The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-14

- 140nD19 or ALxOwzYs-H1U-
where We publish an abstract Of the tssti.
mony in tho case Of A. L. Myers, CHARGED
with the murder Of A. T. Alloway, Or.
geant Of Co. 81, Sd Iowa Infantry. 1t Pc.
ofia, in this county, ON tho 22d of Au-
gusa. From the testimony il appears that
the killing was premsdisatsd-that Myers
swore not i've minutes before the deed
Vas done, that he you'd do it and pro-
ceeded at once to put his threat into
execution. The counsel for Myers Of.
fered no countervailing testimony but
permitted the accused to BE- locked In jail
to await his trial for murder in the first
degree.
There are one or two points in this case
worthy of reflection. The crime Of mpr-
der. unhappily, is not uncommon. But
premeditated murder committed for no
other reason than to crafty POLITICAL
feeling is not yet common among people
claiming to be loyal to the Government.
So far as We have heard there il mo
evidence showing that Myers had any
previous difficulty with Alloway, or that
he had any spite against him, excepting
that he was loyal soldier of HE country,
and for this he seemed to hate him in
tensely- In this wanton and cruel muir
der, and in the efforts made to screen the
criminal and cast the blame on unoffend
ing soldiers the true spirit of Copperhead-
ism is manifested. Opposing the Gov
eminent and sympathizing with the rebel.
the Copperheads naturally despise the
soldiers who fight them. Il
In the affair at Peoria the malipnsn,
hatred of the eopperhesd rioters against
soldiers was further manifested in the
fact that after AIloway had been MORALLY
wounded and carried to the bank OF the
stream and was being administered to By
friend, aud while Capt Garry was neal
the same place washing the blood from
his wound, they were deliberately fred
upon BY their cruel and cowsrdly sssail.
ants. A more 6endish or dastardly deed
than Was this whole affair, has seldom
darkened the annals of crime.
They enlisted, be it remembered. when
the first company was raised in this county
They had been in many hard fought bat.
ties. Both Of them had been recently
wounded. Both wers recovering, and
both expecting shortly TO return to theiI
comrades in the field. In any patriot.
gathering they would have besu = eIcomed
with JOY and treated with that kindnss,
and respect to which their bravery ant
patriotism 30 eminently entitled them
But. at this Copperhead meeting, tn.
hateful emblems Of treason were taunt
ingiy thrust in their faces and they wer,
called BY the most insulting and oppro
brious names. Nay. more, they Yer,
shot down and then fred upon after the,
had ceased to make any resistance =
Could anything but treason thus smbitte
aud brutalize human beings?
Suppose for moment the scene hae
been changed, and that, instead of thes,
battle SCARED soldiers, there had come 4
this meeting two traitors from the rebe
army Could any one think. after wha
occurred, that they would have beer
treated as these loyal soldiers were Oh
no ! they are our Southern brethren :
they are gentlemen but these thes,
are I'D abolition bullie,," id wool
ly headed soldiers id cowardly som
-of b-s."
Such is Copperheadism, as seen in il
fullest and latest manifestation on The
praIrles oil Iowa.-Oskaloosa Herald