The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-09-30

At meeting Of the LMCoLn Cluh q club
named for the victim Of WILKHs BoorH) on
Tuesday evening, Sept. 2eth, the following
resolution was adopted: :
"Resolred, That the following named -
diers, to-wit: Gen. d. B. Hills, Major u.
B. Collins, Capt. s. s. Sample, Capt. Gle1n
Lowe, Sergt John Fnnerty, Sergt.
SCHUYLER, Sergt. c.. Shutz and Capt. Jofn
Mccormick, be appointed, by this clubsa epuis
mittee whose duty it shall be to prepsre and
publish brief address to the soldiers Of Lee
county, presenting the claims Of the county
ticket nominated at Fort Madison on the I'D
inst, ard VI said addreaa be printed nd
accordance With this resolution We brief-
ly address you, not as county committee, but
as members Or truly loyal body, devoted 10
the country, to patriotism and hnman liberty.
We have been soldiers and attempted to dis
charge the duties Of the field and the battle
in soldieriy-like manner, risking our lives
for our cause and trusting TO Almighty God
for our preservation. When we were in the
service voice Of encouragement and good
cheer came to US from the entire North.
Glorious old Maine, Vermont, Ohio and
great and "big hearted Iowa, as well as
other States, pointed US to the future as
crowned with rewards for military exertion.
We have returned home and our positiop
must be defined. Soldiers Of merit must nos
be overlooked in the great political struggles
of the day They saved the country. the
Constitution and the Gag in war, and they
must be permitted to assist in upholding the
country in tsintegrity, and defending all the
fundamental elements of the Government in
time of peace. Men of political celebrity
| declared the war failure, but stout arms
and brave hearts placed the seal ofcondemna.
ton on the falsebood.
Hundreds of thousands of brave men said
that the Union should be preserved, and to-
day i. ia presented to The world Is the liga.
ment of States, and the pride of great peo-
| pie. The men that said that the war was q
failure and refused to aid, the cause Of law,
liberty and civilization, are on the ..scar path
! Of soldiers sn time 81 peace.
| We beg leave to be brief and explicit
| Action, breyity, quickness for soldiers, words
for stump orators. On the I'D of Septem
Der the loyal Union men of this county de-
termined to elect soldiers for the Offices TO be
filed this Fall. The Offices are two in mum
| Der and the best in the county. GEORGE
RoILErr, Of Madison township, was nomina-
| ted for clerk of the District Court. He is a
candidate against CHARMS DogRg. Which of
these men should be elected? RotLErr was a
member of the Seventh Iowa infantry, and
served through the war. DoERR remained al
home and went to the Chicago Peace Con-
1 vention. RoLLErT went to the war convention
down South. DoERR said the war was fail
ure; aud RoLLErr said We viii tight 1t cat.
DoERR gave nothing for the war, its widows
and orphans, bat RorIETT presented his
body to bullets, of which he bears the marks,
''as willing sacrifice. Ro1rsrr shot the
rebel color bearer at Corinth DoERR did no
such thing. RoiLgFr captured the flag /;
DoERR was not there, bat at that lime was
discouragiug enlistmeuts aud trying to pre-
vent the filing mp Of your dicimsted ranks.
RoLLErT has the flag as present from the
gallant General RicE Dorm has no flag to
show TO the people, except the Chicago peace
| failure flag 1t is said that DoEgR is compe-
tent; 80 is RolLsrr. 1t ia said that DogRR
| has had experience, and this is true He
! has been SO Dng in Office, so long fed from
| the public treasury, that he cannot keep out
without sickness. Roller accustomed him
self to bullets, bsyone;s, cannon, blood and
| liberty, while DoERR used himself to qnins,
ioolscap and peace. tA
For the Recorder, the Union men named
NOBLE WARwIcK, of Charleston towns Up.
proud. He went into the service as a mem
Der of the 18th regular infantry-SHERAAs' 9
old regiment-an5 became one of SHERMAN
"bummers. At Eicksburg he lost leg.
When he returned home he did not come to
town and hang around the courts and the
court house for little jobs, or become Bread
and Butter brigade man; but one legged as
lie was be cultivated the soil for the support
Of himself and his aged parents. Farmers,
| this one liuibed soldier has raised q crop.
What noble tribute could be paid him? The
cultivation If the soil j. The noblest task 10
| which man can appropriate himself.
IrAN, like DoEaR, has supported himself
around the court house. He has swung
| around the eirce of the court house Offices
until he is Office fat, while poor HEARwIcK
has been getting new leg for losing an old
one.
| People, you told US. while in the service,
that You would remember private soldiers
after the war. via you do IL, Here is your
! chance, Let no man express sympathy for
inc soldiers hereafter unless he will vote for
| him. Choose between man deprived of his
| leg in battle for his country, or the peace
| man Of the court house life. Take the flag
defender aud the rebel flag capturer, and not
the court house receiver of the peonle' =
money, who 50 finely enjoys the rents of those
large brick houses in Fort Madison. We
present you Two web qualified pirate soldiers
for the two Offices which two stay-a, home
men desire 10 fill. Boys in blue, come To
the help oi your associates--the soldier can
| NtNdtNa hHt iDAhS itiAtlCianS remember In al
the soldiers must have consideration.
la eoneiws sion, fellow soldiers OF Lea conn,
ty, we ask you to remember that if GgogGr
RofIETT aud NOBLE WARWICK are defeated
j, will be by the votes of the member d
that party which have nominated the
stay-at-home politicians, DoEER and Muxs,
and who last year. as we'll as this. protested
fgreat. consideration for you. Now they have
a chance to put into practical effect their pro-
fessed love for the soldier by voting for the
only soldier candidates on either of the
connty tickets. VIII they do it? II they ID
not you will know 10 a certainty that all thei,
talk about loving and rewarding the soldier
is as sounding brass and tinkling cymbals. Z
D. y. HILLS. 18th lows Infantry
j ". II. COLLINS. It'll Mo.
SAM. $. SAMPLE, Z. S. Army.
| 1LEAs LOW +, Sd Iowa Cavalry.
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