Year: 1863




The following letter, placed in our hands
by trustworthy Union man, will give the
public something of an inside idea of Con
perhead politics. That these documents
should sometimes get into the possession Of
loyal men, and be spread before the readers OF
loyal papers, should not be credited to Cop
perhead account The Burlington Argus and
other journals of that stamp, have tried to
convey the impression that the "Lincoln Post.
masters" were in collusion with Unicn editors
to expose the inside machinery of Copper-
head politics This is unjust! We have
never received lisp of information from auy
Postmaster touching these matters, and COP.
perhead correspondence entrusted to the mails
is undoubtedly conveyed as inviolably as the
correspondence of loyal citizens. It is the
destiny of rascaity, sooner or later to expose
itself, and Iowa Copperheadsm IS of so vile
a style that it seems to be making haste 10
meet its fate at the earliest possible day:


KEosAUQUA, Aug 22d, 1868.


DEAR SIR Yours of the 10Th inst. has
been received. The particularly with which
you recite the facts in connection With nv
nomination by your committee, has given me
much concern, as it indicates possible mis-
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time to be friends.


Before your committee rendered to me the
nomination previously noted, was shown a
copy of what your committee has since issued
as circular No. 5, and my consent was asked
to its use prtvately at home in case became
candidate. l consented then to the use of
that and similar documents in this State ex-
clusively, upon the express condition that
should be permitted to "manage the army
vote" in my own way, and should not be
publicly implicated with any Of The acts of
your Committee. These last words you will
find especially italicized in former commu-
nication to you, and am surprised that after
your acquiescence in. said arrangement you
should ask from me "formal acceptance" of
the nomination by your Committee with a
view of publishing it. Such course must
insure defeat, and Ihave too much confidence
in tie wtsdona of the Committee to believe
that, they will after mature consideration, in
sist upon anything so unreasonable.


| desire further 10 call the attention of the
Committee to the fact that the Dubuque Her.
n'd and Council Bluffs Bugle have not yet
been influenced to give me that support
which was assured should have l need
not be told that these men do not choose to
support me from principle or show of con-
sistency to the public. We all understand
that, and desire the Committee at once to
comply with their agreement with me, and to
forward to those papers the necessary induce
ments to the end.


l also regret that your Committee should
have suffered one issue of the Muscatne pa
per to be published with an article against
me. The tone of that paper is now all that l
could desire, but these delays create unpleas-
ant suspicious 1 regret exceedingly, that
one CT, cular got into the hands of the enemy,
and that our papers have been forced to pub
ish and endorse it. This was not my fault,
neither can I account for its occurrence. |
intended to send you private copy of it for
your personal inspection, but delayed it be-
cause I was afraid to trust it to the mails,
and waited an opportunity to send by special
messenger. send this by trusty friend.
l hope you have no servants or private Sec.
retaries in your employ who are not trust
worthy. Should this also get into the hands
of the enemy, they will take us at great dis
advantage.