Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-03-06
shall We Surrender ?

shah We Surrender
The Northern Copperhead press have
much to cay in relation to cessation Of hos
tilities, and offering negotiations with the
rebel government, but they dare not give tc
their readers the manner in which such prop.
ositions are received by that government
Search the files Of the Chicago Times, Cincin
natl Enquirer, Dubuque Herald or Muscatint
C"urts', and you will S, arch in vain, for .
word that intimates the true feeling Of thu
insurgents upon the question of Peace. As il
the past, SO in the future, we shall make ou
columns the medium through which the peo
pie shall know what manner of men we hav,
to deal with. The Richmond Enquirer is thu
organ of tn, rebel government. In recen
number, it discusses as follows:
The "egotiation scouid nee ssarily 5reoI
dopn, and at the e I'd Of e months fght
Jug sco"Id begin again, If the Yankees st /
bat stomach for 1t. Our armg, zoe beners
could rather NIKE one JOB OF At.
We all know, indeed, and we are happy t.
know, that some of the Northw stern Stat
are very sick of this war, heartily disaffect {
to the Wash ngton Government, strongly
disposed to sneak out of the debt they have
incurred, and to ask alliance, or even unior
with the Conf, deracy If ayr cable This il
a wholesome state of feeling, an must pro
duce its fruits of disorganization and discour
agement in the Mort western troops. Blu
let us not mistake the mater Not one O
those States has yet pronounced itself in thi.
rse, though some stump orators have
When they do take such action - that is
when their Legislatures and Governors &C
credit Commissioners to Richmond for any
such purpose no doubt they will be receiv
ed and answered according to the nature o
their proposal. We presume they will b.
told tina the first thing they have to d.
is to call back their forces to their owr
country that then we will be willing to max
treaties with them, but that as to an Uni,,
with the Confederacy, under the old flag
or any other, they come two years too late
Two years, and an abyss of horror an ha
tired, and the blood Of our slaughtered broth
ers crying aloud from the ground, all prohibi
that impious union; if they repudiate tn
debt they have contracted, and alb ,ndon thu
Government they have established. and recan
the vows, and break pledges, and eat dir, i
is well; we shall be charmed the movemen
will suit US perfectly; and, although we shall
not exactly respect the actors in that affair
yet we shall not be unwilling to trade will
them holding our noses a little - and t
show them suitable civilties-but at prope
distance.
Before those authorized Commissioners ar
dispatched, however, we take the liberty O
recommending to all our Generals and militia
ry authorities that if any distinguished citi
zens come prowling about the lines, purport
ing to be Northwestern Commiss oners, they
arrest those persons and send them on t.
Gen. Winder. Let them look sharp a ter re
liable gentlemen, and overhaul intelligent 10
dies. Otherwise, where is the use OF Castl
Thunder?
There you have it, as we have repeated,
assured you. Negotiations will necessaril,
break down, and fighting begin again. TIL
North must first, call back its forces-the1
they will TREAT with us, but never consent t
an "uNIox" under the "old flag" or an,
other. If we will repu1 iate the debt we hav
contracted, recant our VOWS, break GU
pledges, abandon our Government, and ca
dirt, the rebels will b. charmed. These ar
the terms the Copperhead party Of the Nortl
would have US submit to. This is the basi
upon which that traitorous crew deman,
peace. This is the huuil;ation to which W
must be dragged And how are these prop
ositi ms to be received? In spirit of con
tempt for the dirt eating, pusilanimous actors
Gentlemen of the Copperhesd-peace-snea1
tribe, you arc hated by the North and des
pissed by the South. You viii produce YOU
own inevi able ruin. In your extremity 20,
have poisoned your own body, and must die
VOICE OF Iowa SoLDlERs.-Th, Iowa reg
iment stationed at Helena. Arkansas, adopted
on the 18th ult. Sc les of very patriot
resolutions. relrtive to the Peace party of tn
North. They declare the Government enti
tied to the united eff5rts of all good and tru
men, express their confidence in the int .rit,
and patriotism Of the President, and thei
determination to continue to give him all tn,
aid in their power in crushing the rebe lien
they regard the treason Of the demagogues o
the North as more heinous and infamous thar
that of the rebels in arms against US, oppose
TIE cessation of hostilities, and announce th4
they do not intend to desert their flag ant
sneak to their homes to be dictated t, BY
polsroons, but that when they return, they
vii! return with their banners to be ''surren
dered into the hanls of those only who love
them, and who will cherish them as memo
rails of our labors and the emblems of oul
country's CORY" ....
W The Senate, on Saturday night, con
CURED in the House amendments to the Con
scription bill, and it now needs only the Pres
ident's signature to become law of the land
and one of the most important laws that has
ever been passed by Congress-and as such
it is the duty of all loyal American citizens tc
respect and obey it.
EDITOR Jo-RNAL:-The following extrac,
from letter from Capt. Horton, of Co. A.
I'd Iowa cavalry, to his brother, shows the
estimation in which Northern traitors are
held by our soldiers:
CAMP NEAR LA GRANGE, Tenn.
"You have no idea how much
feeling exists here against that arch.traitor
Thayer. We are heartily sick of his rant,ng
against the Administration. 1t is worse
than useless for US ir the field to be sacrific.
ing our health and lives for our country while
sentiments tending 10 poison the minds Of
the ignorant are allowed to be publicly ex.
pressed at home. We have q few men of like