The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-28

who have been so prominent in getting
up the convention Of the ed ult. -
Were they prominent before the war?
Were they IN any manner known to the
public? Far from it. They are not
known beyond the townships where they
live. Not one Of them, to the knowledge
of the committee, ever held petition Of
honor or trus. before the war.
These young men on the oath simply
completed what they had begun on tho
23d. The Madison county delegation
and part Of the Polk county delegation
withdrew from the convention when 10
was decided that they were no, a. sob
diers' convention, They were followed
by the delegations from Warren aud Dal.
las counties, aud a greater number Of sol.
diers who had been watching the pro.
ceedings up to ,ha, time. Sherman Hall,
IN Des Moines, Was procured, and con-
vention, consisting entirely of soldiers,
numbering more than one hundred and
fifty, was organized. This convention 10
Sherman Hall was the OF Iy soldiers cen.
v"ntion that met in Des Moues on tho
23d ult. They resolved unanimously to
support the Union nominees, led by Gov.
eruor Stone, left the question Of negro
.S&savs - the people. TO be decided by
them whenever II shall be presented them
in q constitutional manner, and refused
to affiliate, in a political capacity, with
those men who were our enemies and tho
enemies of the Government during its
late struggle with armed traitors. From
the published proceedings of that part Of
the convention which remained ia the
Court House on the 23d Of August, j.
appears that Captain Edwards offered
some amendments to Mr. Murray's reso-
luton. How that part of the convention
got hold of Mr.. Murrsy's resolution,
which was declared out Of order. aud
therefore not before the convention 10 a
mystery to this committee. 1t is in
keeping with all other proceedings of
this farce, 1t docs not state the truth
of the matter; for when those amend
meuts were offered, if offered at all, Mr..
| Murry, and nine tenths Of the soldiers
were in convention ut Sherman Hail.
After the soldiers left the court house.
there remained but twenty.seven dele.
gates, as appeared from actual count, by
the chairman, on vote to adjourn, ex-
! cludng the two secretaries. There wero
but seventy three names reported as del
! egatcs to the convention, and tw enty five
of these were from Polk county; and
after the delegations from Madison, Dal.
las, Warren aud other interior counties
iu the State represented. These forty.
nine men, living in three or four coun-
ties, but representing, truly, no county
nor nobody but themselves, had tho i'm
pertinence to nominate set Of candidates
Tor two political parties, to wit: The
Union anti Negro Suffrage party" and
''ths Copprrhead party alias "the Dem
ocratic party We have been thus OF.
plicit, in giving in detail, the inception.
progress, and result Of this attempt to
inveigle the soldier into the support Of
that party which has constantly KEEP. up
the "tire in the rear while he has been
perlling his life in battle for tho life of
the nation. This attempt to deceive the
soldier who has just laid aside the mus
kct, aud induce him to fratcrnze, polite.
ally, with men vho have constau.y been
his political enemies, has no parallel in
party corruption and impudcnco in this
country Soldiers Of Iowa, don't be
mNled by the statements, that a soldiers
convention the 23d If August nominated
a soldiers ticket, aud that ticket is to bs
supported by the copperhcads as your
allies. What an alliance! Think Of il,
soldiers.
Your ancient enemies have suddenly
become your warmest friends. You are
advised, by these would-be allies, to cut
! loose rum tftU-o uhv were YOU. T.:-J
iu your troubles, and unite your fortunes
with those who have all the time been
your enemies When you left home aud
family to enter the military service Of
your country, these new friends Of yours
said to you derisivcIy, "Lincon hire
\ Iings," "cut 'hroats." "murdcrers of our
dear Southern brethren" When your
wives aud little ones asked for bread they
gave them a stone. When the waves Of
rebellion were surgiog against the cspi-
tai of the nation, they said "there is no
right to drive back these waves by force
of arms When traitors were striking
at the heart Of the Nation, through tho
hearts of your friends aud neighbors,
they said "not another man u When
you asked to aid in putting down the re-
belllon by ballots as we'll as bullets, they
said "you arc engaged in an unholy aud
wicked war, and you shall not vote. -
When you asked Congress to pass a con-
scription law to fill the vacancies of your
dead comrades, they said "unconstitu-
,ional.' When you asked that the cur
rency of the country should be made .
legal tender, they said "uncons,i,u.
tioual." When you asked that active
traitors should be arrested by military
authority, and tried by courts nartiaI,
they said unconstitutional When
sympa,hlzers with the rebellion were
arrested they said "the Constitution 10
violated" When Abraham Lincoln,
your msrtyrcd President, su pended tho