The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-19

"wednesday, septs,'.be- Ie.


beg ~ Last year when the soldiers votes
were received and their enormous prepon-
derance in favor of the Union Republican
candidates was seen and understood, the
Butternuts declared that the soldiers had
voted on compulsion-had not dared to
vote their sentiments, but had obeyed the
dictation of their officers! This was ALI
false and they knew it. But they were In
q eight places and could see no way out
but by insulting and outraging the man
hood of the volunteers. They had no re-
gard to their sensibilities then. The cleo
ton was over, and they did not hesitate at
declaring openly their disregard for the
honor Of those whose votes they had sought
and failed to obtain.
Since General futile has ''gone to bed
with the Copperheads'' numerous letters
and resolutions, expressing the opinions OF
the soldiers on his folly, to use no harsher
term, have been received from the army
and published in the papers. These do
not tlatter the Butternuts or their candi-
date ANY to hurt.'', In fact they seem to
prove, pretty conclusively, that their at
tempted fraud is perfectly understood in
the army, and that the game is likely to
prove losing one. They are therefore
quite "mad"-'mad as March Hare,' in
fact. What but this insanity could induce
them to repeat the insult and outrage of
last year, and declare that the resolutions
of the End Iowa, Tuttles old regiment,
were only voted for by few Of the men,
and that the rest suffered them to go forth
as the voice of the regiment, not agreeing
thereto, but uttering no word against them?
In order to make people believe there are
Tuttle men in the regiment, they assert,
in effect, that they are towards, without
manhood enough to declare their liking
for a man who has led them to battle! The
Iowa Second has proved its courage, as it
has also it's patriotism, and being brave
and patriotic, it follows that the Butternuts
are again traducing them. aareH I
re- Sweet are the uses of adversely"
said the wise Shakespeare. He spoke truth
= when he said it, as he usually did,
We are apt to repine and fret over it's WISH
tations, but frequently, if not always,
we find it brings precious jewell and
thrusts it upon us against our will. We
= think the rebels are beginning to realize
that the adversely they are undergoing is
eventually to produce a great blessing to
them and to the country. 1t is certainly
impressing them with a more accurate idea
of the value OF the peace and prosperity
they formerly enjoyed, and of the enor-
nous iniquity of their past conduct These
are valuable lessons. They might have
learned and comprehended them without
the terrible discipline of the past two
- years. They ought to have known the
perils, and trials and misfortunes which
would surely result from an attempt to
destroy their country. They ought to have
been content with the unequalled opportu-
Is mites offered them for happiness and pros
p perity in and through the Union as it
was. But they spurned the blessings they
q enjoyed. They would not be contented
with what they had. They wanted some
thing else. They undertook to obtain
something else. 1t must be acknowledged
that they have got something else. For
peace they have got war. For prosperi-
ty, poverty and distress. For health and
sudppiISsS, cNSI SOEt VI
Still, if they are taught by their effort
what is the true value of the Union, what
have been it's unspeakable benefits to
them and to mankind, and what still
greater advantages its permanence will
confer upon future generations, they will
have found the precious jewell which
will repay them for all their agonies. This.
q raaI anp Snfin for 10 Dol
All our people will realize what the Union
means, what is its destiny, and that of its
institutions. When our citizens have tru-
ly mastered this necessary knowledge,
then the danger OF rebellion will cease
forever, and treason be looked upon as the
blacklist of all imaginable crimes. That
lesson is worth learning, and is one the re-
bells are learning.
9s- The Butternuts of Pottawattamie,
Mills and Fremont counties held conven-
ton a. Glenwood, Saturday before last, to
nominate a candidate for Senator from that
District. Babbitt, The dignifed, the honest,
+. the patriotic, was thereTha vas. He went
9ein for a man named aDews. Dews was
" nominated Thereupon some unsophisti-
Gated Butternut moved q resolution pledg-
ing the convention to support Tuttle, Dun4i
bcombe, Mason and Dews. Babbitt did not
like that. He moved to strike out futile.
= He made a speech in which he said he
would never support futile until he got
on the Butternut platform with both his
feet. The resolution was laid on the table
and another resolution endorsing Dun
combe, Mason aud Dews was then unani-
mously adopted. We don't know Desos.
Never heard of him before. But he is in a
bad way. Babbitt's endorsement will kill
, him. Or rather the Dews of his sort will
be effectualIy dried up by the sun of the
coming October. There won't be anything
left of it, unless people chance to remem-
Der there was such thing associated in
infamy with Duncombe and Mason, and
the Butternut platform whereon Gen. Tut
tie 'has gone to bed with Copperheads," if
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