Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-10-07
Another Straw.

A few days ago the Cincinnati En1ui-
.'cr announced that Gen. Herman would
address series of Democratic meetings.
Believing this announcement unauthor-
lied, the Union Committee addressed
him letter, to which he responded as
follows: , -
CINCINNATI, o., September %, 1861.
Messrs. Il. c. Sands and Guthrie, Chairnen, etc.:
DEAR SIRS After some hesitation and in
accordance wit' co illusions finally arrived at
by unbI;,S Il and impartial reasoning, / have
the honor 10 inlorm the pubic through you
that my vote and my influence will be gwen in
tne coming Pre>lden' ial election for MesSrS. A
Lincoln and Al ohnson.
determine t. closely examine the relative
merits OF the respective candidate, and See
thro. gh VIII ch tue unity and prosperity of our
nation at home and its prestiges abroad could
be soonest and most effectively attained and
rom Il stilci analysis, arrived at the following
That Nc lellan and Pendleton were in
iv.dualy excellent men, Nc lellan being n
truly Z. eat 81! der and patriot; while Pendle-
ton ever acted IL, his conscience told him was
right; buI white on the same ticket they repre-
Sc ted principles as opposite as day ami night,
sunrise ana sunset, the wing ami the dead; in
fact, u cIyed mass OF etleie decomposition
was combined with The living spirit OF u warri-
Union SIN. Now this was an anomaly a
c"nti adicllun, Il stioSity. and would there
fore drag put Il miserable and diScOrdant exist
ence, or almost immediately lily into diSru ,tioli,
Sill further distraciinS our torn country
These gentlemen, therefore,, cou ld not be my
choice as IL true Union citizen desiring restored
MAJ ionallty, Prosperity and power. still less
could l 'dvocate t.at | cket wnen l consid, req
tue uncertainty OF lie, and the TACT that in case
Mcclellan should bow to our common lot, the
ettcle mass Of decomposition before re erred 20,
would be endowed with new life and possess
he power whIcl it would inc it .Ely use, OF
drai ginS this county into the mire OF the low
est debasrmcnt, under thee OF" peace" when
none could possibly exist, except by such de-
Mes, rs. Fremont and Cochrane evinced n yet
stronger nnoniaiy III the combination OF eX-
treines tn pres ;ntvd and ex ,ibited all the in
cUngruItes w.:lch cna.itcte,iZe the CHI clg o
platform IL al the views WHICH ut least one al the
candidate, en- ertalnS, without any Ut thr j SUI
itlc- nm S. wA.c-i cliIact 'riza the latter.
In iact, tue only clrcun >tanceS in that connec-
ton wAIcl was one gree removed from abb
surditA was the retirem MT OF tie candidates.
NJ r>s ). L.ncoin ana Johnson, in cJntradis-
Ii ton to the loreg I'M, candidates, present u
Il iii 'rmity Of Interests, OF Lettings, and OF
viow>; We can, The eiore, hope to have N hous;
not Nid II itaelf. Tue pu lic lie OF both has
been unspaliHgiy c.itic se,l, and, / think. vii h
no di>ad, ant, ge To them an their policy as
Ia u down int ear platform, is clear, bold AMI
pc ,ltite & asping tAe trt niendouS evil of dis
uni III III 4 Ilr.n grasp, NOT permitting nnSer
10 COS IL III the unc. can thing is utterly de-
StroA cd.
Finally, their policy is that which, and only
which, Icond, as Union soldier, consistently
l nave the honor to be, very res ectfully,
your obed1ent servant,
JAMES l.. kIERNAN,
Late Bri&adier General Volunteers.
Gen. Herman has been in the war
from its outbreak, and has won success
sive promotion to his present rank by
galantry in battle, and by the recon-
mendation of his superior officers. A
year ago his services were sketched by
lne st. LoU:S DGWOcrat as ;n example
OF what young man might do 10y his
own ability. He is a graduate of Yale,
and at the beginning OF the rebellion
was a physician. He entered the SER
vice from New York city as a surgeon,
but soon developed a genius for military
command.