Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-12-22
Communications.
Letter from " Winfield
vIcKsBuRa, Miss, Nov. 80. l8S.

VIcKsBrRa, MISS, Nov. 80, 1854.
DEAR HnDRErH Upon receipt oI
the results Of the election, we had a
grand celebration here in the "city oI
the Hills" There was q great jollifi
cation by the Union League and many
snakes we're killed by old aud expe.
rienced snake killers. Upon this oc.
casion your correspondent was car.
ried away by enthusiasm. &c. He felt
decidedly good and loyal. After sup.
per he walked forth into the streets,
which by the way were extremely
muddy, and while crossing one of the
streets. vainly looking for the STEP
ping stones the city fathers had laid
down in the days Of yore. your cores.
pondent made mis-step and left one
of his boots remaining there a remi.
niscence of a poor young man." After
the misfortune. he gave himself up to
fancy, and thinking he was some pu.
gilistive champion, he offered to meet
any copperhead in grand tourna.
ment on horse, or afoot. with battle.
axe or sword. Failing in this he
went to bed and to his dreams, and
woke up in the morning laboring
under the impression that he had SUI.
fered martyrdom by being drawn
through half-inch anger holes.
All in all the celebration was a sue.
cess. Ii showed to the people here
that the victory was won that /" long
Abraham Lincoln would remain q lit
tie longer" and it was the first time
the Union League had appeared in
public.
or course. down mere, there is much
grumbling because Little Mac was
not elected. They claim that If the
vote Of the people had not been falsi-
fed Mr.. Lincoln would have been wo-
fully defeated. But any sensible per-
son knows better than this. The sol.
diers were almost unanimous for the
Union ticket. One day while I was
walking out with friend We chanced
to pass by the camp of the 5Sth Ohio,
and we determined to ascertain If pos.
sible il the soldiers were for McCIel.
Ian, as the rebel papers North were
trying to make the people believe.
Ny friend, who by the way was .
Chaplain, went up to . squad Of the
boys and commenced . discussion at
once. Said he:
Now don't you think that McCIcl-
Ian is the only mao who is fit to set.
tie the great question, and receive
the votes OF the xrmy!" Une OF the
boys made this answer Look here,
stranger. you may be a Chaplain, but
if you are loyal man can't see it.
| think Mcclellan is just as fit for the
Presidency as He'll is for a powder
magazine !" We left thinking the
boys in blue were, to use one Of their
expressions, 4" all sound on the goose"
Those people who continually prate
against the policy Of the President
seem to forget that present events
are compelling the rebel leaders to
take action upon the negro subject.
These shallow despots once spurned
the North for sympathy with the
blacks, but now they discuss the
question of arming their slaves and
for their services giving them their
freedom aud fifty acres Of land A
pittance in which the "poor white
trash /" Of the South has not even the
shadow Of consideration. but in which
the black man is raised above him.
II JEFF. Davis and his co-conspirators
adopt this policy. where will the de-
famers Of Mr.. Lincoln be found 7
At the commencement Of this war,
was down ON the policy of emancipa.
ting the negro. You have not forgot
ten the tilt | took with our friend Mr..
Perdy. nor the blessing you fired at
my poor head. At that time was
mistaken and | am now ready in my
feeble manner to defend the policy Of
the Administration in all things, arm
ing the negroes. burning rebel towns
or any measuresstending towards sup.
pressing this rebellion and | sincere
ly believe that the time will yet come
when brains-not color-wiIl vote.
and all the prejudice against color will
succumb to mental attainment.
Will friend Perdy say amen to
this WINFIELD.