The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-05-27

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sTHE mAnCH Or FnkEpoms ve
We have ever had faith IN the ;n,
triumph of American Freedom q owe
American Slavery. in the ultimate sue
cess of the anti-slssefy mosesaens inan
gurated within our own remembranee
and the progress Of which we have watch
ed carefully. an1icusly, hopefully. WI
never believed that America would be
false to her mission, 20 evidently ssbs
rights Of man, the enffapchisement 81 the
whole human race. And. in those dark
days, which we look back upon with. =
shudder, when slavery seemed to have
gotten she ascendency, and slave props-
gaudists controlled the policy Of the Gov
ernmeut and Threatened to give the. whole
national domain to shackIes and the curse
of human bondage, although solicitous
and concerned, We nsvsr, doubted that
justice and right would in the end pre-
vail. ~ssss..
And freedom has commenced its
march, and is oserpowerine its foe sooner
and more speedily than even we expected
in our most sanguins aBticipations.
Most wonderful is the manner in which
the sections Of the so called southern
Confederacy, which have been occupied
by Federal forces, and restored to the
Union, shake of the incubus of slavery.
imbibe the spirit of the age, and place
themselves in the van of the WORLD . army
of freedom
We quote the following from one of
our exchanges @a ssMs al
A meeting of unconditional Union men
was held in Memphis on the Goth for the
purpose of appointing delegates to the
District Convention of West Tenneasee,
to be held at Memphis on the 3oth inst,
to elect delelegates to the National Union
Convention at Baltimore. The meeting
was harmonious. and declared their first
choice for President TO be a. Lincoln and
Hon. Andy Johnson for Vice President.
After brief discussion the following res.
olution was adopted: 30
Resolved, That we heartily sustain the
proposed amendments to the Federal Con.
stituticu now before Congress, forever
prohibiting slavery within the Statea
and Territories of the Union as. the
final and only compromise that will
secure eternal peace TO the country in all
future time" - ass,i s
Thus part after part of the territory SO
lately under the blighting influence Of
the peculiar institution. are redeemed
from its spirit, come out Of the gall Of Bit
terness and bond of iniquity Of the Slave
ocratic heart, and demand that North and
South, East and West, our States and
Territories be given to freedom.
OuR IOWA TROOPS IN GEORGIA.
We are losing great deal Of exciting
news from Georgia on account OF the ex-
clusion OF the newspaper reporters from
Sberman's army. There has been great
deal Of brilliant fighting down in Georgia,
and the battles have been as frequent
and almost as severe as those in Virginia.
But we get only occasional accounts from
that region and even these come 80 long
after the occurrence of the incidents that
they produce but little excitement.
Private letters received in town fur
nish glimpses Of scenes that are trans
piring down there, but we are without
any full accounts of operations, Oura
Iowa boys have been in the battles and
have maintained their we'll earned repatss
tion for beroic bravery. In the last en-
gagement Of which we have any account
at PostAwansa on the 10Th May, the Sew
enth Iowa were pitted against Georgia
brigade Of three or four regiments, and
whipped it handsomely. The regiment'
lost IL men killed and 4s wounded.
There were none killed in Captain CDun'sl
company and but Eve wounded :s e'.l
Corporal ]. G. Perry. in the hip. Pri-
vates-J. Magee in the hip. WIN. G. Dove
in the arm. j. w. Wyrick in the hand
p. Friday in the hand. ~ 81
This action is said to have been the
most brilliant Of any in which the Sew
enth. has been engaged. So. So
GEA friend of ours remarks to us
that being 10 Edna, Knox county, Mo-,
q few evenings ago, he attended sapi
tary fair and concert, holden b. the iadies
of that place. Among other proceedings
OF the evening, Presidential election
was held-ten cents for each vote. The
whole number Of votes cast vas sol. OF
these Uncle Abraham received co., The
remainder sas divided betvssa B~tles
Fremon. and Mcclellan, Mcclellan be-
ing no where. sszs esss
Well, that don't re-elect Mr.. LiucoIn