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CC. nEMOCRAT &
Correspondence.
Davkm-oi
kt, Iowa.
ust 2, 1804."
August
Fi.ienu IIasson: Early last spring I
ruado a tour through a few of tlis coun
ties in the southern part of this .State. I
spent about ten days in the pleasant pra
rie village of Fairliehl Jellerson county.
It lays nearly in a direct line GO miles
west from liuilington, on thu Mississippi
river. The branch road of the Chicago,
Duilington and Quincy Railway runs
through this place, and on, some thirty
miles to Ottumwa, on the Des Moisne
river, and forming a junction with the
Keokuk and Fort Des Moisne road, w hich
follows the lead of the river, in a N. W.,
direction.
Along the Dos Moisne river, the conn
try is quite rough. Considerable timber
of ranid trrowth. lines either side, durum
its whole length across Iowa. To return
to Fairfield, it is situated quite oil' any
water-course, on the main level of the
prune, it is not quite so undulating in this
section as would be desirable- by most
tanners. The country is so little broken
that in a wet season," (as they term it
here,) the wider stands on the whole sur
face of the ground, making the roads al
most impassable. In hize, the village (or
more properly) town, of Fairliehl will
correspond favorably with Ebensburg.
Several liiu churches, a Court House and
a public town square, set off the place to
ad antiige. in a 'prospective point of view.
Tie; next thing (of no importance,
whatever but a nuisance) is the renown
which it receives from its containing the
most vile, reptilous, black damnation-like,
traitorous Abolition J .incoln-oj porheads,
that can claim residence in any town or
city in this Union. Y ou may receoileet,
that at the time Mahoney was kidnapped
from his home in Dubuque in this State,
one Sheward was taken at the same time,
w iili several others to NVashingt n, and
confined in the Old Capitol prison. This
same Sheward, hailed from Fairliehl, in
which place, he edited;! Democratic i.ews
paper. His press would have been silent,
had it not beci for the pluck, determina
tion and ability of his wife, assisted, by
his brother, as foreman-printer. Alter his
release he returned home and, again re
sumed the editorial chair, which he fiiled
till within about one week of the time of
my arrival in the place, when his i lllec
was cv.ti red by a squad of mean vaga
bonds w earing the in.-ignia of Uncle Sam's
soldiers, mi l, by his being taken una
wares, his b'.i;.-!.s were seized and partly
torn up and the press damaged to such an
extent that he concluded to dose up and
quit the pl.ic; which he done while
I was t'l-T . Thus you will pcrc'ive
what a recommendation the place has
tor the quiet, peace and harmonious
disposition (over the left) of the people
for tirst class society. No where in the
country does the different religious sects
hold such eternal, deadly hatred of one
another, as there. It has come to such a
pass that not a single Democrat will at
tend Divine worship in the original
churches (1 mean the edifice, alone).
For what ought to be Divine, there is
substituted, the worship of the devil.
When 1 was there, efforts were being put
forth, to raise money for the purpose of
erecting a church where the people both
Jew and Gentile could attend to hear the
" word of life " explained, without the
political thunderings of a hell-bound
clergy, haranguing somebody, as " cop
perheads, traitors, rebel sympathisers,"
they, who on questions of matters of
the State, honestly choose to differ from
them.
The leading man and most popular one
in the county is Dr. Ware, an early set
ter and a genuine practical physician for
thirty years, is a thorough Democrat.
And, since the war began, he has been
perfectly silent outwardly, neither associa
ting with Abolitionists, or publically de
nouncing them, for as he told me, ' thev
are not worth talking about." And just
for the reason that the Abs.. could not
get him to say anything, they made it a
point to persecute and abuse him when,
and wherever an opportunity offered.
His life was threatened by the cut
throats, and so much wa3 his fear,
that he never went out from his door
without arms. As 1 was a visitor at his
house, during my stay in the place, I
write as 'twas told me. About ten days
before my arrival at his house, he told me
six armed men made their unwelcome
presence known one evening when it was
quite dark, by ringing the door-bell The
Dr's. wife being the only one in at the
time, answered by opening the door;
when, to her astonishment, which amount
to fright, she beheld two soldiers standing
on cither side of the door, with drawn
Navy revolvers, ready to have blown the
person desired to pieces, had he presented
himself at the door at that time. For
tunately for the Dr., he was in the rear
part of his lot, attending to his horse.
As soon as hi3 wife could control herself
enough to speak, she asked them what
they wanted. They replied " we want
the Dr. to coare out here." She immedi
diately stepped back into the yard, and
warned him to leave, when she returned,
to inform them, the Dr. was not at home.
