Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-10-09
Clay Deans last Appeal to the
Democracy.

Clay Deans last Appeal to the
Democracy.
The delicate and odoriferous Dean of the
Iowa Buttcrnuts is in Pennsylvania, and on
the 25th day Of September, Of the present
year, wrote an earnest appeal to his friends in
this State. We publish some Of the most
important extracts from the appeal, as follows:
I'm the means of restoring the Union no
Democrat differs with Gen. futile more than
l do. But Gen. Tuttle is the nomiRee of the
Democratic party, and am Democrat; l
shall therefore give him my undivided sup
port.
"Four such years of maladministration as
those imposed by Gov. Kirkwood upon the
people of Iowa, no free people have ever en-
dured before.
ITO ensure the perpetation of the most
audacious crimes, he has commissioned for
Office men whose desperate fortune and reck.
less character would insure the violation of
the law.
81 need not enumerate these offences. |
would in the true spirit of Christianity rather
throw the mantle of charity over them as
covering, if they could thus be hid from the
world, and Iowa still maintain her good name
"Let it not be forgotten that the talented
Talley, pure citizen and devoted Christian
minister, was shot down like a wild beast for
exercising the right Of free speech and this
public monster-the Governor Of your State
-endeavored by his counsel to inaugurate
civil war among you because you demanded
| that the murderers should be surrendered to
the law for punishment.
IL beseech every conservative man, peace
mn, lover of his State, country, liberty and
constitutional law, 60 to the polls, urge hi,
neighbors to the polls, and vote for General
futile.
II appeal to you in the name Of the sacred
ltrio's, whose precious blood stains every
battle field of the old States
II appeal to you in the name Of the young,
devoted, gallant Talley, whose martyred
blood cries up to Heaven against the enemies
Of civil liberty.
81 appeal to you in the name of the memo.
ry Of the past. the suftriogs of the present,
and the hopes of the future, to lay aside ev.
sideration of person and prejudice, and 60 10
the election aud vote for General Tuttle mot
because he is Democrat or because he agrees
with you, but because he is pledged to pro-
tect the people with the laws in their legal
rights, and because, as man of honor, and a
true soldier, he will faithfully redeem his
pledge. This is our only hope. The people
demand safety, security, peace instead of
danger, uncertainty, and civil war.
1.-The peace men, the Democrats, the men
Of law, order, liberty and security, have only
one alternative. They must perpetuate the
present condition of things, or GUST the ma
lignant party in power in the STATE, and vote
for Gen. Tuttle.
mo man has suffered more for liberty or
asked less of his friends for himself than
have l.
81 therefore beg you hear me. The cleo
ton of trustworthy man by your votes in
| October 10 our last, our only hope
81 am, very truly, your fellow citizen,
HENRY CLAY DEAN"
Having copied the foregoing from the But
ternnt organ Of DesMoines County, we pre-.
sumo them to be genuine. We have only to
add supplementary thereto, that If after hear
ing such eloquent beseechings from Dean and
Wallace and Thayer every Butternut n Mus
catine don't vote fer General Tuttle and Maj.
John sherfey, they are lost to all good i'm
pressions. From the ranks of the Butternut
family we call Major Sherfey, Mr.. Mahanna,
General Humphreys and others whose patri-
otism has been exhibited in thousand ways,
PERHAPS, to rally around the standard of
Tuttle--don't postpone your duty another
day, for the sake Of the martyr, whose voice
calls from the Key Stone State.