Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-11
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Iowa POIiiics-T'he Late Soldiers
State Convention. jh
- Iowa CITY, Iowa, Aug. 26.

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! ......u 4i, Iowa CITY, Iowa, Aug. &c. ,,
To the Editor of the Chicago Times: ......
The country has been so flooded withliess
by the Republican press of Chicago and
Iowa concerning the recent SOLDIERS Con-
f,vention" which met at Desmoines on the
23d inst, that /, as an Iowa soldier, deem 1t
my duty to give, through your columns, a
plain statement of the facts. The white ne
groes Of Iowa, actuated by an inordinate
thirstfor the spoils of Office, coupled with an
absorbing love for their brethren more high
ly favored in regard to color, held. on the 14th
day OF June last, "Republican" State Con-
vention, in which they declared themselves
unequiyocally in favor Of securing negro
equality in Iowa by an amendment to
the State Constitution, and upon that
platform nominated William NJ. Stone
for Governor. The soldiers were at
this time in the field; tley, were Civ
ing the "finishing touches" to the sup
preston of the rebellion, and viewing
the noble African 'as he is" Thus they
were deprived Of the privilege of partici-
pating in that Convention, and, in addition,
were, asked, after having fought over four
years to come home and swallow the
nigger, unlubricated save by his natural
grease. ..-. .. ...,, ,..... ...-. -
+ Having ''seen the elephant" these SOL
diers were indisposed to take dose of
"men and broer" in that shape. Accord
ingly having ascertained that the nominees
of the 14th of June would not repudiate
the platform upon which they are running,
and having proven by sworn statements
that Stones course In the army was a most
infamous, tyrannical and cowardly course,
they, the soldiers of Iowa, uninfluenced
and uncontrolled by any man or men, and
obeying only the, sense Of an imperative
duty, called Convention of soldiers OPP
posed to Negro Suffrage and to the election
of man so Infamous as Stone. This Con-
vention met at DeSmoines on the 23d. OF
| the delegates, there were those who held all
| positions, from 'high private" to colonel,
men who bear the sign manual of their
bravery in unheeled wounds and deep but
honored scars. amongst but not Of them
were three worthless, who are immortalized
in the columns Of the radicalpress as "Iowa
soldiers"-af fraud and swindle, an insult to
every Hawkeye soldier. One of these men,
Mcpherson, was qlLqrternldster; another,
| Murray, a Qldrtermdster'S clerk; and the
third, Mcleod, Qudrtermdster's sergeant
These men, from the "sow-belly" depart
ment cameipledged, as shown by their Gre
| dentials. to indoESe Stone. Thus, according
to the call, they we're not entitled to seats
However, the committee on Credentials re-
solved to admit them if they would agree
| to be bound by the action of the Conven-
ton. This they refused, and withdrew
amid cries of depart sow-belly," from the
| $50 soldiers who remained. These "three
gracesp withdrew to hall down town, col
lected Just Gtty wire-pullers of Desmoines.
held meeting, indorsed Stone, and the last
seen of two Of them they were lying drunki in
front of saloon. The'Soldier's Convention,
relieved of this delegation from thethieving
department, proceeded to adopt platform
and nominate ticket. Mind you, the sol
4 diers not single civilian having word to
say in the matter, and all stories to the
contrary being worthy the children of the
"Fathers of LIARS" who utter and print
them.
| That platform no man can refuse, consci-
entiously, to indorse, while the record OF
the candidates is too well known to the cit
izens and soldiers of Iowa for them to be
scared, from an Overwhelming Endorsement
at the polls, by the thousand lies that are
now in circulation. Then you can conf
dently announce that the refusal of boys
in blue to affiliate with Copperheads" is a
base-born lie; no such qtilidtton' aods sought,
nor does it ettst. If the $4,000 soldiers OF
| Iowa have NO rights which they dare as
sert for fear, OF being called Copper
heads. by sow-bellies and Niggerheads,
then their services at the front must have
been valueless indeed. If their ticket has
not otdeserved better things at the hands OF
''loyal' men at home let the spoils-hunters
who rule Conventions by corruption, and
seek success by doing soldiers hypocriri-
cal lip service, forever hold their peace and
| say no more of the boys in blue. This Nc
Pherson, whose face is described as having
petty larceny written all around it, and
grand larceny across it, has made a boteh
| of the work Stone committed to his hands.
Iowa soldiers are accustomed to dealing
with RAIDERS" and these WORTHLESS should
| be careful.
The soldiers of this State have a ticket
and they, with their comrades in arms from
other States, will remember that the abuse
poured upon that ticket is poured upon the
heads Of Soldiers who have borne the heat
and burden of the day. This ticket is bound
to-be triumphant in every county of Iowa.
| ask the publication of these facts as a
matter Of justice, Very truly, '''
| A MEMBER OF THE S6fDTERs' iCoNvEN T1oN.
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