The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-10-02

almost I'D state OF muflny on account Oh
the Proclamation.
We rather suspect that Number 2 il
given to drink or to gas at least.
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Men and supple. for Rebels, from
Iowa.
EDITOR GATE CITY This is a time oil
civil war and we have now rebellion in
our land. Traitors arc raising in arms
against the flag of our country, and il re-
quires all the watchfuluess, care and en-
ergy of the Administration and Union
men, everywhere, to keep them from over
throwing and destroying the free institu-
tons Of our once happy country. 1t is
for these reasons / address you at this
time. We have, in my humble judgment,
too MANY at home who will, at least, bear
watching, and | think this is good time
to. look for wolves in sleeps clothing
As every man claims to be Union, and
some take particular pains to TELL every
one they are Union men, for fear they
might not find it out, it will not be neces-
sary to inquire who is, and who is not,
Union men. But as factions speak loud
er than words" we must know them by
their fruits" For the benefit Of Union
m~n, everywhere, and for the cause of our
country aud humanity, please allow me to
describe some Of The "fruits and how
they mature in this vicinity. In the first
place, they read the Cincinnati Enquirer
and Keokuk Constitution, and more espe-
cially the parts thereof which refer to the
defeats and repulses of the Union armies,
and which is read cloud to their customers,
(some keep STOREY and if they accidental
ly come to a place where the Union army
drive the rebels, they qualify it with
i" they must have had two men to the
rebels one, at that point" They can
always find some excuse for the rebels !;
constitutional rights which the rebels are
deprived Of, and unconstitutional acts OF
the Government, withoutnumber always
finding fault because the Administration
is doing too much, and never known to
inquire what more cen be done to put
down this wicked rebellion say the South
are fighting for their rights; the Nerthis
b blame and the id Abolitionists are
the whole cause of the war. The "store
keepers = have plenty of customers from
Missouri, some Of whom take away whole
loads of salt, and are of that class who
are never troubled by sceesh bushwhack-
ers. because thy do'l rte sides. The
maturing Of the fruit Is ~ follows: About
the time drafting was expected to con-
mence in this county, some of the sons
and young men. in care of the above de-
scribed, were missing, and as there were
some suspicious about the matter, caused
somewhat, by the ferry-boat lock being
broken and the boat found on the oppo-
site side of the river in the morning. En-
quiries were made of the guardians Of one
Of the missing, of his whereabouts; the
answer was. i" sick, il bel,' but it was
soon found out that he had gone with the
rest Of the missing and joined the rebels
in Missouri, although it was denied by
said guardians until a message arrived
from Missouri to let them know of the
death of their young friend, who had
been killed in the rebel ranks. As the.
was not particular about who
he told, and his seeming knowledge ofthei
facts, it was Of no use to deny the facts
any longer. Nothing was said on their
part, but two men were seen to take
horse and buggy and drive towards Mis-
souri, leaving behind them surprised
neighborhood. enquiring Of each other
what it meant, and if men could be furn-
shed TO nil up rebel ranks, and aid and
comfort given them before their eyes, in
open day, and no way Of preventing it.
But such appears to be the facts, and the
men have now got home and say they
ound the grave of the young man who
vas shot, Gin the back and was among
Sothe,n friends who got carpenter TO
make box and bury him. They also
Jaw another one of the boys, who was IN
he Southern camp, and cad converse
ion with him /; another had deserted his
southern friends and, ! understand, is
unning at large in this vicinity. They
Jay they found no trouble in getting to
nd from the place, where they found the