The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-13
Editorial Correspondence,

E|OAtOflaA COFreSpOn0ences
CHICAGO, Wednesday Eve, July 6.
JOHN What devil of world this is
do not mean to be profane, but how ca
a man stay in this city two weeks withou
losing his regard for that puritanical affet
tation which is now "running" Oet m
spell it ruining) our glorious country
Mock patriots and shoddy religionists ar
as plenty as mosquitoes, and they bite als'
with the same love for blood. You ough
to be on 'Change few days to see the wa,
the ropes are handled. lam only novice
but have paid something to be initiated
the show is worth the money, however
and If the excitement keeps up I'll try t.
see little more of the play. When "Buf
falo' is announced (about - NJ } but Sigh
attention is paid to it, except as to th'
amount Of receipts; when the hammer o
the Secretary calls the noisy 1900 gamblers
in Grain, Highwines and Flour to order
and his heavy voice rolls out over the ex
pectant and feverish mass of men, "NEW
YORK, July -" you can hear q pir
drop or the least move of foot. Th,
patriotism of the members of the Board i.
measured by the stock they are holding OF
the quantity they have sold "short."-
Every day you can see men who chez,
Federal successes in the field or hopefu
news from the Cabinet, but the same mer
would rather hear the trump of Gabrle
than the news of gold decline. Every
body is expected to cheer Army reports o.
a flattering character, and of course the
Board goes in for a general "clap;" bu,
will you please to imagine one of the in.
tensely "loyal' of McGregor-I care no,
VINO may SIT Tor the picture who has
bought Fifty thousand bushels of wheat
and is waiting anxiously for rises The
dispatch reads "WHEAr dull and twenty
cents lower-GoLD declined forty cents p
Here is loss of Ten thousand dollars, and
though the holder may let his hands and
feet applaud at this evidence of improved
confidence in government credit-this tenn
porary success of Grant or Sherman-this
splendid strategy of Chase or Fessenden-
the heart of that man, be assured, and his
pocket also, tremble under the pressure o
financial ruin worse than did BELsHAzzA1
when the handwriting appeared on tina
celebrated wall spoken of in Holy Writ
There is 40 use in denying this fact. 1t i.
palpable, transparent, natural. almos
believe men are selfish enough to desr'
another four years of carnage that they
may reap harvest from the commercia
fields fertilized by the blood of their coun
trymen! Perhaps this is not charitable
but look all about you and sec the multi
tudes who are fattening on the dissension.
which are carrying our countrymen to tn
Dixie slaughter pens, and then call to mnt
the true, not the pretended, motive which
actuates them, and then credit them witl
a real love of country if you can. Mer
are much alike, after all. Iwould not cen
sure those who do not please me by thei
conduct, but If it were possible l woul,
burn, with the heated steel Of everlasting
infamy, the heart of that man, who, unde
pretence of loyalty" advocates the dc
struction of his brother that money may b
added to his purse. And yet, who is there
among us, unwilling tc avail himself Q
"the situation ?" Do we not know tina
folly, pride, incapacity, imbecility or sec
tional hate is tearing this country to tatters
and are We not beginning 10 realize tn
horrors Of q strife fratricidal as the conflie
between Cain and Abel2 Our bank note
to day worth but forty cents not foreig
nation cares enough about either section Z
our late union to even suggest cessatio
Of hostilities; another half million-cor
scripts this time-to be added to tn
mighty host whose tracks lead southwart
and whose lives must be given up to th
ambition Of politicians
| would give all the little property hav,
and even trench on your interest, JOHN, I
stop this murderous war and save ou
country from the horror into which knave
and fools of the South and North have ir
volved it. I do not know but would jun
kfIpm some rock. as did the ancient Roma
whose Sam Patch-ism saved his country
but candor compels me to say that shoul
want to select less DANCE, Gus place to ia
than the ancient hero is reported to hav
encountered: once, regarded Death as
little consequence, but now it seems tn,
so far as this individual is concerned
would be the end Of mo, and cannot sa
l particularly desire the company of tn
grim old fellow: if I live may see the en-
Of this war-if | die, by Jumping from
McGregor lock, q few kind words might b
said and then An eternal --! Iwor
do it, till ! counsel you. ......... .
You see from the papers that Chicag
had lively Fourth, though the jollitics
tons were cut up into slices, such as pi,
nicking, horse.racing, fishing in the Cal,
met river, ballooning, &C., &C. l balloon
ed that is to say went to see my value
friend HAcKErr, Of the Post bid good by
Ito this little sphere (now grown too sma