Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-09-18

Thayer, don't hold back the truth don,
commence this early to carry the coming
election by fraud. Come right up to your
duty like good little rebel, and do it if il
does hurt little. We have no objection tc
your publishing extracts as such, but don't
extract and give it as entire.
Hear the Soldiers Spealx.-Tuttle's :
old Regiment lsepudiatc Him.
At meeting of officers and men of the
Second Regiment Iowa Infantry the following
resolutions, with reference to Gen. Tuttles
acceptance of the Copperhead nomination for
Governor Of Iowa, were adopted:
WHEREAS, The so-called Democratic
State Central Committee of which LeGrand
Byington was Chairman, have nominated
Brig. Gen. James NJ Tuttle as their candidate
for Governor of the State of Iowa; and,
WHEREAS, lie having accepted the said
nomination, has in his letter to the People
of Iowa" expressed principles as his o,cn, so
antagonistic to the platform of said party ;
his, as expressed in said letter being strong
uar policy, while that of the party Is anti
war; therefore,
Resolyed, That we, the officers and men
of the Second Regiment Iowa Volunteer In
fantry, having always been warm friends and
ardent supporters of Gen. Tuttle, as a militia
ry man, sec great inconsistency in action, in
accepting the nomination Of said party, whose
policy is SO Numerically opposed to the one
which the General has sacrificed 50 much to
support.
Resolved, That the policy of said party, as
expressed in their acts, and in their resolu.
tons and platform, are so unpatriotic treach
erous, and so revolving to all loyal men and
soldiers, that we cannot either countenance or
support any man, who will so far encourage
secession as to accept nomination by said
party.
Resolced, That we ask Gen. Tuttle une-
quivocally to answer the following questions: ::
Whether he really endorses the platform of
said party? Does he endorse the sentiment
contained in Circular No. 2, issued by the
Democratic State Central Committee" in
which the Conscripton Act is denounced as
IAN abominable, unequal and unconstitutional
Conscription Act, by which democrats are
sought to be forced into an abolition war
which they detest ?" Does he, with that Com
mittee, favor the appropriation of funds to
pay the sum of three hundred dollars to eX-
empt certain class of persons from the
draft?
Reso1ued, That a direct and immediate
answer to the above questions, as well as
full explanation of what must appear to
every rejecting mind, the glaring inconsis-
tencies which cluster round his acceptance Of
the nomination of said party, is due to the
General himself, his friends, and all con-
cerned.
1t was also resolved that a copy of the
above resolutions be sent to Gen. Tuttle, and
to the Iowa papers for publication.
The resolutions were read to the men at
retreat and adopted without dissenting
voice.
Such is the expression Of the soldiers
everywhere. The bare-faced hypocrisy Of
the Copperhead party in attempting to carry
out their peace-and submisson-to the-rebels
policy by putting forward as their standard
bearer man engaged in the war, is having
no other effect than to disgust the few honest
men in their own ranks and 70 call forth the
indignant condemnation Of all patriots.
- The occupation of Chattanooga, by
Gen. Rosecrans, is the knell of rebel power
in East Tennessee, especially since Burnside
is further up the Valley at the other late
rebel stronghold, Knoxville, and the two
commanders are in communication.
Chattanooga is the terminus of two important
railroads, and the most important point on
another-the Chattanooga and Memphis. 1t
is $50 miles from Nashville, 1872 from Savan
nah, and AT from Charleston. 1t used to
contain 5000 inhabitants, and was place of
considerable business.
Knoxville is the junction of the East Ten
nessee and Georgia and East Tennessee and
Virginia railroads 1t is on the Holston riv-
er, which is navigable for small steamers to
that point. In 1860 Knoxville contained
5000 inhabitants 1t is distant 1856 miles
from Nashville.
- In relation to the Dubuque Herald's
charge of seduction against Col. Stone, (Which
was copied by the Courier of this city, the
Burlington Hawkeye says:
We will place five hundred dollars in the
State Bank of Iowa, to be paid over to the
Herald upon the productitn Of single re-
sponsible citizen of Marion county who will
say its story is true. We will deposit the
money in twenty four hours after notification
by the Herald of its acceptance of this offer.
The Hyenas of the Copperhead party can
not now say that "no Republican paper denies
it." Hutchins and Mahony, after asserting
that this matter is notorious in Marion coun-
ty, cannot refuse to produce one creditable
witness, especially upon the offer Of five hun
dred dollars. Now, produce your witness CT
stop lying.
GEN. GRANT FOR EMANCIPATIoN.-In gen.
eral order issued from his headquarters at
Vicksburg, under date of Aug. 1st, General
Grant makes the following recommendation
to the nlanters of Mississippl: t