The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-09-26

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Sir: In your issue Of the 18Th iiast.. g
speaking DC me - 4 aaaadialate fpr tlae
State Senate in this Districts ron taks
caaion to say that I ana = { ooppsEheads "
and that yos, always believed INas. TlAls
word " Copperhead Z with ron, and as iz''
tended to be applied BY you aud other
members Of the Republican party that
use it with such flippancy means that
the person or party in connection With
which ii il used, is an enemy 10 hia conn
try--favors the rebellion fayors The dis
solution of this our glorious Unioa. ]
notice, sir, in former numbers cf yossr Pr
per you use the same Language toWards
Gen. James M. futile. q man that voitiSl-
teered early In this war TO defend the
Union--who has many times led his no
BILE band of Iowa boys to victory Who
has been highly promoted b. the Heads
of Department for his usefulness. his
bravery and skill in arms--who is nosv at
his post in readiness to give battle TO the
enemies of his country beloved By the
federal soldier eyerywhere--possessing a
character untarnished in the eyes of his
country. Yes. in your estimation he is q
i" Copperhead," and you so write it in
your public journal, which you send to
the army to be read by the troops in his
Division, and others in the service. In
this way you cast obloquy upon his good
name -- destroy his influence over his
troops-create disafeetion in the army
cause desertions, and thus obstruct the
progress of our arms. Now, ! ask who Is
the Copperhead, you or the brave,
the noble Gen. futile ! Why, sir, many
man has been sent to Fl. Lafayette and
the Old Capitol prison for not dong hall
so much as you have in your abuse OF
Gen. futile. I refer to this, sir, in con-
nection with your charges against me to
show that you have noregard for truth
that you are really the "Copperhead" in
stead of those whom you aecuse-that
you estimate party and political spoils
higher than the victory Of our arms or
the good of the country.
You could but know when you pub
lished the article referred to, that it was
false, and every citizen in this city that
knows me also knows its falsity; and
had you not specially requested me to
reply, should have passed it by in ST.
lence. In your last, you say that you
tender me your columns to set myself
Fright on the record" With me the
record speaks for itself; just let it alone.
Sir, the record is all right. You admit in
your last issue-prompted to do so, no
doubt, by the public odiunn that was
being heaped upon you--that you were
too hasty-that you might be mistaken
in relation to the averments in your first
article. I don't regard, sir, that you
made those charges through haste or
mistake. 1t was through pure unadulte.
rated party animosity, party intolerance
and feeling, that has already been carried
50 far by extremists that the peace of So
ciety at home may we'll be said to be in
jeopardy.
I take great pleasure in answering the
questions propounded in your last.
lst. Would you have accepted a nom
nation at the hands of the Convention
that placed Mr.. DEws in nom natlonf
Answer. I did not want I'll 10 nominal
ton at the hands of that convention and
could not have received it If had.
Cd. If Mr.. DEws had not declined,
would you have announced y ourseif as
candidate? ~.
Answer. I cannot say wheth her would
or not; many Douglas Democrats were
insisting that ] should become . candi-
date before Mr.. DEws had declined and
was considering the matter and had not
given them a final answer, when heard
that Mr.. D. had declined.
Sd. Do you endorse the platform of
principles adopted by the Democratic
State Convention at Des Moines, on the
Sth of July, 1863!
Answer. No farther than the same
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