The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-05-27
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FRIDAY. MAYs27.xxxv


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o9HE mAaCfa or rnkEpom5. :
We have ever had faith 10 TIE in,
triumph of American Freedom q owe
American Slavery, in the ultimate sue
cess of thssanti-slsvesy. mosenens inau
gurated within our own remembrance
and the progress Of which we have watch.
ed carefully, an1iousIy, hopefully. WI
never believed that America would be
false to her mission, 20 evidently ,sbe
rights Of man, the Acknowledgement Of 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-
gandists controlled the policy Of the Gov
ernment and threatened to give the whole
national domain to shackIes and the curse
of human bondage, although solicitous
and concerned, We never doubted that
justice and right would in the end pre-
vail. -a.sssss
And freedom has commenced its
march. and is overpoxering It's foo sooner
and more speedily than even we expected
in our most sanguine anticipations.
Most wonderful is the manner in which
the sections of the so called Southern
Confederacy, which have been occupied
by Federal forces, and restored 70 the
Union, shake of the incubus Of slavery,
imbibe the spirit of the age, and place
themselves 10 the van of the worlds army
of freedom.
We quote the following from one of
our exchanges SIS s "a
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 Tennessee,
to be held at Memphis on the Both inst,
to elect delegates to the National Union
Convention at Baltimore. The meeting
was harmonious, and declared their frst
Gnolce LOT rIesioenI % pc a. Lincoln and
Aea.. hs;.s S;.a. ~ ~ '0e I.s'uens'
olutiou was adopted:
Resolved Thatws be.rt;,, sr...;, .hs
proposed amendments to the Federal Con-
stitution nov before Congress, forever
prenin,nng slavery within the StAses
s.s, ''onJs =. sue on'on me
secure eternal. na.ca to fha COUNT - IN
future time" ~
Thus part after part of the territory 30
lately under the blighting influence OF
the peculiar institution. are redeemed
from its spirit, come out Of the call Of bit
terness and bond of iniouitv Of the slave
ocratic heart, and demand that North and
South, East and West, our States and
Territories be given to freedom. So
81
oon io"A 1Aoofs IN 3EoAe Ia.
we are losing g'es' 0esl " eac'nng
news ''0m oeo'e'a ~ '00Ou"' - '',e "
o:u''on ?. ing ns~spspei 'spVr'e'''o"
S'e'n,ah army ine'e mas Deen es'
asa' 81 p''h'an' su''De aoWn ~ s'eo's'a'
Sna 11s os'''e' nave pesn Is frequent
anu y aimo ~ as severe as nose IN virginia.
na' we ge' o"iy oocasiona' accounts ITO"
'na' 'es'0p ana even 'ness come 90 long
:, - 'no o''u'iep.e y sn' 'n0iue''s sns'
'neS p'ooaee Oa' niue e1c''e"en''
n'sn glmpses OF scenes tnat are trans
p'flng aown 'here' ou' we are without
any 'u'l accounts OF opera'lous, onr
Iowa p0ys nave Deen IN the os.ues ARD
nave ma,n'''nea 'ne'' ven esrneo 'epa's-
s40n '0f ps.o'p oi.se'y. III the lAs' en-
gagement o. Wnlcn we nave any account
at rostawan'a on the 10Th May the sev-
enth Iowa were p'1'ed against Georgia
Df'gaae OF three OF iour regiments and
whipped u handsomely Inc rsgfnent
lost X men killed and g wounded. s
There were none killed IN Captain COINS