The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-01-12


ture Of our Aswspspsr literature Il ID
time Illinois. Indiana, New York an
Kentucky give - documen . Of this kipt
Kentucky gives tho only anti administtl
tion ono. Bsanlssls is loyal but there
the iucfustation Of slave ideas envelopin
him. He, II cOmmon with his style \
Kentud Aas, will come to the truth %
light slowly probably never At oil fully
Kentucky marches toward freedom. bh
the balcful shadow Of the peculiar insti
tution rests upea and paralyses her. TheF
are slave pens and whips and cofie-gang
in her political conceptions, not willingly
but by an iueradicable association. Gu
of the valley of the shadow Of death comes
onr Pilgrim. but when Giants Maui and
6lsy Good sre seen, sitting at the open
ing Of their dens. grinning horribly. with
the instruments of their cruelty about
them, but impotent for harm, our Pill
grim falters, aud when the chained and
t6shfsDss sh1u0dkoand growls cur PagHn
steps instead of Fastening to Freedom
But Kentucky comes to freedom at last.
Bramlette's message has one virtue. II
is not lengthy, at least not nearly SO long
as Govs Yates which last is truly furmi-
dsble. aud which We propose to take on
trust sitho1t venturing to read it.
The Kentucky Governor commences By
saying: s
Gas people, we have reason to be
thankful to Just Providence for the se-
rfes Of almost unbroken successes which
have crowned the arms OF our Govern
ment in +he struggle against rebellion
And then he briefly reviews the mill
tary condition of the country:
sMuch az We may deplore the occasion
of this rebellion, and the necessity which
il imposes for the sacrifice Of so much val
liable life OF our people. yet il is source
of grstnlation to ourselves, and cause Of
gratitude to Him, that such Uniform and
great successes have been achieved by the
armies or the Union. We, of Kentucky, !,
have especial reason to rel lice at the re-.
suits of Msjor General Sherman's unpar
slleled successes-duricg the period OF
your reccSs-termiaaiiug in the captuIe
Of Savannah. History will give himrsDk
with the FIRST captains Of any age BY his
successes, up to the fall of Atlants, the
enemy, who so persistently threatened our
security as State, was driven far FROM
US And when he took his eagle fight
across the State Of Georgia. he left thai,
grand old warrior the invincblc Msio
General George H Thomas, to perfect
the security which he had given. Nos,
grandIy has Major General Thomas
achieved our security by the destruction
Of the rebel army under General Hood
victory more complete and full Of hope
ful assurance than any which has crown
ed our arms during the war.
Words are inadequate to give express
ion to the fow Of profound gratitude
which the Kontucky heart yields to the
invincible hero, Major General George
H. Thomas, and bis heroic command. By
his glorious success, the red wave has
been beaten back from our bosom. and the
cause Of the Union is high advanced
Our eastern border, We trust, has been
secured by the successful and destructive
raid of Major General Stoneman. and bis
successes against the forces of Major
General Breckenridge, which constantly
menaced US from that direction. We.
therefore, so far as invading armies have
threatened, arc at this time hopefully re-
lisved from their meuaces.
There is noticeable tinselry Of redun.
dant adjectiyes about that--a glitterine
rhetoric which is slightly sophomoric;
"eagle fight" and "aow of profound graf
itude," aud "the red wave has beenrbea.
cen back from our bosom" All that is
rather highfalu.in; but Governors may
have worse faults than rplurpy style.
He reviews the negro snrollme1t ones
tion 10 Kencucky; notices the extent to
which il agitated the popular mind in thu
State Says that be visited Mr.. Lincoln
an ] made arrangements BY which recruit
ing should only be done by regularly ap-
pointed officers, and that the negro txoops
should be removed outside Of the State
for oFgsnixstion and instruction. He
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