The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-06-20

t~T The ass-tute local of the Gate City
says Mr.. Howell cant go to war-that he
is lame. The local, however, says he win
go. Well, you go and after you have
been there six or eight months. drop us a
line, and let Us know how you like it. We
are surprised that your brave heart had mt
prompted you to shoulder the musket long
ago The mere announcement OF your ar
rival at the "front" will cause the rebel
armies to lie down their arms and sue for
peace Great is Diauah
p. S.-Send US lock your chair
Knox, in Hawk-Eye of Saturday.
"Oh what fall is there my country
men,
Then all Knox's pluck and fight came
tumbling down, and his heroic bravery
oozed out of him. Look at the record
you have made for yourself in this mat
ter, oh most asinine Knox, and feel Gin
creased qualification and delight" if you
car
Evidently prompted by low spirit Of
piquo and spleen, to which justice and
honor and magnanimity were strangers.
you endorse statements which you should
have known to be false, and which you
could no. know to be true, and when we
showed by the hospital records that the
statements which you had endorsed were
false, Knox doesn't act the part of a
sensible man, and frankly say that the
charge isn't true, 30 far as Keokuk is CON-
concerned. That would have been SEN
sible; but Knox wouldn't do sensible
thing for the world and so he makes q
very lame and impotent attempt to prove
his assertion and next he equivocates,
and Gays he made no definite charge against
our hospitals at all. but only spoke of
"hospilals in general" that he done it
for trap, in order that somebody might
get pinched. Well, Knox, We went into
the trap; but as to the pinching, we
"can't see it," And lastly, foiled in his
other points, Knox made great flourish
of lrumpets, and wades through quarter
of column filled with the meanest per.
sonalities, aud the most foolish rawlings,
with buncombe patriotism, and an easily.
evaporoting bravery, as though he were
anxious to convince us unnecessary la
bor) that he had been raised among Bor
der Rutfians and drilled in the language
OF blackgnards. He does this, and con-
ciades by challenging cripple to enter
the service-to "go to war; Again, most
brave, most noble, most courageous Knox |!
And when we tell him that we are the
author of the obnoxious article. and that
"we are in'' on his proposition, and are
ready to enter the To-day service as a
private, and not accept promotion, when.
ever he is ready to do SO. he answers ma
as above. Kinder gin e'out-kinder
collapsed" is Knox. Where now arc
your Jeers-your jibes-your brave re-
soiSes-your challenges to war? Who
shall now talk about "craveu towards
sheitering themselves behind nevspaner
articles" But We don't do this. W.
don't say one word impugsing the p.tri.
ot'sm or courage of Knox. He onlv 90,
on the wrong track this time, and mad.
an ass Of himself. that's all.
The above squib closes this con..ox.
sy, We suppose, on the part Of Kuox. nj.
at least does upon ours. With b;s So.
ments disproved, and his hot. ,,ss.n-.
courage exploded, we leave James -
the sweetness of his own reflections. con.
hdent that we don't envy him any laurels
that he has won in this encounter.
Only, James. you were careful to send
many copies Of tho Hawk Eve cont.;n;n.
your brave challenge to the soldier
Won's you be kind enough to send n
equal number q Saturdays issue, letting
than CO. hos ron d;dnsf 40 10 IN -