davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12
The I'd Iowa and General Tuttle,

LA GRANGE, Tenn, August 18th, 1863.
RESOLUTIONS expressive of the sense Of
the officers and men of the Second Reg't,
Iowa Volunteer Infantry-with reference
to Gen. Tuttle having accepted the nomi.
nation for Governor of Iowa on tba nom.
lnatlon OF the democratic State Central
Committee"
WHEREAS, The so-called Democratic
State Central Committee of which Lee
Grand Byington was Chairman, have nom
mated Brig. Gen. James NJ. Tuttle as their
candidate for Governor of the State of Iowa
and, whereas, he having accepted the
said nomination-has in his letter to the
People of Iowa." expressed principles as
ms 0a0n-so antagonistic to the platform of
said party,-his as being expressed in said
letter being strong oo'' policy, while that
of the party is anti-Udr-therefOre-
ReSotUed, That we-the officers and men
Of the Second Reg't. Iowa Volunteer In.
fantry--having always been warm friends
and ardent supporters of Gen. Tuttle-asa
military man-see great Inconsistency in
action, i'll accepting the nomination of said
party-whose policy is so diometr1cally op.
posed to the one which the General has sac.
rificed so much to support
ReS0tUed, That the policy of said party
as expressed in their acts, and in their
resolutions and platform-ares so ,lnpat7iot-
&c, tredcherOus 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.
ResOtUed, That We ask Gen. Tuttle une-
quivocally to answer the following ques-
tions: 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 an "abonsindble, une-
Qual and unconstitutional conscripton
act by which Democrats are sought to be
forced into an "abolition war, which thew
detest.' Does he with that committee favor
the appropriation of funds to pay the sum
of three hundred dollars, to exempt GER
tain class of persons from the draft?
ReSOtUed, That direct and immediate
answer to the above questions, as well as
full explanation of what must appear to
every rejecting mind, the gtdring inconsis.
te'lcies which cluster around his acceptance
o 4the nomination of said party, is due to-
the General himself, his friends, and all
concerned.
Resotued, That copy of the above be
sent to the General, one to the Memphis
Bulletin, Gate City, Keokuk, Hdwk-Eye,
Burlington, Gazette, Davenport, and State
Register, Des Moines. 49,
AT meeting of the company officers of
the Regiment, the above resolutions were
adopted. They were also
read to the men at retreat, and adopted
without dissenting voice.
ABE WILKIN, Capt. Co. F.,
j. T. MCCULLOUGH, Capt. Co. E.,
NJ. G. HAMILI, Capt. Co. H.,
Committee.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

Extract from private letter of soldier
in the 4th Iowa to his family near this
city,
Cur army is now taking all the negroes
from the Secesh of this country, and they
Will have good time in getting their cot
ton picked this fall. The last time that
was on picket guard fourteen negroes came
in with ID good mules and nice white
pony; They had been the property Of one
Frank Smith, Esq. But when Smith
heard we were coming, he took all of his
male negroes and mules, and hid them out
in the swamp, telling the negroes that we
would surely kill them if we got hold of
them. They did not believe it, and about
midnight came in at our picket post. We
brought them here, and they said that
there was box of sabres hid on Smiths
plantation, 30 Gen. Davidson sent out a
scout Of SO men, guided by two of the Ne
groes, and they went there and got the sa-
bres, and also brought away all the negroes
he had left, women and children. He
came in here yesterday, took the oath, and
tried to get his mules and pony back. He
could not come it though, for Capt. jerks
told the Provost Marshal that this same
Smith had all his male negroes at work on
the rebel Notifications last summer at Ark
adelphia, Arkansas. He felt very bad, q
course, he did, and said the pony had be-
longed to his only daughter, and she was
uSaN, ehCl SiOI0 uS was SSAy duAlOuS W Stt
it back. Well, Capt. jerks took pity on
him and gave him the pony. Very gener-
Gus, he thinks, but who could not afford
to be generous at Uncle Sans expense?
Well, Smith thought he would like to
| have his negroes back, so he went down
where they Iwere camped and begged Of
| them to go back and stay with him. He
would treat them SO we'll ifthey would on
ly go back and stay till after cotton pick,
ing (he had 70 acres of cotton and 300 oil
corn). Oh, yes, they should have fine
times. .. ...
There are 13 regiments Of Infantry re,
ported to be coming here to-day. That
will make us an army of 25, 900. There are
five gunboats in the river here or patrol
ling up and down from this place. One
of them has four 6S-pound guns, two ~,
pound Parrot guns and one 32-pound
gun aboard. The other four have a
pound guns, one ten guns, and the other
three, six guns each. Two of them were
up the river two or three days ago and cap
tured two rebel transports. They had quite
a little fight of it, the rebs firing from the
shore with muskets. We lost one man
killed and six wounded. They belonged
to the SD Iowa, who were on board one OIL
the gunboats as shaTpshooters. They de-
stroyed a rebel pontoon bridge at Augusta
above here.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

