The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-06-07
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PoyOa III MAbSOuAA WE pSSs yOAi. AA0
men who fought 1t Wilson's Greek, At
Carthage, atLexington. at Fredsricktown,
1t Pea Ridge, Governor Gamble de-
scribes as "a class of troops who came
with feelings of hoaility t. our people
and our institutions, and who, under the
guise Of supporting the Union, perpetra.
led enormous ourages upon our people.
This is the language in which Gov.
Gamble characterizes the soldiers from
other States, whose presence here it seems
is as offensive to him as it was to Governor
jackson. "Hostility to our beeplep
Undoubtedly; if by "our people" he
intends the armies of Price or those who
rendered them aid and comfort. If any
thing more than that is meant, the impu-
tation against any portion of the United
States troops is Indignantly untrue, as
we'll as most ungenerous. Gov. Gamble
in the spirit of paltry demagogueism,
evidently desires to enlist in his own be-
half that disloyal sentiment which pre-
walls in many sections of the State, aud
which, uttering piteous complaintsagainst
the Union soldiery, reserves its good will
for the armies of Price and tie brigand
banditti of Quantril.
What would have been the condition
of Missouri to-day, but for tho presence
Of these gallant men, thus stigmatized
by Gov. Gamble? The men Of Kansas,
Of Iowa, of Illinois and Indiana, have
poured out their blood like water on the
soil of Missouri, in maintenance Of the
Union cause. Yet of them, Gov. Gam
BILE has the assurance to speak in language
Of reproach and dennnciation. The enc
mics of the Union, tho traitor enemies Of
Missouri within the Union, are exempt
from the censure of our Provisional Gov
ernor. 1t is their grief that AFFECTS his
soul; the murmurs that he repeats with
official emphasis They are pre- eminent
ly tour people," for whom all his SYM
pathetic feelings are stirred into activity.
1t is time to have done with this
meaIy mouthed pretension of "conserva-
tive" loyalty, which discerns trespass
in the march or in the encampment Of
Union soldiers and sees no ofense in the
ruthless ravages Of domestic treason, in
all the Arduous campaign of the year in
which the armies Of the Union have been
engaged, whether on the soil Of Missouri OF
elsewhere We do not remember the single
word of comfort, cheer, encouragement
from His Excellency Gov. Gamble. Hi
only language now is that Of wanton In,
suit to the gallant soldiers of the Union
as ''enemies Of our people and our insti
tutions. - ST. Louis Democrat.
Gov. Gamble has not exhibited any
heart in his support Of the Union caus.
from the FIRST. He is a seedy fossil con
servative stakeholder, devoted with oil tht
ardor Of strong but narrow mind t.
the interests of his class. If his hear
had been in the cause, the rebellion
might have been put down in Missouri
long ago, but he regarded the troops o.
the United States as hostile army il
the midst Of his people, and showed
them little aid or countenance. He nov
stimulates the prejudices Of the people
and seemingly justi6cs the murderous
assaults of the secesh gucrrillas upon the
troops in Missouri, by stigmatizing them
as "hostile troops,s
He has never been rsgarded ~ ,
straight Union man 10 Northern Nilsson
ri, and We think that the majority Of tn,
men who fought for the Cause Of ths
Union in ito hour Of greatest peril il
Missouri, do not regard Gov. Gamble
IS q whit more loyal than Judge Birch, re.
Gently arrested on the charge of treason
Governor CANDLES brother spoke and
voted against the loyal resolutions Of Dr.
Breckenridge in the old school General
Assembly. and we doubt not that he ii
quite as loyal IS the Governor.
WASHINGTON, May 80, 1862.
EDITOR GATE CRY - The noble stand
taken by Douglas and other leading Dem
ocrats after the attack on Fort Sumter in.
duced me- To encourarc m far nm 7 ksd