The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-10-14

val men W. 6ndin this State. A YER
lave majority of the white males now il
tho State are loyal. The loyaleentiment
is Immensely stronger than it is in Mis-
souri--any where outside Of the Misss
sippi Iiver towns. lib
All Of the wealthy and leading rebels
OF the State have taken their negroes and
followed the retreating rebel army out
of the State into Texas, looking, no doubt,
to Mexico, as final haven of rest. The
great majority of white males now in the
State, are:
First. Those who were liable to the
rebel CONSUMPTION, but who avoided it by
hiding out. 10 the eastern and southern
part of the State ia the swamps aud cane
brakes in tie western and northern part
of the State in the mountains. This class
is much more numerous than one unac-
quainted with the facts would suppose
The rebels call them "lay outs +"
Second, Those whose infrmites or age
exempted them from the conscription.-'
This class is composed mainly Of men of
limited means ard poor man, who never
owned slaves, and most of whom have
Union proclivities.
Third, Conscripted deserfers. This
class all claim to have been Union. and
to have been forced into the rebel service.
1t is very questionable whether many of
them were not as oud-mouthed rebels
as there were in the State but however
this may be, their present position is such
as to force them to be our friends. A
rebel army or rebel government of any
kind is the very last thing a rebel deserter
wants TO see.
The three classes l have named COM
pose the great bulk of the white male pop
ulaiion of the State Out of these mate
rails an energetic commander, possessing
good executive and administrative abili
ties. by pursuing the true policy, can
mould the loyal governments in this State
in oue hundred AMI twenty days from this
date You will think am too sanguioe.
bu, an not. Things are very different
in this Stare from what they were in Mas
sunri. [ will mention one nr two OF the
points Of difference. In Missouri the
[ commencement Of the rebellion did
not lave time and opportunity to regu-
lrly organz aud combine into compa-
mics. re- ments. brigades and armies, the
sul4en appearance Of the United S'ates
nc and their occupancy Of The State
prev nsiag this thorough aud perircl
occupations, and he result WAS the rebe 1
who wanted to 6.ht, not being able &c
organize on large scale, went ut it on q
sna scale, ami hence the great number
of little squads, independent companies
and bands scattered all over the State,
constituting what we know as "bush-
whackers' and s'guerrilas."
In this State il is very different. Here
every man capable of bearing arms, nc
matter whether he was loyal or disloysl
was conscripted and pu, into the reyula'
Confederate army. I he rebels had com
plete control OF the State (save single
point or two) and there was no occasion
for and 10 encouragement given to "euer
iilas,' but all were enrolled in the Goa.
tederate army, so that when the rebe
army is defeated and driven out of Tho
State Gas it has been) there are no belhg
erent rebels left in the State, or, at most
but few.
Again: l need not tell you that SLAYER,
Is at the bottom of all this rebs lion, Ant
that it was the Shareholders and slavehold
ing influence that caused the war in Mis-
souri,. and that it is kept up from causes
and influences proceeding from the same
source.
In this State-thanks to Old Abe
that question is settled. All the Unior
men and non-slavehoders in the Stat,
accept the proclamation as settled law
and are glad of it. The slaveholdins
rebels land all Shareholders are rebels
had SO much faith in its virtue that tn
have fed the State with their slaves, s.
that The negro question in this State i
already settled. There is Only one thin,
to fear. If the Governor commits Il
affairs Of this State to some conservsf
proslavery man who will hob-nob ~
the wealthy Shareholders and induced II
hope in. their minds that the proclaim
ton ii Yere BREATH" Gas Rollins, 0
Miss Iii, 'says) and that they will yet b.
permitted to hold and own their slaves
then this State will be laG to the I'D
for years TO come. and Che hoJrors0
gs1E1a way such az desolatS MIsso1
will prevail in this State. -
AS soon as the principal towns in III
State are governed, 1t will be safe to cal
on the people to elect delegates to = con
vention to form a constitution. here !
no earthly doubt but what such CONVEX
ton would undo all that the rebel CONVEX
tim did and settle the efficacy of til
Presidents Proclamation. by declariu
In the mg ,nic act of the Stale that slave
~ Was abolished and should never agai
exist II the State. All this can be don
III \ lew months, if the man 10 Is Sc.
hers to manage things wants it don,
Ba' u soai- conservative pro slavery ger
tlrman is St mt here, who is determine
Arkansas shall tot be free State. the
what | have indicated will not only nc
be done. bu' the condition of things "a
now have 10 Missouri will prevail her,
Union uien viii suffer-their lives h
isEen-their propert, destroyed, all tbs