Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-09-18
Ohio POlilics-Eile Prospects in
Iowa, &c, &c.



Courier, written by one Snyder, in Da,ke
county, Ohio. conclude that the said Sny-
der is in a VERY DARKE county and corner Of
that county. ! know the writer is unusually
intelligent on his estimate of the Courier
Gable and valuable paper" l know he is a
Union man nom his expressions of admira-
ton for the "NoBLE, HONEST, PATRIOTIC VAL
LANDIGuAM." know that he speaks the
truth, and therefore am confirmed in my
former belief that large proportion of the
army is made up Of Republicans, while the
copperhcad-de democracy have remained at
home, "fire-in-the-rear party" For sever
al years Ohio has been thoroughly Republi-
can in politics. Mr.. Snyder says sat every
Democratic meeting he finds large, enthusi-
astic, intelligent crowds of people-not mere
ly women and children, but voters; whilst
Black Republican Abolition meetings have
small crowds, composed mostly of women,
children and negroes" Poor, drivelling fool!
Don't this Snyder know that the women and
children who attend those Abolition meetings,
as he is pleased TO call them, are the wives
and children, widows and orphans of the men
who are, or have been, fighting the battles of
his country. Every man with thimble-full
of brains knows that the heaviest stock hold
ers in this war against treason and Vallan-
dghammers are the wives and children
and widows and orphans of the natiois true
heroes. Go into a Copperhead peace-sneak
meeting where small dems gogues like Thayer
and Wallace denounce the Government and
its life saving measures, and you will find
none of those stock holders there. They
choose the company Of Their friends. The
true friends of their country arc the friends of
their husbands and fathers, and hence are
always to be found at Union, or Abolition"
meetings. The men have gone to the war
the women and children represent them at
our meetings, and tell us THEIR friends have
no sympalhies for the craven peace sneass of
the North. If there are more voters at the
! Vallandigham meetings in the Union Repub
lican State of Ohio than there are at tac Union
meetings, it proves oay that the Republicans
of Ohio are in the army, while peace sneak
Democrats are ut home sowing the seeds Of
discord and disunion.
But this very intelligent correspondent,
Snyder, says: 1--WE have intelligent speakers,
while they (Abolitionsts) have the commonest
kind-Brough, for instance That's rich
John Brough common speaker-a man who
for quarter Of century has sustained the
reputation OF being the ''great speaker of the
Ohio Democracy, and Mr.. Thayer don't know
any better than to publish such nonsense.
The Courier correspondent says he is fully
convinced that Vallandigham WILL BE ELEC
rED-that many Republicans have joined the
Copperheads-t the Republican soldiers
will not vote for Brough." Mr.. Snyder says
"Cox, the Hon. S. S., is one of his first class
speakers" he ought, therefore, to be good
authority. l will repeat here what have
before written-he opportunity is so timely.
The Hon. S. S. Cox was in Davenport few
weeks since and the writer Of this had some
talk with him. Mr. Cox then used this Ian
guage "Vallandigham' nomination was the
most disastrous event that could have occur
red to the Democracy. He will be over
whelmingly defeated. Even many of those
who supported him in Convention will not
vote for him. Brough will be elected by
majority that will teach the Democracy les
son for the future" AS Mr.. Cox is now
stumpirg for Vallandigham, place his testi-
mony against that of the reliable correspon-
dent of that family paper that circu!ates in
every county in Iowa-the Courier-and
here leave the foolish Snyder.
Iowa's political sky was never brighter
So situated as to meet citizens from all parts
of the State, speak advisedly when l say
that General Tuttle was never more unfortu-
nate than when he consented to run upon the
Copperhead ticket. His former warm per-
sonal and political friends aver that he is
guilty of species of deception and double
dealing, from the effects of which he can
never recover. 1t is a notorious fact, that
not a solitary war Democrat or Republican,
not Union or Republican speaker, or paper,
has yet espoused his cause. A reliable war
Democrat, from one of the southern tier
counties, informed me that not a war Demo-
crat in that part Of the State will support
Tuttle He receives the support of none but
Vallandigham orators, papers and sympa-
thizers, Officers and men from the field say
they love Tuttle as soldier, but they des
pise his Copperhead associations. That the
soldiers will not support him, is as certain as
that the sun shines. Had he repudiated the
Copperhead platform and run as an indie
pendent candidate, no one can doubt the ac
ton of the soldiers at least But to ask them
to vote for him now, is to ask them to en-
dorse the Copperhead platform, with Bying
ton, Mahony, Jones, Thayer & Co., which
they will not do. The sky is big with prom
isc. Friends, let us roll up our majorities.
By the way, speaking of Byington, it is
reported that he is dangerously ill, from
severe attack Of chronic diarrhea of circulars,
having issued his 10th of the current series.
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