The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-11-19

no slave is to be paid for who has had ,
rebel owner since the war commenced
and the slaves of rebels are to be taker
without compensation.
Now. if the same policy be pursued in
Kentucky and other border States, w
shall soon reach the vitals of the re.
bellion.
@ The ST. Louis Union claims the
election Of the conservative judicial State
ticket in Missouri by majority of 1000
votes.
Iowa CIT1Es.-Allowing one voter to
every six inhabitants, the returns OF the
late election show the populations of the
largest towns in this State to be as fol-
lows: Dubuque. 200; Davenport, l2,-
600; Burlington, l0,6s0; Keokuk, g.
900; Des Meines, $500. But in conse-
quence of interference with she freedom
of the ballot, by convalescent soldiers at
Keokuk, her full vote was not poltad at
the late election. Her population prob
ably exceeds 10000, and possibly may
reach eleven or twelve thousand. IF Des
Moines Statesman.
A great many lies have been concocted
and propagated in reference to the vote at
the keokuk polls at the recent election,
BY. the demoralized, defeated and disap-
pointed Coppsrheads, here and elsewhere.
At first an attempt was made 10 account
for their Waterloo defeat on the ground
that an immensely large and shamefully
fraudulent and illegal vote had been poll
ed here. But this game was headed of
by the announcement of the notorious fac.
that the election Board was exclusively
composed of bitter Copperheads, all old
residents and we'll acquainted with our
citizens, who we're assisted in the preyen-
ton Of illegal voting BY fearless and vigi-
lans challengcrs at the polls. Under
these circumstances it was evident that
the dodge of fraudulent and illegal voters
would not win, and the dirty scsmps re-
sorted to still meaner lie, and charged
that the soldiers at the hospital took pos
session of she p~''- and prevented demo-
Gratis from voting, and thus they account
for the small rose at the Keokuk polls.
We have already stated that there is
not a word of truth in this allegation and
the scoundrels know it. We have never
had more peaceable election, where
there was any contest, 10 Keokuk. There
was but one squabble about the pells du-
ring the day, and We defy any Copper
head here or elsewhere to pssduce sin
gle voter who was driven from the polls
or prevented from voting.
'In consequence Of Interference by the
soldiers with the freedom of the ballot
the full vote of keokuk was not polled a,
the recent election"
That is the charge started here, en-
dorsed by the Copperhead Board of Su-
pervisors, and heralded to the world by
the Infamous Copperhead sheets Of this
county and the country over--s vile SLAM
der upon the city of Keokuk and the SOL
diers and military authorities in our
midst.
Taking the average vote Of the county,
that is, the home vote of 1863, ,aDd it hard
ly comes up to that of 1860. Now every
one at all familiar with Keokuk would
place it below the average. for various
reasons, one Of which may be instanced
| in the fact that more Of our citizens have
found employment elsewhere than any
other town of similar size in the country.
And yet the home vote Of Keokuk at the
| late State election was less than hun
dred short of the vote at the Presidential
election.
1850 Lincoln, e5S. Douglas. 706.
1853 Stone, 949. Tustle, 53s.
But if the soldiers kept voters from the
polls in 1868, who kept them away in
1861, when the vote stood
Kirkwood, 400. Merritt. SOL.
And what power scared the voteri
away last year when there were polled fol
Wilson, $50. Hornish, 592.
Apply the proportions Of voters to pop
ulation as Get forth in the Statesman
paragraph, aud labored articles nearer
home sand the population Of Keokuk, o.
rather Of Jackson township, will be fig
ured down to less than 5000 in 1861
| and thus indicate . loss Of 80 per cent. il
| population from 1860 to 1861.
The whole programme SO laboriusly Sc
forth by false logic and random figures
/ to nrove fraud sud violence against th,