Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-10-23
Correspondence Of the Muscatine Daily Journal ]
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Elections from the Washing
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.
Mr.. George E. Pugh will hardy march hi
hundred thousand men to escort Gogerno.
Vallandigham from Canada to Columbus
Poor Little Mac will be deprived of the pleas
ure of congratulating his 'particular friend
Woodward upon the delivery of his lnaugu
raj. AS for my aniabe and polished friend
the Hon. George Gillespie, Of Ottumwa, il
seems that he will have to forego his antcipa
ted delight in haing "Gcner'l Duddle as the
next Guvner Of Ioway" can't say that
am particularly sorry for Pugh, or poor Little
Mac, or Gillespie. Il is their funeral. Let
the dead bury the dead.
1t was the universal opinion here, before
the recent electonsi in Pennsylvania and Ohio
that upon the result depended more than had
depended upon any elections in the country,
since the adoption of the Constitution, not
excepting even any Presidential election
Little was said about Iowa, except by our
own people, because cur State is regarded,
like Vermont, as star that uever sets. The
public attention, so far as this city is con-
cerned, was mainly directed to the X Keystone
and the Buckeye tate. On the evening OF
the election the excitement was very great.
The hotels were crowded; Pennsylvania Av-
enue was blockaded by crowds of news
hunters far more eifectually, fear, than Will
mington, N. c., has ever been blockaded ;
Union League and Reading Rooms were ram
jam full every grown man in the city who
could get on his legs was out, and not far
from the avenue. After about y o clock, how
ever, the news of the whirlwind in Pennsyl-
vania aud The subliner than Alpine avalanche
in Ohio commencing TO come, the copperheadS
sought consolation at their homes, ard the
earnest men were left to undisturbed congrat-
ulationS
The importance of the recent victories can
not be too highly estimated. | sptak not
here of their Importance in any mere partisan
sens. They settle the War Question. War
to the knife a d the knife to the hilt--that j.
the verdict What difference does it make to
one who thinks mai,ly about this great peo-
PIE, what it can be, what it will be, that Val
landigham bas been defeated that Woodward
has been sent to to tie tomb of the Capulets !?
The SeymourS, the McClellans, tie Woods,
the Brookses, the Voorheeses, the Richard
sons-what are they? A breath has made
them. As a day to eternity, as a meteor to
the bound ess heavens, radiant with all the
nh Of (N,l -
party, even the best, to nation found in
justice and liberty. Penns ylyania, Ohio and
Iowa have, in a manuer, saved the nation. 1t
is pleasant, therefore, but Eot matter rising
to the dignity of ia onal .jubia,ion, to rcl ct
that such men as | have mentioned have
been virtually wiped from the face of tn
earth. An hund' ed years hence, when an
hundred million of people are enjoying liberty
and happiness now being secured them by
this generation, a generous oblivion will no
doubt hang over all who raised voice against
the Republic. suspect that, in that day and
generation, Curtin, Brough and Stone will
have passed from the memory O. men, but
the patriotism of the people will still be alive
in the existence of the nation its"lf.
But that, dearly beloved reader, is the veT
an lowan takes of the recent elections, in
which view, he IS happy to state, many ex-
ccllent people here agree with him. But the
politicians, the majority and 1.-THE society,""
par ca etlenee, of the city look at the matter
from quite different stand point. THE
pre- ideniial election in 1864 is assured in our
favor that Is all it teaches them and they
already begin to cast abb ut to tie 10 the man
who will probably be successful This from
the politicians of the inside track. Those of
the outside track begin to consider ways and
means how they can now go about It to cajole
the p ople into the belief that they have al
ways been the firm friends of the war-men
who started as though struck by thunder
bolt when the news came from Ohio How
natural 1t is for political metropolis to helit
tie great events, as we'll as great questions
| never knew professional politician, here
or elsewhere, of any party, who had a soul.
Member, of Cabinets not excepted.
Il is now said that the Pres dent will sub
stantially comply with the wishes of the Mi>-
| sour Radicals as to the military government
Of that guerrilla and conservative ridden State.
Believing, as do, that the Radic is embrace
ninety nine hundr dths of the loyal people Of
the State, do not see how Mr. Lincoln can
well help taking sides with them. But the
war may be over, after all, before he makes
up his mind.
ihe city is crowded. Rooms and board
are fabulously high. Seventy dollars week
at Wizards, three hundred dollars month
at the National (the same thing) are the rates
they are asking members Of Congress. 1t is
not any less at the ropolitan-the best
hotel h, re, by the way. A little shanty, with
one room, will rent for ten dollars a month.
Simple day boarding, without rooms, cannot
be had at the hotels for less than thirty-fve
dollars month What we hall do during
the session, the good Lord only knows. There
is an admirable prospect Of ahead of starving
and living out in the cold Let no one come
here wi 'hout well lined pockets, and accom-
M dations engaged in advance.
The news from the Army of the Potomac
this morning is cheering. The fight by Maj
Gen. Warren, commanding the I'd Corps, was
good thing for us. He is, in fact, though
quite young man, one of the best soldie S
we have-in every respect superior to Meade.
But, dropping Warren, there are few people
here who know what the actual situation at
the front is. There is a mystery hanging
over it which, perhaps, no one outside select
circle at the war Department can lift. 1t may
he cleared away by general battle or a foot
race before this shall reach you.
LINKENsALE.
~ The late battle field in Georgia is
said by correspondent of the Atlanta In
telligencer, to have extended ten miles, and
to have exceeded in point of carnage Chan