Parson Brownlow is with General
Burnside on his advance into East Tennes-
nessee. Burnside is reported to have
reached Knoxville, and if so, the Parson is
probably at his old home, with the Flag of
the Union waving over him. His purpose
is to commence anew the publication of
his paper. 1t will be interesting to us, and
gall and wormwood to traitors in that re-
gion and their sympathizers everywhere.
We are anxious to see the first number
1t will mark new era in that section and
will be a popular institution" Burnside
has gone to stay, we judge, and Brown
lows paper will give US details of the afro
cities to which Union men and women and
children in East Tennessee have been sub
jected too long. They will constitute a
page in the history Of this war which
will thrill the hearts of civilized people
with horror. They will expose the boosted
'chivalry" of the traitors to the scorn and
derision of all mankind-except Copper
heads. We can hardly expect men who
are pleased with the massacre at Lawrence
to be outraged by any enormity commit
ted by kindred fiends upon loyal people
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE

~ It is singular evidence of the inso-
lence Of the Butternut politicians, and the
obtuseness and idiocy of their dupes, that
they insist that what they call Democracy
has always held the reins of Government
and while they held them we were always
blessed with peace, and, therefore, peace
will follow restoration of these liars to
power! This statement, give it any form
you please, is the most damning that could
be made of party. 1t shows that the
party in opposition have never rebelled,
have never resisted the laws, have always
acknowledged the authority of administers
tons clothed with the power of the Consti-
tuition, have never in any instance resorted
to violence, but have invariably sustained
their opinions in lawful and peaceable
manner. The declaration made by the
Butternuts is the highest compliment they
can pay to those whose opinions, for the
time being, sway the Administration. 1t
declares that those who have opposed the
self-styled Democracy have ever been
obedient to the laws and have never VIOLA
ted the public "peace.''
The declaration shows in the next place
that the Democracy" having always had
the reins of Government, are responsible for
the condition of the Nation at the time the
rebellion began-responsible for the laws
in force, and for the opinions and conduct
of their partisans.
But it shows, besides all this, that the
party falsely called Democratic, is itself
the cause of the war-that we do not have
peace now simply because the Democracy
w'U not have it, nor permit it. 1t will not
obey the laws, it will not be ruled by the
Constitution, it will not follow the exam
pie OF those whom they oppose and de-
nounce. In word they tell the people in
words, and more emphatically by their
acts, that they are determined that there
shall be no "peace'' in this country unless
they are permitted to rule according to
their own arbitrary will and pleasure =
And even now, in the midst of rebellion,
commenced under Democratic Admin
istration, under the auspices of the "Dem-
ocratic' leaders, followed by the whole
party in one section, and aided by the
open sympathy and covert support of the
party in the North, these brazen scoun-
drels tell the people the road to "peace' is
only to be found in their restoration to
power! We cannot imagine a more impu-
dent declaration of treason than this
They proclaim the causelessness of the re-
bellion, theirown responsibility for it, their
resolve topersistint this course until the peo-
pie submit to their dictation! They de-
clare we can't have "peace" except by and
through their election to Office. They
thereby proclaim themselves traitors and
could not prove it more decisively by
shouldering musket and enlisting in the
rebel ranks. Yet they repeat the story
constantly and there are fools who still
trust them, and are willing to think it is all
right! Such is Butternut Democracy in
this year of our Lord, 1853!
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

toue. is generally fool any way, and wo,,
not hesitate to marry pretty traitnr q =
,his was the only difficulty in the way - u
lying On his ability to convert afterwya,-d re-
~ ea-E.sr 18th Yop-
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

@rA Butternut exchange wants to know
what objection any Union man can have to
voting for futile? Objection enough. They
have a better candidate to vote for. They
find Tuttle associated with candidates of
protested disloyalty-in company that no
loyal man would tolerate under any cir
cumstances. If Tuttle were loyal and true,
he wauldn't be a candidate against loyal
man, and especially on the nomination of
Butternuts, unless he were altogether void
of common sense; and Union men don't
propose to vote for man of that stripe. If
these are not solid objections enough, on
the assumption that futile is an honest pat
riot, we don't know what will answer. But
there are plenty more as good. One is tina
his success would be claimed as a BITTER
nut victory-a triumph of treason over 10y
alty-au evidence that Iowa had gone over
to jeff. Davis, and yielded herself to the
embrace of traitors. If Tuttle chooses to
put himself into such position, and means
no harm by it, Union men see the danger
and will make him pay, as he ought, the
penalty of his folly.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

protest. Our readers see what he COM
mands in this instance. Now they can note
how the faction everywhere obey it to tn
etter. "Great is Davis, and Byington is
his prophet Isn't Butternutism singu.
ar phase in human nature? y
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12
TIIE7HAWk-EYE


