Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-08-28

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Irish character-who will hold out the han
Of fellowship, with heart in that hand, I
every honest man of every caste and color
who, will sustain the cause Of humanity an
honor, and scorn the paltry advocates Of Sls
very-who will show that the IRISH heart
in America as benevolent and AZ replete wit
charitable emotions ss in any other CLINE o.
the face Of the earth. ....e rt.'.9V 57u 2
Wevconclude +, The spirit of Democrat
liberty is defiled by the continusnce of Negr
Slavery in the United States, The Unite
States themselves are degraded below tn
most uhcivilized nations by the atrocious in
consistency Of talking Of liberty, and prac
ticing Tyranny in its worst shape. Tn
Americans attempt to palliate their iniquit
by the futile excuse Of personal interest bu
the Irish, who have not even that futile ex
cuse, and yet justify Slavery, are utterly in
defensible. - f.'-.r 80. .5t.p.n',r-l
Once again-and for the last time-we cal
upon you to come out of the councils Of tn
slaveowners, and st all evente. to free your
selves from participating in their guilt
Irishmen, call upon you to join in crush
ing Slavery, and in giving liberty to ever,
man Of every caste, creed, or color" -''
Whose voice will you heed-that of you
Great Orator Statesman, whose appeals il
your behalf and of a universal humanity
have become immortal. or Of the Vallandig
hams, the Mshonys, the Thaycrs and Wal
laces? We do notappeal to you to reeounc
Democracy and become Republicans, bu
like your best, greatest country man, to op
pose oppression in every form become th'
advocates Of universal liberty, and give t
others, struggling to be free, that sympathy
and those prayers that others gave to you.
cit IL Hard 10 Kick Against the
H.. !9TtTl i!iD Priclxs.n Ur--o5 4 80 Go.
This Language was never more clearly illus
trated than in the case of the Anti Wa,
Democracy of Iowa, during the presen
week. hen,Egg'd, whose other name is Ed
ward, the Copperhead, never fund it more
difficult to kick in his life than when com
PEELED to receive the pricks of Gen. Tuttle'.
letter to the people of Iowa. We read witt
great care the Indifferent endorsement Of tn,
letter, and wondered at the labor required fo1
such production with the mercury reaching
up toward 101 @. It was funny epistle-
really provoking Of fun to see how that pom
derous head proved that letter endorsin,
the war-all its misunderstanding an in
difference as to the fate of slavery and op
posed to peace except it be unconditional :
was coal Of fire laid upon Abolitionism, ant
entirely Democratic. For uttering the same
perhaps little more explicitly, Gems. Logan
Crocker, Sickles, Rosecrans, Burnside ant
others have been denounced as "Abolition
lists" G a11 9Tr . .J
We pity the Democracy-we mean thu
Copperhead wing. Compelledaby three dis
tinguished gentlemen, occupying seats a.
members Of . State Central Committee t
hoist the name of Tuttle as standard bearer
and having eulogiezd him as the greatest mar
Of the age-a Democrat. soldier. patriot
without knowing his position, they find them
selves in a very strong pickle. They pro
tested against his nominal ion--then they
endorsed his nomination, and to be consistent
cannot now cRAw FISH. Obi how we fee
for them! Compelled to swallow war mar
ran implement in the hands of Linco n t.
enforce emancipation, con6scation and con
scription 2.o as. II 5l".L- A -s.4 SIS
But then what base hypocrisy lies at th'
bottom of al this Where is the letter writ
ten by General Tuttle to the : tate Centra
Committee, accepting its nomination for Gov
ernor? They publish his letter to the peopl'
and NOT that to the Committee. The day
will come when Gen. Tuttle, who has proved
himself , brave soldier and good officer, wi
regret that he was ever beguiled into tn
Copperhead den. He will regret tina. he eve
attempted to deceive those who have followed
him over the enemy's parapets to victory
No man, who can read and think for himself
will fail to discover the studied composition
Of his letter to the people Ifh. meant wha
he said why not bot'ly and frankly repndi tt
=, platform wholly at variance with his own
Does any man believe thar sByipgton, Dean
Mahony, Jones and Thayer will support Tut
tle lnpon any other platform save that made
for him by their hands? If General Tnttlt
is honest in what he asserts to be his posi-
ton, then he owes it to himself and the Unior
Democrats of Iowa, to repudiate. the -Mahony
and Thayer platform. The people. wish Il
know which platform will govern his oficia
action The truth cannot be disguised thai
he accepts the Democratic nomination upon
lie State Convention platform to secure the
Democratic vote, and for the purpose of rally,
ing to his support the army, vote, published
for their benefit snotber and a different plat
form. The fraud, however, will not win
Whenfthe army beholds the whole family %
Iowa tories Aocking around Tuttle's standard
they viii desert it. It is enough to damn
him 1q forever, politically, that he has obtained
the smiles and favor of the Muscatine Courisr
There Isl but one degree more Of politics
degradation to which he can descend and tina
the support Of the Dubuque Herald. Whet
the Hsreld, Stssesman, ArgNs and Courie'
shall reach the army with the name of Tuttl'
associated with Dur combe and Mason. theil
love for = gallant leader will sink and be los
sightsof inllove for country and loyalty un
disguised. Tutde has no, more hope Of al
election than had Thayer for Congress.
"A MOVEMENT IN ARKANsAs.-Gen.o Steel,
has left Helena, Ark, at the head Of an i'm
portant expedition westward through Arkan
salrr Il IS not proper 70 state the extent .
his force3 but it 10 composed of cavalry, in
fantry and artillery, and is quite formidable