The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-04-04


.-.Tne naSirea1e. 49,
fFron The Riehnpsd Exanis~, March 1877
From every quarter where our armies
are passed--from Vicksburg, Tuilshoma,
Charleston and Fredericksburg-we have
the most gratifying accounts Of the con-
dition Of our troops and their certain
ability 70 cope with any force that the
enemy may hazl aesinst them. The only
point upon which their il room for appre.
hsnsion is that our forces nay be forced
By sOdmt Of food for men and horses to re-
IsqsisA the stsO~gAoids from sAsok 2e
saemy oosid ass0 dislOdge Aem, and thai
this i > grave and pressing danger ~
have many reasons for believing.
1t 10 fact - we'll known to the enemy
IS to ourselves that al the country in the
vicinity ofour armies Aas lesg ben strip
ped Of its provisions and forage. and that
these arn.ies<d spend for Sheir existence
snd maintsssnoe Of their present POSITIONS
upon the railroads. These being facts
which none, We think, win venture gain
Gay, it behooves the Government to keen
posted = 70 the condition Of fhesS, roads /,
and provide that they b kept in state
Of the utmost efficiency. Il is useless to
pass laws putting men into the army and
returning them TO it when they run svay.
il Dsasurss are not 1t thsmms time saken
10 support the army when it i gotten TO-
gether. = ~
The railroads Of this State ars on the
poist # giving ont. They hsvs decrease
ed THAR spaced to ten miles n hoar .
naxium raas, and as carrying twsuty.6ve
70 hfty pr cent. less Tonnage than form
cry. This change in their rass Vt spssd
and quantity Of freight has been made
through neseasity. The wss5~ork Of the
roads has rottsd and the nachissry hes
worn out, and owing to the stringent Gu
forcement Of the transcription hw ~ to
railroad employees, the composites have
not been able, with I'll their efforts, to sup
ply either the one o. tbp other. We are
not Informed Of the actual coalition OF
the railroads in the mora Southern States.
but conceive that they are little better of
than our own, except perhaps in the mat
ter Of negro hhoe. TIE slaves along their
routes may not have hai the same facili-
ties for escaping 70 the enemy Is in this
State.
Railroads sTs . paIt, and an indispen-
sable part, Of our military system and If
they are allowed to fall through from any
causes, Government and people may pre-
pare for the retreat Of our armies, and the
surrender Of much Of the valuable couA-
try new in our possession.
Nh. COZ On THE PuRI1Ass.
The speech OF Mr.. Cox, msnber of
Congress from Ohio, 10 the New York
Democratic Association. large portion
Of which vas pablished on 6atsrasy,
|gives . very spirited aud faithful account
|of the Puritans. We were we'll aware
that that pestlent sect i y odious to ma
my portions Of the North - in thu South.
but the important fact remains that the
Pnsitans are the uasters Of the North -
They Gil the prtnAipal oficss of the Uni
led States, they dictate iis policy, they
have brought about this war rs Mr.. Cox
Declares, and they compel the conssrv-
tiyss 10 support is OF what ssaii i 4is
hen for Mr.. Cox to danopnoe them a.
Ping ~ he permits them % rule over
inf he and his party would put
own Psritanism they must put il down
nth blows not words. II the dseds o.
DO Conservatives were equal 70 khais
|ords-if they had little OF the eudacis
of their enemies, they would SrusR
Dem like an egg she'll. BOr with oil the
pise the Puritans make they are but >
inority 10 the United States, md With
their impudsncs they have bpt it4Is
ths courage Of their Rousd Head m
stor. They hsvs oonsrivsd 70 make
Demosrsas do their ighting, while,
nsrally, they have filed owl olIosA and
Iid at home and made fortunes ont OF
3 war.
Never was country 80 demoralized
4 ruined by faction ~ the United States
been BY the Pnrisans. They have
pverted in reigion into dsisn. IL free
N into licentiousness, and bankrupted
like 10 power, purse and reputatios. 80
cir success or their defeat 10 the pres.
q war will equally iayolye thu humili-
% and purity Of their own sectiou.---
no event can the United Statesbs what