Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-29
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Urgent Appeal to Union Men.

Urgent Appeal to Union Men.
HEADQU ARTERs NATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE, !
New York, September 8, 1861.
The great rebellion, which for more
than three years has wrapped the na,
tion in the flames Of civil war, draws
near its crisis. It's armies have been
beaten, its territory has been conquer.
ed, the forts and ports which it treach
crously seized have been occupied and
held by the soldiers Of the Republic,
its foreign allies have been detached
from its support, and its hostile arm
paralyzed by its exhaustion and dis,
couraged hy defeat, is upheld solely
by the hope Of political victories tc
be achieved by It's allies in the Prcsi.
Dental election of November next.
If the people in that election sus.
tain the Government. if they reassert
its just authority and reailirm their
purpose to maintain it by war so long
as war assails it, the rebellion will
speedily end. If they faIter in this
determination, or leave any room fol
doubt on this vital point, the rebels
will take fresh courage and prolong
the contest. Every utterance of their
organs and their agents a!lirms and
confirms this position. Every rebel
in arms and every rebel in of1icc-eve.
~ rebel organ ia the rebel States or
i'll foreign lands-every hatcr of Demo.
cratic freedom and the rights Of man,
longs and labors for the overthrow OF
the Administration and the expulsion
Of ABRAHAM Lincoln, from the Presi.
Dental chair.
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION IN LEAGUE WITH
THE INSURGENTS.
In the Northern and Western States
this hostility has been embodied anL
organized in the acts and declarations
of the Chicago Convention. Tha,
Convention gives silent approval ofthe
rebellion itself, and open condemua,
ton of the war waged for its suppress
sion. Without word of ccnsure for
the conspirators who plotted the na.
tons death, it brands with unspar-
ing dcnunciation the patriots and he.
roes who defend its life. While il
passes in utter silence the gigantic
usurpations Of Jefferson Davis and his
Confederate traitors-while it over
looks entirely, and thus, by just and
necessary interference, approves their
abrogation of political rights and per-
sonal liberties over all that portion OF
the United States in which they have
been able thus far to sustain their
usurped authority, it pours out its
wrath, without stint or measure, upon
every act by which the constitutional
President of the United States has
sought to defend and protect the life
and liberties of the nation, whose ex-
ecutivc power is placed in his hands.
That Convention had no words OF
CXultation for our victories-nO
thanks and honors for the soldiers and
sailors who have shed their blood to
achieve them. While it denounces
our Government for neglect of duty
toward our fellow citizens, who are
now, and long have been, prisoners ot
war in suffering condition" it has
not even syllable of ceRsure for
those rebel authorities who, with more
than Savage cruelty, and in utter dis.
regard of every dictate of humanity
as well as of every usage of civilized
warfare, have deliberately and with
systematic purpose Inflicted upon
those prisoners all the tortures of cx-
posure, of neglect and starvation, ant
have offered premiums for their muir
der TO the brutal guards to whose grin
custody they have been consigned
Aud, OH the very eve of the most glo
rious victories that have ever crown
cd our arms; after three years o
bloody, costly and successful war
when three-fourths of the territory
originally held by the rebels had pas
sed into our hands at the very mo,
ment when the rebellion itself is tot
tcring to lis fall, and the flag of ouI
country is rapidly advancing to It's
old supremacy--the party represent
ed at Chicago demands that imn,edi
ate efforts be made for cessation IF has
tiiies "a step which would Instant,
arrest our conquering armies. anC
snatch from them the glories of iina
triumph repeal the blockade, ant
throw the whole rebel frontier open I,
the supplies they so sorely need ; Sc
cure the recognition of foreign Pow
ers, and either accomplish their indie
pendence or give them the ability t.
fight for it four years longer.
SHALL NORTHERN BALLOTS ASSIST soUrHER,
| BULLETS
We appeal to the people of thu
United States-lovers of the Uniol
and friends Of Acknowledgements ,h.
consummation of the foul crime which
the acts and declarations of the Chica
go Convention involve. We invok'
them not to sanction these principles
and sentiments by electing the candi
dates put forward to represent them
We implore them, as they love thei
country, as they seek the renewed in
tegriiy OF its territory, as they dcsir,
the peaceful protection of its flag. an
the blessings of its free institution
aud its equal laws for themselves all