They seemed quite dissatisfied, but left,
with the remark that they would " call
around in the morning." lut they never
came. It was found out afterwards that
the soldiers were led by a young fellow of
lazy drunken habits, who, be it known,
was living off an aged widowed mother
that earned her bread by washing, he
never lifting a hand to help her. Such
was the representative of Abolitionism.
This same fellow, to show his " loyalty,"
made it a point, of hooking on his arms
two greasy, sable brethern of " de born
equals," and parade the streets, to the dis
gust of Abolitionists generally. That was
a little too hcarij for them. I shall have to
fly the track as my letter is proving rather
protracted. I just mention an ncident which
took place in Fairfield a few months ago,
which to many proves very amusing.
The Hon. Henry Clay Dean of Iowa, in
his visit to Fairfield, is the guest of Dr.
Ware.- lie is well known by the people
in that section, and because of his untidi
ness of personal appearance he goes by the
vulgar cognomen of " Dirtv-shirt-Dean."
At the time I speak of, he made a speech
in the town, which set the ' ireodom
shriekers " a howling again, as he had
done on many :i previous occasion. The
following morning he sauntered out into
town, and while in conversation with a
friend in a store, a " loyal" lady, stepped
in and observing Dean, when she passed
to the counter, tinned her head to one
side, and it ivv to the clerk, remarked,
"There's old Dirty shirt-Dean. Dean,
always goes about with his ears and eyes
ojx.'ii. Hardly was the expression from
her lips, when l)ea:i turned, and said:
Madam I'd v-niinare slurtt
1,011 ,
I can te ll yo l :i pair of skeleton skirts
went kiting out the door, in less time
than it takes me to think of it. She was
"done for" in a very small space of time.
At another time, in the same town, a
quack phrenologist, "made port" in a
very fashionable style, and made himself
quite renowned in the science, according
to his own testimony, bluster an 1 bragga
docio. The folks generally, did not think
him very far advanced, and ha 1 come to
the conclusion that he was a scientific
humbug and bore. Clay Dean, then be
ing in town, it struck a few of the town
" cuts," that they might Lave a little
sport, and in the meantime prove this
gentleman up at his own expen-e. Quite
a crowd was gathered at one time in a
boot and shoe store at one time d
uring
the day, and among others Dean.
Some
one observed the "phrenologist" ap
proaching, and it was concluded imme
diately that he should be called in, and,
that Clay Dean's head should be "felt."
Accoidingly he was hailed and complied.
They proposed that he should "feel this
old fellow's head." Dean was then sit
tin,T bowed down, in an sinned chair, and
a slouchy old hat settled down over his
eyes, his hair disshevclled as though not
combed for six months and his feet hid
in a pair of broken, musty boots, six
inches too long and large accordingly in
other respects, and mounted crosswise on
the edge of a stove taken in all with his
common dirty shirt (open in front) and
miserably close-worn clothes, and his na
tural " don't care " disposition, and 3'ou
have certainly a character which no won
der would puzzle a Fowler or Wells aside
from bringing down a simple upstart in
the profession of "head." Dean, un
derstanding the business on hand, took
good care to keep his "signs of charac
ter " well under cover. The l'rof. pro
ceeded to stir up among the leading
bumps, and at the same time put on con
siderable of a professional air. quite to i
the amusement of the bystanders. He
fore I go any further I will here say that
that the l'rof. had known Dean at one
time, and heard him speak, but did not rec
ognize him al this time. He is one of
the most fluent speakers we have in our
country. His powerful mind enables him
to call up anything historical or otherwise
in a twinkling. No man can be better
read than he, and no one uses it to a bet
ter advantage. Nothing pleases him so
well as an argument with his oppo
nents in either religion or Hjlitics. Woe
be to the person that dare assail him. It
is a fact that not one of the Abolition
leaders will venture to get in his way He
has decidedly the greatest powers in using
scathing language, that will bring an op-
I
I
poncnt to appear ridiculous, and make j authority under the Constitution to recog
him feel for some place to hide, than, we nize its validity by acknowled-mi" ihe indc
beheve belongs to any man on ihis conti- pendence of such Stale. This left me
ncnt. Hut to proceed to the Frof. as we j no alternative, as the Chief Executive
left him. Alter searching for a fixed ! officer, under the ('..iwiiimlm. ,.f
time, he made an explanation of what he
could discover. Said he: "This head is
a very ordinary one ; the powers of re
collection are very small ; quite indolent
and very slow ; takes everything easy
and is not qualified for any high pursuit."
