Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-10-09
FUTILE IN THE ARMY.


A Vicksburs correspondent Of the Cincin.
natl Times gives the following. picture Of
Iowa politics in the army:
Little is said here Of the coming elections,
and there is no excitement such as is known
on the eve Of an election at the North. But
the reason is obvious. Every mans opin.
ions are blended into one. In fact there is
but one opinion here; therefore, there are
no grounds for controversy. Iowa soldiers
are sometimes heard to speak of Gen. futile
and his acceptance Of the Copperhead nom.
ination for Governor of their State, but al.
ways in terms Of the most bitter reproach.
It is easy to perceive that they are far from
endorsing this act Of their General, and by
it he has ever alienated himself from their
esteem and affection which he once enjoyed.
His influence will not cause single Iowa
soldier to follow his unworthy example by
adjuring his former acts as patriot, and fol-
lowing in the guilty path Of the enemies OF
his country; nor will they submit one single
point of their former opinions to vote for the
man they once loved. They know that Gen.
eral futile does not hope to direct the party
which he has espoused any more than Ar
mold hoped to convert the British army into
defenders Of American liberties, and they
know, too, that by accepting such nomina.
ton he has only lent himself tool to the
evil designs Of o party whose only effort is
to break up the foundation Of our Govern.
ment. They know that a man 10 operate
with such party must operate against the
interests Of our cause. They cannot under.
stand how it is possible for man to be true
to his country at the same time he is giving
cOuntenance and comfort to its enemies; and
the coming election will prove to Gen. Tut
tie that he has stopped lower than the pri.
Yates of the army are capable or wish, and
after he has been defeated By maiOrites which
will tell him how fearfully he has alienated
himself from the affections Of his own brave
soldiers, he can return to the army, the o.
ject Of universal hatred, contempt and dis.
gust
The men whom Iowa has sent into the field
are as intelligent as they are brave and true,
and they will not suffer themselves to be
hoodwinked by man who was too weak to
treat disgraceful offer with the contempt it
deserved. Battle fields have echoed to their
shout. and many rebel has fallen before
their firm array the ballot.box will tell no
less tale to their honor and their glory.
1t will oe useless task for the Comprehend
party to send its agents and its tickets to any
part Of this army, for both will be treated
with scorn and contempt wherever they
are seen. There is an impossible bar.
rer between the soldier who is fighting for
the preservation of the country he loves, and
calls his own. and that organization whose
labors are all for the destruction Of that
country. Every man in the army feels this,
and no long. winded lecture on Conserva.
tism," no matter how fair it may appear in
its hypothesis, Or plausible in its deductions,
will cause any one to abandon the principles
which his foart tells him are just, honorable
and right. to espouse those which he knows
to be in direct antagonism to them.