The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-02-23


auffrare. .ithas. no still further and de-
noonced them for even exercising the
right of petition, and in the Indiana leg
islsture rejected the memorial of tho sol.
disrs exhorting ths people Of that Stale
to united patriotic action and support o.
tie soldiers in the field. And while de-
nying to the common soldier the right Of
Suffrage and of petition, these Naiiandig'
ham leaders assail the ofaesp@ Che arnsJ
.fsr pablic expressi4ns Of tAsir visws y
support Of the Governments and Of Wig
orous prosecution OF the war. Not t
mention instances OF this character near
home, we call attention TO The Onslaught
upon Gen. .Rosecrans in the Cincinati En-
uuirer in denunciation Of his rseent pat
riotic lette n ta o. ~ aa& -
The Enquirer says "General Rosscrane
was soldier by profession Like all
the other elements cf which armies are
composed, il was not for him to deiber-
ute and decide upon the merits OF contro-
vefsy, but to act under the orders OF his
superior officers"
Thus the evident tone and spirit Of the
Peace Democracy ID to deny to our pat
riotic soldiers any voice whatever in the
government Of the country, and to reduce
them to the condition Of the soldiers in
despotic countries. $500 81
Thus the Vallandigham and Mahony
leaders having manipulated the party in
to their own views Of opposition to the
war, stay at home End seek to rally the
dastardly Peace men of the country to os-
tracise the patriotic soldiers and deprive
them Of citizenship 10 that the sympa-
thixing political leaders Of the North may
be gst possession of the Government and
surrender our armies to the tender mer-
cies Of that traitor crew who have already
murdered SO many oil our patriotic fellow
ciIiiens. l808.
Patriotic American citizens who take
up arms for the defence of their country
cay the Democratic press have no right
to deliberate on public matters to express
their opinions in support of the Govern
ment, nor to exercisethe distinctive rights
of freemen at the ballot box. But on
the contrary sympathisera, aiders and
abettors of treason propagators of rebel.
lion must be protected in the exercise of
the freedom Of speech and Of the press
against the Government. And any At
tempt to restrain them from exciting re-
sistanee to the Government in The North
and thus to give encouragement to the
rebels in the field, is denounced AZ as
sumption Of tyranny on the part Of the
Administration.
Negroes Enaistea In tAe Rebel Army.
To the following advertisement, found
in the Savannah Republican, call the
special attention Of oil persons who have
such holy horror at the idea that . loyal
colorsd man should ever be permitted II
wield arms against the traitorous hosts
who are bent upon destroying the nation
The rebels have no soraples with regard
to employing them To assist in carrying
on { the nurderous purpose OF the rebel
lion:
$50 REWARD.
Deserted from Company A, 10th Geor
giA Regiment, stationed At DAYTON Bat
terry, on Savannah river, John Rose, 2:
yearsof age, about 5 feet inches i,
height, complexion i brown black. H
is a tree negro and a D excellent drummer
Was enlisted October 10Th, 1861, and de
serted November 18th, 1862. He 10 q
present concealed in Savannah.
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