The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-28
KEOKUK. IOWA: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2s 1868

both rendered their services to the Gov
ernment and both have done good service
for the country on the battlefield and in
the hospitals of the country. And now,
with the record Of patriots, ss well as that
of Democrats, they appeal TO the people to
support the Government, while the other
speakers, with their Democratic record
Illuminated, not by patriotism and service
in the army, but by Copperheadism and
office-seeking service in the party, and
denounce the Government and sympathize
with those who seek its overthrow. If
there are but two parties in the country,
as Douglas asserted-patriots and traitors
who will hesitate in discerning that the
patriot party is that which is so largely
made up of our patriot soldiers, and that
the other party is that whose leaders are
found, generally. like the Hornishes. in
pursuit of Office at home, by stirring up
opposition to measures for the prosecution
of the war. Those who follow the Hor-
nishes, and their plotting and ar
mistice resolving friends, will. of necessity,
be classed with them, in that party which
Douglas styled traitors.
A corFERHEAD rows.
West Point is Copperhead town, in
which there are but barely enough Union
men to raise good flag pole. We re-
member the town some years ago as
fonrishing, uest-looking place, with
fine public building in the centre Of the
pubic square, which was then enclosed
with good board fence, and bid fair to
become neat, delightful grass-plot, and
shaded resort. Since then change has
come over the spirit Of the place, aud il
gradually took on that form and character
which snffices to-day to constitute the
town stronghold of Copperheadisn
Ins;ead Of beautiful, enclosed publc
Square, set in grass and embowered in
shade, tue fenee has been broken down
AMI carried off. aud tue public square IS a
bare common. while the public building,
originally the Court II use, l5o',s desolate
and dilap.dated with the windows smashed
il snd everything going to wreck" A
few dsues, contribuseI ~ the ,zen-.
would have kep, the building and feace
in repair, and filed the enclosure with
beautiful shade trees, ana even now a
difse or 50 expended By each eli zen
would suffice 10 repair The windows, build
the fence, aud plant the public square ii
shade trees.
But the unmistAkeable barbarism
marking thoroughly Copperh ad town
IS nost painfully aid dissus,ingiy mani
iestin the appearance of the gave yard.
which lies within quarter Of mile OF
the pubic square. There il no fence
around IT, but 1T is in the exposed " con-
mon," and the broken fragments of grave
stones lie scattered around on every hand,
while the stock have made their beds on
the newly made graves. In some cases
the hogs have rooted the dirt GU, of the
graves to a considerable depth, and i,
would seem as il they must sometimes
find something TO reward their labors in
that direction. In fact, it was recently
whispered around the town that dog was
found gnawing the flesh from an unearth-
ed arm from the body OF one of the
women Of West Point which had been
quietly deposited in the grave some time
before. We don't vouch for the truth of
this rumor, but see nothing impossible
or improbable in it.
1t is time the civilized portion of the
people of West Point were bestirring
themselves, either TO remedy some of
these glaring barbarisms, or else to leave
the place, as Lot left Sodom in the olden
time
We look for no Improvement, but for
lsthe sake of public decency aud humanity.
we trust that there may be little white
washing of the s,rface of things in that
vicinity. The truth is, no community
that gladly listens to the CopperLead gos.
pei as exponnded by Hornish, can be ex-
pected long to withstand the influence OF
the declining barbarism which has marked
| it for its own.
ONO GENERALS IN THE ARMY.-The
most efficient Generals OF the army are
natives of Ohio. Grant was born IN Ger
mont county, Sherman in Fairfield, Rose
Grams in Delaware, Mcpherson in san
dusky. and Gilmore in Lorain. They re
all sons OF whom Ohio and the United
States may well b. proud. Grant, Nc
Pherson, Gilnore and R,secrans are ef
Methodist families. Gen. Rosecrans was
probably inclined to the Roman church by