The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-29
The Copperhead Fraud.

2IAA IL SElkAfVv IN IL ILL.,
80 The COPperhesd Fraud. s5r
We have unquestionabie authority for say
ing that the Copperhead managers in Iowa
are printing Copperhead tickets for the ar
my, with General Tuttle's letter, each tick
ct having on it printed copy of the letter,
thus leaving the inference upon the minds
of the soldiers that the letter is the platform
of the party, and that all the candidates
stand upon it. nze
On the other hand, it is a fact perfectly
patent to every body that the letter is right.
in the teeth of the platform of the party
in the teeth of every issue made by them
before the people-that this letter has been
gotfup in corner and attempted to be
struggled to the army without publication
in the State, and would not have come be-
fore the public, perhaps at all, but that the
Hapk- Eye got hold of a copy and printed
it, and compelled the Copperhead papers to
print. s7aa5ega dapz 81
Now, we ask candid and honorable men
what they think Of this attempted fraud?
We ask General Tuttle concerning his agen-
cy in this swindle? Is he aware that LIE
Grand Byington and Dennis A. Mahony
have made stool-pigeon of him, to decoy
our brave soldiers into the Copperhead net!
Is he so blind that he cannot see that he is
being used by the most pestilent set Of reb-
ell sympathizers out of Dixie? If he is the
brave and true man we take him to be, he
will not lend himself to the base purposes
of these men, who are Turing him to des-
truction.
IMMENSE MEETING IN LEE COUNTY
The campaign opened in Lee county by an
ion people at the Junction" on Saturday
last. The number present was variously
estimated at from twelve to twenty thou
sand. The meeting was addressed by Gen.
Curtis, General Reid, Colonel Bussey, Gov.
Grimes, and others. Besides the gentle
men named, were Col. Hills, Col. PARROT,
Surgeon McGugin, Capt. Anderson, Capt.
Galland, Capt. Aldrich, Capt. Huston, and
several other gallant officers and men who
have spilled their blood on the battle fields
of the country, in defense of the Union
Scores of men were present who never be-
fore voted anything but the democratic
ticket, who avOwed their intention to vote
the unconditional Union ticket in October
next. A very strong and unexceptionable
ticket was nominated, and all looks right
in Lee county. Let the good work go on.
va We have been endeayoring to ac-
count for the sudden decline in the price
of gold. In the simplicity of our heart, we
thought that our recent victories over the
rebels, the repulse of Lee, the fall of
Vicksburg and Port Hudson, &C., had
something to do with it. While resting sat
istied with this solution a new light is
thrown upon the subject by the London
Post the English Ministerial organ. That
paper tells us the decline is owing to the
fact that the '.people were AFRAID of keeping
1t, lest it should be taken by the mob. Since
this "Daniel has come to judgment"
and illumined our minds with this bril-
liant idea, we cave" 1t settles the ques-
ton now and forever! Gold went down
and stays down because peopleare ''afraid"
to keep it! 1t must be so. The Post is
thoroughly posted-knows all about it =
How could such trifies as the defeat of the
rebels have anything to do with it?
BIOGRAPHICAL correspondent Of the
Chicago Journal writing from Stanford,
KY, states that Gen. Burnside's forces
were moving towards East Tennessee, and
then gravely informs the readers of that
paper that Somerset, at which place was
Gen. julius White, in command of the
right wing, is on the Tennessee line =
Now, Somerset is about midway between
Stanford and the State line, and is North
of the Cumberland river, which runs north
of Monticello, the county seat of Wayne
county, which county does reach the line.
1t is full forty or fifty miles from Somer-
set to the line, and that over roads not par
ticularly easy. The correspondent wrote
on the 18th. Burnside is probably moving,
but we judge he is not yet in East Ten
nessee. If his right wing was at Somer-
set, his left, moving by London, has much
longer as well as more difficult road to
travel than his right. If the left goes in
the vicinity of Cumberland Gap, it is two
or three times as far. The correspondent
thought Burnside would be in Knoxville
last week. We guess he was not. If he
was, his army must have been far in adj
vance of the position he gave it. We dom,
know anything about the writer's facts,
but it is plain that he has not studied his
geography De1,y exactly.
re- We really wish some one would as
certain with reasonable degree of GER
tainty where Gen. Lee is and whether O,
not his army is or is not in condition tc
give battle. 1t would save so much trou-
bic and time The telegraph sends us al
most daily exactly opposite reports. The
special reports of one paper tell us that Lee
has been reinforced, that he intends to at
tack Gen. Meade, and that the latter is
about to retire to the Potomac, where he
will maintain defensive position! Other
papers have specials to the effect that Lees
army is demoralized, that his troops arc