The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-11-24

p TO GEoRds D. PRENrfcE': :-Since the ope
/ Ing Of this Presidential campaisnT I ha
been repeatedly asssiled through your pape
either 'editorially OF BY such dismissed of
GERS and humbugs Is woolford.o 4 ha,
never replied, either toyour editorial attsri
Or The attacks Of different correspcndsnts.l !
I have felt assured that you desired to fnai
some little cApitsli foi your Constitutions
Conservative States Rights Peace on an,
terms ticket, and & his gratiied me litt
to khow:that hny blows have been felt soml
where. I'm noticing YOUR attacks seshis.a,
day. il Wit bslaPpafent 10 1alrthat Z sddrss
myself to you, sHd hot to the odds and end
Of all Gods creation who compose the new
" organized party 1efI Democrats and trait
iors with whom you are associated. !. A. eli
e In your paper of the 3oth of October 20,
state, editorislly. that ''Brownl,w,2 having
received ohise from Lincoln, he now de
ciares his appreciation, as we understand, o.
all that Lincoln has done and all that b.
may hereafter do. Every such man has hi.
price" 70 Iis al astnq seg tse9 RIaR sdT
This, Mr. Prentice, ,is ., direct charge Of
bribery and corruption, and needs to be ven.
tilated by = statement'of facts, after which
propose to contrast my record with yours
and TO take brief view of the relations YOUR
family and mine sustain to this rebellion.
! hold an Office in the Treasury Depart
ment which was conferred upon me by Mr..
Chase without my seeking il, or any friend
applying for me. The pay il not equal to
the labor performed. and at 10 time has it
paid the board Of my small family, with my
two sons in the army. I have retained the
position because | desired to serve my friends
in East Tennessee, and'to unite with them
in restricting The benefits q trade to the
loyal men OF the country 80 - s'''
During the first eighteen months Of the
war you, associated with Others, he'll Slice
under Lincoln, or il you please, were mixed
up wiihc at acts, and when last saw you
in Nashville, summer was year ago, you
we're staying and putting along. to and from
The front, moving heaven and earth to Sc
cure some big contracts to supply the army
Of the Cumberland, and writing the most
sickening and flattering NOTICES Of General
Rosecrars. in the popc OF winning upon him
and his officials. But all your flattery failed,
and all the letters You presented failed to Sc.
cure for you the contracts you sought, and
thus refusing t. give. YOU your "pr;ce." you
bolted from the support OF LincpIn's admins
is1ratiop3 While you we're interested in con-
tracts under the government you were as
good a LINCOLN man as I was !,
ITO, ITO be be candid with you, Mr.. Prentice,
you figured badly in your scramble after con.
trFcts. and cfamor for extra privileges-oth.
ers associated witt, you. aud making too
ofyou, IND using your position as journal
list, to worm themselves into positions where
they could awindle the Government. Indeed,
] heard the remark made ,by men who bad
always been, your adm irers, that it was u.
miiating,s nay mortifying and disgraceful,
to see,e n9or old man, in his dotage, and
andefIthe influences. Of liquor and an inordi-
cate loye Of money. in such a-drive as you
were in going and coming to Rosecrans'
and calling at the St cloud
Hotel, in Nashville, to muster up additional
hackers While ! was North, after had
spoken extensively. and my speeches were
reported equally extensively. and wa.
made to say to the world what I really did
say-that / endorsed Lincoln's entire VIA,
policy, and the putting down of the re-
bellion even at the cost of exterrninating the
Southern, population. you wrote to me anc
proposed to join me in partnership IN start
ing a new Union paper in Nashv illen-an offe,
politely declined It Is due to you tc
state that, at that time, you were receiving
your "price," and my principles were not
offensive to you. You are the last man in
America to talk about men having their
"price" and selling out to Lincoln. 81
There is slight difference in the positions
occupied BY your family and mine, and, as a
necessary consequence your principles and
mine must differ. Ny wife and little child.
ren, after had been incarcerated for three
months and sent out Of the country. were
unceremoniousfy forced to pack up and Va.
cate their house and home, and go North At
their own expense, upon thirty six hours
notice, and thus thrown upon my hand,
North, while my property remained here 70,
the use Of the ConfeGeracy. I thought al
the tune, and still think, that the Govern
ment ought to have done something more fol
me than 70 confer upon me this small office
although have not expressed this opinion
before, s. .173sed .f.5
My two sons entered the Federal army
and one of them is now at home ON scrutches
because Of wounds received in leading his
regiment Of cavalay in 4 charge upon Wheel
er's forces in Middle Tennessee. Ny othe,
son is in General Gillem's command. and
was in the fight when the great Kentucky
horse.thief. Morgan, was killed, ander whom
your sons have been lighting against thu
Government upon whose bounty their rebe
mother and contract hunting father are nv
ing. One Of your sons was killed in Ken
t,cky whils onv q ,horss,stealing expedition
under rebel officers. Your OF her son is nov
on trial in Virginia for the murder Of ,
brother rebel bys the name Of White. Youl
wife sis % avowed rebel and ought to be SEN