Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-01
For the Muscatinc Journal.
IL Iowa Loyal?

Reader, you may tllnK tnat q strange
question. And well may you; but re.
peat in all candOr, Is IOtoa Loy0i? Are
the people of Iowa loyal to the Govern
ment? If so, l ask to aOhich Govern
| ment? | do not wish to be misunder-
stood, and shall therefore speak plainly.
1 have two assertions to make:
First-The people of Iowa, as well as
of other States, are either blind to the
pernicious schemes and undetermined
devices of one of the country's most dan
gerous, though cOwardly and unprinci-
pied foes; or,
Second-They universally fail to per.
form common, and what should be an
essential duty.
| One of these assertions is true. Does
any one deny this? They cannot, in the
| face of so much tiping evidence. Do we
not have Conventions at the Capital
of our State, at which the delegates u
thereto openly and deliberately declare
themselves against the Government and
| for treason?
| What says Mr.. C0pperhe0d Thayer
the president" of that Convention u
of traitors? eff the Government at
tempts it Il. G. to deprive Vallandigham
of his libertyD let the cry from Maine
to California be, TO ARMS! TO ARMS
| and if constitutional liberty goes down,
let it not be until Northern hills and
Western prairies become drenched IN
! blood -
So says an Iowa editor and "Presi-
dent" of Democratic Convention
Does such language need to be interpre-
ted? Not for Il child!
What can you do in the North-at
home? What are you doing and allow
ing to be dona Will you tolerate such
disgraceful state of things-such an in
suit to yourselves and to those fighting
for our country? Will you? Why do
you? Will rebel papers live, be patron
lied, and thrive in loyal Iowa as hith-
| erto? Will rebels be permitted to live,
and preach, and practice treason in Iowa!
Will they be permitted to assault and
murder Union soldiers, after three years
of hard service? In a word, will you
allow cOpperheads, open rebels, to live,
carry out their clandestine and treasona-
BILE designs, and even witness them, with
a sort Of helpless are, tightening their
Shiny, fatal embrace upon you? Would
to God could answer No!
Will you not, citizens, our friends, oh
will you not help to save our country,
and ourselves: You can do so, ut home.
Will you? Whittier are we drifting?
Awake from your poisoned slumber
Grasp the sword of deliverance! Sever
the cold, deadly coils which encircle you!
Make final, but determined and uni
versal effort, to crush out the enormous
and increasing monster-T'easOn-f
your midst!
1t is strange that the Union soldiers
do not become utterly disheartened, if
not disguised. Who would wonder at
lit? What hopes can they entertain of
ever accomplishing their blessed object,
while tends are undoing what they have
done!
People of the North, (PEOPLE, not cop
perhedos,) you have great duty to per-
form-one which ought not, must not,
be long delayed. Your fathers, brothers,
husbands, sons,-all, are in the field,
fighting an enemy-an honorable enc
my-to Liberty. You have an enemy,
similar in every other respect to ours,
except in this: ours is as honorable as a
rebel can be; yours is as dishonora6le as
a rebel and a demon can be. Your "home
traitor" is in sleeps clothing-is a cop
perhead-and cannot conceal his scafy
proclivities! So, with the head of the
great serpent in our front, and the rat
Ting, Obedient tail in our rear, do not
anticipate too much. We will do our
part, in future, as we have done in the
past, and we entreat you to do yours.
F. w. JENKINS,
Third Iowa Veteran Infantry.
o. S. General Hospital, Davenport, Io,Ua,
June %, 1854.