The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-10-17
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MEsP.scaAL, fbrnsriyA dsnocntic editor
down in Texas, has had long interview with
ALExAspER H. STEPHENS, late Confederate
Vice President, and Judge REAGAN, late Con.
fedesate Post Naster Gsuessa, now in con.
hnement at Fort Warren. OF Mr.. STEPHENS
this correspondent says:
! Mr.. Stephens convened freely. abost the
men, things and antecedents of our youthful
boyhood, H Looked sitk diayvst Gpon ~
exceeding acticity Of tie seccssiomists in TIE
teerb ~ svtlosUoisW.s y He remembSfS them as
the men of 1850.
! "a Union man all, his life, he nov, finds
himself disaanced by those who bore down the
OF Judge RzAoAS's views, Mr. PAscHAL
writes thus:
He not only cheerfully "accepts the stu
alton, but he recognizes and accepts all the
illogical conclusions deducible from that situa-
ton. He maintains that the contest of opin.
ion had assumed that form where the arbitra-
ment of war could not be avoided I; that the
South claimed the right to secede; that he
was not one Of those who thought II peace
fnl remedy, but expected Q terrible war, and
/ loNiaCANN W nA5 ccCtiOUs lutG00lUK 10 6DlOe InD
consequences. He makes no technical, con-
stitutional or legal quibble, but says eve
staked all, and lost ALL The Government
offers TO restore to the great masses their
rights, minus their slaves. While he thinks
this hardship to the loyal Union men, no
one else has the right TO complain. He ad.
vises all to regain citizenship and q testora-
tion of their rights under the constitution, in
good faith, as soon as they can And he ad-
vises that in future they accept the logic of
events, aud do at once what he thinks II in
evitable will have to be done ere lon g-that
is, to change the organic law to suit the a.
tered situation; to adopt a Free State Con-
stitution, and to ratify the emancipation
amendment to the constitution of the United
States, and to leave no room for further aeita-
ton. While he would disfranchise no one
now entitled to vote, he would in future ex-
tend the privilege to eresy iatelligcat nsds of
| srery color Wh0 could read and srils. He
| scontd also extend to the freedmen equal rights
! IN courts. He does not think 1t possible that
these measures can be long avoided, and he
would have them adopted At once
The apprehensions of Mr.. SrrrHt txs are
justified by the spirit of many of the pa ardoned
leaders and of the people of the States lately
in rebellion. We are not disposed 10 hold
bonds, imp1sonments and penalties for past
offenses, where there is genuine repentance
and present loyalty, but we shall urge that
the Government and the people of the loyal
States perpetuate the free country that they
have preserved. Unrepentant rebels will no.
maintain and cannot conserve either the free
dom Of the late slaves or the Union of the
/ Sfotas Aar ubora L. u
below, are not to be trusted with the work of
reconstruction, rs vet. The Chattanooga
(Tenn-) Gazette of the Sd inst, has the fol-
lowing: tstf88 s1lsa4kfA5 e
Zone of the reasons why these men are
being 80 much denounced at the North, and
one of the main elements creating a strong
party At the North to keep their representa-
tives out of Congress, is that they do not by
their acts gire any sign Of loyalty to the Union,
and they have never profered any Of those
proofs OF a sincere repentance for their past
ltransgressions, and of determination 70 do
better in the future, which are expected of
them. Not day passes but we hear some
thing which shows that the animus still re-
mains Only last week q case occurred in
North Alabama, which deserves more than a
passing notice. For the main items in this
case we are indebted to the Jackson County
Ners, and in a personal conversation with
the editGr OF that paper, we learn still further
about the impudent, rebellious character of
the instigators of the affair.
THE Sheriff Of jackson County, . man
named Snodgrass, issued call for special
meeting to be held at Scottsborough. which is
| not the county town, snd on day other than
| the court day When this original court con-
| vened, twas found that the Sheriff had in
charge fifteen discharged Union soldiers, of
the First Alabama Cavalry, arrested and pla-
rebel soldiers, guerrillas and bushwhackers.-
while soldiers of the United States, and in
the line Of their duty. This self-constituted
court remained in session for fifteen days,
| when Gen Kryxyanowski,t the commander ofthe
district of North Alabama, hearing of the af-
fair, went down to Scottsborough himself. aud
ordered the elf-styled court to stop an pro-
ceedings and discharge the prisoners. After
| the General had ieft the room, the Sheriff
rose up IN the court room, and said publicly
" Those id Dutch are not rrsnning fAis thing
nor. We are rsasing this ssaeAiae,'' and
would not release the prisoners. The Gene
raj hearing of this the next day, sent down,
some colored guards to Scottsborough, releas.s
ed the prisoners, and sent Mr.. Sheriff to Nash
vile under guard. Gen. Kryzyanowski hav-
| ing been since mustered out Of service some
parties have begun to Try the thing over again,
and Gen. Grierson, the new commander of
that district, has been compelled to issue the
following order.
HEADosRs DISTRICT OF HUNTSVILLE,
HUNTSVILLE, Ala, Sept 81, 1865.
GExERAl OBDEns, No. ll.-It having come
| to the knowledge of the General command.
ing the district, that pereons formerly in the
service Of the United States have been ar
rested and imprisoned for acts committed
while in such service, it is hereby ordered
that the civil authorities within the courties
| constituting the District of Huntsville will
| not be permitted TO arrest, imprison, or bring
to trial any person or persons who have been
ia the service of the United States as soldiers
or scouts during the late Rebellion, for acts
committed by them while in such service and
acting under orders from proper military an
Ithority, All proceedings instituted against
such persons viii be Immediately w;thdrawn'
ah1 6.neelel, and vhee n1esis kSye Been
made for such alleged oifenses, the parties
will be released 81 . K
By order Brcvet Maj. Gen. B. 81. Grierson.
j. B. SAMPLE, Major and A. A. G.
II Only lest Friday we published "a accSnt)
of the killing Of . young man who had for.
lnssly been . scout in our army, By divchrr-
ed Rebel soldiers, in the northwsst paet Of