The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-09-01

THE LATE SOLDiERS'STATEC ONyEN-
TI0N.
The FaIsehOOdS OF the Republican,
Press Concerning II.
Iowa CITY, Iowa, Aug. &c,

Iowa City, Iowa, Aug. &c.
! To the Edit Or of the Chicago Times.
The country has been SO flooded with lie.
| by the republican press of Chicago and Iowa
concerning the recent SOLDIERS convention u
| which me; at Desmoines the 23d inst that
Las an Iowa soldier deem it my duty to give
! through your columns, u plain statement OF
| the facts. The white negroes of Iowa actu.
| ated by an Inordlnate thirst for the spoiIs OF
| Office, coupled with an absor bing love for their
brethren more highly favored in regard to
color, held. on the 18th day of June last a
republican" state convention, IN which thew
declared themselves unequivocaily in favor OF
securing negro equality In Iowa by an amend
ment to the state constitution, and upon that
platform nominated William NJ Stone foI
governor. The soldiers were nj this time in
the field; they were giving the finishing
touches" to the suppression of the rebellion.
and viewing the noble African "as be is -
Thus they were deprived of the privilege of
participating In that convention, and, In addi-
ton, were asked, after having fought over
four years to come home and swallow the
niger, unlubricIted save by his natural
grease.
Having "seen the elephant" these soldiers
were indIspOsed TO take u dose OF men and
broer" in that shape. Accordingly having
ascertlined that the nominees of the 18th 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 most infamous, tyranuical
and cowardly course, they the soldiers of Iowa,
uninhuenced and uncontrolled by any man or
men. and obeylng only the sense of an im-
peratlve duty, called u convention of soldiers
opposed To negro suffrage and to the election
OF a man SO infamous as Stone. This conyep-
ton met ut Desmoines on the Odd. OF the
deleg ates, there were those who held all no.
stions. from "high private" TO colonel. men
who bear the sign manuel of their bravery In
unhealed wounds and deep but honored scars
amongst but not of them were three worth
les, who are immortalized in the columns of
the radical press Iowa sodiers"-a fraud
aud swindle, an Insult to every Hawkeye SOL
der. One of these men, Mcpherson, was a
quartermaster another, Murray, a quarter
masters clerk and the third, Mcleod a quar-
termaster's sergeant. These men, from the
"sow-bolly" department, came pledged, as
shown by their credentials to indorse Stone
Thus, according TO the call, they were not en-
titled to seats However. the committee on
credentials resolved to admit them if thew
would agree 10 be bound by the action of the
convention. This they refused, and with.
drew. amid cries of depart, SOW belly. from
the 800 soldiers who remained These"three
graces' withdrew to q hall down town. COL
lecsed Just fifty wire-pullers of Desmoines.
held a meeting, Endorsed Stone. and the last
seen of two of them they were lying drunk
in front of saloon. The soldiers conven.
ton, relieved OF. this delegation from the
thieving department, proceeded to adont q
platform and nominate ticket Mind Won
the soldiers, not a single civilian having a
word to say in the matter, and all stories 70
the contrary being worthy the children of the
" Fathers of Liars" who utter and print
them.
That platform no man can refuse, consoien.
tiously, to indorse, while the record of the
candidates is too well known TO the citizens
and soldiers of Iowa for them to be scared.