The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-10-01

washington, sept. SV.
The Missouri deleg alton called on thu
President to-day, by appointment, and
their Chairman, mr.. Drake, presented Al
address containing the alleged grievances
and asking for q change in the militar,
commandant in the Department of Mis-
souri,. =
The President received the address and
promised to give the matter careful con.
sideration and reply as soon as practical
bic. A free conversational discussion
took place, continuing for several hours
This having been strictly private in.
terview, no reporters of the press were
present.
The address is signed by 10 persons.
composing the committee, who say that
they have endea vored carefully to avoid
exaggeration and speak the simple truth.
Among other things, they ask the imme-
date restoration OF the military control oil
Missouri to the hands of the national off
GERS and troops and the entire discharge
Of all enrolled militia of the State from
any further service at the arbitrary will
Of Gov. Gamble, and further, that in
place Of Gen. Schoffield commander be
assigned to the Department Of Missouri,
whose sympathy will be with Missouri's
loyal and suffering people. and not with
slavery and pro-slavery men. They say
that Gen. Schofeld has disappointed their
just expectations by identifying himself
with their State administration, aud that
his policy has been. as they believed,
shaped to conform to Gov. CANDLES pro
slavery and conservative views. The
delegation say that from the day Of Gen.
eral Scho6sld's accepting the command Of
the Department, matters have grown worse
aud worse in Missouri. till now they are
in q more terrible condition than they
have been ct any time since the outbreak
ing of the rebellion. They therefore re-
spectfully pray the President to send an
other General to command that Depart
ment, and if they do not overstep the
bounds of propriety, ask that the CON-
mander sent there be Major Gen. B. r.
Butler. They believe that his presence
there would restore order and peace in
Missouri in less than so days. He would
be received by their people with rejoicing.
and they would once more be permitted
to feel that loyalty is to govern Missouri.
They entreat the President to observe
that in their Inflated State the conflict is
between loyalty and disloyalty. 1t is i'm
possible that both should rule there; one
or the other must go down. They say
tina. If the President refuses their request
they will return to their homes only to
witness in consequence of that refusal,
. more active and relentless persecution
of Union men, and to feel that while Ma.
ryland can rejoice in the protection OF
the government of the Union, Missouri is
still to be the victim of a pro- slavery
conservatism, which blasts wherever It
reigns.
The address concludes as follows:
eve ask only justice and protection to
our suffering people. If they are to suf-
Ter hereafter as now and in time past, the
world will remember that they are not
responsible for the gloomy page in Mis-
souri's history which may have 10 record
the independent effort of her harrassed,
but still loyal men, to defend themselves,
their families and their homes against their
disloyal and murderous assassins.n