The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-07-16
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10 this country liz contains goot
many excellent ideas, and The whole ex.
tract vii repay perusal:
The President has at last done what i
have ny looked for and still hold NE
would not do. He has ordered the organ-
ization Of negro regiments to be com.
mand.d by white officers. Cure mum.
Der of soldiers belonging TO different reg.
im.nts hereabouts have made applications
for commissions. / understand there are
two in the regiment who have their colll-
missions, one as Captain and one ss
| First Lieutenant, aud one OF oui Captains
has y commission as Colonel, and am
glad TO say none made application for
such commissions except the id aboii.
tionisis and negro equality men who are
not FL to lie in any other position, only
with gang of ringers. And now to
have the military oil The nation disgraced
by negro regiments, and 10 think of the
degraded race carrying The old stars and
stripes md put upon an equality in ever,
respect with white soldiers Is more than
can swallow But as the saying is,
"whcn you are in Rome do as the Romans
do, - but have princi les of my own
which cannot be changed nor thrown
away foE the benefit Vi al inferior race
10 my own opinion the organic ,tion OF
negroes as soldiers is one OF the most in
furious policies that could have been pur-
sued, both against the speedy ,ermina-
ten of the war aud the restoration u the
Union it will do the Western army
nearly as much injury us q total defeat
and fepul,e of Grant army. lithere are
not enough White men in the field to crush
this reb, liipn there are plenty in the
Northern States, and why not call then,
out and il they will not volunteer then
enforce the OcUnscIiption act and bring
) them out forthwith to the rescue of their
country, in place of ehlistng negroes
who will, according to justice be citizens
Of The United Sta es just the same as
white people and who will at some future
time, with the aid Of abolltionists. rus
and govern the country. This wa
might have been fought and the rebel
COZ qnerGd and the UniAa- restored with
some honor and The credi, To the soldier
Of the Northern States had the npger
E oeen let clone.
] would not like to SEQ The Southern
Contedcracy acknowledged, but | woul'
!. almost as soon sec that as 10 see the. al q
6 gers made soldiers md put on an equalu
with the white soldiers. The worst fss
tnrc about making soldiers of negroes lie
thst il justice is done them after Il Q wa
D they must be made citizens of--and in
j lstice Is. what our government ought no
10 be guilty of-nnd rather than see thi
:. or even sec them free and at liberty 10 g
u where 'hey pleased | would much ruthc
Z see tho Con.eder cy ackhowled, .nd thi
Is the genera feeling among the soldiers
| know Of a good many soldiers, aud re
publicans too, who say If they should b
e IN another cngamcnt and there should b
any nc.ro soldiers on our side in the Il iii
o they wilput in the time the bst wa
d they knew how in shooting at them i
h lace OF rrbcNs. This flct | know, thu
y those men who take commissions in negr
y regiments arc no more nor loss than 81
q oil black aboltiIonists who did not care
II curse for the government nor what b,
comes Of III so the negroes all free, an
:, generally they are men who are always
- tir,~ &c k-,.l. 49, r. - 49, -. 40 the
can handily get and this accounts for n
more OF them being in the army tina
there is, they ure toa cowardly to com
out and fight to Try gel their negro bretl
: rcn fee, which they have so long an
earnestly prayed ior. expect if wa
! up North and should express my self pull
hcly as | hpve IN this letter that woul
: BE- called q ccpperhead; but ana &,
. from eorperhead or an abolitonist,
would feel proud 10 be call coppcr
J head. Some call democrats all corpel
heads JIsl because they belong TO III
; democraticIparty, bur no sensible mnde,
person will call them So here is iu,
, as good men IN the democratic party am
who would 10 ist rs much for the I'm
ION as any in tie Uuiied States, and nc
: only few but plenty of them. Al
: tn ugh 60 not belong 10 the dcmoc a,
ic party, that makes no difference 10 me
The democrats are the true friends of ,b
= Union and believe they viii aud Gu
save the country.
. Yours respectfully,
!, SEVENTH Iowa.