The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-02-24

davenport, February ~, 1867.
The Repeal sf the warsaw Charter
WARSAW, Ills. Feb. 18th, 1868.
Editor . the Gate Nty:
DEAR saRs Yea we're 20 seed rs Ia
say in late number of your paper "that
you we're rejoiced to learn that the rum OF
was Incorrect which gave out, that the
charter OF our neighboring city of War
saw had been repealed" or something ID
that effect. / am sorry to say your re.
joicing was based on incorrect informa-
ton; but encouraged by your personal
good wishes towards our city ~ thus ex.
pressed, and also knowing the friendly in
terest many of your own citizens take in
the welfare of our city. l propose to give
you statement of the facts connected
with the internal outrage Of repealing our
city charter. without the knowledge or
consent of any considerable number of
our loyal citizens, and decidedly against
the wishes and best interests Of nine
tenths, if not more, of our people. In
order to understand fully how such an
outrage could have been carried through
the Legislature under the above circum.
stances, You should understand the char
acter of our local representatives in that
body. In the House, this county is rep
resented by NJ. NJ. Morrill,, a Yankee
"copperhead" originally from Maine,
of whom it is sufficient to say that he i.
likely to have been the willing tool in the
preparation of this outrage; Of his base,
master and former Nauvoo fellow-citizeu,
Judge J. Sibley, now a citizen Of thi,
place most unfortunately for it's interes
and reputation. In the Senate this coun
ty and Adams we're represented by B. r
scoheld of Carthage, man potorioss 70,
his bitter emnity towards our city, VII,
ID ever ready to injure her in any an,
every manner, and he was chairman of tn
Committee on Banks and Corporations i,
the Sensts, and thus was abls 70 hood
wink the members as to the aots in tn
case Of the petition, &c. He, also, il q
the Eastern Copperhead variety, IN
talks treason through his nose instead {
in the interesting negro bngue, natur,
to saeh talk. II is proper 70 NY Of Sce
field right here, tina. when it was NOV.
on the last day but one Of the session /,
suspend the rules to take up and pass Il
bill for the relief Of sick and wounds
soldiers, only three Senators could
found sufficiently infamous to vote again
impending tho rules. and Sco6eld v,
ons Of the three. blanchard of Jackso,
and Vasdsvsr Of Christian. being Il
Others, who with Sco6eld have thus place
themselves on "bad eminence'' wher
our soldiers can see them and know then
the worst traitors in the Senate. G
course with such local Representative,
any Outrage, on the rights Of any numbe
Of loyal people, could be easily psrpstr.
ted. If any, no matter how few, residin
In the place to DO injured, could be foun
to oo-opeg4te. Unfortunately for o.
city. which = devotedly and overwhsln
ingly loyal land that's what's the matte,
did contain few persons BASTARD
enough to play into the hands Of the
city's bitterest enemy. The pslition Il
the repeal Of our charter Was never eircs
lated nor spoken Of openly in he n,
but 1t WAS circulated secretly ND onl
presented to those, whoIxere either know
before hand to be favorable to il, Of ore
sumsd to be 50, on account Of their vic
liant partisanism. or their self-interest !;
esc1ping from tAsir' just dues 70 III. c;tv
and It only got sons thirty signeu il
city Of over $500 inhabitants. and II. ).