The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-30

tor Gratz Brown, Of Missouri, presented to
to the Senate long protest, signed by the
Union members in the House from tina,
State, against the confirmation of Gen,
Schofield as Major General They give a
sketch Of that mock Generals policy and
career in Missouri, not excessively fiatter.
ing, we judge to his self-importance. They
are even so little complimentary to him al
to say that they have not been able to dis.
cover what he has done to entitle him to
the position Of Brigadier General. we
don't know what harder thing they could
say Of him when Brigadiers are so cheap
| The Iowa members Of the House have
also something to say about him in the fol.
lowing communication, which is in the
hands Of Senator Brown,
| January Sth, 1864.
| 10 the loyal delegation in Congress from
the State Of Missouri
The undersigned, OF the delegation.from
| Iowa in Congress, and whose Congressional
Districts border some three hundred miles
upon the State Of Missouri. have received
information which gives them some alarm
for the peace of the border These repre-
sensations from responsible sources are to
IL =.
who have returned from the rebel armies
into Missouri, had been furnished with
arms under the authority of Gov Gamble
or Gen. Schofield, and actually organized
| INTO companies, and that such organZa-
tons are found in the counties dangerous
/ ~ near the State line OF Iowa.
few border military companies exist in
Iowa under State authority, barely sutfi-
cient in number to keep the peace against
| rebel sympathlZers on either side of the
line. Some outrages have already been
committed in the Southern tier OF counties
| In Iowa, lndicatingthe continued existence
| OF the rebel secret organizations Our
constituents are firmly of the opinion that
the threatened danger is solely attributa-
bic to the existing regulations in Missouri
which keeps parties loyal and disloyal,
anti-slavery and pro slavery so nearly
balanced, and the latter as well armed,
that ARRAYS, robberes and slaughter NAV
! at any time break out, not only in Missou-
II but across the border III our State. The
feeling is such, that in some border counties
OF Iowa we are advised petitions are cir
culating for the removal of General Scho-
field, to whom they assign the respon-
slblilty for this perilous condition of the
cO-termlnOus territory. We believe that
permanent peace will not be established
there until one party or the other in Mis-
souri,, pro-slavery or anti-slavery, loyal or
NAoAoyAAS ouAiI gam AChuOW Su
premacy in authority and in numbers. We
ask you, gentlemen, who have the right to
be heard at Washington, to take measures
which Will preserve order and law where
they can only be found under the control
OF men who offer blood and treasure TO save
the country, not under the armed interior
ence OF men who have offered blood and
treasure to destroy the country. The feel
ing IN our districts increasing in intensity.
Our people resent the indignity of arming
again their old enemies on the border and
we warn. through you, the State you rep
resent, OF the coming danger OF the enemy
whom our troops have conquered 1t the
front and are sent to the rear only to be re-
armed there to our greater peril.
Signed John 4. kasson 9TH district; Jas.
r. Wilson, LIST district: j. b. Grinnell, ith
district.
The undersigned being members of Con-
gress from the State OF Iowa, concur in the
foregoing statements:
Signed-H. Price, ID district VIM. B.
Allison, Sd district; A. w. Hubbard, 5th
district.