The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-07-15

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faithful in council at Des MONIES on Wednes-
day, Daniel F. made speech to the recon
structed. As the fact would perish away and
never be known unto our people unless We
secure it from oblivion, we give his proceed
ings according to the Register.
While the committees were out, D. r.
Miller, Of Lee county, was called out, and
informed the audience that he had been an
old Wing Of the Clay and Webster style
that Clay aud Webster both told him short
time before they died that the Democratic
party was the only hope for the future of tho
country. He did not follow the advice Of
Clay and Webster when the old Wing party
first went down-but went into the Repnbli.
can party and stayed with it till it got to be
80 bad that be was ashamed Of it and left.
The old gentleman gave vivid picture of
how the radicals and the military abused him
self and C.agett and other Democrats in Lee
county during the war, and told With what
virtucus determination they stuck to the con-
stitution and democracy in spite of Radical
Abolition persecution they held secret
meetings and spent money for the cause.
J. ID. F. NJ. gave Andy johnson fine notice,
and pitched in heavily on the Republicans,
whom be called old Federal Monarchists in
disguise, anarchists. thieves, and spoke ofthe
party in power, generally, in = manner very
uncompiimensary.
OS THE RAnPAor.-Our contemporary 10 on
the rampage-his Copperheadism fossered by
his recent fellowship with Henry Clay Dean
L Co., At the Reconstructed Convention. has
made him particularly venomous in yester-
days paper.
He goes into the Peoples Meeting tuesday
evening. He says:
'sBsing absent from the city at that time,
We are only informed Of the motives aud do
ings Of that meeting by reading in the Cars
CRY of what took place"
As the proceedings appeared in his own
paper Of the sane date, we cannot divine his
reasons for going TO the columns of the Cars
to read them unless he shares himself the
common public opinion that his paper il Mt
terly unreliable. At any rate, We are glad
be has taken 10 the perusal of the CARE, tc
the exclusion Of his own organ, for he may
thereby learn sense, truth and decsncy, o.
each Of which articles he 10 now utterly des
titute.
We we're in advance Of him in notifyin,
the public that these meetings did not indi
cate any great degree e decentralization il
Keokuk. While orr city may not be mode
on this score, We deem 1t ~ quiet, orderly
well behaved and free from crime - any o
our neighbors. We were not, however, ii
advance Of him in saying that the reign q
order in our city has only been " since th
brsakhg up Of ths military hospisals" "
lsft Il for hin v say that. Bat Ne utterly sn
5smphatically deny the charge against Uuio
soldiers, against Iowa soldiers, that i en-
bssced In that declaration. Thsss soldier.
vhsss prssescs in COR city the Gcasfitsfio
would have u believe produced such degre
Of hvisssnsss, were soldiers and cisissas I
1ovs, nosa Of them; they wers part of thos
whess gallant achievements brought enc
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