The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-18
CUSTER on SOUTHERN LorALr.

General Gro. A. CUSTER was a delegate to
the Philadelphia Convention and very en-
thasiashc one. We noticed Yesterday how
enthusiastic he was IN cheering g Dixie.
when the delegates were treated to that popu-
lar Confederate air. He shows his collar os-
tentatously: he loudly proclaims, II am
ANDREW JoHSsoy's dog He is only .
mean cur. Iowa soldiers here in our own
city and elsewhere throughout the State can
bear witness to his brutality to Union sol.
diers, TO his ignorance, pompousness and
general odiousness.
CUSTER was an enthusiastic member OF the
Convention with its denunciations of Radicals.
anil its assumption of the great loyalty of The
late r6bAls !; and its claims that the South be
admitted at once. Now. so recently as March
l6h Of this present year OFFS grace, 1866 this
Gen. Custer WAS before the Congressional re.
construction Committee, and here is his Ites
timonY 1t Is al admirable commentary. on
CUSTER and the spread eagle oily >gammon,
Philadelphia Convention:
"Q.-State, as fully as you are able, what
we're the condition, sentiments and disnos;
ton of the people of Texas toward the pener.
al Government at the tune you went into the
State, and what they are now And if sny
change has occurred, give your opinion as to
the reason Of that change.
A.-So long as the policy of the Govern.
men toward the Southern States seemed mn.
developed or unknown, the most submissive
fail 49,
who had been engaged in rebellion. particn
larry those Who had borne a promine ant oart
realized, without being told, that they had
forfeited every right, even that Of life They
regarded the course of the Government ms
magnAnimous in the extreme. and far more
generous than they had expected. After
II was seen whit policy was to be pursued To.
wards the leaders, and toward the Southern
States generelly, they assumed a more do.
| hant position, assailed the Government a..
sailed the measures Of the government. Dc.
nounced the system Of provisional govern
ments which had been established in the
South, were opposed to the location of troops
IN their midst, and were opposed to the loca.
tion OF. agents OF the Freedmen's Bureau.
And tins feeling continued to grown and
manifest Itself more strongly, day by day. /
think their opposition to the Government and
loyalty is as openly visible and a. plainly
manifest now as it was in 1861. The ma;or;.
y. or at least large proportion oe those who
have taken the oath of allegiance to the oen.
eral Government, do not hesitate to assert
thatthey do not regard ii - binding, but mar.
tain, for some unknown reason, that the oath
has been forced upon them, and was taken
only with view Of obtaining protection un.
der it.
Q.-State your opinion ~ 70 whether or
not the Ienient policy which has been pursued
toward the rehels has been beneficial to that
county, or otherwise?
AIN my opinion It has been very detr,.
mental, not only to that portion Of the com
try, but 70 the entire country, and more i'm i
mediately TO the Union and Union men =
the 6opth. Is haa csrsainly produced on =.
salt ndk in1sn6s1 - costempiased. Il In.
lei tie people Of tho South TO forget the en-.
oniey 9th esiAe thsy consisted 81 srsa.
Ping IN rehsion, and they ars now endeavor. |
.nk 20 tchool thsmsslvyqN ~ zhal;sf hat
icy ase the part aegrisved, and ths Gsaefsll
sxsest eAvs tksy 7dccssded /. ~ sasss.;t.
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