Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-01

zJtn, 1868:
'For ourselves, we say no more
men and no more money to carry or
q war of abolition, a war for the de-
structiOn not only of slavery, bu,
also of the Union, Constitution,
State Rights and individual liberty
August llth, 1864, the Mercms
contained an editorial article entitled
stubborn Facts" In this article
speaking of the failure of the attack
on Petersburg, Va, was the follow
ing:
$50 far from taking anything by
his long digging operation, he met a
bloody repulse, attempting an as
sault after it. OF course all good
officers know his negro troops, whom
he tried to use for lack of white
men, proved worthless as soldiers,
and merely numbered the field. So
goodbye, Petersburg! Goodbye
Richmond! Goodbye Grant! God
be with you all, according to your
respectfve merits. Meantime the
raids 1t a raid? We don't know.
But our impression is, that it is the
advance Of a formidable army of
veterans Of the Confederacy, who
mean, with Lee at their head. to take
Washington before this month is
over. We do not care to speculate
further in war news. Secretary
Stanton has ceased to send his lying
dispatches to our picayune General
John Dix. May God in his mercy
rid us OF Dix and Stanton and their
master" Lincoln.
Another article published in the
February 1867 erpose, aud later re-
peated In the Courier OF October Sd,
1867, is as follows from the Mercury
Of January %, 1864:
eve take it that there is no one so
lost to reason, christianity and en-
lightened patriotism rs not to desire
the restoration of peace and good
will among all sections of our coun-
try. This cannot be obtained by
fighting. War aud peace are antag-
onistic agencies. War never can
bring peace and true republican lib
erty. 1t may bring about subjection
and vassalage, but mover peace and
liberty"
From the Mercury of August 25th
1864, was clipped the following, and
republished In the weekly Courier of
Oct. 8, 1867. The occasion was Lin
coins last call for troops:
"It Is q capital joke, almost as
good rs legal tender greenback joke
at sixty odd cents on the dollar. Or
as Uncle Abe's bull against the COM
ct, or his peace negotiation joke on
Greeley. Mr.. Lincoln Is SO full of
his jokes that il is no easy matter to
run counter with them. His nation
al ability to joke with "A, 900, 900 and
his mortality joke Of |, 200, 900 Amer
lean youths, and his mutilation joke
OF 900, 900 one arm and wooden legs,
and his mourning joke of SOC, 900
men and women adorned in black"
In the Mercury of June 4, 1864, just
before McClellan's nomination the
following appeared which was also
published in the Courier in February
1867, and Oct. 3, 1867:
"All the electors oftbe State there
fore arc requested to participate In
the election of delegates to the con-
vention Chicago Peace Democratic
Couvention) who favor n speedy
termination OF tho war; who will
maintain the Union by strict OBJ
servance of the constitution OF the
United States In letter and spirit,
and who will Insist upon their rights
ut an untrameled election to expel
from power and bring to condign
punishment the guilty leaders OF the
North and South who are prodigally,
nay recklessly sguandering the lives
and fortunes Of the American peo-
Pile In n most vindictive partisan
warfare which IL manifestly the de-
struction Of the constitutional union
Of the states and il rapidly tending
to bankrupt, to brutalize and to
Africanize the nation" 81
In the same paper OF March 0, 1865,
shortly before Lincoln's assassina-
tion appeared the following.
And Lincoln the greatest criminal
on the face Of the earth, for not only
did he not attempt to nourish and
foster what little union sentiment
there was in the seeding States, but
by his own act and those Of his par
tisans In and out OF Congress, des-
troyed that sentiment, and the
people OF the South are more firmly
united now than ever. by his own
folly he has brought about this state
OF things and the future historian
will so record It,"
The editors OF tho Courier have
both recently published statements,
over their own signature, that these
extracts and many others Of similar
character were published in the
Mercury as stated above, and during
the time that Judge Hendershott
was its editor and his name appear
ing as such at the head Of the paper.
These statements of the Courier edi-
tors are endorsed by this additional
statement OF nine prominent and
reputable citizens and business mon
of Ottumwa:
We, the undersigned, citizens of
Ottumwa, say that we feel confident
OF the correctness of Gen. j. M. Hen
drick's foregoing statement, and that
we distinctly remember the article
in the Mercury, OF which III. Is. Hen
dershott was one OF the editors, in
which appeared the following:
"For ourselves, we say: no more
men and no more money to carry
on war OF abolition, a war for the
destruction not only Of slavery, but
also of the Union, Constitution,
State Rights, and individual liber-
ty."
We know that ut one time during
the war, IL was with great difficulty
that the press and type of said Mer-
curry were prevented from being
thrown into the river here by the
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