The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-15
BURLINGTON WEEKLY 9HAWK-EY]

1KLY HAWK-EYE.
Letter from Col. Ticklesby.
Mr.. BDrUR-I ekspekt thars bin no lit
tel angxiety to no the kauze ov my stop
pen written for the papers bat the rezen is .
kopzervativ platform that il / kontenuds
to make sich o splashin in print a. ( wal
then dom Ide not only slip up on my per.
nishun but likely loze command Of my
rigimint. Therfour havint kut much ov
q i9gur in politiks this summer through q
kind of MILITARY needsesity. But the She.
kawgo kOnvenshun is jist klozed and
feel so brim full Of pollitiks must droJ
you few lines from the wigwarm before
hastun back to my command; and old abe
may like 1t or lump it jist rs he pleazes he
has but short time to rule at his best and
kant kepe me out Of my permoshun lonk
no how and he knows better than to turn
me of command Of my Pigment for then
Ide take the stump fornense him. There-
four havin the dead wood on the adminA-
trashun you may ekspekt to hear from me
often, for till aftur the elekshun I kalku-
late to pitch into politiks with q vengunse.
The konvenshun passed off all harmony
ously thar beiu but few fist flies and piss
tuls and durks seldom drawn eksept in
the stretes. They treted me koOl at first,
feelin surspeshus of the eguls on my
shoulders but set EN- all rite when made
my speech. Ide bin to konvenshunsa fou :
treted friend to the grog. and tole him
next time they got to kowllfh out their big
spekers for him to boiler for me akordinly
next day was . setten back lisnen to the
speeches oy the leadin lites of the party,
when all at wunce the very hail quivurd
with the wurds-spe0ch from kHrnel Tx
kelsby, late from the fel-Then riz to my
timbers-all eyes was riveted on me, for
they exspekted Ide give EN- the MILITARY
aspekts Ov the nashun az konnekted with
the MILITARY aspekts ov the party. Takin q
kOmplaZint look over the krowd. now, seq
I. fellar sitizens see her-When line leadin
my ragin rigmint forred in the din Of bat.
tie and bloody konfiikt hiden ourselves
under the smoke Ov our guns and drpupd.
en- the cries Of the dyiDA with. the fore
ov kaDnon, while shdbb~ oAA4a&s
ov melted lead and blazen' iprn beet upon
our front like an eternula el4rmdHeh1
when Ime in q skrape OF this Aki1d thurs
vicktry, vicktry vicktry at all hszzurds
givin my foot q most all fired slam ut the
word hazzurds. 6tarten out with this biz
ekspreshun made my speach TAX
like hot kakes, and now, seq I, see here,
what's party without vicktry, why nothin.
Platforms, prinsipUls, men, money and all
don't amount to . row ov pegs without
vicktry give the dimmakrattik party suk-
sess wunse and lie warnt it to harmonic
here you've bin quarlen like pax ov sore
beds, some wants pece man sum a war
man. want man that viii vim, same
way with the p!a4form s&0< y ants4t feca~
some wants it wal. Irwaht platform that
will win. poppin fny aAtS4t me YYA Flnl
ache time. Now sfz 1 aseasrs, hSssnas Ole
.nag that kapsolEsl0 bark in charles>1
on konvenshun is agin rite fornence ~
III we split all to SILVER atums-here jist,
IS shore ~ We try TO unight on prinsiphl
smash we 60 agin-But il we had thar jist
ct prinsepals went to the. moies an batJl
md unighted on the man that would win,
We might bin in pour to day--uow SEE
ct vlcktry stand out as the keystone to all
prinsepuls and we can MAX
he ritfie rite aiong-Rut bare in mind
we've got to shape our ends to tit any mily-
airy aspekts which the nashun may as
une betwixt this and the eiekshun tor
low spozen we nominate pece man put
him on pece platform and start him then
n few days Grant knocks in the gable
md of the rebellyun. Richmun falls, Pc
ursburg gifts blowed to the devil the Kon-
ederasY kaves in aud JET davus skins
ut, then you see our pece man on hiz pece
Opeared-he kouldent muster q korperuls
,aurd at nashunal mast ueetin But
low spozen on tother hand we get a
trong war man on war platform and
a a few days Lee comes out in his
works and thrashes the day iites out
y Grant capturn hat his army run
lin the ba!lanse bak t, Washington
Hood gives sherman most ALFRED lamin
y Gorgy SO that Sherman has hardly time
o gotbul his traps and skin bak to Tenny-
zee. Farrygutt gifts licked at mobeei and
,ur army meets grand round ov rever-
huns then our nashuns prospects, for sUk-
ess would look so glumy that our war;
nan would be most logged unpopular
Agin sez spozen we put war man on
,ece platform or pece man on war plat
orm why 1t would present our ticket in
.a,her xross legged aspek, to the crate
lmeriken pepul. But now seq my plan
> to nominate ticket with a strong war
led and pece tale and git up a platform
WITH WAR bow and q pece stern then YOU
lee il kase Of revershuns weshould change
runt without unlimburin. Seem the force
II my argamiut I kontinued, now, sed I ia
is the only plan that will
Get to US aud the dimmakrattek party
nay jist konsidder itself siurned signe dye
'ternai; give us pouer and you give US prin-
ipni, Our harmunny lies In our suksess-
We never can be . perfect younit until we
elect apresidunt, therefore my vote is win
he next elekshun and unight a!terward.
seed I had em all rite along with me and
low SEE to myself Ide better quit, 50
luit, and sot down amid overwhelmin
'heers. Mr.. editur must kloze and give
In my next, sufrixe it to say
ny plan karried-ny platform was adopt
'd-and my ticket nominated; General
Nakkiellund was my man from the start
md we could not head our ticket bettur,
md as for pendulton altho he is a kowzen
Q my wife and I seldum brag on my kon-
lekshun yet without flattery firmly be-
eeve he's the best man we kould put on
he tale OF the ikket for the present emer-
,ency.
~KURNuL IKKABgD TIKKRLsBY,
/hommander Ov the Ragin Regiment.
Gen. 6nlly's Expedition.
Fl. SuLLY, D. T., Sept. 30 1864.
EDITOR HAwK-EyE:-Dear Sir I'm our
asst believe we promised you fuller par
icuiars OF the Northwestern Indian ex-