The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-08-12
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From the Richmond Examiner, Aug. IL
We mentioned few days ago that the
.Nississippi sroops. in large numbers,
were deserving the army of General
Johnston. We felt disinclined to give
eredAncs to the report. We believed
that Mississippi, IKE most Of the other
s.ases Of The Ccnfsdsney, has her pro-
portiea Of Nnorous and cowAFdly traitors,
who are ready to yield 70 tbs dowinatiop
of the dastardly foe at The spprosch Of
dagger 70 their homssteads ssd hearth.
stones. and If such dissffscGon has bssn
produced among her troops 10 tbs 6sld,
We doubt not that tbs svI sesa hes hpss
sow " thS DIR u her pops ton. III
Such stasssA lsslhf iaa greatly - b
deprecated. ssl ~s rsgsst especially % ses
rviss prsvsihug IN MisssssiPPt; shsssss o.
the Presideak tipesisg upon this point,
az the Mobile Register hes very psaeent
and forcible article. q which n were asn
for the weak -kDeed 10 every Southsr6l
State tSssossigisr snAs rc0.st sapon. L.
says, .ss*'' '@-
stbaa We hsve inst seen letter from pretty
high .up The Mobile and Ohio road, which
SAYS there are some who have become
awesk III re TaiiX ssnce the YaIi oY Weeks
burg opened stis psaups04 Dat that pah
-oi Mississippi would be oysrrua by The
Yankees They are therefore whining
for peace and reconstruction. WaAont
knowing who these people are, we ven,
ture to say the3 are rlass sf men who
were "bef1re breakfast" aud "die 10 the
last ditch patriots before the war com
msaeed, and who have done little Or uoth-
ing 10 personai service or contributions
to the cause since 6ghsing began. Nine
ty-pine to one that they are men who
have property to lose. aud who vain)y fan.
CT that they can save il By getting down
upou their knees TO the Black KePabli.
can Government.
OF one thing we are positively csriain,
That no man With soul in his body, who
has once had the soel penetrated and
aroused by the unrivallcd grandeur Of
this struggle. who has one had bis lows
of country touched. and his iadlgAs NJ b y
tired of wrong and oppression kindlsd BY
the atrocities Of our, enemiss,. can eve
dream of laying down his arlns aud cry
ing .peaes" until the last Yankee eosm.
is driven from the coil We have no pa
tience to write Of such miserable poltroons
What yield this great prize for which
torrents of our most precious blood hayl
been shsd, because your farms ~,
stocks are in dangery Did Virgins
yield when ner fairest aud rishsst vaiisy
were ravsged, the people turned GU
honseless, and her fields blAckcnedF AMI
dosolaied by the torch and tread of tn
invsdery
Have not Louisiana and hergreat com
mercial city, New Orleans, been year un
der The heel Of the conqueror, and do mt
the fires Of patriotic resistance and ven
geance still burn in the bosoms OF he
sons and daughters Are you bette
than they Cannot you suffer and en-
dnTs In a holy cause ~ they Sham
on your craven weakness! and create
shame on the imbecils siupidiiy that SUI
poses that By sacri6cipg yoar characts
aud yons country you msy save your vi
trash called property. Fools! Il II
~ .Abolitiea arms triamph, yes nsy pile U
your osths ~ high as st, Peters dom
you may pstriotieslly damn yoanslves
the profoasdsst depths u infamy IN
steep yosr souis in the turpituds Of
wis sbjusator Of your country sna b
sacred cause, and you will yet not -,
your property. -
Qfah ne stark mad FOOLS. and emp
headed idists thst We ess ,conceive Of !
s this earth, tbs Southcrn snbsnissioni
and rcconstructionist, at this stage Of y
gawe il the biggest, the starkest n
ceupsisss, hislhe prey proposing an
lance with tho rsvipg wolff itis subn
r sion oisaA you posaess to DO Sebbled
by ths invader. f,r this Is the phiiospp
and programme of the war--to seize VI
confiscaie the properly Of the Sonsh
save the North from ren1edileAs banktu]
cy and ruin. s sassetsg e i
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