Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-11-03
Gbe Jntelligenttr.
LETTER FROM VERMONT.

ORANGE COUNTY, VI, Oct. 25, 1864.
Hon. A. B. F. HnpRErH Dear Sir:
The paper which received from
you containing letter from your
"friend in Michigan" giving bis views
of the Chicago Convention and some
thing of bis acquaintance with two Of
its delegates, has received quite an ex-
tensive circulation and perusal by
those who are acquainted with the
delegates in this quarter, and it is
still going the rounds. But as your
correspondent only gives the remarks
of one of them, viz: Col. Dickey, it
might be inferred by you that the 9th.
or, Col. Worthen, held somewhat diff
ferent views and was more loyal
man. To place that matter in its true
light send you herewith copy Of
the remarks made by Col. Worthen on
another occasion, which were commit
ted to paper and to which Worthen, !
am told, affixed his signature
al had rather see JEFF. Davis President of
the United States than to see Abe Lincoln re-
elected. ] had rather risk the destinies of
this country in Davis hands than Linooln's.
think him ten times more honest and a man
of ten times more brains. think him (mean-
ing Lincoln) the damnedest traitor to the con-
stitution that ever was
(Signed,) IL. n. WoRTHEN.
You will sec by the above that the
delegates to the Chicago Convention,
even from New England, were much
more in sympathy with the rebels than
with the friends of the Union, and !
think your friend in Michigan gives
them their true character.
BY the way, this Worthen is man
whom the friends of the Government
hercabouts tried to make something
Of, and made him a present of fine
horse with which he entered the ser.
vice of the Government, and was pro-
NOTED to the position of Lieut.. Colo
mel. But upon McClellan's retreat on
the Peninsula he backed out and is
now what he is.
History will perhaps do such per-
sons justice and give them that noto-
riety to which their principles entitle
them. When that time comes may
the Lord have mercy on their descen.
dants, if they have any. The Chicago
Convention will be as odious TO the
people in the future as the old "Hart.
ford Convention has been in the past,
and must be an eternal stencil in the
nostrils of the people. But we learn
from it something of the magnitude of
this Internal rebellion and the necessi-
~ Of being vigilant in our support of
the Union.
We have recently had quite a raid
into the northern part OF Vermont, of
q company Of ruffians. but whether
they came from the South or were
skedadlers from the North. or black
legs from the cities, ! think is not yet
fully ascertained. They have robbed
the banks at st. Adams and killed one
or two of the inhabitants there, but
were pursued so suddenly that some
of them were overtaken just across
the Canada line, seventeen miles dis.
tant. and arrested. If they had come
ont little farther into the State, our
boys would have had the scalps Of
most Of them before getting ont of il.
The period mentioned in Scripture,
when the devil is to be let loose for
season, seems to have arrived. But
trust the people, on the 9Th of Novem-
Der, will throw a chain around the
beast and cast him into outer dark
ness, and give the world to under
stand that ours is a government of
law, and come what may the Union
will be maintained and our country
saved and made free.
Respectfully yours. 1@