The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-11-16
A Valued Curiosity.

A Valued Curiosity.
We have hcared many times of 'insult
added to injury" but since the 'powers
aboon" allowed us to breathe the air oil
America, we remember nothing so rough
so scholastic; so pointed-if you please
so acelcome in its cool sarcasm, its refresh
ing intimacy, its kind friendship, its humor-
Gus phantasy, its Governmental omniscience,
its elegance Of dction, its aptness of
scriptural reference, its social value, as a
mehento of the proud and here after to- be-
praised history of Abraham Lincoln, the
August and the Comic coup d'etat Presi.
dent of twenty millions of intelligent free
men-as the following charming letter from
a gentleman Of Pr. du Chen of "the other
side in politics." who, though employed by
the Government, has favored us with one
Of the best things of the canvass.
We are beaten in the election-beaten
badly, terrifficaly, but it is what we said
week before this. Weare not disappoint.
ed. Too many men were employed against
US, and it was impossible to win Many
were good fellows and had personal as we'll
as official influence. Both together told
heavily, and our voters were remiss in
duty toward their interests. Now it cannot
be helped. In time the late issue will be
seen in its proper light and the deceived
ones will be calling for crooks and noun
tains to hide them from the draft to
come" .. 81. ~. .aa
But here is our letter from B., one of the
best men that ever donned shoulder strap
or carried canteen. We like the style,
and just now feel so humble as an Amer-
can that we almost take pleasure in being
genteelly ridiculed. If other friends of the
dynastic persuasion wish to write us, the
columns Of this paper are as open to them
as tho mouth Of the whale was to Jonah
In the language of the poet, "let or rip: !"
OVER THE RIVER, aa
3 NIGnT BEFORE ELECTION. ID
Dear Colonel and John @.E #
Sympathy impels me to drop you
few lines of warning and Of pity. Your
defeat tomorrow will be panic then
rout-then skedaddle, with moro Chicka.
hominies to straddle, and swamps to foun.
der through, than you can find in Little
Macs field maps, and no Harrison's Land.
ing to fall back on. must advise you to
give way early in the action if you would
beat an orderly retreat. Get up tonight,
sit in nght-cap and slippers, and write
recantation Of all you've said in the cam
paign. Eschew Mcclellan as failure in
war, a fizzle in politics. Spew out Pendle-
ton kick the platform from under your
heels; swear you got on it through mistake
or while taking promenade with the
night way to disown it before it
disowns itself. ....
saw john to day. He views the COM
ing storm with that same awe struck seren-
ty with which the convict Leholds the
Lhunderbolt that knocks his prison about
his ears, feeling that there's chance to
escape if he isn't smashed in the ruins
Thus men feel when God does for them
what they can't do for themselves. l be.
eve that there was a lurking honesty in |
The boys conviction which told his con-
science that his party's defeat was his
salvation. ...
Ny dear "other.siders' of the river and |
Of politics-barring the latter kind o like
you-you have broad souls, with rich
mould of humor, and a Southwark slope
to.look the sunshine square in the face
Alas! that the devil should have a small
in 'em, where he should plant
MS politics and top dress it with human
lepravty! Alas that there should be in
four bosoms just enough of copper to give
your milk of human kindness twang Of |
'erdigris! Alas! that being so much
above shoddy contractors and army suffers,
tinerant ministers and United States Con-
suls, you should still be little lower than
Good Union men," who are "a little
over than the angels I" l am forced to
say to each of you, "One thing thou
ackest;" 60 give the weight of thy infu.
ence to Uncle Sam, and then art thou such |
editors as God and good women smile on.
Seah!
Why pay court any longer to that
abandoned bag who has donned the cast off
robes Of Democracy? She has played tie
wanton with Slavery! Shame on her !
She has dalled with REBELLION, giving it
mods and winks neither honest nor modest.
She has invited ANARCHY to come and see |
her. Her steps take hold on the very devil.
Now is a good time to quit her. Consistency
s virtue which should not survive the |
Iransubstantiation of bag to a vestal.-
You can let yourselves down easy out Of
ler chamber-window while she is in hys-
erics and the World in jubilee over the
election returns. Therefore, say I, get up
ind bulge! Go your ways! And the
world, by and-by, will forgot that you ever
weren't mice young men,"
Yours,
OVER TIE RIVER
APPLEs.--our town is full Of Apples,
and in considering the depreciation of pa
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