The Van Buren press., 1868-10-23
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.5jEsasst joisni Edwards.


qTq in his native Sale-Iowa-taai ior
yps be has been pr3ystbial for tntssri-
ty' aaad a aRs lsssa llpq9gp asrtbGf above
caption would indicate, W. reproduce
the fopoFiqs sfksopl rs Resp, county
(lowa) Democrat as very just tribute
to very worthy man who is fully allianc
ed'to' the cause OF good government in
DDS bis adopted Siaty,hl To shaw our
people what the people of Iowa think OF
SfnSrsl IEdrarir YFSs> eY~ss,D aye
taken from different issues of that paper
COP 'Btfss" iIoSksr JOINS 'fhwAPp,' y
A few days ago we Announced that
Gen, Don Piatt had abandoned the radi,
cal party in an able speech. Two days
ago we announced the accession to the
democracy Of the old whig champion
Hon L. Ewing, of Ohio And now we
announce that Col John Edwards, one
Of the brayest Of our Iowa soldiers and
officers, has proclaimed himself publicly
as democrat, and will vote for Seymour
and Blair. Seven years ago, Col. John
Edwar,ls'was repdbliean Speaker In the
Iowa House Of Representatives, aud for
his universal impartiality, was called by
all sides, " Honest John lEdwahls!s This
last act of his, in unity with the true Tn.
ion party Of the country, proves he is
both patriotic and hopest,-Heokat Con.
stifUti5R.
LETTER FROM "HoNEsT JOIN Ed.
WARDS. "--ln the Charlton Democrat, pub
lished at the former home of (" Honest
John Edwards, we end the following let
ter Judge Edwards is well known
throughout the State as having been an
unaihehing ru,,icd. He was speaker Of
the House Of Representatives, in, this
State, and during the war a general in
the army. His unhinching integrity gave
him the name of Honest John Edwards. y
We ask honest men, who desire that their
votes shall be SO cast rs TO serselthe best
interests Of their country, to read the let
ter, which is so Invested of part sanship,
and so calm an, dighifed,asto Command
the respect 90 " mem Z u -
FoRT SMITH Arks,, Sept, 4, ''6S.
j. ". WilkeJsoa, Esq. J. l wrote you a
few months ago inreply to your letter of
inquiry in relation to the political condi
ton of thiscouhtry, and with tho promise
to write you again if anything turned up
in our political relation worthy ofnote
L have watched carefully and impartially
the workings Of the new order of things
at the South, and give itas my candid
opinion that the forced reconstruction in
Tue States on the plan OF establishing ne
gro suffrage, and thereby negro suprema
cy, aud the iutolerant and proseriptive
policy against the white population, can
not work well On this basis we must
have trouble in Che future, and that con
tinually. The radicals, to retain power,
|have overreached the matter The deg
radiation Intended to be meted out against
the disloyal at the South, falls with equal
force upon the loyal, when the ignorant
negroes are placed over them as their
masters. Never have a people been more
Eursed than the people OF the Southern
States have been by q majority. of the
men who have come Sollth since the close
of the war, to make their fortunes. In
order to,secue that, gross nisrepresenta-
tons have been made to the Northern
people. as to the inSubordination ,ot the
Southern people Such men don't want
peace; they live and fatten on commo-
generally
| assure you we can nevel%haye peace
on the present plan. The intolermice and
proscriptiveness Of the radicals cannot
Flourish Nothing but moderation, with
conservative principles, 1earr Bring order
and future tranquility out of the present
chaotic condition, and mist confess, |
cannot see any way of escape from our
evils, except through the election Of Sey-
moulS and Blair The radicals are'com-
rlitted by extreme measures, and while
love Grant and Colfax, love my country
more, and TO save the government of our
fathers and constitutional liberty, it is the
duty of every patriot to see that Sey-
mour and Blair are elected. ,lamca a,-.}
/ regret to have to part with life long
political associates, but when my party,
like all other parties which have beengin
power long while, becomes corrupt, l
must leave it for my countryis good.a