Such was his style of "reading" through
out. ,
When he got through with the exami-
nation, in which he congratulated him-
self for having done justice to all inter-
ested, a bystander, one concerned m the
"sell, asked the 1 ro. to " allow mo to
present you to the Hon. Henry Clav
uean. l ne ieuow was Uiun ier-siruek
and did not wait to make an apology for
his ignorance, but left the house and the
town, in as quick time as possible, and
has not been seen in those parts since.
Dean was very much amused, in thus be
ing the subject used for the pleasure and
satisfaction of the crowd, and the setti:rr
down into the ordinary, his intellect and
information. We should think that the
Prof, will be vcrv careful how he decides
on a case, where a rough outward ap- ! an to place the subject entirely above and
pearance, seedy clothes and untidy at that, j beyond executive control. The fact can
has to do with u future character. j i,t be disguised that we are in the midst
j-NoKTiiWKiT. ! of a great revolution. lu ail its various
- ' bearings, therefore, I commend the ques-
Jlessage of tlie President of Iio
H liilctt St:Jti at tlie St Is o2
..-..
January 0, lfc-Gl. Head ai(l ?vrW,
with luitritdioits, to a sclcctc vihihiU:v
jive, and orihixd to he printed.
'To tfiti Sen-tie and J louse oj" Iteprescntutiivs:
At tlie opening ot your present session
I catud your attiiilion to tlie uaing-rs
which threatened ihe existence of tin;
Union, i express a mv opmton
concerning ihe o; til
UaiiiT'Ts, and recommended slieii ii:
ti
s'!,i.s
as I believed would have the cited of
tranquiiiz'mg the country and saving it
from the peril in which it had been ne -d-
lt;.lv and most unfortunately involved,
Those opinions and rceommen '.aliens I ' war. The national Hag has rloated in j unjustly U regarded as a menace of mili
do not propose now to repeat. My own I gbry en cuvy sea. Under its shadow j t:ry coercion, an 1 thus furnish, if not a
convictions invm the whole subwt re- i A -a i ic .n . i;i.:e;.:- have found protection j provocation, at least a pretext for an out-
main unchanged.
The fact that a great ca!;u:ii:y was im
pending over the nation even at that
time acknowledged by every iuteliigent
citizen. It had already made itself fed
throughout the length and breadth of in land.
The necessary consequences of the
ahum thus produced was most deplorable.
The imports fell off with a rapidity never
known before, except in time of war, in
the history of our foreign commerce:
the Treafury was unexpectedly left with
out the means which it had reasonably
counted upon to meet the public engage.
ments; t rade was paralyzed ; manufac
tures were stopied ; the best public se-i-ities
suddenly sunk in the inarkt t ; every
species of property depreciated more or
less; and thousands of poor men, who
depended on' their daily labor for their j the present excitement, w- have a.rea,.v
daily bread, were turned out of employ- had a sad foretaste o! the umvei-U suher
J j i-vr which would result from its ucsirue.
ment
I deeply regret that I am not abic to
give you any any information upon the
state'of tlie' Union which is more satis
factory than what I was then obliged to
communicate. On the contrary, matt -rs
are still worse at present than they then
-verc. When Congress met, a strung
i I.. I flirt iiiii! OlliiilC lililM lil
. ... i . i i: .. . :. . 1 . ! , .
poitu ...
some amieauio ..ujustv,,. 1
nublie distress becomes more
,,-.tn,l A evidence of this it
it--. i ti (hi" -
T : . , t.i en, il,.it il-.e. Treasury
is
Olliy necessaij iu s.v - .
notes author
...-..-..I ... t lit Wl. Ill I Jill k .
ij.eei 1 1 v i 1 - - ' v j
. . . . ..i.i:.. .i ,i..;,..,o -.-
destructive to o,u p.,,, ;
ti,.i ic tlrni the most formidable ioivig.i
terests than uio
,v,v annual im-sa-e I expressed the.
" t ioi i vvl ii c1 1 I h i ve Ion deliberately
S mdwh
1 1 to de n'. , and confirm, that no
State h s . - W L own ac to secede
tlVn" thr' off its Federal
Z , ! ,r pdeiure I also .lecla.v,!
obligations at pleasure. . . . . . .. ,
obligations ai picvui-. -
my opinion to be that, even if that ng
existed and should be exercised by a
;ni
any
State of the Confederacy, .he Kxecutive
Department of this Government had no
TT aiil , Sh o tie; se,f , of the m.ority D. of the
every hour ot de ay a id . tl m -l;. ! i.'.U'".:..-"-.: which tlie South has forty-eight to sixty hours to this one,
ol a Uioo ness, scLiiei...... y , - - - , ... , , i t.iiwer of re s stance is increased
t i..,. ,.,..,..i .T.lvi tt sed. aceoniiner to ; great conseivauve nu..
