The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-06-22


in the score by composers as got up the
corusses. I-don't bleve that great poplar
demonstrashin was ever so keeriully rehers.
ed senst the, wurld began, and consekens
was that the hull cumpany was perfeCk in
thar parts. -s--, ---.,a.-.-zss s
The prolog was writ, as spose you air
awar, by Mr.. Raymond, Of the New York
Times. 1t is neffort. wurthy of Charley
Fox-in coarse, L~don't, mean. the niger
minstrel at Woods Theayter, but the gen.
tlman of that name who played star en-
gagement on the English boards in the rain
Of George the Third, and who, altho no
favo,it with the Pitt, allus brort down the
galleries Thars an independent, manly,
libral sperrit about the dockYmsnt- that is
rcfreshin to the last degree Two of the
prcnceples laid down in this aytryotic
perduckshun ekw lis ennything the late
John Milton ever get off when he was goin
it blind for Oliver Cromwell. Wun Of
these prenceples is, that my nobul friend,
Abraham Lincoln, is merrycull Of prac-
tickle, wisdum ind onwaverin Fidelity to
the Cors.itcoshin, and must be approved
an indorst Is such; and the other prem
ceple is that nobody is wurthy Of public
confidens and effishal trust as doosent ap-
proovc and indorse him. It's grand idee,
that Of Raymond s. It marks the destink.
shin atween paytryitism and treson with
perfeck clareness. Eff you bleve in Mr..
Lincoln's practickle wisdum and oncum.
promisin fidelity to the Constitooshun, you
cir paytryit and deservin of Federal faver,
eff you don't bleve.in EN- you air a traitor
and oughter be put in For: Laugheryet till
this cruel war is over. KNOWN as you do
my affeckshenit regard for the great Illan-
yum, need not say how mulch admire
this elikwent and sublime sentiment. The
man who originated it deserves seat in
the Cabinet, and l shell rcckymend the
Seckind Father of his kentry to Civ him
YUM as sun as possabu! arter his re-elec-
shun. The persishin Of Blare would suite
H. j. r. Amazingly. l did think Of proposin
Horris Greeley for it, but he blows the
Presidents trumpet SO freely just now, that
cannot copshyenshusly use my influence
in his betafe. Besides, he wunst called the
foremost man of the Times a little villin,
and setch an insult to the stanchest friend
His Eggsellcncy has on the footstool (egg-
sept me) kennot be overlook.
The Idle of the People hevin ben re.
nominated, the next thing is to put him
throo. 70 this eend he must be placed in
bis troo light afore the publick. The
masses must be made to understand that
his suckcess and the suckcess of the war
is identickle. "As goes Lincoln so goes
the Union," must be the rallyin cry of his
party. Let Raymonds life Of the Great
Defender and Supporter Of the. Constitoo-
shua be sown broadcast throo the land, so
that the strick Observation-Disclosures may see
how faithfully he has stuck to the sperrit
and the letter of the Fundymehtal Lor. l
propose that mllyun Of copies be gin
away to start with. Never mind the ex.
pens. The eend sankshins the means, and
th. Greenback prenting presses couldn't be
better emploid than in wurkin off the re.
kwired amount. Sirkilate the Dockyment.
Another thort has struck me. The troo
history of Mr.. Lincoln's distinguished
pollytickle sarvices is contained, as the hull
wurld knows, in The LETTERS OF A DIS.
BANDED VOLUNTEER. Consistently l shall
publish them in book form. In fack the
vollum is allredy in an advanced state Of
preparashin, and pledge myself to hev it
out within six weeks! No pursenall con-
siderashin would hev indooced me to ondr.
tax this layborous task. l do it solely to
sarve my friend. seek no pollytickle re-
ward. The consciousness of heving dun my
dooty will be suffishent. In the forthcum.
min wurx, witch I shall dedicate to the
Nayshin's Hope, the noblest traits of his
carricktcr will be seen as in mirror =
Raymond's Life is we'll enuff-but dry
Ny letters sho the illustrus Abraham as be
is-in his hours of relaxashin as well as in
his scrius moments. Fknow thar air few
citysins here and thar-poor misabul beins
blinded by prejewdice and misled by false
docterins-who say they wont support him.
They think so now But let EN- wait till
they see my book. Eff it doosent convince
EN- of sin, and change thar harts they must
be wurse than infddles.
But that's not all. AS sun as my letters
is publisht, propose to stump the North
for Abraham Lincoln. A friend in need is
q friend indeed, and in eyry sense Of the wurd
l intend to sho my faith by my wurks.--
Trustin in the meantime that all troo pay.
tryits air girain on thar armor for the
m0mentuous Contest IS "s @-s
remain as ushil,
Yours allus, 40
A DIsBANDED VOLUNTEER.
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