Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-05-27
Engaged In Poor Business.

Engaged I'm Poor Business.
Language is inadequate TO express our
contempt for men who have no higher
calling at this hour than stirring up the
public mind upon the question, "Who
! shall be our next President 2" Whether
they be the friends of Mr.. Lincoln or
any other man, if they can find nothing
better to do than devise ways and means
for the success of this or that man, they
would do better to close up and open a
peanut stand or Yankee notion store
upon some street corner. We are utterly
disgusted with all this twaddle about the
great enthusiasm of a great Convention
over the mention of some man 5 name in
connection with the Presidency. We
are equally disguised with the criticisms
of certain editors whose thoughts are
more centered on the obscurity OF men,
who think some good loyal man other
! than Mr.. Lincoln should be nominated.
| We cannot describe the sensations we
experienced in reading among the dis
patches of Wednesday highfalutin
account If great mass meeting call
ed at Beaufort. :. c., to elect delegates
to attend the National Convention at
| Baltimore, and of Il like movement in
Florida. Was there ever such nonsense:
South Carolina aud Florida proposing
to select delegates to Baltimore and aid
in nominating President! The men
who are engaged in getting up those
conventions would do their country
more service by shouldering their mus
kets and laboring to restore their respec-
tive States to the fold Of the Cnion.-
! Instead of calling conventions and
! laboring TO make new President, they
| had better make some effort torecognize
the President they already have. If the
/ politicians o. those in~urrectionary dis
sricts would think more of sUppressing
the rebellion than OF stirring the pOliti-
cal caudron the Nation would sooner
have peace We want to hear no more
OF conventions in South Carolina and
Florida until the government possesses
territory enough to hold the delegates.
EMs Peoples Response.
{ Few persons believed that any consid-
erable portion of the 10000 men prom
ised the government by Gov. Stone
could be raised at this season of the
year. There is already material enough
in campat Davenport for two regiments,
| and more than enough for one in camp
at keokuk. Since our last gleanings
upon this subject, Capt. North, of Des
| Moines, has arrived at Davenport with
q full company. In this company are
several typos from the Register office
and eight printers and one binder from
the House of Mills s, Co., State Binders.
The University company, composed
Of students from the State University,
Western College and Cornell College,
under Capt. Borland, of Iowa City,
numbering 80 strong, went into camp
| Friday.
Six printers from the Gazette and
DeDsocrof offices have enlisted in Capt.
! Wilson's company in Davenport.
Marshall county has raised nearly g
full company, which will be in camp
early this week.
Polk and Boone counties Jointly fur
nish full company, under Capt. Hop
kins ...-
Under recent order from Adjt. Gen.
Baker, recruiting officers are instructed
that persons over Is years of age do not
require the written consent OF parents
before being accepted, and that persons
under Is, OF the requisite height, will be
received with the consent Of parents.-
We learn that quite a number of young
men in this county over Is have been
anxious to enlist, but were deferred by
the refusalof parents to give their con-
sent. Let the work go on. We can, we
9,ust swell the ranks OF our armies, and
if we eyW this war can end with an hon
orable peace during the present year
THE LADIES NATIONAL CoTEN-
Ant. ."-The ladies of Washington City
have formed an association under the
name of the Ladies' National Coven-
ant" with the following pledge, which
explains fully their object:
'For three years or for the war, we
pledge ourselves to each other and the
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