Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-09-02
Correspondence Muscatine Daily Journall
- FROM WASHINGTON.
Ioacu "a Pucky &dte"-7he Political
iSituation-I'o Tom F2orence-E Etc, etc.

Iowu so Plucky .Sfaten-The Political
,SItuation-Iona Ftorence-E Etc, etc.
WASHINGTON, Aug "a, 1864.
l rejoice to learn, as do through the
columns of our go-ahead country pa
pers,' that Iowa is finely prospering
Notwithstanding the war. | observe
that "the Slope" and the Northwestern
portions of the State, heretofore the
most sparsely settled, are rapidly set
Ting up. Indeed, judge that unless
an exception be made in favor of famous
'54 or '55, this year will do as much in
the way of bringing our glorious State
clear "Out of the kinks" as any previous
year since its admission into the Union.
The fact is, Iowa has now attained a
splendid reputation abroad, the result of
two causes: l. The ability of her rep
resentative men in the national councils.
2. The gallant conduct of her officers
and men in this holy war for the MAIN
tenance of the Union. Had Curtis
Bates, an excellent old lady, been elect
ed Governor in 1854, instead Of James
w. Grimes, we should not yet have re-
covered from the misfortune. Had A.
G. Dodge been returned to the Senate in
1865, instead of James Harlan, Iowa
lands would not be worth as much in
market as they are to-day. Our public
men have caused themselves to he felt
all over the country. They have caused
the State to be inquired after. So our
of gratitude not only for the heroic
InnHG and fhnip harnin frar; h,It
for the good which has sprung there
from. They have planted good seed on
good soil and it has brought forth good
fruit, some thirty, some sixty, some an
hundred fold. Except the plug-uglies of
the cities and the dirt-eaters of the
South, who know nothing worth know
ing, everybody now knows where Iowa
is, everybody holds the State and its
people generally in high esteem.
The EUening RepaJhcdn of yesterday
has the following among its leading ar
ticles:
A PLUCKY STATE.-We have notion that
young Iowa is about the plucllest state on this
cOntinent-or any other for that matter They
'go the whole hog out there, having no sort Of
mercy on rebels, guerrillas or copperheads.-
Not long ago there were rumors nfa bushwhack-
ing invasion from Missouri. Forthwith Adjt.
Gen. Nat Baker organized the Home Guards.
and ordered that no prisoners should be taken
IN case lDe invasion were made. He ordered,
moreover, any State officer who should take
any guerrillas prisoners TO be disEonoraDiy dis
missed the service. The bushv hackers stayed
out of Iowa.
1t seems the militia of the State is now being
organized under an act of the last legislature
In some localities the Cops are trying TO get con-
troll of the organizations. Nhercupnn the Gov
"DEs MONIES, Aug. lG. lSGi
"GES. y. 3. BAKER Il desire the policy by
which | shall be governed in organizing the
militia to be well understood. am determined
at all hazards. that there shall be no Paw paw
arrangement III Iowa. To this end be careful
and commission those only who are known to
be strictly loyal. Issue no arms to companies
until satisfied by positive proof that they are
Nv. 81. STONE
1t is plain the Iowa officials, at any rate nave
pie are at least up with the officials in this re-
spect. We are assured Of being entirely safe in
predicting majority Of 10000 lor Mr.. Lincoln.
That will do very well for a Washing
ton City paper. The Repujfic0n by
the-by, is altogether the best paper we
have here-as superior to FOTney's mis-
erabie CHr0aicir as green-turtle soup to
dish-water. ! think the RepubFcun,
however, is a little too low in its fig
ures. My Judgment is that MI Lin
coins plurality will be about 30, ,G00.-
The cops may consolingly reflect that
ten years ago Grimes beat Bates by
-,cuU, anu tlldt one y EitI s!Gc, t~tbltG
beat futile by more than 10000 Revo-
lutions never go backwards, especially
in Iowa.
The political situation is ;,rightening
rapidly. The Wade and Davis cabal is
not going TO amount to a hiil OF beans.
1t played out on the first scene Of the
first act. Rare old Ben is entitled to
great consideration, but, as sometimes
happens to good and brave men, he put
his foot in it. He's taking it out leisure
ly, and enjoying his cocktails as usual.
III. Winter Davis" will, presume, go
to writing for the LedgcI-price, one
dollar line, and dOg-cheap at that
The less said about them now the better.
Mr.. Tom Florence seems to be running
the copperhead machine just now. He
is what you might call specimen brick.
In moral character, he is, perhaps,
something superior to Monro Edwards,
who was in the penitentiary at last
accounts. In ability, he is, I should
judge, nearly equal to the Mayor of your
distinguished city-I mean Mr.. Punk or
Funk, or something of that sort. IN
patriotism, he is considerably inferior to
Benedict Arnold, having aeucr fought
for his country at Quebec, Saratoga, or
any other place. Yet he is the chap
who Is arranging the Chicago pro-
gramme--who is getting Horatio Sey-
mour to preside, and the Rt Rev.
Bishop Hopkins to pray, on that occa-
sion. ! tell the democrats" of iowa
most solemnly that, if they knew this
man Florence, the manipulater Of their
party machinery, they would not vote
for him fer constable. He is a scalliwag,
a dirty fellow, an impudent pretender,
an ignoramus, a coWardly traitor,
bald-headed villain, poor "cuss,n an
unmiXed humbug, an unscrupulOus liar,
a big ,Eeggar, a scurvy cheat, zone
horse rascal, and, in short, the miseT-
ablest nincompoop all around, | ever
saw. He is worse than Clay Dean. He
wouldn't make decent soap grease.
But / think he will manage to have
poor Little Mac nominated at Chicago.
Then all we will have to do will be TO
turn our Quaker guns on him, and he
will forthwith "change his base l
know of no man who can be more easily
wheeled than Little Mac.
The Rev. I. P. Teter has been appoint
ed Chaplain of the hospital at keokuk
Senator Harlan, after an absence of
week or two, has returned to the city.
Charley Evans, of Oskaloosa, the jolly
sutler of the 22d Iowa, gave us call
day Or so ago. LINKENsALE.
The I'd Iowa Cavalry in tE.e Rattle of
Hurricane Creek---fsallant Action OF
the Iowa ROys.