, 1863-02-21

III 1nOLncT Columu our USl)Allue5 give
ihe details Of an atfair that took place ut /
kcokuk, Iowa, yesterday, in which the |
office Of the secesh newspaper organ in
that city was destroyed The agents Of
from tic military hospitals i'll that city. As
III the other recent case Of the JeG Davis
organ at Lcayenwortll, Kansas, the vista
tion came from volunteers in the armies Of
the Union. We harc this to say Of both
instances, that two wrongs do not make a
right. Loyal and quiet loving citizens
must regret. for. the sake Of order in our
communities, that outbreaks Of this class
occur. The infa1ny Of the Northern de-
tenders Of the rebellion could scarcely
be heightened we're they to take
their stand side by side with the
hordcs Of armed traitors to whom they
give mid and sympathy. The evil these
fire in tic rear organs are doing to loyalty
and to the progress Of the war is only
measured by their capacity. These
wrctcLcs mean all the harm they can COM
pass. But their suppression belongs to
Government, and it may he better left to
the constituted authorities to deal with
them
Ccnsurc as NC must all acts of mob yio-
lcnce, there is this to be said, that the out
break il more yenial in our soldiers than
in any other members Of community, in
proportion as the proyocation is more
direct and intense. These men have left
their homes to peril their lives in the ser
1icc Of their country. They have made
great sacrifices, and visited priyations and
snrrows upon their homes, They have
met the enemy in the field. They know
by experience the sayagerr Of the rebel
lion. ard the cb1oodtl.irstiness Of the woltish
crew That arc clutching at the throat Of
the Government Many Of them have
borne wounds md suffcrings in camp hos
pitals. Now these are not precisely the
means for securing placability Of temper
towards rebels and their abcttors. The
soldiers and their officers in the field keen
II lescnt, and strongly CITY out agains
the Northern organs Of treason. Wit
ness the recent testimony on this point
the letters Of General Rosecran
the addresses Of loyal 0hioans and Indian
JAMS to the people rcbuling domestic trait
OTIS Of the North. The mails from tn
army bring home thousands OF letters o
soldiers to their friends here, less CAREFUL,
and elegantly couched, inveighing in round
soldie1ly, and often in Flanders phrase:
against tho presses that are doing the wor
Of treason. All this is calculated to excit
tllc minds Of soldiers throughor
The North, and send q tinglin
desire 10 their very finger tips to punis
and suppress the Infamous Norther
ro-worEers with Southern treason. An
thus party Of soldiers fresh and 2alh
from their hospital cots turn their hand
10 tllis work in Keokuk.
We give these pa1liatiycs, which do no
nevertheless, excuse tho disorderly an
1iotous act It were better it ha
not taken place. We commend til
example our own city to be followed b
other communities which cannot he MOI
Union loving, if more excitable than OF
OWL. We are proud Of the forbearan'
with which our citizens, instant and ear
est in I'LL deeds that can aid the war, ha'
borne with the presence in our midst
an organ Of treason, the most blatant Al
infamous Of all the 'scoesh journals Of II
North Our loyal men have endure
its Insults and jecrs against loyal
and loyal decds-its pcrversions
fact III tue service Of the rsbels,
cool diabolism in falsehood, its eyer reat
apology for the rebels, its ever omen adv
cacy Of their cause, It's utter abstinen
from ccnsure Of the armed enemies Of t
Government. We arc glad to write it,tb
community whose patience has been th
daily ass4ilcd, has stood the test, looki
and waiting for the time when the Cove
mcnt shall reach out its hand and snuff
this sinking torch Of secession.
And this test has fallen in Chicago NJ
the very class most susceptible to inf1a
mntory impulse. From one to til
thousand Federal soldiers at Camp Do
Las have seen and noted the persist