The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-05-15
TIE GATE CITY.
MONDAY. MAY IL.


III mlssUUna.
The question Of the adoption Of tho
new Constitution 10 becoming quite ex
citing in Missouri, and orr friends
begin to discover that thers ia wslLcon-
cered and far reaching plot Matched up
BY Conservatives" s.Sorebeads" aud
"Sympathizers," to defeat the Constiiu-
ton, demolish the Radicals, and restore
the Conservatives to power.
Bat We think the Radicals will succeed,
as no person is permitted to vote on the
adoption or the new Constitution who
/. Has ever been in armed hostility to
the United States, or to the lawful suthor.
tiles thereof, or to the Government Of this
State or
8. Has ever given aid, comfort, coun.
tenance, or support to persons engaged 10
any such hostility; or
5 Has ever, 10 any manner, adhered
to the enemies, foreign or domestic, Of
the United States, either BY contributing
to them, or BY unlawfully sending within
their lines. money, goods. letters. or 10.
formation or
4 Has ever disloyally held communi-
cation with such enemies /; or
S. Has ever advised or aided any per-
son 10 enter the service of such enemies /;
6. Has ever, by act or word manifested
bis adherence TO the cause Of such cue.
mics, or his desire for their triumph over
the arms Of the United States, or his sym
patty with those engaged in exciting OF
carrying on rebellion against the United
States /; or
7. Has ever, except under overpower
ing compulsion, submitted to the author
ity, or been in the service of the so called
Confederate States Of America or
8. Ass ever left this State, aud gopt
within the lines of the armies of the 60
called Confederate States Of America, |,
with the purpose of adhering to sale
States or armies; or
g. Has ever been . member Of, or con
nected with, any order. society, or organ
ixation, inimical to the Government o
the Uoited States, or to the Governmen
of this State or
10 Has ever been engaged in guerrill,
warfare against the loyal inhabitants o
the United States; or
III. Has ever been engaged 10 that de
scription of marauding, commonly known
as ''bushwhscking or
IL. Has ever. knowingly and willin gil
harbored, aided, or couDtsnanced 40,
person engaged in such guerrilla warfare
or in bushwhacking; or
Is. Has ever come into or left thi.
State for the purpose of avoiding enroll.
ment for. or draft into, the military ser
vice Of the United States; or
Ia. Has ever, with view to avoid en-.
roliment in the militia of this State, or te
escape the performance of duty therein
or Tor any other purpose. enrolled himself
or authorized himself to be enrolled, BY
or before any officer, as disloyal, or as q
Southern sympathizer, or in any othe,
terms indicating his dissffsction to the
Government Of the United States in its
contest with rebellion, or his sympathy
with those engaged in such rebellion OF
10 Having ever voted at any election
by the people 10 this State, or in any
other of the United States. or in any OF
their Territories, or held Office in thi.
state, or in any other Of the United
States, or in any of their Territories, or
under the United States. shall thereafter
nave sought or received, uoder claim OF
aiienage, the protection of any foreign
GOVERNMENT. through any consul or other
othcer thereof, ia order to secnre exemn.
tion from military duty in the militia Of
this State. or in the army Of the United
States,
Such is the comprehensive enumeration
of acts which the voter must swear he has
never done.