The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-10

negro company raised in Chicago. good
man maybe, but it is impossible to get up
enthusiasm for white man whose neces-
sites require or whose tastes suggest an
association with blacks. The miscegen
journals may publish threatening or sym
pathetic articles till doomsday, but they
cannot convert our people to the practical
idea of negro utilization. In fact the more
negroes come north the less the north likes
them. This may not surprise you-it Ger.
tainly does not surprise me-but there are
persons who are wondering why the masses
Of the north west do not take the AFRICAN
descent citizen" by the hand as "man
and brother" and discard all those "little
prejudices' which prevent us from being a
Homogeneous peopler' A negro remark
ed in my hearing, "Wite folks is mighty
onsartain; dey votes one way and dey acts
anodder." guess the colored philosopher
was right; and, unless am deceived, he
and his deluded race will find that expert
mental knowledge Of them will widen rather
than narrow that gulf which New England
meddlesomeness (not philanthropy has
been trying, for twenty years, to bridge.
The late Exposure" by Gov. Morton, Of
Indiana, and the Gratz Brown Democrat,
Of St. Louis, Of the existence of secret,
armed organization Of "copperheads" mum.
bering Fics Hundred Thousand MEN-in
the interest of JEFF. Davis, of course-is
ridiculed here, and see in the New York
(Republican) Commercial and in the Times
1t IS treated the ravlngs Of men who
know not what they do. If it were true
that jeff. has half million of Northern
allies, Mr.. "Body Snatchcr," as you so
cruelty and "disloyally" call our Federal
Head, will have poor show to whip the
rebel chief. A pretty story to 60 abroad,
that while we are held tight to the work by
Davis ragged, starving and halfarmed
hordes of conscripts," there are 100000
men here ready to assist the arch.rebel in
his work Of destroying the Unionl jeff
certainly need not desire better allies than
men who will attempt to stuff such nonsense
down the public throat. 1t is thought that
the miscegens urge the seriousness of this
report that ABE & Co. may be induced to
declare martial law in Chicago and stop the
Convention Of the Goth. That declare"
had best be omitted! I am told there will
be not less than 100000 democrats here on
that occasion, and slight excitement of
this tenor will increase it to OO,OO0.-
Democrats are tired of reign of terror,
and this fall their opponents can test the
extent Of their disguest by the most simple
process: H Let them cut one big "fan.
tastic trick" in Chicago such as have re-.
ferred to, and down comes their crockery.
1t is noticeable that the late effort to martial
law the democrats of Kentucky did not re.
suit in success to the rail.splitter's adher-
ents: nor will it this Autum. We have
borne much, but forbearance has "gin out"
and in November the PEOPLE, if further
trampled on, will attest the worthiness of
their descent from brave ancestry in some
thing more powerful than mere expostula.
ton. "a
McClelland, Fillmore, Seymour, Dean
Richmond of Buffalo, Seymour of Conn.,,
Guthrie Of KY, Dodge Of Iowa, Pugh,
Pendleton and Long of Ohio, voorhees, Of
Indiana, Pierce of N. H., and others, are
spoken Of in connection with tho nnmina
tio". It is gratifying TO note that personal
dissensions are becoming less and less, and
that universal resolve ito elect the nomi.
nee' is the watchword Of all who are sick
of the double-shuffle Administration that
calls for money mostly to bestow it on
favorites, and calls for men to waste them
in vain effort to rescue race from the
condition in which the Almighty placed
them in past ages, and from which, except
in rare and mostly individual and half breed
instances, they have been unwilling and
hence unable to extricate themselves. A
great change is going on since Mr.. Lincoln
did us the favor to tell precisely what
ground this war was being conducted on,
viz: "THE ABANDONMENT OF sLAvERY!!w
But my letter is growing too lengthy for
type or perusal and-I am yours, 1872.
A. p. r.
",0 CHICAGO, Saturday, Aug. 9th.
This is one of the letters didn't expect
to write. Coming home was what
thought Of for to- day, but at present can't