The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-10-09

: fact to escape notice, that the officers
thus dismissed we're generally those who
had distinguished themselves b. the vig-
or with which they pursued traitors, ard
those who fed, clothed, and shielded
them; while We believe it to be strictly
true, that no one has been dismiss I'D be-
cause Of neglect or insf6ciency ia that
work. Companies and regiments in the
Enrolled Militia, which pursued rebels,
guerrillas, bushwhackers, and their ae-4
completes with . legitimate severity,
have been disbandsd, usdsr oircam--
stances which LETT upon loyal minds the
imnoyable conviction that their dfense
was too active and resolute effort to
rout and destroy those iendish nbarau-
ders. In every way the people Of Mis-
souri, have been forced TO learn that rigor
toward those enemies Of Law, order, prop
erty. life and loyalty. commends nd man
to the favor Of our Executive. 1t Is
equally we'll known that those who cor
daily sustain your proclamation OF eman-
cipation, and your policy Of arming the
negroes, fall under his displeasure in the
bestowal of appointments.
The result Of all this is only what
would inevitably follow. Disloyaitt, un-
der the alias of Conservatism, il pre-
sumptuous and defiant. In large por-
tions of our State, it is far safer 70 be
known as disloyal. than as truly loyal
Thousands Of Union men have been
driven from their homes beggared1 and
multitudes have been murdered while
pursuing their peaceful avocations- often
in the presence Of their fsmiiies-fbr no
offense but that of Incorporating 6del-
| ity to the Union. The whole country
was shocked at the recent awful tragedy
1t Lawrence in our neighbor State Of Kan
sas; but were that multiplied hundred
fold, it would not equal the sum of the
outrages which loJa men have snfi Tered
10 Missouri, bu. which, occurring II de-
tached instances and isolated positions,
are little heard of away from the imIedi-
ate vicinity, and therefore come net to
your knowledge 1t is a lamentable fact,
that in the larger part of our State the
property and life of Union man ara less
secure now, than they were when rebel
armies were there.
| Indeed. Mr. President, in sober truth,
the condition of loyal people there is rap
idly becoming intolersble. To what fur
Their extent our suffering brethren can
bear in patience the load of unmerited
wrong which presses them on every side,
God only knows. And all this We un-
hesitatingly lay to the charge Of Governor
CANDLES pro-slavery conservative poll
cy, which infesis all administrations, civil
and military, discourages and depressss
LOYALTY, and elcva,es disloy atty into pre-
dominance which is CALLING to the last de-
gree to the unconditional Union men oil
Missouri.
The committee then set forth the arbi-
trary, unconstitutional and illegal acts OF
the Provisional Governor in organizing
provisional regiments and quartering them
on the subsistence department. OF the Uni
ted States and holding them Independent,
of the general Government.
They charge that Gen. Soho6eld is in
disposed or incompetent TO remedy the
evils of which they complain, aud declare
that matters have grown worse and worse
from the day that he assumed command,
and, therefore, ask his removal, and SUI
gest the appointment Of Ben. Butler in
his stead, and close with the following
appeal:
II you refuse our request, we return to
our homes only to witness, in conse
quence Of that refusal. more active and
relentless persecution of Union men, md
to feel that while Maryland can rejoice in
the protection Of the Government of the
Union, Missouri is still to be the victim
Of pro-slayery conservatism, which
blasts wherever it reigns. Does Missouri
deserve such fate? What border sla We
State confronted the rebellion in its inst
spring as she did? Remember, we pray
you, who it vas that, in May, 1861. cap
tured Camp Jackson, and saved the arse
nal ut st. Louis from the hands of trait
Otey duu vic ~ HiUu CduSe All Tue Vallev OIL
the Mississippi from incalculable disaster.
Remember the Home Guards who sprung
to arms in Missouri when the Govern
ment was without troops or means to de-
fend itself there Remember the more
than Fifty thousand volunteers that Mis-.
souri, has sent forth to battle for the Union.
Remember, that, though always q slave
State, her unconditional loyalty to the
Union shines lustrously before the whole
nation. Recall to memory these things
Mr. President, and let them exert their
just influence upon your mind. We ask
only justice and protection to our suffer
ing people. II they are to suffer hereaf.
ter, as now. and in time past, the world
will remember that they are not response.
bic for the'gloomy page 10 Missouris his
tory, which may have to record the inde-
pendent efforts Of her harrassed but still
loyal men, to defend themselves, their
families, and their homes, against their
uisloyal and mnrderous assaiants.