Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-09-07
Correspondence Of the Charles City intelligence
Letter from New York.
New York, Aug. 81, 1865.

Letter from New YORK.
New York, Aug. 81, 1865.
FRIEND HLDRErH My last letter to
the Intelligencer concerned the eviden-
ces of the existence of the devil. This
one shall be continuation of the same
testimony, by calling the attention OF
your readers to the dextrous thimble
rigging movements of the misnamed
and perversely titled Democratic poll
ticians of this city who fill to overflow
ing every pot-house of iniquity and
crowd the street corners, hallooing
"Peace Peace !" down with "agita-
ton :" "no more niggerism )" "abo-
lition jacobins have had their day !"
negro suffrage must be squelched )"
ANDY Johnson is Democrat !"
"Hurrah |"
do not intend to be personal, but
the man who tells me that Andy john
son will turn his back upon the Union
Party to which he is indebted for his
Office that he will, Judas like, betray
his friends with kiss, and assume the
leadership Of the modern, time cursed,
God forsaken, hellward drifting democ-
racy--I ask no man to charge that
man with want of impudence or a
lack of brass, for he Intentionally or
unwittingly utters one of the most stu
pendous lies of the nineteenth century.
These war failure partizan demagogues
may howl with frenzied yell to their
hearts content about the "sublimated,
concentrated quintessence of the SOW
ereignty of the people," but every in
telligent man knows, who is not par
doned or unpardoned traitor, that these
unmittigated Vallandighaminites ram
pires are political crew of pirates,
whose idea of democracy in labor, is
to get colored men to work for no wa
ges whose notions of peace are to
keep "Sambo" contented and obedi-
ent whose theories Of reconstruction
mean laws for "rebel massas," to lac
crate the backs ofniggers with weekly
whalings, which paradise on earth can
only be reached through restoration
of these assassin garoters to admin
strative power in the federal govern
ment. To reach Heavenly mansions
these man Expressing Bourbons are at
tempting the bold game of Tylerizing
the administration by damning it with
"faint praises" They avow everlas-
ting friendship and pledge eternal sup
port to the Presidents reconstruction
policy, although he steadily and uni
versally declares that it is purely ex.
perimental, and refuses to accept the
resignation of Ben. Butler, for the rea
son that in the event of it's proving a
failure, he wants him to 60 South and
take hold!
Still these men who tried to force the
Republicans to back square down and
ignore the very principles on which
the people intrusted them with power
in 1860, by adopting the CrittendeI
measures, although the South haughtil.
refused even to consider anything lik
/. compromise these men who charged
Abraham Lincoln with being the Bru
tus of his country for thrusting the re'
bolt of war into the Constitutions
rights Of the South these men win
persistently for four years assaile'
Abraham Lincoln as the Ape, Tyrant
Despot, and Catiline of the land these
men who industriously did their little
all to prevent the soldiers from voting
because they could not see the consist
ency of shooting bullets at traitors ant
casting ballots for copperheads thes'
men who deliberately at Chicago votet
the "war a failure !" these rascal,
scoundrels, who by every menace
threat, act, deed and word, which thei
partizan ingenuity could devise, be
high to make JEFF. Davis Washing
ton, and his cause success these now
coolly turn a feigned sommersault, and
say that the peace, safety, growth
greatness, honor, and glory Of the coun
try can only be preserved by placing
the reigns of the Government into their
hands
If the hoofs, toes, nails, feet, legs,
hair, head, stomach, bowels and tail OF
the devil is not apparent in that mod.
est demand, then there is but little use
in any efforts to cage the devil in any.
thing. Yours, W.
The Minnesota State Democratic
Convention was rather failure. But
twelve counties were represented. and