The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-02-26

D3be1lloM "a sAe Axaseoexacy.
81 Nh. EplToa- Dear Ssr-Since my Int
letter to you have travelled about isQ
miles on horse back ii Western Tennes.
see. and can truly say that this is rebsl
ion Of the Aristocracy against the De.
mocracy; or, in other words, rebellion O
Shareholders against true Republican prin'
ciples. sa@E ftA
Nov, Mr.. Editor. for some illustrations
Yop may remember that ! was one Of thos,
Iowa boys that went with Col. D. Moor,
into the tigers den on Salt River, No.
and in those days / felt lively interest
in observing how things were going
Let me here state one important fact.
The citizens Of Missouri kept Aockine
to Col. Moore for safety, would remain a
few days, and - soon ~ they considered
II safe they would go home again. There
we're usually with him from 400 to 500
men, but in the lst N. E. Mo. Regiment,
In the seven months of its existence there
we're about FIVE thousand names enrolled,
and of all those, to the best Of my recol-
lection, / never knew but two shareholders
that actually enrolled their names. !
will give these two honorable names !;
Dawson Robinson who lives near Edna,
Missouri, and 1t. Dawson Robinson who
lives near Paramount, Mo.
am willing to admit that many slave
holders seemed to be Union men aud
treated us kindly, but they never actually
did service in the cause of the Govern
ment They are usually very spacious
and manage their cards most adroitly.-
But let rs look little on the other side.
Quite 1 number Of the young shareholders
have joined the rebel army, hoping to get
Offices, whilst the old Shareholders have
mostly stayed at home and hired every
young man, not the son of STAKEHOLDER,
that they could hire, to 60 into the rebel
army. thereby making two points in the
game at once.
But will admit in Tennessee there is
such thing a. Union men that have been
Shareholders, because they could see while
in the Union, slaves we're worth some
thing, while If the Union was dissolved
they very wsn knew thst slave property
would be utterly worthless.
The proposition Of the Government to
raise and arm several oolered regiments
is producing quite a shaking smong the
shareholders. They threaten wonderful
things in the way of retaliation, but their
threats are vain and idle, as there are but
few young men that can now be hired to go
into the Confederate army, and the old
shareholders will not go themselves. Many
Of them are kept busy providing for their
families; and then, again. many of them
are calculating on the big piles Of green
backs they are going to get for their cot
ton next fall.
In short, the Shareholders want North
ern customers to buy their cotton and TO-
bacco, and the Southern Confederacy TO
perpetuate the institution Of slavery. But
their loyalty to either can be measured BY
doHYrs and lime,
There are great many young men
through the country that have deserted
from the Southern army and will not be
easily hired to go in again.
1t is now nearly two years since the war
commenced and We see much nearer the
bottom of the muddy water than We
coald Ut first.
l say let the colored regiments be
raised and armed and the issue fairly
made. then We may hope 70 see the be-
ginning Of the end. taii2 ai
Az 70 those CcppsrAeads IN Illinois and
Indians that have been making proposi,
tions Of peace, ! am more friendly, To-
wards them than sny other aaaa Inst i
know Of, = many Of them are my old 20.
litical friends. w $50
But their peace propositions only have
the effect of encouraging tho rsbals.---
What they havo alsady done will cost at
least two big battles, and continue the
war ct least six months longer than 9th
erwise. If some Of those Copperheads
could only have genuine rebsl sarse
them for pitiful, puaillaaimess poltroons
and say I'D d-n thsaa, W willmake
them get on their knees ID ths mud and
beg for the navigation Of The Mississippi,
aud the privilege Of paying IN export du-
ty OF ten cents per pound, for cotton, 70
help pay the. var debt Of the Oonfede-
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