The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-10-25
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the Valsndighammers. 1t has givel
them q mortal thrust under the fifth rit
and the writings of their death agonic
are most horrible. Till tho day of eiec
ton the Mahony press and politicians as
serted that tie Democrats were doing al
the fighting. that there were ten Demo
cra.s to one Republican in the ranks Of
the army, and so on. They, as well NJ
everybody else, knew that they we're ly.
ing. 1t was not possible that with the
leaders of the Democrats in the Legisla-
ture at the session eighteen months ago
voting against every war measure; with
the Mahony press and stump speakers
denouncing the war as an Abolition war
against our "Sonthern BRETHREN nncos-
stitutional in its inception and in all the
measures of it's progress--it was not in the
nature of things, we say, that the Demo
Gratis should rush in overwhelming numb
ers to war thus frowned down by the
leaders.
Well, the vote has been taken, and the
result is such as was expected. 1t takes
the wind out of the sails Of the hum bug
gers, and now they seek by falsehoods Of
multiform variety to throw dust. in the
eyes of the people. They make dreadful
complaints and charges against the com
missioners appointed 10 take the vote, and
accuse them of all manner of rascalities.
Now il is sufficient answer to all these
charges, that the commissioners had
nothing to do with taking the vote
Their duty was simply to deliver the Poll
Books TO the regiments to whom they
were sent and receive the returns and
transmit them to Des Moines. The vot-
ers in the regiments appointed their own
judges and clerks, who conducted the
elections just as our judges and clerks do
at home. These charges of frauds in the
conduct of the elections then arc charges
against the volunteers themselves.
Frauds are charged upon the officers
loo. We nolice our cctenporary in the
recklcssness Of his malignity, charges
Col Reid Of the 10Th Iowa with brow
beating the men under his command TO
vote the Republican ticket. This is a
vile libel on its face, and utterly without
semblance of foundation as every one
knows.
In yesterdays issue our contemporary
brings clerical witness on the stand, but
with the combined efforts of the advocate
and the witness we don't see much of
case made out There are three points
madelst, that the vote of the hospital
al Gorinth was not taken. But il does
not rest with them to object to that omis
sion, for if the vote had been taken, it
would have been about six to one Repub.
hcan. End. that Mr.. Estabrook could not
lind the voting place of his regiment
But as our contemporary has testified that
there was voting place, and that Col.
Reid frowned the Democratic soldiers in
to voting the Republican ticket, We must
conclude that the fault Of not finding
the place was attributable to Mr.. Esta-
brook himself. Sd, That there were no
Democratic tickets there, and that the
Republican tickets were carried there by
lady. God bless the lady Surely it
not be claimed that either the commits
sloner, the Republican party, or the lady
IN question were under obligation to pro-
vide Democratic tickets.
Unfortunately for the Mahonyites il
happens that whether there were tickets
or not, every one Of the forty odd regi-
men.s give Republican majorities varying
from two to ten Republican to one Dem.
ocrat.