The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-03-16
VOL. IL.

haDftantS OF Southern cities and distfic
occupied by our forces. It Is not to
expected that . people who have been ii
ucated to bate Northerners, and who hav
been earnest and bitter eecessionists shou
change at once their views and feeling
and sympathies and meet with hosaunah
, those that but now they have distruste
and denounced, and hail with joy the 20,
ereignty of flag they have repudiatet
But association and social and commerci,
relations ard the protection and securit
given them by their legitimate govern
msnt will remove grievances, restore tber
to their first love and furnish happy 60
luton and end Of what now appears to b
knotty mat.er-the enmity and embit
tered feelings that it is presumed will ex
ist between tho people of the two sec
tions.
The correspondent of the New Yorl
Tribune says of the inhabitants of vii
mington:
"There is undoubtedly strong Unior
sentiment prevailing in Wilmington, bu
as in every other Southern city We have
taken, it is confined chiefly to the mid
ding and poorer class, and the black
One or two Union flags, which have been
kept hidden for years, were brought oai
and displayed before the troops as the =
marched into the town. There we're also
waving of handkerchiefs, smiles of vel.
come, and other demonstrations made by
the ladies'. The delight of the colored
population knew no bounds. They crowd
ed into the streets and followed the troous
in throngs, from tottering infancy to do.
crepid age, hobbling on canes, aud peer
ing through astonished spectaclss at the
great delivering army.
"The wealthy and would-be sristocratic
portion, the guilty leaders Of rebellion,
absconded, carrying away their household
furniture. and leaving their vacan. halls
to be occupied by the Yankee vandals."
And Tribune correspondent writing
iiOhi oaNoobou cal
"After spending some days in this city
| have arrived ut the conclusion that tha
people of Savannah have shown, if not
moro devotion to the Union, certainly
more common sense than the people OF
any other conqueted city in the South
The ladies of respectable families With
whom We have conversed do not attempt
to disguise their attachment to the Con
federacy. They persistently maintain
what they call the right of Secession, >"
although not few express as candidly Al
doubt as to the policy Of at.em pting to Sc
cede. They say they have yielded to the
force of superior numbers, and being a
military necessity, they gracefully submit
to the fortunes OF war.
"The best educated portion of the la.
dies of Savannah received their finishing
at Northern schools, and although they do
not acknowledge any stronger attachment
to the old Union, they evidently have a
better appreciation of Northern society,
and a more accurate judgment of the pow.
er and resources of the North than those
whose education is wholly Southern.
These ladies manifest characteristics COM
mon to the Anglo.Sax race everywhere.
They have high estimate of their own
character and abilities, both Of judgment
and execution; they profess. at least, even
now, TO have hope for the Confederate
cause; they profess that it is the cause Of
justice; that God is on their side, and hat
in His own good time he will give them
the victory; that the present chastisement
and suffering is no evidence against this
view, as "the Lord loveth whom he chas.
teneth.' But who ever saw an Anglo
Saxon woman acknowledge herself in the
wrong? A man of this race, when he sees
no hope, may give up; he may even ac-
knowledge his error, but woman, never.
1t is right, thefeiere, that the North
should not misapprehend the go called
"Unlon sentiment of Savannah" There
may be some cases of genuine loyalty,
but if you except the colored inh sbitanls,
the loyal residents of this city could be
put into very moderate sized dwelling
house. Still We regard even the disloyal
as far more worthy Of respect than people
of other cities, who uuder similar circum-
stances have acted with less good faith.
When the oath Of allegiance is admins.
tered it will be taken Is duty rather th sn
privilege, but 80 long as Federal author
ity is maintained III the city, it will be
scrupulously and reIisiously kept, which
canuot be said with regard to many other
cities. For this reason, and not because
Of the strength Of the Union sentiment,
We may regard Savannah as valuable &C
QUESTION to Federal cities. The Union
sentiment of Savannah cannot be devel-
oped By CONTROVERSY, hut by q steady
persistence 10 good government. Let
the city be well regulated Under Federal
authority, the streets and alleys we'll clean-
ed. gas, fuel snd water we'll supplied.
good trade regulations, and ample sup
plies forwarded, and the policy of adher-
ence to the United States Government AZ
a matter Of self-interest will Be quietly &C.
quiesced 10; the oath of fallegiance will be
taken by hundreds who even now would
refuse TO take it, and believe they never
will.
Measures are being taken to this end.