The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-11-10
CEAGETT IN 1862.

"And we fear tLat the people OF the
loyal States are not sufficiently alive to the
appalling dangers which threaten to en-
gulf their Liberties forever. aud TO bring
this once free people under the yoke of
the most terrible military despotisn that
ever disglaced tie history Of the civilized
world. The a..4mpt TN the part o, .he
S bpal.uonisls 10 ias.en o4lum Oh their op
,.4nEns by constan, and persistent char.
ger oi tlisl8yalty against them, IS bat the
beginning OF the end they have in view,
which is 10 orerturn the constitutional
government of our fathers, and establish
on It's ruins military despotism. Their
Arst effort will be t. carry the elections,
II that be possible, and thus secure the
State and national legislatures, and for
that purpose they will not hesitate to set
aside both STATE Ia VS. and State constiiu-
tlons by the bayonets of the spillers at
the polls, if they tail to accomplish their
ms BY the corruption, bribery, and IN
tltnidatlon which is now being used in the
States where the elections are soon TO be
held, TO an extent never before thought to
be possible IN this once free country, even
by III av~t corrupt Of politicians. We
desire lot needle j. 10 alarm any one, bat
tie signs Of the times are too aart
with the disaster, the heP-les
to all that is dear or worth
pie, for us to keep silent 4. Ne sce
the foundations OF our Il, critics about to
be annihilated through the traitorous
machinalinns OF the most wicked and cor
ruIt politcsl organization that ever dis
gracet the anhais Of history.
The r4rJ in power, including The Pres
ident OF the United Stutes and portion
at least of his Cabinet, seem to have lost
all sense Of their Constitutional obligations
to the people. They have assumed lie
right, through the military power under
their control, to set aside not only the
Constitution of the United States, but of
the States. They have suspended the
writ of habeas corpus. They have seized
the citizens Of the loyal States without
warrant and without informing them of
tie cause of their arrest. They have
searched their private dwellings and sez-
ed their private papers in the same man
ner. They have transported these citizens
beyond the limits of those States in which
they lived and locked them up in military
prisons They have refused to grant these
citizens either hearing or knowledge
of the charges against them. They haye
refused to allow them to have access to
their friends or the advice VI COUNSEL
They have refused to allow the Z. S. Mar
shals. with the writs issued by the Uni
ted State autt State Judges, to enter
their prlsoas to serve process on their
military .iailors; and they have refused
to obey the civil process of the Courts
when they have been served. They have
placed military guards with fixed bayo-
nets before the doors Of the private dwell
lings of United States Judges. They have
suppressed newspapers and incarcerated
their editors in foreign prisons. They
have arrested and incarcerated candidates
for the most important Offices in the ma
tlonal and State governments, for express
sing their opinions in opposition 10 their
acts. They have appointed their partisan
secret spies all over the loyal States at the
expense of the public treasury.