The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-10-31
A COPPERHEAD GROAN.
One year ago the Copperhead Board

One year ago the Copperhead Board OF
Supervisors, in the insolence of triumph,
passed certain insulting resolutions against
the editor of the Gate City. This year
we had the pleasure of repaying and
"wiping out" old scores against the Cop
perheads Of Lee county, by complete
Union victory for our county ticket. But
the Copperheads die hard, and the Board
OF Supervisors again undertake to meddle
with matters beyond their official juris-
diction. Having descended last year to
make themselves official libellers of per-
sonal reputation. they undertake this year
to give their official sanction to the
groundless falsehoods of disappointed Office
seekers. by charging fraud at the polls in
keokuk. And seeing that the defeated
candidates failed to take up the cudgels
to contest the election and expose these
frauds, the Copperhead Board undertake
it for them at the expense of the county,
and in violation of their official obliga-
tion and oath.
Here is the resolution which stamps
rascality on their hrazen foreheads, while
it betrays the impotence Of their fangiess
malignity:
Mr.. Gedney presented the following
resolution which was adopted:
Resolved, That reports have reached
us, which we believe to be well founded,
and tending to throw doubt upon the
legality and correctness of the vote of
Jackson township, Lee county, Iowa, as
taken on the 18th of October, A. D.,
1868, acting as boad of canvassers, and
not being satisfied with the return of said
vote, as it appears by the poll books, re-
turned to US, we therefore think that
justice requires US to appoint Daniel L.
Miller and r. H. Gilmore, as attorneys,
to collect such testimony in .he matter
as may serve to show the legality or lille
gality Of the manner of taking such vote,
ani touching the matter generally, as re
CARDS such election in said township, and
report in full to this Board at their mex
meeting.
This GFdney is one Of the Dan. Miller
stamp of Democrats, and follows that dis
tnguished leader of the Democracy il
, all his "windings in and windings out,
J like the crawling reptile that he is. Anc
as this mode of proceeding has no warran
, in law, and can have no result in fact, w
presume the main purpose of the move
was to filch an illegal fee from the pocket
of the tax payers of old Lee TO pay Dan
Miller for lying assault upon the peopl
of keokuk and the soldiers OF the hos
pitfalls.
The truth is, we had very quiet cleo
, ton at our polls. Every judge of tn
election was a Copperhead of the ire
pressible stripe, and Of course admitte
no illegal votes against their party. An
; their chalengers stood faithfully at ii
polls from morning till night, and dl
: their duty fearlessly and well. The sin
I" pie trouble at the polls in Keokuk, I
: we'll as throughout the State. was the d.
u termination of the people not to vote tt
l. Copperhead ticket. And therefore Dal
Mllers old Wing and Knownothin
friend, Gedney, has determined to punis
: the people of Lee county BY levying
is tax on them for the illegal purpose
e bestowing 'big fee" on Dan. to give Il
d people of Keokuk, generally, souI
t. 'scussing' for voting the Union ticket.