cc.-. ...st vr . , , .Momentous point, and afi rd the j "Ihe sma'iness ol your lorce will
I tlie huv' ana XUM u J : ! ... Vim .I, . ..,1 st,...,!,. n.i oPtM-T- ! Hermit you, ,H-rha, s, to occupy more
! offered to take any consme, . , , , - ,.-.,,, ',.,.,. s, , 1 on ,,f three forts, but an attack on.
par or at a lower rate ot mteivsi inan lun.t . ,o. , c.. ..':;,,,..,..,,. .it 1 mL.. rv.,, session of fithpr n
1 . i , ,.,.,0 lrom tiiese tacis h ai- e arouna n.e-t u... u ,v......v , ' , ,
twelve pe cut. Irani . ,,01. ,llvd.,;iiite action! I, there- ; of thorn, w,l be regarded as an ad of
FIT, ! b iSor cvenn well ! fore, appeal thron,h you to th, people ol . hostility and you may then put your
, d bar civ hostilities, is more I the J,Ly declare in their might that j command into LTlt
United States, but to collect the public
revenues and to protect the public prop
erty so far as this might be practicable
under existing laws. Jt belongs to Con-
gress, exclusively, to repeal, to modify, or
to enlarge their provisions, to meet cxi-
gencies as they may occur. I possess no
dispensing power.
I cei'tainiv hnd no ri'dit. to mnl-o n t-
; unlive war upon any State, and I am
j perfectly satisfied that the Constitution
has wisely withheM that power even from
j Congress. 1 hit the right and the duty
to
use tue military force defensively
j agamt those who resist the Federal oih-
. cers in the execution of their legal func-
tions, and against those who assail the
property of the Federal Government, is
clear and undeniable.
I Hut the dangerous and hostile attitude
i of the. Slates toward each other h is al-
ready far t.i uiscendcd and cast in the
j shade the ordinary Executive duties al
ready proviucu lor Ly law, and has as
sumed such vast and alarming proportions
i tion to Congress, as the only human trih-
una!, under l'rov idci.ee. i.ossessinir the
' 'i o
power to meet the existing emergency.
j To them, exclusively, belongs the power
j to declare war, or to authorize the em
! ployment of military force in all cases
j contemplated by the Constitution ; and
j they suone possess tue power to remove
gnevences wiucii nugm. ieaa to war, and
to secure peace and union to this di.-tract-
!y ; ed country. On them, and oi; them a
se ! lone rests the responsibility.
i ne union is a sacred trust leit uv our
i . i
! tvvohif iouary fathers to
their descend-
; ants : and ;. ever did
j heivt so rich a l.'gaev
us prosperous in p ;.
y ether people in-
It has rendered
mill triumjihant in
; a.i'i r.sv- ei in nil lands beneath tlie sun.
i If we !-.-, , i,d to eun.-M: rati: !:.- of pure-ly
m:'i ne
all lime
to:;etif
mleivs.t
est, when, in the history of!
ha;!
i confederacy been bound
ah strong lies of mutual
F
acn
i
:eli :! C1 it IS Mepend-
..u
in-l all
npon each uortio.u, for
;::e.-'.;c security. Free
!''
tr;
w:
of
.s::e;;;' alio O
h- throughout
lus o1' one poet;
1 1
h-' whole supplies the
from the productions
another,
and si
itera weaUa every
wheiv.
Tlie great planting
n::ig
r-.aies rcuuire fne aei oi
the commercial :
! and navigating States to s.'iid their pro- ;
! (actions to dour -die and foreign markets. J
! and to furnish the naval power to render i
1 : !
heir iran-ponaiiun
cure ag.ii
all
i hostile at U'.'us.
i Should the union peri, h in
midst of
I
i tion. The calamity would b) severe m
1 every portion of the union, and would be
I rate as
t- say the least, in too
Southern as well as ia the Northern States.
The greatest a'-reivution of the evil, and
hat
hieii wo-e.I.l 1
ns in the most
the world and
unfavorable light befor.
.
I a.'ii fiemlv eon
eed, the.
