Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-30


WEDNESDAY, EvESiNG.......sEf. 80
yr fad the following in the Dubuque
gs-sld. Heath being as well known here
ab,uts. il wiIi'bs deeply intsresting-psr-
ticulsrly to the Davenport people. whom be
80 bitterly reyiiei as coppsrhends and
rebels during the war
rrr uisroRY or ONE RApIoAL--cURiOUs Lat
TER WRITTEN fEoS DUBUQUE IN 1861.
The following letter has la.aly come TO
light, and will be read with no small de-
gree Of intcres, here, where the writer was
formerly 90 well known. II was no othcr
than the redoubtabc Heath. II gives
pretty etfsctually the history Of one ram.
psat radical, and 10 the history OF good
m&uv vno have since those days and are
MOI 90 z,slous and fervid in their loyal
IT," IL vii be seen that Heath, a. he
h nsslf says, made haste to ''o1er his mill
tary and civil service" to the Southern Con.
faderacy, but receiving, ~ he deserved, no
notice, he whines about II, and soon alter
vcn, IA the FEDERAL army, turning radl-
cal, Of course ile wa; bound TO Lave tn
OH somewhere, and If he could no 1t y
"a one side Nc could on tie other. But here
Is the letter
CONE Hoar To noosT-HrArn LOYALTY As
SHOWN IT HIMSELF.
DrsrorE, Iowa. April 0, 1861.
II. St. Goo. 0Tl,t, E.q., Montgomery,
Aiabam4:
Ny DsAw STA II for the FRS. time this
mornsny lc.rn iroa the papers that you are
Ia position 10 the new confsderacy. Accept
my dear sac, my congratulations. not more
fJs yoaf accession to honorable position,
tlaa your felicity 10 having = home il re
glon where honor and principle 20 hand in
hand. and fAnaticism and madness are
thrown out. |, too, would have been there,
where my heart ever is, had your prssident
responded % promptly 10 me, ~ my prefer
OF seiv cs was rendered % the new govern
ment Bat have not heard from him on
tn. subject, though do not despair Of do
ing so IN hts own good time. ] simply of.
fered my military or civil services to him.
in both Of which branches have bad some
experience. You may not be aware that I
Vas the frat publisher OF the frat paper
ever started north OF the Potomac express
lv TO defend Southern rights. ] mean the
'Soatiern Press" Ia Washington in lsi9
or 1850. the latter year think-siDcs then
have been ever faithful to the interests OF
thu. section, and although q Northern man
by birth, have never been anything but
Southern in my feelings. need not attest
20 You tho course pursuad BY mo during
the L,compton struggles, - editor Of tho
"Nortnwest," or either how I supported
Soatnern man and Northern too Who sup.
ported them. In doing 90, 1t 10 true, I lost
all hal IN the world. and the post Office
here, for three years, and from which
have bo,a ejscted, ~ one OF tho sacrifices
to rsonblicanism, has only served to aid
ms in lilaidatiny = portion OF the inieb.ed.
ness contracted during the exciting period
Of the first half Of Mr.. Buchanan's admisis-
tra,,on. II were foot.fres here, had ! the
m'aas. ia other words, TO support myself
md wife for one year, South, l would not
rema,n out ii the Southern Confederacy
one day longer than would suffice to take
IN tht,her. rs j; IS. however, dare not,
WITH a wife IN d~hcste health, leave here
upon m uncertainty. | shall be one CT
Your fellow citizens, however, il | an
spared, and until thn Col prosper The
southern Caniederacy. Oar Episcopal
Liufgy, you know, has prayer for the
President Of the United Stales. No man,
aSsused.y, needs prayers said over him
more dian Ir. Lincoln, and so, respond
ap,n, bat whilst the rector il repeating in
the prayer, "the President Of the United
; stes,' am hasuly intcrpolating, "also
tte PRECEDENT OF the Confederate States
80 TIA. you Sc, our ri md President Dav ID
isnot qul', forgotten before the Father even
in the ultra North.
hero arc all sarts of rumors OF var Just
now. The New York Tribune and Times
have at last, apPrehend. goaded the new
President on to policy that must lead 10
disruption.
LET 1T C3ME. - CONE IT. MUST.
There are tens OF thousands of loyal
hearts Of the North who never will acceje
10 coercion, and not only sc, they will never
pull y trigger against the South. Before !
would march against M brethren Of the
south. will suder myself to be hanged on
tn iirst trse b, fora tho eyes of nv own
" l'. Indeed there are many Republicans
W declare Their Adherence OF the policy
O. sccossipn. aud | think the sentiment IS
on tia increase prrtculsrly in the North
vs., tho interests OF which are so entirely
hnNoi wiki tho South. Bn, whist Old
Abs grants tho gioas share Of tn. spoils Is
Il. Nsfthwcst, he ENDS his ear to the
uescherous aivlce Of New England fanat-
ics, and will, through then, drive the two
nAsaons in.o war. God grant that in any
event your government may maintain IL
se't, nov that II has undertaken to do 20
upon het own account, As against all fees
from whatsoever quarter they may come.
~ INC the favor TO show this already TOO
lengthy cpistle to my friend, Dol. Clement,
ani wishing You every prosperity, re-
main very truly, as ever,
Your friend.
[Signed II. Ii. HrAru.
Official copy Of letter on the files Of the
War Department..
iSigned +. ID. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Adiutant Generals Office, Washing o.,
juno IL. 1858.