The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-30
TO THE UNION MEN Or lee
COUNTY.

The undersigned, Union Central Com
mittee for Lee county, beg leave to 81
to you that At the Union County Conver
ton, held on the 22d of August, IsRAr
ANDERSON was nominated for the ofic
of Sheriff. His personal popularity, hi
brilliant record in the field, battling fo
the Old Flag, and his unimpeached an,
unimpeachable character for integrity
have brought upon him the peculiar an,
virulent venom of the opposition, in ii
most concentrated form.
The last hiss, aud the one expected I.
drive Union men from the straight patl
of loyalty, is the publication Of a privat.
letter written to T.. j. Leech some tim
in February last. Leaving the questio,
of violated faith and prosti.uted honor
10 the publication of . private and coufi
dental letter. to be settled by every read
er of this for himself, the undersigned
would say that they have known of it,
existence and character for weeks. They
know that Anderson was ever Democrat,
and that from the very person who now,
at the expense Of every principle Of honor
seeks to crush him, he was receiving let
ters suggesting and endorsing the very
sentiments he received in reply. Ander.
son pas disafected al the time that letter
purports to have been written; made SO
as much BY the personal influence and
teachings of Erie ]. Leech as by any
other cause. In common with thousands
of others, good men and true, be con-
demned the Emancipation Proclamation.
The "Constitution" and kindred papers
had made him believe that it was afire
brand" that would inevitably destroy our
country. When he came North, and saw
for himself that all the chmor against the
policy Of the Government was made by
selfish and unscrupulous demagogues !;
that tho great loyal heart of the nation
accepted as wise and necessary the policy
of the President, his heart spontaneously
beat in unison with it. The scales fell
from his eyes, and at this hour there is
no more truly loyal man in the county Of
Lee than Israel Anderson. L, surely is
neither polite or wise to remember for
mer differences of opinion, as either a
merit or demerit. The only test by
which men shoald be tried il, ssis he leal
and true now p Any other course would
o-day Danish from the Union rank.
thousands of the purest and best men
who are Offering themselves a willing sac
rhce for our common country.
And now, loyal men Of Lee county.
take these questions into your serious
consideration Who are they that are
trying to poison your minds towards An
derson. aud thereby defeat the Union
ticket! What end do they seek by
making use of you? The answer is OBJ
yious. 1t is the branch in this county of
an organized party hostile to this Gov
ernment; party whose leaders are Fer
nando Wood and Vallandigham. Can
you lend yourselves to- the schemes Of
such 8 party or of such meny And
agsin: If they succeed, and by Your dis
affection or indifference defeat Anderson,
what have you done Contributed to
the election of a man VI ho at best stands
where Captain Anderson stood nine
months ago-a man who two years since
was elected on the Union ticket, and who
has back slidden, and who is to-day
squarely and de6antly on the Copperhead
platform and under the folds of its BAN
ner.
1t would be strange and shallow incon-
sistency to allow men, who are opposed to
the Union cause, to ALLEVIATE us from =
man now with us upon the ground that be
had once believed a. our opponents no1
believe; ard that. forsooth, he had turn
cd his back upon and repudiated them.
Once more, loyal men, We ask you to
remember that our opponents hope to dis
organize and defeat us BY proving that
cur candidate for Sheriff in times pas,
believed as they do noe. We admit
The fact; but assert, from personal knowl-
sdge, that Anderson is now earnestly
With Us, and is working zealously and
effectively for the success Of our cause.
]. NJ. HIATT,
Chairman Central County Committee.
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