The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-04-13
THE GATE CITY.
KEOKU K:
MONDAY APRlk Is

MONDAY APRIk IN Ea
beginning 70 See Is..1 So
"CIxN," who has been writing from
the army to the Fort Madison PlaiDdealer,
seems ,SoSe dnaagoing gradual ocnver-
sisn.@ Hin lssesss. Sssl ts~tssm with
abuse of sAsGesansse ~ Idi1 y the
of the war, and furnished much aid and
comfort to the Copperheads hsreabou,a,
We find, hoveyers ip bis last letter, some aa'..
very good sentiments. If he oeutinues
to write often in the strain of the follow
ngpaisgAFh., the Plaindealsr will 81
likely to turn him over TO the Gate City,
~ Clagsts didsosne of his sorsspoadenss.
He viii find hearty welcome in our col
umns for every loyal sentiment ID the
spiri, Of those, clipped from his last to
the Plaindeslsr;; t4 a.aa....l no.
.The echssripsion net lateiy passed has
inspired the soldiers here with renewed
courass and deesrniAatien TO Eight this
war to the bitter end am painsd to
zee the lukewarnnss Iof sous OF our
Democratic papsrs in the support Of this
war measure. Since wehave been on this
picket post We, hive fpslpently got hdd
Of the Southern papers,. and have been
shocked ct the evident coalempt with
which they treat the sabjeot Of rsanion-
aThey choose war with id, hpr10s in.
prsfsnsncs to N honorable pescs. y. They
say, recognition Of nothing. This being
their choice, say do not let them have
ON inch Of territory which il not shaI-
tered By the Stars and Stripes. Rather
let us lose our last man and spend our
last dUilsr than' " yield I'd their demands.
We have the men and means and Why
should " stand BY and see our country
ruined .ssaa4 haesss y ~
"Fromsa letter lately rsoeivsd there q
eyidentlya misunderstanding in regard
to our opinion Of the emancipation proc
lamstion. We ars not opposed h IL Ibeiae
carried into effect, if the President win
call for sufficient troops to enforce IT,
We can plainly SOC that the strength Of
the South lies 10 their negroes, and when
We take the Niger awsy from them they
arsimAtsrially WeakApsd, II NOT hopelsssly
ruinedsa II must Of course falll xitA in
justice on rome; but n Il b necessary to
suppress he Rebellion, ~ ny taks Ehsm..
If t h nscessery 70 cut their Levels and
ruin The river plantations, We cay auan;
in fact, tho me- Of this army are bpcon-
ing more and moro convinced that harsh
measures murt b. sresortsd to, and are
ready toesdopt them. While hsastily
endorse al this, still 1 live ip hopes that
instead Of {hs sword the olive branch will
be presented. Z
s4"Duriog hesti6ties give me the fire and
sword, bu. ON the FIRST show of rsturnipg'
to duty, let US thy to win back ,onr alrTiine
bretren, and lead them penitent n ssthe
Goddess of LihsfAJ, whose tears Of Joy Of
their return shall wash away the stsins Ut
blood which are on them. that / may take
them by the hand again in the social If
fairs Of life. Before Ne can do this, We
must conquer them, and to do this, We
must tight. Let NJ, then, - people, re-
solve to plant our glorious nag on every
foot OF ground We ever possessed, for III
divided country iswose than none 1T al.
Rather would make my home in the
South Sea Islands than to live in this Re-
public with one star torn from hsr DAG BY
ambitious, daring hands. We can! We
mua and viii restore this country to it,
pact greatness. We hare hslieys politics
70 be one thing, and var for the Union
quite another, and wherever they clash
politics must give place to patriotisia.. i
am sorry to End it necessary TO consume
20 much space in referring to my okn
position, and PROMISE TO avoid il in the fu-
ture.
That don't sound mnch like the howl
ing of Copperhead Democracy in Iowa,
written althoughiths BY he eorrsspon-
dent Of the Hxyndssls1.
OLD selAisr q $3.50 nslasvss Aas msna
= almnst takAs .auay ths sting out 81
the war udud young men are made of
such eopA sts6. Didr't think % few
years ags. Didn't think %, they wsrs all
gas and nonsense, they pAradsa enough.
but it wasn't drill and parade, TherS j
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