays for
the success Of his brethren of the South,
and our eternal defeat In all my in
tercourse with the inhabitants OF the
South, | have almost invariably found
the negroes the best informed on almost
every subject you can mention. OF course
| do not include the planters nor their
families, but their malice and prejudice
carries off their reason and makes cruel,
revengeful, and malignant, and for all
their bca5ted chivalry there is very lit
tie true manhood about them. To illus.
trate; on the 22l OF May. when the charge
was made on the works, large number
of the Dist and 22d Iowa regiments were
driven out Of fort, and lay in the ditch
in front to be clear Of the enemy's fire.
The rebels had only to wait ill dusk and
take them prisoners, but no, the inhu-
man monsters cut the fuse of six pound
shells very short, light them, and rolled
them over among the poor fellows who
could not escape! Again, that night, al
ter the din of battle was owe several par
| 4 ota IaI IN faioh in EpIan1c br
had been wounded near the enemy S
works. Were they allowed TO take them
of in peace? No! They were fired on
like the most determined enemy. Some
watched for a chance all night without
success. On Saturday night the same
results so that some of our wounded
lay on The field till Monday afternoon,
without food or water, in blserng
heat all day and heavy chilling dews at
night, Our dead had their pockets pick
ed, and some part of their clothing taken
Do you wonder that we love our enc
mics cover the left" The enclosed
circular will show something Of the prin-
ciples on which the South claim to act
} and the conceited idea that they consider
cotton king of commerce. There is hard
~ soldier but what comedies with old
Abe in sending such men as c. l.. Val
landigham into the Conlederacy. Our on.
" wish is that there were more of them
sent | think tina, the Confederacy can
: not last much longer, as it is now liter
ally cut in two, and we can take one
half at time and whip them anyhow
But enough OF this. l hope that Lee
; will give them considerable trouble il
, Pennsylvania, it will make some of Tho
t sympathizers open their eyes. | beiev,
that the old fogy conservatism of these
times will be crushed beneath the iron
tread of the ponderous and irresistabl,
car of eternal truth, and the onward pro
gress of human freedom, till all shall b.
! free even in priest-ridden Europe, anC
T down trodden Africa DR.. Hunt is will
US and is winning golden opinions among
the boys by his kind attention and tn
interest he takes in the sick and weak
t he looks pretty hearty. All the boy
| from Buchanan County, as far as know
, are well. Hoping that you may hav
abundant success conloundng the Phar
asaical Copperheads, and all Southern
sympathizers, | am, as ever, your fellow
| laborer in the good work.
LAMBDA.