The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-23
THE GATE CITY.

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THE HERALD ON THE RECON D
The JEFF. Dayis Herald is becomin,
alarmed at the storm Of indignant publ
opinion rising throughout thc6tats sgains
ii and its traitorous followers in this city
Now, half frightened 1t the consequence
OF its own teachings, and at the outbursti
of disloyalty and rufianism perpetrated BY
its own adherents of this city, it has The
audacity to deny them. The old, treason
STEPPED leader now howls at outraged
loyalty like the murderer to the ghost that
haunted him:
shake not thy glory locks al me-
Thou canst not say did it,
Yes, old traitor, yon did it. You did
it By your infamous and disloyal teach
Jugs, and your rufian followers did all
that is charged to them, and more, in the
streets Of this city last election day. A
thousand credible witnesses can testify, by
affidavit if necessary, that crowds of the
Dubuque Herald's disciples went around
the streets, that Monday night, hurraing
for JEFF Davis, Dennis A. Mahony, the
Herald, and the Merrimac. Not only by
thousand loyal citisens of Dubuque is
this proven, but also by strangers who
we're temporarily in the city that night
Witness the following, from the last is
sue OF the Cedar Falls Gazette. It
says:
'sOur Senior was in Dubuque on Mon
day election day]. He says that while
walking up Main. Street he met party Of
democrats" crazy with liquor. The
party were passing a saloon when one of
the members suggested that they 60 in
and TAKE drink-'No,' said one of the
number. mot here, this is d--n aboli-
ton hole--lets 80 down To- They
started on, when it was proposed that they
return and give three cheers for JEFF.
Davis. The suggestion was promptly ac-
cepted and the party retraced their steps
to the front of the saloon, and there, in
the city of Dubuque, on Main Street.
raised their hellish, reasonable shouts for
jeff Davis and the Southern Gonfedera-
cy. We could not believe tho reports Of
the doings in that city ~ brought rs by
the Times, until they were corroborsted
by our partner, who saw with his own
eyes and heard with his own ears Talk
about regard for Union and Constitution {!
for such men rs carried the municipal
election Of Dubuque on the 7th inst, il is
simply blasphemous We have lost all
faith in those who lead the Democracy of
Dubuque. The scenes enacted on Mon
day in that city are burning disgrace not
only to the city itself, but the whole I'm
tied States p
The above are words Of truth and sober.
ness, and yet they relate only to one in
cident among hundreds of similar char
acteY that occurred that evening and the
following night.
We lind intended to ist the diiisgncefuf
scenes be forgotten after recording them
as faithful journalist should, when they
occurred, but the infamous Herald persists
in denying the truth, and abuses us be.
cause we simply mentioned the facts.
We will say. however, that we expect
nothing else from the sheet that accused
the President Of "rioiat.ag his oatA of of
fce,' recommended the "acknowiedqe-
ment' of the JEFF. Davis Confederacy ade
facto and de .inys," and still persists in
denouncing all who support the Govern.
nent as spectators, thieves aud aboli-
tiunlsts. Dubuque Times
@ A letter fourd in one of the Con.
fsderate mail bags at the New Madrid
surrender, from Col to Hon. A. M. Gem
try Of Texas, INDUCES in the following
despairing illusions to the Rebel cause :
tell you, Colonel, that there Is no use
IN further resistance, We have neither
the men nor the means TO carry on the
war, Our troops are utterly demoyalized,
aud heartstiek and homesick. Nv regi-
meut has not been paid a cent in Eve
months, and to-day l, who you know am
worth, in ordinary times, one hundred
thousand dollars, am obliged to borrow
the price of the postage on this letter
how can men be expected to fight under
nuch cirnpvnstonoo,