The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-29

ever, that sainted Martyr, who was once
before the Grand Jury Of Wapello county,
to answer for some Improvements made in
County Orders, and more recently invited
to partake of a free ride with select COM
pany, on a visit to the Capital of our State,
says--as / have been credibly informed
that this letter was not intended for home
circulation, but only for the army, and that
they are running him at home on the Cop
perhead Platform adopted at Des Mones
and of course, those poor mud siLLS, who
had no more sense than to enlist in this alb
clifton war, and were so illiterate as to vote
the Union ticket year ago, almost to a
man. will, as soon as they see the Abolition
Platform. swallow it entTe-in horn!
The wouldbe Adjutant says, "the circu.
lar is filled with patriotic expressions, and
such as every democrat car readily endorse,
but Ue would have been better pleased if
General futile had told us exactly what he
believes the best policy is, to suppress the
rebellion"
Now what more could he have said, and
in how much stronger terms could he have
said it? And it so plain that the way fair
ing man, though a foot. can understand it.
Let us all unite, for that purpose, let us
make no factious opposition TO the peculiar
views of the Administration, or its plans
for the suppression of the rebellion, prose-
cute the mar TO the full eItent of oar 11over,
use all honorable means, regardless of sla-
very or any thing else that may oppose the
war, stand by the Union oithout an il. Can
language make it any palmer, or any
stronger? In these times of wisdom, when
every ten year old boy can expound the
Constitution, and pull the political wires, is
it possib bic that full groWn man, an Adju-
tant and Legislator-prospec tively can
not understand language so PLAIN so IN.
mistakable as Gen. Tuttle's letter. If he
| cannot, we shall have to come to the con
| clusion that he was brought up under s. r.
Clark's Common School System" General
Tuttle does not abuse the Administration.
! does not cry Niger, Abolitioni,t, Constitu-
ton, ETC., etc., that's what's the matter"
| What pity that man who has gained
such an enviable military reputation as
Gen. Tuttle should be sacrificed by such
an internal set of base political hacks, who
despise and loath every man who utters
such sentiments of true patriotism. and
who, if they succeed in electing few Cop
perheads into Office the coming fall, will
have accomplished all they desired, by the
nomination OF General futile. But thank
| Providence they are already doomed and
politically damned. Our brave and noble
boys who have gone forth to fight for the
| maintenance of this good Government, and
the glorious old flag, which shall vet and
| forever float over the whole United States,
are not to be caught in this political trap
They understand these political dena-
/
suffers his name to head the rascally Cop
| pead ticket, just so sure may his expect
| the treatment of "Poor Tray" and for the
same reason, viz: being found in bad COM
pany. Why, sir, it has been but a few
weeks since this same foul sheet said-a0t
! another man, not ddother dollar, to support
| this abolition war; and such are its teach
ings to-day, with General Tuttle's nameat
the head of its columns, minces however,
his letter and platform; and yet they say
| all Union men ought to vote for the Gen
| erai. There are hundreds of good, sound
! Democrats in the State who have voted
that ticket for scores of years, and against
whom no man has aught TO say except !!
be that they are in favor of putting down
the rebellion. Why do they. not com
! plete their ticket with that class of men
and then ask Union men to vote it? Have
they done it, or will they do it? Never,
no, never, until they lose that exceedingly
tender and sympathetic feeling they now
have for their Southern brethren, gel
above party, and become willing that the
rebellion shall be crushed out at any cost,
and by any means; then, and not untli
then, will they fill up their ticket with gooo
Loydk Democrats, such as all loyal men can
support, regardless of former party ties
But | must close; / only started out to tell
/ You thai the Ottunwa Democratic Mercury,
engineered by that extremely patriotic ~!
gentleman, "Uncle George, y who says he
J is the man that brought out futile, and is
/ responsible for him, failed or forgot to
publish his letter and platform.
Yours truly, ONCE A DEMOCRAT.