~ We were certain that the Butternuts
would rejoice over the Lawrence massacre.
They haven't sense enough to hide their
reasonable delight over the fiendish sack
ing of a loyal town by a band of cut-throats.
They all concur with the Dubuque Herald
in the idea that such partisan warfare as
that is all right. But we really imagined
that the special organ of Gen. Tuttle would
be discreet enough to restrain any express
sion of satisfaction over scene OF horror,
such as was enacted at Lawrence. But we
were mistaken. We are told that Lane
and Jennison are the responsible authors
of its calamities! They say the way to
avenge Lawrence, is to hang these two 10y
al men! That is the mode in which But
ternuts propose Furnishing Quantrell and
his gang! 1t is quite natural. But is it
judicious? We don't suppose there is a
loyal man in the land they would not glad
ly see hung. The more loyal he is, and
the more he does to aid the Government
and to crush treason, the more they thirst
for his blood. But tits, really, extremely
imprudent in these idiots to express such
ideas just before the election. They will do
afterwards well enough, to prove their
malice. But we don't think them calcula-
ted, particularly, to induce our gallant SOL
diers and loyal Democrats to support Gen.
Tuttle! Can't a stop be put to this kind of
talk? Won't Byington give us ''Circu-
lar on this subject? If stop is not put to
this sort of thing, he will neverbe able to
carry those thirteen Representative dis
tricts; he won't have majority in the Lee
gislature, and the State will not be given
over to the domination of traitors! We
hope he will do something, and hatquick-
ly. II he don't, the Butternuts are gone up
higher than kite. Talk little loyal,
do-.tor Iuttle's sake!
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

Nave believe the telegraph has not
taken the trouble to intimate that there
was an election in Vermont on the LIST inst.
The managers of that institution, we sup
pose, knew very well that the public never
has any anxiety about that State-it knows
that Vermont meuer fails to do it's whole
duty. Nevertheless, we note this fact,
there was an election for Governor and
other State officers, for Congressman, and
for Legislature, and the Union candi-
dates for Congress and State officials were
all elected. The State Senate is without a
Copperhead, Butternut or Tory, and all the
Towns heard from but t,oo. have also elect
ed Union Representatives. There was an
effort made by the few Butternuts there to
show an increased vote, as an encourage
ment to their friends elsewhere, but it
amounted to nothing-not even enough to
excite attention or call out any exertion on
the other side.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

Ns- An exchange says that "John F.
Kinney has been elected Delegate from
Utah by the largest majority ever given to
any candidate in that Territory!' That
is quite natural. John F. Kinney is the
meanest cur they have ever had a chance
to vote for.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

s>The Dubuque Herald declares that
ITO advance the claims of General Tuttle
would, for us, be qualification and dishon-
esty" Isn't that nice objection for the
Herald. The fact is the Herald knows that
the way for it to give most efficient aid to
the purpose in view by Tuttle's nomina-
ton, is for it to pretend to be opposed to
and dissatisfied with it. That may assist
in "roping i'm some honest people. The
Butternuts have no hope of electing Tut
tie, or Duncombe or Mason. They have
merely made 'stool pigeon" of futile,
In the miserable hope of securing the I1e-
gislature. That is what they aim at, what
Byington says they aim at, and what we
all know they aimed at without his telling
US. Those thirteen districts are what they
want to carry. Unfortunately their pros
poets are not glittering. Not even their
latest lie will save them. The people will
not be deceived by anything they can
trump up to delude them. These fellows
are thoroughly understood. And the game
OF blood they seem anxious to inaugurate
in Iowa will not be played. The people
will block it effectually. If attempted it
will only damn them to deeper hell. and
make their defeat more stunning. It takes
something more than stool pigeons to run
in these times. The Herald will find it so.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

re- The Union Mass Meeting, at Spring
field, Illinois, on Thursday last, was an
enormous and most enthusiastic gathering.
1t was about three times as numerous as
the great Copperhead gathering of the
18th of June last. They said their meeting
was attended by lO0,O 900 men! But we hope
no one will accuse us of saying the Union
meeting numbered 100000. The fact is, as
many persons were there as the railroads
and other conveyances could carry in and
out, and beyond that Of course the size of
the meeting could not be increased.
The speeches were numerous, and are
said to have been most eloquent and able,
stirring the spirits of the several audien-
ces to their most secret springs. Numer-
Gus letters from distinguished gentlemen
were read. But what will make the assem-
blage memorable, will be the Presidents
letter, which we have given our readers
That, alone, will give to the meeting of
September Sd, a celebrity and significance
accorded to none other.
The resolutions adopted were of the right
sort. They evince the patriotic purpose of
the loyal men of Illinois. We publish
them elsewhere.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

