The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-02-08

saEe, suppysihs pisces Of those ~he hsy
been jsssSn Ahs other FeidS byDn isfdsis
Of new blood, precissly a. 10. tho o.ds,
days the Ro@ss' secured to himself hi
conquest, by giving an sIlotme Of asu'
to the soldiers, who wen itss Noso DO,
thisk, tNr aPrssidsst. that ssy lnjp sis
would be dons BY this. ,sThs South. j.
| going into, rseeessios ,cstaked not only ti1'
politicsl rights, ,bus the rigLts of itstcit
Eens to tbeir' property asdiso their lives
They played srrsnpss, cad lost; SD
thisk 1t is .neither ,psaJ nor tehivAlsop,
10 them TO- whine when the stakes, 81
called for. If they had won, do you nol
thiuk they would have asked the :, hsi
dollar staked on our sidey4 / thipk i,
right that they should undsrs.asd, thai
When ~ eonqusfed, No compared No,
only THAR rights, but their lands, spd
that We should conquer their prejudice,
d. lsay, therefore, my friends, urge Coo
gress IN every, forn.oydo justice, and, il
the-snswer b that the only objection ia
doing you justice is, that it would tax
the loyal North too much, stillsay, 1--WE
want Justice: Point Congress south.
ward, and say "Thcrs lies the pstriuony
We won; give Us only what W fought for,
what We conquered, aud what is ours" )
Passing hurriediy from tho consider
tion Of this proposition, l come 10 anoth-
er resolution. It haa been resolved 90
often, declaimed % often; written 30 oft
en-, End insisted on 80 often, that treason
is crime aud ought to be made odious
Every body has got tired of it, 1t is said
that the soldier who has fought in thi.
war Is forgiviog, aud does not desire
that anybody shall be punished; that he is
willing to kill and DO killed, all in tbs
regular way, and that everybody who 20.
out OF the way and did not get killed
ought not to receive soy detrimost. 4 =
Our soldiers died in battle were starv-
ed in prison, and murdered 10 hospital;
but then they were only soldiers. Your
Representatives iu the Confederate Con.
gress, your President and Vice Presideut
Of the Coufederscy were not soldiers, and
1t was not in their line to bc,either starv-
ed in ptison, murdered 10 hospital, or
killed 10 battle. Well, somethiug ought
to be done with them. They ought to
die somewhere, aud l know of but oos
other place for them to die. They seem
to have left US but one resource. g."
| have given you, my friends, feebly,
the sketch Of true American soldier.
let me give you another sketch. There
was once soldier Of the country, bear
ing one Of it's proudess Dames, intermar-
rying into family which. the country
delighted to honor, who bad received
from a country, grateful for the deeds Of
his ancestors, the highest education it
could afford TO give; who had been the
petted soldier Of the county, beloved by
his commander in chief, almost the staff
of his old age. When disorder and civil
commotions and rebellion broke out, the
old chief1leancd upon the younger soldier
as upon his staffArnade him the coui-
dant Of his secrets, and the depositary Of
bis plans. But suddenly that soldier
departed from the ranks Of his country's
service, and within two days. Of the time
when his resignation was sccopted, was
found fighting in the ranks Of the cnemy,
md in a hiyher command Duringa
long and blocdy war he saw bis fortner
fellow officers aud soldiers starved in
prison under his very cye-saw that from
very desperation they burrowed out
through tho ground-and ne, er raised q
voice in their behalf, although his word
wss omnipotent, and although the enealy
depended wholly ON hissword, he saw
he officers aud soldiers Of ths country
that reared and honored him murdered
by Thousands in the prisons, and never
said word Ii their behalf At last, ST
ter every means of Resistance had failed;
and after hayiog carried on a1war which
he knew to be hopeless, and after having
fought his army until he dimin isi,ed il
to Z, 200 nuskets, he sure D dered At last.
after writing note to the commander Of
The opposite army, stating that cranky"
ne did not consider that. the time Of sur.
render had come. That man is nov
'eacher. of the youth Of tho country to
tell them their duty to their flag, their
country, and their God If this is to be
20, fellow soldiers, have We not shed our
blood in vain, and ara not our lest com
,sde< simply murdered, uselessly mur-
iered, without hope 10 this world, and
only with hope 10 the resurrection?
Wha. is the plea to be, interposed in
favor Of this man? Tho right Of secc.-
'ion-that hc went with his State? But
suppose that tha: plea is ! false one.
what shat We say then? Robert f. Lee
resigned his commission on the 18th Of
April, 1861, at the same tims thiat our
neighbors were murdered in Bai,ipore
On tho 7th day Of tho same April, vir-
,'nia bad passed IN ordinance Of seces-
ZION, which wss net 10 take effect until
voted on by the people on the third
Ioesdsy OF May, i've weeks afterward.
IN thA Orb ~ a nr;tfrYF ..- n II = s