. . . who owns large quantities of real estate in Iowa, has just written to his agent in this city an order to pay immediately the Federal tax on his property, and says in his letter that that tax, levied for the purpose of prosecuting this war and putting down the rebellion, he will pay more cheerfully than any other tax. He says further, that the people of Missouri have had enough of the rebellion, and the thing is about played out. This man is the owner of over a hundred slaves, and is a South Carolinian by birth.
So much for a loyal Southerner. How wide the contrast between him and the miserable brood of Secessionist in Dubuque, under the lead of Dennis Mahoney and his treason and smut machine.
– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, April 12, 1862, and also in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday Morning, April 9, 1862, p. 2
So much for a loyal Southerner. How wide the contrast between him and the miserable brood of Secessionist in Dubuque, under the lead of Dennis Mahoney and his treason and smut machine.
– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, April 12, 1862, and also in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday Morning, April 9, 1862, p. 2
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