The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-06-02

gard 10 the policy of putting down this
rebellion, was owing TO the physical
organ cation of the brain, and went on
20 illustrate his theory in this way He
said thai he { himselt) might talk pr
bali an hour, aud there would be uo
demonstration in his favor. but as had
been seen heretofore, if one Of hi.
opponents should rise to speak he would
be cheered every five minutes. and
therefore, the deduction from his theory
VAS that when loyalty was preached in
plain Eng fish, the people would approve,
but when treason or semi.tre was
advocated, that his audience could dis
tlngulsh the difference. | never heard
he question OF politics, or loyalty, arsu
ed ptrenoip gically before. but there may
be something in it," and would Ike
10 have Judge Ro>z-lI give US his poil-
cal rxperiance AS the canvass progresses
! He ayowed himself a Union man IN
every sense Of he word. and only differ
ed with his Upion friends in the policy
OF the ADMINISTRATION. lie Thought
Jeff Davis had forfeited his life. his
property, and all the prominent rebels
had done the same. He was willing To
abide by The laws Of his country. and
| the decisions Of the Supreme Court, bu,
still he was MOI bound to uphold OLD
Abe's administration, and from the ten
or Of his second speech, delivered here
on Saturday. am in hopes to soon see
him advocating vigorous prosecution
OF The war. until peace and the Union is
restored. But fear his Copp~rhead
broihern do not approve of his doctrine,
bur hope for the best.
The next speaker that was called on TO
the stand, was Esq. Hart, aud he jump
ed into lhe merits Of This controversy
with will and energy AS though he eIl
aud needed every word he said. H.
had voted and acted his whole lifetime
with the Democratic party, and claimed
10 be just rs good Democrat now AS
ever but he could not sit still, and see
the bogus Democrats throw the old
Democratic party into a false position
! He claimed that Mr.. Lincoln WAS legal
i ~ elected, and was lie legal executive
O. The government, and that any person
who took exceptions 10 that logic, We're
not true Democrats, that all that was
done towards putting down this insane
rebellion, must be done through the Al
mlnislra'ion AS long as il existed Mr.
Hart spoke with fervor and eoquence,
and when lie closed, and during his
speech lie was cheered repeatedly. |
/ think he may well believe that hi,
speech WAS appreciated from beginning
10 end, aud when he sat down. every
one of The large audience believed him
10 be honest il every one Of his asser
tons. 1t Rosz-l aud Finnigan would
come out here once more, and let Mr.
Hart answer them, guarantee there
will not be five Copperheads in The Vi
emily. When Mr.. Har, closed, Mr.
Flnnigan WAS called on 10 close the de.
i h.tn 'I'k. 4 L.,
| and as it was getting late, there WAS AN
uneasin.ss felt, and mani eated, not tu
stop and hear another Cpppprhead
speech, but AS lhe Union President ap
pealrd 10 them AS Al act OF courtesy.
there was "A large crowd quietly held
their breahs, and listened TO aprosy old
! hgey dissertation on the virIues OF our
foreiaIhtrs, all OF which WAS well enough.
but OUT OF place.
Tie meelios then dispersed. and
say III behalf Vi the Onion League Of
Winthrop, that We are under obi "A ions
I" our brethein Of Independence aud
Qua>q ueton, who 50 Literally turned gu,
To help swell the crowd, an If they eyer
get up demonstration, our League will
not tail 10 be we'll represented. To
Capt Wight aud his band OF singers,
We arlicuIail y tender our thanks, and
hoping We will have many such galher
lnys IN The Coun,y, before the fall elec
tion, will close this effort to give a
sketch OF the largest gathering thar ever
assembled at Winthrop. Many delrga
lions came in with banners ani music,
81 which have not time nor space to-
speak OF al tie present time, bat may
note them hereafter
OBSERVER.
For the Guardian.