The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-08-14
[From the St. Louie Evening Newp.l
FEATURES OF THE KENTUCKY
ELRCTION.


[From the St. Louis Evening Newp.l
FEATURES OF THE KENTUCKY
ELECTION.
The Copperhead Democracy, alias Sci
csssicnists, have been completely whipped
ont in the late Kentucky elections, and
The consequence is they are bitter in
their denunciation of General Burnside.
They have 'psiyate sdvices" fro % Ken
lucky, they say, representing that Gov.
Robinson is indignant at the control ex.
eroised by the military, and will refuse to
issue single certificate of election under |
it. So says paper Of this city. and to
which it ADDS:
"Most of the Democratic candidates
for Congress will contest the seats OF
their opponents and contested seats in the
State Senate aud House of Representa-
tives win be innumerable."
"Most of the Democratic can idates,
&c. Now, the candidates elects ID we're
Democrats, if the Louisville Journal is
good authority on the subject, but they
were not of that class of Democr ats that
beds with rebels and their sympathizers,
hence the howl about military interfer-
ence. q ~ 4sa v ss sssA
The Louisville Journal, and surely
that sheettis conservative enough In Pill
conscience, says the party defeated in
| kentucky was the Secession party, sud
that it was defeated because a law of the
State disfrAnchising active Sscestsi0nists
was enforced with considerable thorough.
mess. The Journal continues:
daThis 10 round solution of the whole
1 matter. The party calling itself the Dem
4 ocrstic party IN Kentucky'is co imposed
imainly o. DISTINGUISHED persons, and built
its sole hopes of success in the election
of Monday npon the possibility Of tramp
ling down the fresdom of election under
the laws of the Commonwealth. But the
freedom OF election under the laws of the
Commonwealth was upheld by the strong
larm Of the government, and the hopes Of
this party toppIed to the earth. Hence
the present wailing and gnashing of teeth
amongst the leaders Of the party.
We say the Secession party built its
sole homes of success In tho election Of
Monday upon the possibility Of tramp,
ling down the freedom OF election under
the laws Of the Commonwealth This
fact ia notorious; and the machinery by
which the result was chiefly to be com
passed the rebels of Northern Tennessee
thus detailed to Capt. Samuel f. John
son, Of the Eighth Kentucky cavalry,
who, In the guise of o rebel guerrilla,
.utn hat rorian.
These protected rebels were much
troubled by the recent reverses OF their
friends on the Mississippi and OF 6sttys.
burg, but expressed their determination
to counterbalance these losses by getting
possession of Kentucky. AS FIRST step
toward obtaining foothold in our State,
they declared that they were to procure
the election of Mr.. Wyckliffe a. Govern
or, and defeat as many OF the Union
Democratic candidates for Congress and
the Kentucky Legislature as possible, in
order 10 get the control of the State gov
eminent. With the view of operating
in tho elections of our State their organi
cation is now contaminated, or nearly so
Their plans are complete, consisting il
part of extensive raids to be made abou
election time wherever A. can oe zone 10
particularly IN lne eoun'les gu inc Gu
nessee pofoer, , IRON one emu o. uuf 1 2
ed, the voting is to be done by controlling
the polls and requiring the no-more-mer
ana no-no -, hoiey oAA1'u"'1' ~ We W
TED lor- nese raius "ei0 "iSo intenAe
to alarm Union men ana ae'er 'nem IRON
going to the election. ihey saio ina
their las. nope was 70 iorce nen'uoky IN
to the Southern oonfederacy. II Ina
can be done, !. eompensa,es TOT .ne'r re
cent defesss, ana men, 'nsy say thei
condition and thatoi liner government
will be no worse than u was before tn
Fourth OF = NY rsSerses
We have revealed here the pl an b.
which the laws OF Kentucky wereto b
set ASIDE, ana the state thrown mo IN
hands OF rebel aathorlties-alias \ smo
cratic candidates $50. rg bvs
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