The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-04-25

name Rhett, Toombs and Yancy to prove
that the Democrats were all traitors. The
General seems to have forgotten that the
Copperhead party for which he is laboring,
had it's birth in Washington on the 18th Of
June, A. D.. 1861, with vallandigham and
Cox for its sponsors. DoDaKvILLE.
" From the Sd Iowa Cavalry.
The action of the officers of the Third Ioya
Cavalry endorsed by a Democrat.
EDITOR HAwK-EYE:-The following is q
copy of letter which was sent to the Ed
itor of the Clarion for publication, but
which was refused. presume that he will
deny that this is copy Of the letter, as he
did of the one..which you published a short
time since, but we have the "dead wood"
on him this time, and have the original let
ter in safe keeping:
Co. A, BIRD Iowa CAVALRY, HELENA,
April 5, 1868.
EDITOR CLARION.-Permit private SOL
der of Co. A, Bird Iowa Cavalry, to speak
few words through your columns in regard
to some assertions which were made by the
Editors of the Burlington argus, of date of
March 3rd, 1858. They say that the Hd,Uk-
Eye contends that there shall be but one
party. Well, that is the sentiment of the
be? answer the Union party. The Argus
further says that the Hawk-Eye would
have the whole people vote the Republican
ticket, from the fact that some of the officers
regularly bargain away their politicalop
ions and principles If they had any for
Office. Sir, does the Argus think that there
are no Democrats in the army? IF it does
Editors of the Argus to point out the man
that has bargained away his political opin-
ions or principles for the sake Of Office
They may search the army through, and I
venture to assert that they will not find o
man. Do they suppose the men in the
army are SO dastardly and reasonable as
that? know they have not turnedlo out to
have. Then the argus asserts that Col.
Bussey could not get ten votes for any Of
flee he might desire in Davis county, which
they know to be malicious lie. The SOL
diers here all know Col. Bussey to be a
talented man, and able to contend with all
such Copperheads as the Editors Of the
argus. 1t Is not my intention to try to
shield the officers-they are able to take
care of themselves. But arU the private
soldier. We are determined to put down
this rebellion, if it lakes every drop of our
blood to do it; and we will fight traitors
North or South, I care not where they come
from, or who they are. The Argus says
Iu0Te dlOtueI ~ tu0 QueSGlOu. Inc
private soldiers are writing letters by the
thousand which would make these fast off,
GERS blush, and if the soldiers who are not
interested, are to be believed, against these
salaried officers
Oh what base assertion! Does the
Argus think that the soldiers are such
fools as to pass a set of resolutions and
then write letters home slandering them
selves? know that such is not the case,
for the men acted voluntarily on those res
olutio1s. And as to Col. Bussey, or any
other man, making the soldiers vote as they
wanted them to, there is not one word Of
truth in it; and as to Col. Bussey having
more to fear from the soldiers than any
man in Iowa, Col. Busy has nothing to
Iowa do not turn to be Copperheads they
will not have much to fear from the sol
diers. The argus says that the following
course has been adopted by some of our
officers: "The men are on dress parade,
and the Colonel makes a speech, and some
one reads the resolutions-some of the SOL
diers hear them and some do not. But
they are all told that if any one votes
against them they will be put on extra duty
and have the most dangerous positions as
signed the next battle the regiment is en-
gagged in. He then puts the resolutions to
vote, as follows: All opposed to the reso-
lutions advance three PAGES. No one
moves. Then the Colonel says, allin favor
of the resolution step forward. The Cap
tains, Lieutenants or Sergeants in COM
mand of the companies or squads cry out,
advance" The soldiers obey the order
and step forward. The Colonel then certi-
fies that the resolutions are unanimously
adopted"
I am astonished at the editors of the
Argus. Do they think that we are in such
heathenlsh darkness as to have to go
back to France to find some mode to COM
pei the men to do a thing that would be in
open violation of the Constitution? Why,
sir, the men would revolt in less than
twenty-four hours. AS to the Colonel hay
ing the men on dress parade, and then ia
king the vote on the resolutions, as the
IrgMs says he did, is false; and as to put
ting the men on extra duty, or telling them
they would If they voted against the reso-
lutiOns, is as black and daStardly lie as
was ever uttered by any man or set of men,
think that the editors of the Argus do
not know much about military affairs, or
they would know that the officers cannot
90 just as they please with the men. L
tell you, sir, the men haze something to say
Ill these matters.
Now, sir, l expect the editors of the
Argus and other Copperheads will say that
the officers were The getters-up of this ar
ticle, or had it done; but they know moth
ing. do not know what they will say,
nor 40 care. Will DID dehance to all
Copperheads, North and South. They are
too cowardly to come and fight for that
good old flag that has protected them and
their property, but viii stay at home and
write letters to the soldiers and tell them to
desert and come home. They want us to
desert that flag that we have sworn to pro-
tect. But we will not do it. We will stand
by the old flag and fight for the Constitu-
ton and Union and warn Copperheads to
beware, or they will meet with traitors
doom. Yours truly,
JASPER BRUaILEY,
Co. A, Sd Iowa Cavalry.
FIRE!-Yesterdav afternoon at 3 O'Clock
our city was alarmed at the cry of fire, and
1T was discovered that q fire had broken
ont in the roof of tho old Mad;cal Collo,,o