The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-01-25

ment, is for Wilson, of course
10-A few doughface Unionists in Mis-
souri consented to be used as blind to
enable the secesh Of St Louis to achieve
another triumph in the election of officers
to the Mercantile Library Associatian.-
The News suggests, by way Of proving
their loyalty, that the ofhcers just elected
hoist the United States flag over the Ii
brary building.
The following are the remarks of Sena-
tor Grimes in full, made on the 14th:
have only few words to say in addi-
ton to what said when this bill was be-
fore under consideration. It's provisions
are quite simple, and ought to be entirely
free from objection. The simple purpose
is, FIRST, to do what is done in all coun-
tries and by all courts, namely: to make a
general Jail delivery Of all persons con-
fined in Jail at the commencement Of a
term OF the criminal court, and against
whom no indictment shall be found by the
grand jury; and second, to prevent the
Jail. which was built by the Government,
maintained at Government expense, and
under Government control, from being
used as place Of confinement for every
person who, with dark skin, is suspected
Of not owning himself. instanced,
when addressed the Senate before on
this subject, many individual cases of
great wrong. ! do not propose to recur
to them now
II is proper to say that the evils that
have existed at the Jail have proceeded
from three causes. First, from the con
struction Of the Jail itself tits of quite
limited eapaclty-not designed to proper.
ly accommodate more than fifty persons,
upon any humane principle of classified.
ton. Yet / have seen two hundred and
eighteen confined there. As an evidence
of this, will say that at one of my visit.
to the Jail saw two young women con
fined as witnesses, in the same room with
woman Of the most VIGOROUSLY bat
character, who was confined on charge
Of willful murder. The Jail is so con
structed as to permit of n6ventilatiou.-
The whole atmosphere is damp ant
fetid, and how human beings can endure
It for twelvemonth, as some of them do
IS wholly beyond my comprehension
There are no proper facilities for cooking
washing, drains, waterciosets, and othel
important if not necessary attachments t.
such an institution.
The second evil proceeds from the law
of the District, which encourage the ap
prehension Of every colored man who ca,
be found, upon the charge of being run
away slave The fees that are paid t
constabies aud justices of the peace fur
nish sufficient inducement to many me-
to embark in this disgusting and humili
ating business, and the fees and boar
bills to be paid to the jailors in such case
are sufficient inducement to them to re
tain such alleged runaways as long as pc.
sible.
The third difficulty proceeds from tn
manner in which the Jail is kept. It
but just to say that there is really no con
larlson between its condition now aud i
condition six weeks ago. There has bee
wonderful improvement in that time :
How long it will last after Congress az
lourns, or now that members of Congre
are prohibited from visiting it, no 0,
can say. But applauding, us | do, til
recent Improvement in its condition, /
no means say that it is not susceptible
and ought not to be still further great
improved.
Perhaps, Mr. President. ought not
allude to the manner ip which the iail
and has been kept. Perhaps the Sena
itself is somewhat to blame for it. for
trace great many Of the evils existir
there, and the failure to remove them,
the appointment of person as the Ms
shal OF the District Of Columbia, who "
made such by the advice and consent
this body.
The President Of the United States 81
ut, IN the plentitude Of his wisdom,
import to this District from Illinois, nj
Mari Il Lamon, and to appoint him i
Marshal Ii is not for me TO saw why d
Of the seventy thousand people Of I'll
District was not selected for this respon
Die position; ! simply know the fact I'll
man Was brought here from abroad "
had no interest in the District; who h
no community of feeling or sympat
With The people of the District; who Y
aud is wholly unfamiliar with the duti
d the position, and With the advice d
consent ef the sen.tc appointed Mtarssa..
Among other important duties intrust
by law to the Marshal is the control
the jail. A humane and Christian m
might make it a Bethcsda. Mr.. Lam
has paid no attentionv to it until of la
and now only to make an order prohib
ing the admission to it of all persons |
the purpose of inspection or otherwi.
including members of Congress and /