The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-06-22
KEOK u K:
Prom the St, Louis news.l
I.es,s Raid and Valiant tghAm's
Nomination.


Lee,s Raid ana vaiiandtgham's
Nomination.
We are inclined to the belief that Lee'l
raid, like vallaudigham's nomination il
Ohio, will result in good to the Unior
cause. That Lee viii be overwhelmed
and defeated we have not doubt, nor de
we for moment doubt Vsllandigham'
utter rout in Ohio.
We may be accused of specializing wild
" iy when we say that there is q connection
between Lees raid and Vallandigham'
nomination, but We shall venture to as
sert that there is, and that it will be made
to appear when the whole programme,
now in the back ground, is brought on,
in full view.
That Vallandigham is deep dyed trait
or, we verify believe-as decidedly so as
Jeff Davis himself--and that he has kept
UP correspondence with the enemy
there can be no doubt He has held out
Inducements to the rebels TO fight on, and
wait for that good time coming when the
"Copperhead Democracy" could give
them some practical evidence that they
were with them, and would even fight
for them when there was any show. To
such overturcs as these We hear the Rich
mond Enquirer responding as follows:
Our sympathies are all confined at
home; yet it is just possible we may help
those devoted "Copperheads" in tile only
way we know--also, that they, on their
side, nre now about ripe to aid US in the
only way we could accept their aid. If
our troops should this summer appear
within their borders anywhere between
Cairo and Philadelphia, they would be
hailed as friends by population pretty
we'll cured of Pluribus Unum. Their cry
would be not Union but deliverance.
Wait, then, and keep your lights burn
ing, ye Knights of the Golden Circle.
We may help those devoted Cooper
heads. says this paper, Issued at the reb-
oil capital. And how does it propose to
do it? By invasion and the time to do
it is just upon the happening Of vallan-
digham's arrest and Punishment. Ii was
supposed that this was the favorable mo-
ment to strike, when the sympathies of
the "Copperheads" were the most in
tense, and when they would most likely
be induced to commit the overt act Of
treason "for" says the rebel newspaper.
''if our troops should this summer appear
within their borders, they would be hailed
as friends by population pretty we'll
cured of Pluribus Unum. Wait. then,
and keep your lights burning, ye Knights
of the Golden Circle"
IL there not, then, some connection be-
tween Vallandigham's nomination and
Lees raid. Do we not hear of the rebel
exile's intention of putting himself in the
closest proximity to theR Ohio lines, SO
that he may have easy communication
with his friends In Ohio, while at the
same time, rebel kilograms to us that Lee
contempiates piercing Ohio with one COL
umn OF his army.
Lee evidently intends to put the Cop
perheads to the test, and Yallandigham
designs placing himself in such position
as to be able TO throw himself at their
head at the opportune moment. In the
meantime this rebel organ exclaims "Keep
your lights burning; ye Knights of the
Golden Circle"
Good will result from all this. Lee will
be overwhelmed--the Copperheads will
have to show their hands and fight upon
one side or the other, and, when that cr-
sis arrives. we verify believe they will
dwindle down to very insignificant fac
ton.
The n. Y, Times we'll saws.
We tell these peacemongers that they
are infatuated if they think that majori.
ty of the people in any Northern State are
prepared to accept this dastardly and ru.
inous policy. Northern manhood has not
died out There is yet an unfaltering pur.
pose to break down this rebellion, and TO
re.establish the national authority over
every inch of soil now usurped by the bas-
tard Confectionery. We want nothing bet
ter than to see that purpose express itself
at the ballot box as squarely us in the bat
tie field. Everything that tends to bring
out the burrowing politicians upon this
plain ground, where they can be seen as
they are, and be met front to front, ia a
blessing. The 10y al masses Of Ohio have
now the grandest of all possible opportu.
mites to make good the proud proclama-
ton made in their name by Their last Leg
islature-"That we will have no dssolu-
tion of the Union; that we will have no ar
mistice; that we can fghtas hong as rebels
and traitors can; that the war shall 90 on
until law is restored; and that we will never
despair of the Republic