Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-10-13
Gbe yntelligenter,
Correspondence Of the Charles City Intcllige ncer.
Letter from " Winfield" "
vICKsBunG, Miss. Sent. o5, Iss


vIcKsBuRc, Miss, Sept. o5, 1854.
! DEAR HIIDRErH The people Of the
loyal States have just reason for being
very thankful to the Chicago Conven-
tion. They can now commend the
Democratic party for their frankncss
in throwing off all disguise and com
ing out the avowed enemies of the
country, and of the soldiers fighting
for the flag that affords them protec-
tion aud keeps them from their right
place-the rebel army. ....g ~,
The Vallandigham, Seymour co-part.
nership has earned itself reputation
that shall stand forever They have
covered themselves with eternal infa.
my. They have been tried in the
scales and found sadly wanting. d
When the whole county was shak.
ing with the very throcs of death,
when it behooved every true American
to stand by the helm of the ship Un-
ion, the Democratic party boldly come
ont as enemies and clamor for the
death of their bcnefactor. With a full
knowledge Of all the Southern Conspir-
acy, with their eyes open to all the
deep basenesssDf those men who had
acquired honor and fame beneath the
Stars and Stripes, they come boldly
out and denounce those who are bat
thing for the life Of the Country. for
the preservation Of the Constitution
and the Laws, and extend the olive
branch to their misguided Southern
brethren. '' f"# -'" r.'f".
They would try and rebuild up the
Union on the basis Of slavery, and
they offer terms that bring the blush
to the cheek of every loyal person, af
ter all the South has said and done. af.
ter the words used by Senator Wig.
fall of Texas, in the U. s. Senate, that
arch.traitor Breckenridge presiding,
I"Ispn rpom ycSr flag. and I trompte yonr
Constitution in the dpst," after such Ian
guage. which was re-ecloed by near
ly the entire South, they would forget
il all and once more give those same
men full freedom Of speech and action.
They would have short peace now,
TO end in more terrible struggle
hereafter. There is no halfway in the
matter, il is now either whip or be
whipped soundly. Either destroy the
monster, or let the monster destroy
the whole nation. Can any true man
hesitate which to choose? Ff.#a
have read all the Chicago speeches,
from the exile d" yallandigham, down
to :he Billingsgatc oration Of Mahony
Of Iowa, and / did not find one acord
denouncing the Southern leaders,
while all their via,s of wrath were
expended upon the present Govern
ment ] failed to notice anything ex-
pressing cause of thankful gratitude to
the Army or Navy, but | did notice
many word of praise for the misgui-
ded ones of the South.
If that be patriotism, then l am not
a patriot IL that be Democratic prin-
ciples, thank God | am not q Demo-
crat. But such language as that
would cause Jefferson to hang his
head in shame, aud Jackson to say,
".I am no longer member Of the
Democr attic party. by the Eternal"
Geo. B. Mcclellan in accepting the
nomination rendered him, has tried to
mend matters by kicking the platform
one side, ala Gen. Tuttle Of Iowa.
But it wont work, Gen. Tuttle found
it 80, the hero Of the Quaker guns Of
Manassas will not find it otherwise.
The people Of the North are not blind
They are not TO be cajoled by this
patched up amendment to the Chicago
platform. ytaras safU ~ IS af !
| Gen. Mcclellan has now quit sery-
ing bis country as Major General, in
order that he may openly assail the
Government that has made him what
he is. His whole campaigns were as
this political one will prove--perfect
failures. His fame was founded upon
the victories won by his subordinates.
and his career is soon to be over. At
ter the election in November / trust
and think he will be buried so deep in
the sea Of oblivion that he will never be
resurrected. sad 3 as
In after times when tourists shall
: visit the Chicahominy, and ask where
is all the sickness that We were told
infested this place, they shall be an.
swered, att was deadly with malari'
ous fevers, but It was all captured BY
that brilliant strategist. who kept his
: own plans, G.. B. Mcclellan"
There is at Davis Bend q great ex
! pertinent in progress Of what the freed
= men may be expected TO do hereafter
: There, are about IS colored farmers
q working land on their own account
v
aud making about 1900 acres Of cot
9 ton, besides as much more corn, Thi.
= trial of their capacity aud READINGS,
to work-planned aud encouraged b,
a rol Eato, ia q aupeaup Than u II