The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-07
washington Correspondence
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| topic Of remark in this uity, OF course. Butt
though the Republican party and resident in-
dividual Republicans have suffered much in
science and malicious perversion OF their
sentiments at tho hands OF the MAS of the
W ashirgten citizens, yet Westinghouse
are vehement in opposing the sentiment OF
| dsunon, and the strong motive Of personal
interest nciiDes them to side with the Re-
publican party, which the turn Of events and
OCCASION for papab'y disclosing the fact
show to be the only sound and unaffected
| Union party in the land. To SEQ the i'm
portance OF this city as q political metropo-
| lis in any degree diminished, or to contem-
plate tho possibility that it may cease To he
Of any political Importance at all, (for the
| idea hsunts them lately that another site may
probably be selected for the Federal Capt.
taD, touches them 10 tender spot, and they
are willing to strike hands with US and eall
w any thing good and great that an ex.rava-
giant vanity might ire,--though there is
really. perhaps, more sincere respect paid
| to Us and more honest confidence in our
Intentions than formerly.
One Of the most conspicuous causes Of
| annoyance to the disunionists that cluster
about our public places, for afew days back,
has been an individual by the name Of Cla-
gest belonging few miles over the border,
in the State OF Maryland. He makes it his
daily duty to seek on: all the South Carroll.
mans he can End, AMI rally them on their
secession procivities. liz be scents out one,
| he procures an intro 1uetion, and, keeping
himself in u slightly elevated" condition all
the time, be proceeds at once to the matter
| in hand | saw him introduced to one lusty
| fellow, with Palm atto cockade on the
| lapel Of his coat. Taking the emblem be-
tween bis fingers he proceeded: "Disunion-
st, see! Don't like the election, | sup
pose. Can't help it. Good enough for you.
You've got to stand it. You've got way
OF calling every body you don't like sAboli-
tionists.' / don't ear . who is nominated in
opposition to the Den. ,cracy, he may hav 0
been born in South Carolina, brought up in
South Carolina, and ewn all the niggers In
the Stato,-if he amt Democrat, you call
him an Abolitionis, When some Of Us
wanted Henry Clay President, you called
him an Abolitionisf; when We wanted Gen.
Scott, you called him an Aboli.ionist when
we put up John Bell, you called him an Alb
olitionist Now take Old Abe, will you p
just then, some one ointed out 10. Lane to
him, as prominent Bell man. lie rushed
gan "Iiow are you, cid fellow! Hurrah for
John Bell Curse John G. Breckenridge and
old 10. Lanel Say, Old 10. ddn's quite
reach, did hetn And then he rushed back
to continue his torment Of the 6re-eater.
liked his spirit and patriotism, though
Couldn't commend bis impotence, and when
s got an opportunity 10 say word TO him,
asked him ii he thought il would make
Democrat Of him to % out to Iowa. Indig
nantly repellng the suggestion, he said
.No FL 20 for Old Abe hrss.n And be
lieve be would, for he evidently has more pc.
litcal virtue than SON others Of the name
who have migrated hsnce to Iowa. But
! apprehend that he coeldn't be induced K
remove anywhere as long as disunionistl
hover about Washington and it lies in biz
power to annoy them.
specimen, and | am inclined to consid
er it a sort OF repres NATIVE one,-of th
manner in which Southern men are not 10
frequently "ropei int = the disunien move
ment, came to my kno S,eJge the other day
A neighborhood not fir of 10 Virgins
rather noted for its strong Union sentiment
TheTuwas great desire to introduce NOR
naxious doctrines. Sd scheme WAS cor
= coc.e1. A meeting WIS called. 1wospeak
!, ers we're announced one from Marylant
: and ne from the town where the mee.in
e wa J be held. The line came. The Mar,
land tpeaker arpoa, "a. He opened b
: mouth in bisteress irpnv upon Virginians.-
!. They were degenerate. They had lost q
r their ancient chivalry and well-earned r
nown. They were miserable, coward
set. Thoy were wiling to be ruled over |
a vile Abolitioulst, etc, ETC., dd ndusedm.-
a. When he got through the Virginia orat
:; :. arose. lie mildly ami forbearingly reno
10 strated with his Maryland brother, and to
10. him that be was laboring under a great mi
Cd take That the Virginans were az hig
20 sou.ed and rcsoluts as ever. That it "
10 not in their habit to bltster, and say thin
be they didn't mean, nor to say half as mu
as they did mean, but when the time came
=. - would see wha. the spirit of Virginians va
la and whether they were likely to bsruled ov
NJ by an Abo,itIonst or not.
te liz this strain be went on to reply, q
o. closed up by proposir Z to form compa
:. Of minut. men, pus.in- down a hundred d.
ha lars toward the expen ses. Tho MARYLAND