Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-09-02

pose among the other criminals, who
have an abiding place in that building.
Upon the motion of some fellow, "Col-
onel" J. H. Wallace was called to the
stand. We looked expecting to see q
live Colonel, when 10, and behold, itwas
our Wallace, who once applied for a
Colonel's commission, that he might
take part in this barbarous, inhuman,
crusade against therights of the South" !"
but fortunately for the country, did not
get it. We half suspect that Mitchell
played sharp on Wallace, when he in
troduced him as Colonel" Well, we
listened, but didn't hear much, but
about as much as the "Colonel" ever
says. His speech was composed in the
main, of such horrible grimaces as a
M musical man can make. He smiled
once, at that part Of his speech, where
he accounted for his corpulency. He
said he was always Whig until that
party was swallowed up by Abolition
ism, and then there was no alternative
presented for him as a National man,
but to unite with the Democracy. We
ruminated for q moment in this wise
the Whig party was submerged Ill the
year 1854, at which time Wallace was
without party. Wallace cast his first
Democratic vote in 1861. Where was
Wallace during the seven years, between
1854 and 1861: and then we recollected
that he was 4 great light in the Know
Nothing party, and that's what he calls
going from Whiggery to Democracy.
Wallace said at the outset, that he
would mt make speech, and he didn't.
Then Ira Mitchell was called out, who
eulogised the Grandview martyr andex
tolled the excellences of the Muscatine
Courier. He said some very fair things,
some that were very foolish and some
false things. And then came sam Far
rail-, of Iowa City, who, politically, is
in Central Iowa that can beat Sam on
making handsome faces except Wallace.
Sam can give such an expression when
he-thinks he says Il smart thing, and can
look so much like a sucking bull terrier
when he gets ON the rampage, and can
spread himself so that he makes some
small Drained fellows believe, ,as he does,
that Sam Farrall is the all-firedest
smartest chap in Johnson county. Well,
his speech was about what Byington
would have said in more elegant terms.
1t was rampant, rude copperheadism,
from a peace sneak. And then came
the resolutions, drawn by Thayer and
read by Byington, who found it neces
sary to have Thayer prompt him. We
shall publish them. OF course they
were adopted. Then the "Hon." E. H.
Thayer was called out to give rehash
of his editorials, denounce everything
except treason and rebellion, advocate
war with abolitionists and peace with
rebels and to satisfy everybody that
didn't know it before that E. II. Thayer
was an unprincipled demagogue and a
rebel OF too little courage to ever do any
harm except in his influence upon 9TH
ers.
Having waited in vain for the banners
to be unfurled. having looked for a single
copy of the American Flag without
avail, and having carefully examined
the faces of those who aspired on this
occasion to be the peace-makers and sat
isfied ourselves that the majority of
them We're poorly developed in their
mental and moral faculties, we left.
The millions were Of course on hand!
There We're at no time more than $50,
men, women and children, present at
the meeting, and of these not 100 resided
out of Johnson county, so we are in
formed bya friend who is well acquaint-
ed in all parts of that county. And this
is the great peace demonstration about
which so much bluster has been made.
A great, grand fizzle, conceived by the
infamous LeGrand Byington and nurs-
ed by E. H. Thayer and "Col." Wallace.
Byington deserves the title of "Prince
Of Political Humbugs."
The people are in favor of peace, ale
they, Mr.. Thayer: Is the Iowa City
meeting your evidence ofthat statement?