The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-19
The Canvass and the speakers.

pEs MONIES, Sept. IA, lS62.-Ep1To
K-EYE-Dear Sir: You have alread,
learned, by due course of mail, that Their
was great gathering here on Saturda,
last, Sept. Il. By an arrangement of TIL
State Committee, (made with the fapproba
ton of several Of the Union Repnblica,
speakers who arenow canvassing the State
the latter were brought together here O,
saturday. The opportunity of hearing an(
seeing so many of Iowa's distinguished
cltlzens does not often occur We are nm
DER many obligations to the Committee TO,
tne favor. Among those present on the
| occasion were, Hon. James w. Grimes
Hon. James Harlan, Mai Gen. Curtis. Col
Stone, Hon. ]. A. Kasson, Hon. c. C.
Nourse, and G. Ben Darwin. ESQ. Gen.
curtis and Col. Stone were not expected.
but none the less welcome, as the greeting
OF the concourse attested. Senator Harlan
and Col. Stone have been quite ill, but are
now nearly recovered.
=, wet weather two or three days before
the 18th, kept thousands away who had
fully expected to come; yet the meeting
was one OF the best ever held in the citv9'
and number its thousands. It was held
atthe Fair Ground, half mile from the citv.
AS you have probably already given a
Geographic synopsis Of the proceedings, I
will not go into full detail. 10
II was peculiarly gratifying to the null
titude to see the war worn veteran. General
curtis, present. The General has grown
older since we last saw him, but he is vet
male and hearty, and looks every inch a
soldier. He chafes at the inaction at pres
ent bound upon him, but continues to re-
celve from all quarters assurances that his
administration in the Western Department
mas the unqualified appreciation Of the 10y
al masses Of the West. The people of Mis-
souri-the great mass cfthem-regret the
under which the Presi
dent was induced to supersede Gen. Curtis:
as they regretted similar action in the case
OF Gen. Fremont. At no time since the
war commenced was the Missouri Depart
ment so free Of rebel influence and rebel
0utEages, as under the management of !
Gen. Curtis. The President and Secretary
Of War have taken every occasion. as I |
earn, to assure Gen. Curtis that he eniovsl
heir undiminished confidence, and will be |
'estored to active service as soon ss the |
necessary arrangements can be made
)ne would naturally suppose that at the
age OF Gen. Curtis, rest and quiet would be
fought. But such is not his wish. He de-
dres TO be in active service, and feels that
lntil the war is ended, one who has been
ducated in the military school of the coun-
ry, has no right to doff his armor. The
Owa Congressional delegation will cordi-
lily second the wishes OF Gen. C..
zen. Curtis presided over the meeting.
nj opened the exercises with a brief
peech. replete with patriotic sentiment
nd exhortation. z t;s
Senator Grimes has not addressed the
eople OF this locality for seven or eight
ears, until Saturday last. Many who
ave resided here for years, never saw or
caro- MN. can assure you that he made
most OF friends by his admirable speech.
re more than met the expectations of all. ii
70 ! aVolded personal abuse and every form
speech calculated to arouse partisan
re}udice and passion. Headdressea him.
si1 TO the judgment of men of all parties.
nd told them at the outset that the para
1ount question now, with all men. should !,
OF De, what does my party demand?, 4
W, what does the country reuuire?-i
nat can do to preserve the Union. and /
10 lberty and Justice it was designed to {
erpetuate? How can contribute to the
verthrow of this rebellion and the resto- {
ation OF peace?" He yindicated the action :
the Administration from the charge of /
and showed that a rebel q
Dn so criminal, SO disastrous to the best i
OF the people, had never before, in q
% history Of the world, been treated with 9
lch lenity. The President had stood,
between the rebels and the a
gal penalty of their crimes, because of O.
profound desire to restore peace and
Od feeling throughout the country. The fo
Of Congress were vindicated tri-
as the fruit of the same patriot al
purpose. Upon basis of argument th
d fact that no man could successfully con- w
vert, he rested an appeal that found q he
pOnSe in every patriotic heart. Those
. heaS1 him FOR the Grst time, are no tic
ger surprised at his exalted standing at co
'shington, and his potential influence in tic