The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-12
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Hoe - 0oilx ento cifY
When Boabdil crossed the lines Of his
ancient domain, never to return. Hell3
might he with strsaming eyes e1claim,
Z ;Ai.e,srst' s. With his royal highneas
Le6ena Byagton. when viewing the
polia6ai nb;eon which be has crossed
'seetl d return to the .sniles of fortune
and favor. He is an outcast from -
spectacle society; he knows not whittier
[taeseeet 70 whom 70 look for eeasolAtion.i
Casting his eyes around abost him, h
espies afar OF the modest and u6asSu.
ming General Grant. Now, having the !
kelfass of naGnkiod1in view, (considesine
himself and crew the ne plus ultra Of
that very Indefinite phrase) and wishing
to impress the perverss minds Of Iowaians
with the very erroneous idea that be
(LeGrand was created for some useful
purpose. he concludes, in his immaculate
perception, that be has very keen in
sight into personal character, and that
our western Ulysses is not the perfection
Of intelligence be is supposed to be by
inordinate admirers; 10 fine, that he is
neither very we'll posted nor withal quite
as sharp as he might be. Summoning oil
his condescension, he sallies intb the
presence of the great "river opener (if
the Copperheads win allow the transfer Of
the title from Grimes) and commences
the humane task of teaching the soldier
some real knowledge, pouring into his
plant ear streams of living intelligence,
causing the unwise captor Of vicksburg
to look few wise things and many fool
ish things.
The first piece of intelligence the Gen
eral received is that he Grant, is a"Aa-
jor General gratifying indeed-and
that he is "dear General Oh. insidi-
Gus Hatterer, why would you lure the
grave and quiet Grant into etherial elysi-
ums by knowledge that he is dear to
your kind, indulgent heart? The "dear
General is then told thai the audacious
Governor kirkwood, not having the fear
Of Judge Isbell before his eyes, has the
impudence to appoint Commissioners to
superintend the election in the army,
what else would they dos) "par,izan
Commissioner" at that, in whom lie.
Grand has "no. confidence Atrocious
Governor, to appoint Commissioners with.
out consulting the pleasure of LeGrand
lmprudent Commissioners, to lose hi
confidence.
The non posted man Of war is then in
formed something about a free eiectir'
franchise, but as he Is beginner, he il
not supposed to comprehend q singl.
word of this new idea. Did anybody
ever entertain such an idea before lie
Grand.
, LeGrand is great Mogul of one of tn
great parties Aye. there's the rub!-
If Gov. kirkwood did not have the fea
of Judge lsbel before his eyes, the NOR
prudent LeGrand has the fear of defea
, before his. and earnestly soIicits the Gov
eminent to ship Democratic ticket red
lars to the army for the edltication Of TAB
clifton hirelings." Suddenly recollectin!
that Grant is "dear Major General" b.
withdraws and anxiously awaits his an
swer. II comes, and oh ! n,iserere
In it there is neither hope nor consolation
Gov. Kirkwood is not ordered to guillo
tine nor will U. s. ship colportcurs o
LeGraud's church, and by all the deat
: find that none but truly loyal citizens vii
r be permitted to visit the regiments o
e their respective States.
You are out in the cold, lie Grand, ant
We do pity you. Yes, most sincerely d.
you have our commisseration We ar,
impressed, however, with the idea tina
you have been doing very foolish thing
have been making real, genuine, 6one
e jfde donkey out of yourself, and having
stuck our head out to witness your antic,
in the pantomime we will withdraw it fo
the present. MIR,
Co. II, 9th Iowa Init.
Il vicksburg, Aug. 81, 1868.