The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-14
That Soldiers, 1feetAne.

| We republish the resolutions adopted ut
the soldiefs's meeting Wednesday evening, q
published in yesterdays paper, - = con-
nection with them, we publish Captain BAL
LlxGER's minority report which vas 70 IN
continently tabled. We value the meeting as
a triumph of the Union soldiers; as demon
strating their adherence to that great loyal
party that has for four years stood by the
Government and the Administration, battling
bravely against armed secession in the South,
and the disaffection to the Government and
moral adherence to the rebellion, which char
acterized the Copperhead Democracy in the
loyal States. Political stagers of hardshell
proclivities, were anxiously concerned in the
meeting Of Wednesday night. They were the
| real fathers of the movement. They thought
to set trap for the unwary, and get Union
soldiers to manufacture Copperhead capital
Their design failed most signally. The meet
| ing was the largest, the most enthusiastic,
the most determined in its support of the
Union party and of the Old Flag, and the
most earnest in its denunciations of the peace
sneaks and their four years record of base
ness and political iniquity, that ever met in
the Court House in Keokuk. Unionism was
in blaze. The small faction of Cops. made
feeble show Of resistance to loyal the tide Of
feeling, and then subsidized or beat an inglorA
GUS retreat Chaplain TErER could not make
a speech, but spoke earnest and loyal words
that secured hearty marks of appreciation
from the soldiers. Col. HILLS made a most
effective speech, showing up with mastery
earnestness and eloquence the damnable re-
cord-the wounds, and bruises, and puire-
fying sores'--of the Butternut Democracy,
and counselling the soldiers to stand fast by
the Union party And his sentiments were
cheered to the echo by the brave boys in blue,
who saw clearly through the transparent
dodge of the small clique of Copperheads who
were trying to run the machine The boys
wished to rebuke them, and they did it.
MARSHALL, LEIGH, WYAAx Co., will have
discovered that they cannot get laid and
comfort from Uncle Sans boys.
The Hardshells cannot complain that they
were deprived of fair expression of their SEN ,
timents. The Chair cannot set aside paria-
mentary rules to allow Captain BALLlxcER' $
resolutions to be brought before the house |
after the majority report had been unani- |
mously adopted, and in allowing divisions of
the house when the result was not at all |
questioned by any fair minded man present. |
The trouble was, that the Copperhead soldier
a..
where these seedy demagogues will go to find /
them. Not, certainly, to any soldier who |
has borne the flag from his love for it, and |
who has fought four years when the rebellion
would have persisted in half the time but for
the 9 fire-in-the-rear policy of these per-
sistent and pestlent peace makers who nov |
count on the soldiers support
We give again the majority report. and fol |
lowing it Captain BAIiISGER's resolutions.
WHEREAS, 4 meeting Of soldiers has been
called to consider the questions pending in
the State canvass. and especially that of ne
gro suffrage. and the undersigned has
been appointed Committee to consider the
object of the meeting.
The Committee after retiring reported the
following preamble and resolutions:
Resoired, |. That while we NAV differ upon
the question of negro suffrage. and while MANY
of us may believe that the adoption of the
4th resolution in the platform of the Union
State Convention, was unwise and impolitic,
yet we are not by reason thereof to be driven
from the support of the great Union political
which has sustained the Gov
and the army throughout the war.
nor will we allow ourselves to be driven into
the support of, or into any coalition with.
that class of pestilent politicians who opposed
the war measures of the lamented Lincoln, or
who only one year ago. attempted the ruin
and disgrace Of our whole army by declaring
its defeat, and its great efforts failures and
who to-day would, if they had the power. re.
yive the infamous institution of slavery, and
shield the traitors of the Sonth from their ms,
punishment.
2. That as the question of AMENDING o.,r
State Constitution by striking out the word
: white, cannot be decided prior to the vear
1868, and only then by direct vote If the
people, we deem the attempt to force an issue
upon II now as premature, unwise and fruit
less OF results, and we will not consent Tn anv
division of the Union party upon il.
3. That when the people Of the State man.
Tested a desire to have any ouest;on snhu,;,.
.ed 10 the people and these voters, we are in
avor OF such submission. The voters shall
rule.
=; That we vii! stand BY the Union party
d this State, and the Union nominees. and |
mai nothing will drive us to an opposition to
our Union, to onr old flag, and TO our yicto- |