Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-06
knoxville journal
Hendershofs.

DuKlNE t1s NaAs
asrshost, present Democratic sanu.-
49, for Congressman in this diss1icis
80 the editor OF the os'umsa
Merc,rg, q Democratic paper -
49,, time the Ostumws Cofri<T rsaae
soDlousexsracss from the eslitOrisis O
.he Msrcsrv, and Is COW reproi nelns
them. These uieranns are . part o
she record ofthe man who nos "ahe
70 represent this people IN Con
.nd Il i important that The seru-
mepts he then entertained ana pao
lishfxi sbouid be known Here : a
extract from the AernUg O. -.
18th, 1865:
"For ourselves, we say % - y,
men and no more money - CO. -
) war OF abolition, . war for lsis'
sfructi0n not onIy OF slavery p1a
.Iac m the Tni0n, Goasttsa Ases-..
STATE Rights ard individual licsffy
August rIsh, 1864, the Atyc'
eonfained an editorial srsicae eriaiaea
..ssuhborn Facts In this aFiiese'
speaking Of the fsiirFe Of TIE ai,ach
on Petersburg, Va, was the io'soN
ing:
$50 far from taking anything ~
his long digging oPerAiion, re 70 Z
bloody repnlse, attempting an
sanIt after 1T. OF course ah GOO
ofsessr. know his negro .ruolss, ' ist'iss
he tried 10 use for lack o. white
,,en proyssd worthless ~ soldiers,
Ard merely eumteEed the fleio: 90
goodbye. Peierssssrg U0e1 Dye
RichY0oud.s Goodbye Grant, 6fss
he with you all, sccUrdsng 70 ys,.'f
respective merits Meantime 'Aiae
rsid'-{s il rasdg We don i s1s1ts.
Pat os,r szsayzzgsss ~. that II . r'f:
sdyanrya az Formidable zrnoy o.
re,eyans Of the Coafedgraey. xno
rns.sr. witFY Lee st their bead. 10 tsEe
washington before this s5ontn -
0yer. We do not care 80 sFs-eai1As<'
further Ia war news lAsy
stanton has ceased . szrd bis lying
dispatches 20 oar piezyuEe Gerst ~
Holm a Dig. Nay God IN bis mercy
rsd O. III Dix Grd stanton a1d ihssF
master" IsDcOsH.
Another article rasaished sE TIE
February 1851 ezgoe3, and later re-
reafei il the Cbarier of Octooer -,
lsg-. il Is follows frSm the 1fegeae
OF January -, issss:
1--WE take !; that there i 10 oEse 10
lot 20 reason, christianity and en-
lIgbtened patriotism a. n0I 10 dfssf5.
the restoration % pcace SID sstsssa
will amoag ali sections Of our ssslsEs-
Try. This czuBos be o5s2aHfs1 ~
aghfsng. War and p.esfe gre sEt4sss-
oristSc agencies. War EsTsT ts-z
hiring uesea and trus refsnsGSeaa lsfs
erry. Ii may brEzg AsscEss s1s.ltf1sa1'isl
and yassAIage, hgt never paaes Rzfa
liberty"
From the Mercury 81 A1Euss -'ia
lsss, was clipped tbs falSoal1ss, AID
repubIished in the weekly Csgsyser q
ocs. 8, 1851. The occasion ras Lin
coln's last call for troops:
at il 3 capital joke, slmos: Is
good a. legal tender greenb2ek Joke
nj sixty odd cents on the doIiar. Or
"a Urcse 1Atse's bull against the CON-
ei, or MS peace negotiation joke on
Greesey. Mr.. Lincoln Is 50 fail Of
his Jokes that IL II no easy matter 70
run coQnssr with them. His nation
n ability 10 Joke with 81, lssl. GO and
hss-srT s sz.;;E arm / man ard iws9oioden legs. |
Ind bis mourning joke Of 10000 !
Ln6n and women adorned Ia black
In the Meycazg OF June 8, is5s, Just |
before McC3ellsn's nomination the
appeared which was also !
Published in tire CDl1isr IN February
ls5s, and OF. ., IsoT:
.All the electors ofthe State there
fore are requested TO participate In
the election 81 delegates 70 the con-
vention lChieago Peace Democratic |
C0uyentlonl who favor O speedy
OF the war; who will
the Union by strict OBJ
servance of the constitution OF the
United States in letter and spirit,
and who will insist upon their rights
at an unbranded election 10 expeI
from power and bring 10 condign
punishment the guilty leaders Of the
North and South whoare prodigally,
nay reckleesly sqaanderIng the lives
and fortunes OF the American peo-
pie la most yindicilve partisan
warfare which In manIfestIy tho de-
OF the constitutional union
OF the states and Is rapidly tending
to bankrupt, TO brutalize and 10
Africanize the nation.n
In the same paper OF March o, 1865. |
shortly before Lincoln's assassina.
lion appeared the following.
And Lincoln the greatest criminal
On the face Of the earth, for not only |
lid he not attempt TO nourish and |
'oster what little union sentiment |
here was In the seeding States. but |
~ his own act and those OF his mar.
isans in and out OF Congress. des. |
royed that sentiment, and the /
'eople OF the South are more firmly |
Inited now than ever. BY his own
oily he has brought about this state
4 things and the future historian /
1iIl SO record it,
The editors OF the Courier have
9th recently published statements,
yer their own signature, that these
Ktracts and many Others Of similar
naracter were published in the
fercssyy as stated above, and during
10 time that Judge Hendersllo,t
as its editor and his name appear
x As such at the head Of the paper.
hese statements of the Courier edi-
rs are endorsed by this additional
atement Of nine prominent and
putable citizens and business men
Ottumwa:
We, the undersigned, citizens OF
tumwa, say that We feel confident
the correctness Of Gen. j. NJ. Hen
ck's foregoing statement, and that
distinctly remember the article
the Mercury, OF which III. b. Hem
rsbott WAS one of the editors. I'm {
,ich appeared the following:
For ourselves, we say: no more |