Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-01-21
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SATURDAY :::"=s:J AN UARY q, 1865.
THE LAZY CHAPLAIN MITCHELL,
ON THE: TsANPAGE--HE WRITH.
ETH A LETTERAND GIVES THE
REGISTER A HENEEIr.
From the Cedar Valley Times Of Jan. 18th.
THE SIOUX CITY REGISTER.

the Sioux City Register concludes thus -
"You may look through the columns Of
the rebel papers themselves, aud you will
tind no greater instances Of rebel adula-
ton than are displayed by this pretended
modern organ Of Copperhen,lism in
Woodbur, county. The man has dis.
loyal heart who would write such an arti-
Gle, and it adds nothing to the credit of
any community that they should in any
manner encourage Or tolerate the publica
ton Of sach sentiments"
Perhaps i: is my duty as your CORES
pondent to attempt to throw some light on
this dark subject. Heretofore have not
so much as referred, in my correspondence
OF some eighteen months, to the existence
of The Register, esteeming it too contemp
tib'e for notice, and | should not now
were it not for the sake Of setting the PEG.
pie Of Sioux City right before he reading
public. The good and loyal citizens Of
that place ought not to be made to suffer
in public estimation, for the conduct of
Copperhead sheet, over which they have
no control and with which they have no
sympathy.
Mr. Fres cy, "poLlishcr and Proprietor
Of the A"Jisttr, is an Irish gentleman Of
The Catholic persuasion who is well spoken
Of | Eavc even heard it averred that he
holds uuion sentiments. lie is not. how.
ever, the controlling spirit Of the Register.
lie is bu: tyre setter. Oue Courier, a
snake ia The grass, a Cuppssilead most
senemous and rahij, is tie evil gcnius
that possesses ard ru'es the Rlgis'cr 1t
was he VI % Vas reported in the Times as
having aa1d, Ia a speech al Cedar Rapids
last fall, that "we Lave more 10 fear from
Abe l.'ucnln than from ], {. Davis" The
State H'Jj>f~r hit the nail spuarely on the
head when it said, The nan Las dis
Loyal ltart who would write such an arti.
,!e.' He has di,,uy&! heart and head
too, as the Nrgi>tc| cvinccs. And he glo.
tiss in his shame. lie succeeds in putting
more OF the Copperhead venom int, the
Register ;h4n ii would require to kill any
oder 2 PR in the State. And it will / iii
it unless It's friends 81, has any, rescue
it by exercising the evil spirit, Copper,
Leadism. IN the person Of this Courier.
| his brings nsa 10 iao main point Of my
letter-a defense Of the loyal citizcus Of
Sioux City. 1t adds nothing to tie cr d
it Of any community that they should in
any manner encourage or tolerate The pub,
Ecation cf such sentiments.'
happen to know that there are excel
lent and zealous'y loyal people in Sioux
City, who heartily detest the sentiments of
the Register and chafe under its reign
Aud we'll they may. Last spring. when
the subject Of school reform was before
the people, the Register affiliated with the
liquor shops in opposing the reform can.
d'dates, and then crowed Justify over their
defeat. 1t likewise went against the pro.
position TO levy tax to build school
house and aided In defeating the measure,
when it is crying want Of the place.
Such provocation have the citizens of
Sioux City endured from the Register, he.
sides its browning meanness and Copper.
headism. But what could they do?-what
woa,i the editor CT the other Register
have them DO? Certainly he would nct
advise any iawless proceeding, What
then? Vote against il? Yes, This is
legitimate and proper way in which 10
manifest disapprobatian, end This M&y
hare tricoa At tie last election Sioux
City, for the first time. gave ,npiorty
against the Register. Considering III. an
teceden;s ct the place this was singing
rcbuke and auEurs we! frr the future
Would he have thnrn refuse to pasronize
the concern? Doubtless this would he q
Just procedure, but il is much easier TO
fut it on paper than 10 carry IL into ona's
business The R~gtster has been The on'y
Office in the place, and indeed IN The whole
section. There is no press nearer, be
lieye. than Council Bluffs. on the sourh,
and Fort Dodge Gu tho east To The Reg,
a-ter, moreover, belongs whatever credit
attaches to first enterprise and O. rerna.
nen. establishment in place. Still, many
of those who felt the disgrace If the Reg
aster have been anxious to establish a
loyal paper, and have contributed freely
to that object Seine idea of the difficulty
If the undertaking may be inferred from
the fact that two papers have already seen
started ard failed; and the third one il
TOW in the hands OF its third publisher, in
the short space Of fise months The pres.
ent publisher takes sensible view If the
situation, ard if he carries cut his plans
onerreticaliy ard iadiciously the enter.
prise viii prove an nndoubted success -
Already the ,!oivagi promises well, but
whether II shaH succeed Or not the loyal
citizens will have All organ, at length, for
the n:tarance and vinaicn,ion of their sen
timents. The character IF the nen is
sufficient guarantee for this. Truer men
the country has not. / know of III more
genuine contribution 10 that grand peace
victory of Tuesday, November Sth, which
our Lieutenant General so promptly rec.
ognized as his helper in the Geld, than the
one made by Sioux Cily-a triumph
achieved ever the Register, it's friends, lis
eympa'hize's and its party. So
= @ Very truly, yours, D. II. NJ. /
Fogr RANDALL, y. T., Dec. 8 1861
We submit the aboro to our readers ns a
specimen sermon from the lazy Chaplain
Of the 9th Iowa Cavalry, d. II. Mitchell
also, as hattering notice of the REGISTER
wherein he details the extraordinary in.
'luence this paper exercises over the poll.
tics, morals and society generally Of Sioux
City. .~ a.# a.-@ - @@ @a
This man Of God (') ias taken the late
attack Of the Safe Register upon this
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