The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-04-16

Ill, nom q c0mmunfcatiohin the Snicass
Emss, written by VIGOROUSLY the great
guediw + lows.
usst.tesents, in abuse Of the COM
n.nitr, and the soldiers ofthe Hospital,
afs siahn ously and ysaomou'ly false and
slaadsrous as nightbe expected from she
spurc. from which they emanated, and
The sheet ia which they are published.
There we're only from twenty-five te
y8ars soldiers yoted at the City election.
IN told, and none, so far as we can learn,
Z sxcept such Is had an actual and legal
rsaidsnce Of six months in the..oity. Ev-
srybody was permitted TO approach the
polla who, desired to. and there was no
psrious disturbance whatever at the cleo
I -,
The only thing approaching disorderly
conduct wss on the appearance Of = regular
! secsaher, with Comprehend" badge,
Who discovered whsn almost too late, that
ssdiscretion was the better part of valor,"
and sksdaddled accordingly. And on a
subsequent occasion, when Jimmy Ca
hill, Who fought in the rebel army at
Belnolt, attempted to vote at the Fourth
Ward altar having voted in the Second.
The fact that he was not citizen of Ke-
ekxk md had not been for four years, land
that he had been in the rebel army, very
aAtsFally excited loyal soldiers who were
excludsd from the polls. and Jimmy was
Internationally Assslea sH with kick and
> punch now and then to hurry him up.
II IL over such cases as his that the
sseTespondsnt Of the Times howk, and
1oe sach y be that the loyal soldiers Of
car Hospital are denounced as perjurers,
and the citixens generally, headed by the
Mayor, are sigmatized as guilty of law
lesa violssos ard systematic fraud in car
ryiag ~ election.
Ths threat OF violence, with which the
sonhanication closes, is simply the era
I'm attsmpt Of coward to incite bloody
sfE, while he will take special pains to
hap oatof personal danger
III Hedie. in Keo14k-Hop "Ls,on
Kictory"was achieved Use OF Soldiers
for Abolitios Purposes.
KnoxuK, Iowa, April 7.
~ ngB1Rot Urtsv 0A...sa Times,
Efe this the telegraph has announced
70 yoa and the world the great Union vic
tory over the Copperheads on yesterday
IN this city but it has not told you by
uhat means this meagre msjority of lao
votes for the Union League, alias s. B.,
candidate for Mayor was obtained. And
when ths facts are known. the "glory"
q such victory will subside into deep
-and dannable shame to our city, ana the
representative men of the party that can
III guilty Of such Infamous outrages upon
s6uInaon decency, to say nothing of their
.sahsnsful disregard of law and solemn
oaths before high heaven.
The democracy have clear and un.
Acabted majority Of $50 votes in this city,
J . the election yesterday would have YER
6sd had the citizens been free TO cast
their votes without the interference of a
soldier mob.
Early in the morning, large numbers
ofsoldists we're collected about the differ
ent polls, attended by the stewards Of the
shamitals, and by them inoited 70 Offer
e. vptss, and, if neod be, swear them
tn,-which they did without any hesita-
ton or seeming computations. Soldiers
nom Illinois, Michigan, and Penn.ylva.
mia we're made to perjure themselves to
serve the ends Of corrupt men under the
ssyle and nameof "Union League"
.
In the meantime the crowd had increas
ID about the polls Of the 4th Ward (Which
= largely democratic) and, from all ap.
pearances, with the intention Of melting
mob, if possible. Democrats we're in.
shifted By every vile epithet known, thei,
tickets seized and destroyed, and they
driven from the polls. Threats of shoot.
~, accompanied by drawing Of revolyers
Nets made, and, in one or two instances
AtfAcks with stones and clubs were made
and lives only saved by rctreating int.
haiidings near at hand. These oatragea
! vess committed under the eye of oul
Mayor ( Who, b. the s. B. list, 10 OF un
Questioned loyalty and this Captain o
the Piovost Guardy who does not seem 4
have authority over the soldiers, but owe
quiet. hw-loving and abiding cisissns.
Vas be that advised ex-Sheriff Griffith I,
leasS the poas. where he was engage,
= challenging all suspected yotes, sayiol
-. soidisrs were very much cnrage'
Niasl him. that bis life was in danger
- that Le could not control them. Med
fastadents at the college were brongh
up aad voted, swearing that this had bee
their residence for the last six month
and was 70 be their future home. Go
Nv nesey on US and save N from sue
4 -.
i A1vs given you but an outline, bu
Aneaxh = satisfy and disgust every hon
- maa id>ths land. 1t is evident tbs
- whole programme Was concocted i
- sscret hdge Of the S. BIS, aud carrie
- hy ths Union League. They kno,
\lkoe Uoeo 1ofeated by the honest vote