The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-02-01
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The WEEKLY GATE CITY 10 puA
1AsAsAsvsry ~ Wednesday ~ this 00es, 4
~ - shs eldest papers In Iswa, an
nAs very wiAsly extended sarsulasass
4AeoUGho0etAs Dss Asfnss vHt1sy. uort1
0k1sSoarl, and westsrn Inlnsis.
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Hanser,s, Late Laness Expeaisisn
II seems that Gen. Hunter is to tax,
command Of Lanes Expedition" Ane
the Chicago TribMne, always more know
ing than any other man." knew it al
the time
Well, we CONFESS to have been sold thi.
once. just so far that We we're made t.
believe that it was Lanes Expedition
The fact ID, the expedition has been be.
fore the country a month or two a
Lanes Expedition" Jim Lane cot il
mp, Jim Lane was to head it, was to con.
daet it in accordance with his own policy,
was to have "a 900 men under his com.
mand, was to have q peculiar staff, and
carte blasche generally, for crushing out
the rebellion and closing the war.
Such was the style in which the sub.
ject has been talked about, written about.
speechi6ed about. canvassed in Cabinet
Council, approved by the General Com.
handing, the Secretary Of War, and the
President also, according to the newspa.
per correspondents, telegraph operators,
and Jim Lane himself.
Now. We confess to sense of greenness
in the avowal that We had not the most
distant idea that this slim Lanes Expe.
dition' Was to be Under the command of
that very safe and respectable General,
David Hunter, and that the redoubtable
Jim Lane was only to lead the sixth part
OF It. 10 complete subordination to Hunt.
er, and with As little to say in the direc.
tion Of it, policy, &c., AZ any one Of q
score or two of others whom the Genera
Commanding may condessend to call to
his councils. As We never invested yery
largely in the concern on account OF some
recollcctions of former "fire in the
rear a. we'll as some anticipations Of
Border State exigencies, which would de-
mand its modification, We confess only to
disappointment 10 the manner Of sup
pressing Jim Lane, not in the fact itself
Of the suppression.
But after what has appeared in the Chi.
cago Tribune for q month past, the cool
ness and humility, the half attempt a,
triumph in which that journal announce.
that "Jim Lanes Expedition" is no,
Lanes but Hunters, is edifying. And
then, how it will exalt the Tribune in
public estimation to learn that i, was toe
smart to be sold with the "rest of man
kind" Tho Tribune knew it oil the time
Had no other idea Of the thing. Neve,
dreamt that it was Lanes Expedition.
Didn't Ego in lemons and get squeezed
with the crowd. The Tribune "smelt
mice" long time ago. The Tribune knew
that Jim Lanes Expedition was onl
- tub thrown to the whale" Sucl
knowledge is very wonderful, especial,
in contrast with The innumerable shoal
OF very ignorant people throughout Ii,
country, who never suspected that "Jin
Lanes Expedition" was really Hunter
Expedition, and that Lane was merel,
to be like 1.-THE fifth wheel to ! Wagon. :,
very super6uous ornament.
81 Bishop Ames, Of the Methods
Episcopal Church, and Ex-senator Ham
ilton Fish. Of New York, have aocepte
the appointment made by Secretary Stan
ton. to 60 ~ Commissioners to visit an
relieve United States prisones in Rich
mond and other places in the South. ]
remains to be seen whether the Confeder
ate Government will allow them 10 d
l.