@rOur Copperhead managers who were
simple enough to think they could cheat
the soldiers by batting their Infamous tick
ct and platform with Brigadier General,
are referred to the preamble and resolu-
tons adopted by the I'd Iowa, Gen. Tuttle's
regiment, to be found elsewhere in this pa
per. The soldiers comprehend the cheat as
well as other folks. we should rather think,
from the searching questions put to the
General.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

~W. w. Drummond, formerly, We
believe, a resident of Oquawka, and once a
Judge among the Latter Day Saints by vir-
tue of an appointment from Pierce or
Buchanan, and now in Chicago, where he
is known as utah Drummond," has got
himself into Court and into the papers, ON
charge of fleeing an illiterate client, aYd
a woman .too, out of property of consider
able value under the falsest pretenses. He
is in . fair way, we judge, to prove how
one Butternut got his deserts.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

rs The report that General Banks will
move into Texas, and bring that once more
under the flag of the Union, and adopt
measures to prevent any foreign complica-
Iion oy rebel agencies on that border. is. if
true, satisfactory one. 1t is time that
some attention was directed to that omar.
ter, and now that the Mississippi is opened.
ana the means are at our command. il will
be prudent to take charge of the Rio Grande
boundary in such force as to prevent anv
aggressive movements from Mexico at the
instigation of the French invaders or rebe,
traitors. The sooner we take that matter
in hand, and make judicious preparation
for possible contingencies the better. We
therefore hope that it is true, that Banks is
about moving into Texas, and that he will
do so in such force as will make the move
ment useful and successful one. In Tex
as, as in East Tennessee, there are great
numbers of earnest Union men, and there
are many also across the Mexican boun-
Diary waiting chance to return in safety.
The move will succor them as well as great
~ aid the cause in other modes.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

NS-We "pity the sorrows of the Butter
nut editors in Iowa. They certainly have
a hard time of it. This thing of attempting
to carry "both ends of the pole' is exceed
ingly difficult and vexatious, to say moth
ing of its immortality! It must be a terri
Bile travail to seek to prove to the soldiers
that they are zealously in favor of prose-
cutting the war, that they are uncondition-
ally loyal in their support of the Union,
that there are no "buts,'' or ''ifs'' in their
vocabulary, that they detest traitors and
adore the gallant soldier, while they at the
same time keep up the spirits of the home
gang of Butternuts who are opposed to the
war, hate the Union soldier, and love the
rebels and their treason. It's a nice job
they have on hand. 1t requires very '.ju-
dicious pens,' and it is not wonderful that
most of those who try to do it, make sad
blunders and almost universal failures
Ought they not to be pited? An earnest
traitor, who talks just what he thinks and
means, will be entitled TO some respect for
his sincerity. But the men who seek to
impress one class of men with the belief
that their aims are loyal and honorable,
and incite an opposite class to the commits
sion OF treason, is, we think, the most pitt
able object to be found among men. And
in this condition are the pure Butternut
Editors. They devise lies by the thousand
and seem to imagine that lies which con-
flute themselves and confute each other
will be accepted as truths by their readers!
In one paper they profess to be loyal. In
the next they prove themselves traitors!
Do they think men who have wit enough
to read, are unable to see and note that
men who talk treason one half the time are
traitors all the time? Yes,-we pity them
almost as much as we despise them. We
hate traitor with all our soul, but But
ternut who processes to be loyal has not
manhood enough in him to excite any emo
ton but that of supreme contempt.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

UNION MEETING AT GALEsBURa.- There
is to be Mass Meeting of Unconditional
Union men at Galesburg tomorrow
Thursday, the 10th, at which the loyal
people OF this neighboring section of Illi-
nois will give expression to their opinions
and wishes relative to the war, the rebels
and their reasonable sympathizers. Gov.
Yates and Generals McClernand and Prem
tiss, and other eloquent and patriotic ora
tors, we learn, will positively be present to
address the people. We are informed that
the c., B. e. @. Railroad will convey pas
sengers to and from the meeting for half
fare; thus enabling those who wish to hear
some of the best speakers of Illinois and
some Of her most gallant soldiers, to do so
at slight expense. There will undoubt-
edly be crowd in attendance and good
time generally. ..-
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

rs There was an extensive fire in Chi
cago, on Saturday last, destroying about
lies into the streets, and causing loss of
about one hundred thousand dollars, much
of which was occasioned by an insufficient
supply of water.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

ws~Gen. Herron's Division is said to
'have gone down the river to New Orleans.
The 18th, Goth 2lst, 22nd, 25rd Gath and Saith
regiments Of Iowa Infantry are reported
to be in his division, and are now enjoying
visitto the Crescent City, free of expense.
Iowa is well represented there. Ifthere is
work to be done in that quarter, we are
not assuming too much when we promise
ourselves that they will win new laurels
for themselves and Iowa,