The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-08

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property had passed. The loss is estimat-
ed az between three and four thousand dol
liars. No insurance. II is thought the
lboiler and engine are not altogether de-
lstroyed. - Nothing else in any part is saved.
There is no positive information as to the
origin ofthe fire, bat it is supposed to have
been accidental; The propriesors think all 81
Maior. General James b. Steed.
man..The Voice Of q War Demo.
| crot. s =
| General Steedman learning at Toledo, on
| Wednesday, that affairs in the district OF
which he IL. commandment, had become I'M
usually interesting, threw up his leave OF
| absence and Left for the front. The Gener-
al had splendid reception Tuesday eveA
ming by his old friends and townsmen. In
a speech, in which he said good many
gold things. Wequote:
Why He, a WAR DENoCRAT, PREFERRED
~.s LINCOLN TO MCCLELLAN. L
IfGeneral Mcclellan should write q let,
ter twice as strong AS he has done, / could
not vote for him while his party's platform
has said my comrades andI have is'failed,'
and were towards, and had been whipped.
General Mcclellan il entirely in
|debted FOR his present position to the fact
that he is considered war man. Admit
that he is. ''Old Abe, il better war man
and On that ground should have the votes
Of the war men. say vote for the best
war man, and If he is not elected you will
still have war man. Major Genera Nc
Clellap tes never been prominent man,
and had potas much notorietya as even 1.have
had. He is said to be something Of rail-
road man, but George II. Burrows, of the
Wabash Road is better one. If being en-
gagged in the war as soldier, or as gen.
eral, entities him to votes, is not the man
who has done most. the most entitled to
them Lincoln has done much more than
Mcclellan. The army looks upon the sup
porters Of Mcclellan as those opposed to
the war, and yop may point them to his
letter as much as you please. The soldiers
will regard every vote cast for him as Civ
en- against the war and in favor Of peace
a. given to ind0rse the insult and libel that
the war is failure, =. and that all the
hardships and dangers they have endured
think the intelligent, brave and patriotic
men who have gone out-hte in hand-to
defend your homes, will ever vote to in
dorse such thing as this I tell you nay.
But Mcclellan, as President, would be
powerless withoutia Cabinet and a MAORI
ty in Congress agreeing with him. The
men who made the platform are the ones
=
have the majority in Congress to favor a
peaceg1nstead of Net lellan's policy. Eve
ry one, in voting, votes for or against the
Chicago Platform. Be not misled by can
didate's letter-his policy will be shaped by
his party in spite Of himself.
COMPARING RECORDS OF DEMOCRATS.
Some Of my old Democratic friends say I
have left them and the Democratic party.
have not. The Democrats who follow the
good old flag-the Democrats who follow
where jackson and Douglas led-who bear
before them the words of jackson, 1.-THE
Union must and shall be preserved''-are
the true Democracy. / remember well,
when in 1861, my regiment marched
through Summit street, and the mass of
goodbye, my Democratic friends were in
the crowd, and then and there approved
our course, and pledged their unfaItering
support. We went forth TO put down this
rebellion by Ucr, and they promised to
stand by and sustain us In doing SO. Now
who has changed, they or myself? Have
we disgraced the cause We fought to sup
seen the 14th and its twin, the 3Sth, pour
ling out their ,ife's blood before Jonesboro.
you would have forgotten party and shout
ed with them. The brigade advanced
through command of repulsed regulars
who were falling back, and with the bayo-
ers equal to two-thirds their numbers. Are
these the men the Chicago politicians are
ashamed Of? Do they call such glorious
work q sfailure?" And would You. or
could you, say they are not patriots if they
votefar Mr., Lincoln? . i
MCCLELLAN IN THE ARMY.
H sC can ~ -. man educated in
sympathy with rebellion? The army
feels that any attempt at q compromise
would bel disgrace to them; thew want
no compromise, for the power Of the rebel
lion is broken, and We begin to see the be-
ginning Of the end. The army viii .'con-
quer 2 peace" They are regardless Of
body of American citizens ever polled.
the Mcclellan men will hear something
drap." No one attempts to influence the
vote Of the soldier, except AZ the citizen is
Influenced. If any one can persuade q
citizen to votein q particular way, it 10 his
privilege to use that influence, and 90 of
lies principally among the regulars, but
the volunteers, who are just from the peo.
pie, are for the peoples man.
THE TESTIMONY OF DOUGLAS IN FAVOR OF
Tonight am Unexpectedly recalled to
my post of duty. / had expected to 20 to
the old Third Ward polls to deposit nv
vote, and there meet many familiar faces.
but am 10 be disappointed.
But must give you . little piece Of his
tory: Near the close of the campaign Of
1860 went over to Detroit to see Mr..
Douglas, who was there speaking, and
Dennis Coghlin, of this city was there With
me. I did net 60 to hear Mr., Dourlas
speak, for had beard him many times.
but wished to talk with him and learn Of
his chances lance ofsuccess, As met him, be
.'Steedman If you can do any thing for me-
to make my record right ia Ohio. do il.
for want m honorable record.' / "a.
sured him would do all could, and on
his assuring me that Mr.. Lincoln would be
elected, ! said, Judge, what kind Of man
IL MI. Lincoln! You know him, have
pract1ced law with him, and can tellr-
j Mr. Dnu6laa renlied - 20 10 ~ I....