L-nun, i ,
. . In-t n chiefly
, . .. ... ,
t.o -,t. irv n i-.I 'Hn a ."U'li ait in'
i . i e-
. - i ..!.. k. r. ,r. ii-.-. i.li-.Tvr.. btio ;in,i..,l
conflict upon
, u iai oe !
the mere assumption that
. -
alternative. Time is a
I Ltllll. ,v'
Let us pause
1 tl.rt ! moil must and shall be preserved by
.. ... . . j t 0:irn'. '
an co.i.-.itulionai l.u.ms. i most t.un
j 0stlv reccommend that you devote your- .
seW, exclusively, to the question how ;
this can be accomplished in peace. All
vuestions, 'when rompaml with;
this, sink into insignificance. The pres- .
j .ait is no time tor paliiations ; action, ,
i prompt action is required. A delay in ;
I bona ess to prescribe or to reccommend ;
.. . . 1 , ,:..i C!.;., f...-
a tiisunei an-i !" -" v ' i-"-' , ' 1
' eoneiliation may dnv- ,,s to a point trom
which it w,u , -
. to recede
and more ! sioiered. i-m. 111 1 " "" , ! ---. i
A common ground on which concillia
tion and harmony can be produced is
surely not unattainable. The- proposi
tion to compromise by letting the North
have exclusive control of a territory a
bovc a certain line, mid to give southern
institutions protection In-low that line,
ought to receive universal approbation.
In itself, indeed, it may not be entirely
satisfactory ; but when the alternative is
! between reasonable coivession on both
j side's and a destruction of the Union, it is
j an imputation on the patriotism of Con-
! otcss to !ssorf tli:if It-j mrjihii-s will besl-
I Tate for a moment.
! Even now the dan-er is upon us. In
several of the States which have not yet
I seceeded, the forts, arsenals and maga
! zincs of the United States have been
seized. This is by far the most serious
step which has been taken since the cotn-
meneement of the troubles. The public;
i property has long been left without gar-
risosts and troops for its protection, be-
: cause no person doubted its security un-
j der the Hag of the country in any State in
the Union. Dcsides, our small army has
scarcely been sufficient to guard our re
mote frontiers against Indian incursions.
The seizure of this property, from all ap
pearances, has been purely aggressive,
and not in resistance -to any attempt to
coerce a State or States to remain in the
Union.
At the beginning of these unhappy
! troubles, I determined that no act of
! mine should increase the excitement in
.
either section of tlie country. If the po
litical conflict were to end in civil war,
it was ni' determined purpepe not to
commence it, nor even to furnish an ex
cuse for it by any act of this Government.
My opinions remain unchanged, that jus
tice as well as sound policy requires us
still to seek a peaceful solution of the.
questions at issue between the North and
the South. Entertaining this conviction,
I refrained even from sending reinforce-
! incuts to Major Anderson, who com-
' manded the forts in Charleston Harbor,
! until an absolute necessity for doing so
! should make itself apparent, lest it might
I break on the part of South Carolina. o
! necessity for these reintoreemeuts seemed
to exist, I was assured by distinguished
and upright gentlemen of South Carolina
that no attack on Major Anderson was
intended, but that, on t lie contrary, it was
j the dedro of the State authorities, as
I much as it was my own, to avoid the
i fatal consequences which must inevitably
I follow a military collision.
And here 1 deem il proper to submit
; f'r vour information, cepies of a com-
aiton, dated December 28, 1SG0.
?ed to me by It. W. Darnwell, .1.
.1,1...
II. Adams and J. L. Orr, "Commission
ers,"' from South Caiolina, with the ac-
coiupanymg doenme:
with copies of
my answer thereto, dated Doc. 31.
; In further explanation of .Major An
! derson's removal from Fort Moultrie to
! Fort Saintt-r, it is jyopcr to state that
after my answer to the South Carolina
; "Commissioners," the War Department
I received a letter from that gallant officer
! dated Dec. l'7, 1Ho, tlie day after this
j movement, from which the following is
, an extract :
-i will add, as my opinion, that many
' thin.. convinced me that the authorities
: of tlie State deigsu-d to proceed to a hos-
! tile act.'
i I-VMem'v r.-f.-rrlnT lo order - h..l
, . - . - r - -
to u very great tipgtve.
: t . ...tf, ;. ii ...... i .!.... ii
n wm oe- iee j.k-i i.e-i t-.u lunuuu-
: mg part or tnese oreieis was m ine ioi-
: o wing terms :
not
than
i may
powvr of resistance. You are also au-
. ... , c .
thoi izcd to take similar deiensjye steps
wiienever yt.u have tangible evidence of a
design to proceed to a hostile act."
It is siud that serious apprehension-,
a, v, o some extent , entertained, ,n which
I do not sluire tlmt thence of tin
District may be disturbed b, , the - 4th
of March next Ju any event it will le
.nv d.itv to rrtservo if. and this duty
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