The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-26
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The Richmoud Enanisw Of N 10th
inst. says in rsfsrsnes 70 Tie spFoistnent Of
Sherman to be Secretary Of War: Mr..
johnson has indeed made this eelec4iqa, ~
shall be compelled 70 raise our estin3Ass 81
his political sasacity.' Il il highly pl}essd,
though Gen. EhermAn's ssantocedent4" are
not to its taste. 1t says: Put hin u the
War Department, and the portsnt Of IN i'm.
peachment and Radical cosp dst0 which
now troubles Wall street Loses half - ter.
rors.n Tho secret OF the Esamiser's satis>
faction lies in the fact that Il hAa beeo in
formed that Hherman hes written lellee en-
dorsins Mr.. Johnson's policy.
The Mobile RAcitr says Il las bsss
falsely charged with opposing Admizal
Ssmnss ~ Probate Judge Of lohilA> II
claims 70 have declined TO give him il cup.
pors for that position, because Il oslaevsd HE
selection TO b. ",he very thing The Radicals
desired." Il aye, ave, Of Mobile, srs oil
Semms sssa" "The Probate 1udssdhip Of
Mobile 10 matter that concerns the people
Of Mobile only" When attacked BY "tadical
calamry, obioquY, or scurriksy,h they Are
"aR Davis men, o. Stephens men, or Semmes
men, or Whatever slse the occasion may re-
quire. Then II. in spite Of I'll our cosess-
ssoms and submissions. we are TO 60 down
entirely ~helmed beneath The waves Of fasat.
ical fury, We can atleass 60 down With honor. !"
II 10 Astounding to zee how rebel editors arc
always just going down with honor, or else
going up in glory.
The Jackson (Missl Cfsio~ learns that
ssthe subject Of Mr.. DAVIS imprisonment viii
be brought formally before the Legislature in
. few days.
General TIllson, Commissioner Of the
FrecdmAn's Bureau ia Georgia, wrote =
lsngthy letter on the 18th inst, IN response to
the resolutions Of meeting OF cilxens in
McDonough in that State, and reeited
numsrour occasions on which ''the riyhlfal
authority Of the Government Of the United
States has been insultsd, de6ed, and treated
with contemp, by the citizens aud the civil
authorities OF Henry county" The citxens
had requested the removal of the troops. but
Gen. Tllson viii not be likely to comply i'm
mediasely. He continues;
"All peaceful efforts having been exhaust
ed and failed: the civil authorities having
shown themselves unable or unwilling TO
project the freed people IN their rights OF
person and psoperss, er 10 bring to trial and
punishment persons eaii,s of sndsctnE mon
ssrNeax erueltses apea them, there was no
alternative ha, to nse military force in com
referred 10, shall hold the prisoners and
maintain garrison in Henry county until the
conduct ef the people and the action OF the
cavil authorities warrant the belief that the
laws will be eaforced and all classes Of cit-
rens projected. Longer TO trus, mere profes-
sion. IN the presence of facts in my poser
sion, would be to indulge in criminal cred.
uhty.
of the Democratic party the Mobile
Register says, With . slight signi6cances ''At
the South i, may be truly observed that it is
the only party in the North from which we
have any hope of deiiverance from political
bondage. 1t is au ungracious business to
look the gift horse in the mouth.
The Southern journals are noted for
their fondness for illustrations from the elias
sizes. The Consfifsfionaiist. Of Augusta, Ga,
seems, however, to indulge this taste to an
extreme. Soon after the elections It con
tanned an article entitled The Porteut," in
which il promised that there WAS too much
smoke in the political atmosphere to enable
it 10 speak positively as to the result of the
struggle at the North, and concluded its arti.
Gle AZ follows:
"B9olia. As classic history tells us, was the
opprobrium Of Greece when Greece survived.
And yet she was redeemed. gloriously re-
deemed in darkest days, when Pindars voice
rang most nelodious Of all the choral throng
when Epaminodas camped his host under
! the Spartan walls. Let as hope that some
great poet will wake the civilized world TO
| healthier liberty. and some great chieftain
hnrl down the the grim towers erected by
Giant Force