The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-09-16
LOYAL SOLDIERS ON A. JOHNSON.

The Bread-and Butter Brigade have been
trying to make good deal Of capital by pre-.
tending thai JOHNSON was in favor Of ap.
pointing poor and disabled soldiers to Office.
In all our knowledge we know Of no single
case of such appointment under the ''My
Policy programme. In our city soldiers,
or rather officers, have been appointed, but
they were men of wealth, sialwart frame,
without wound or blemish. in the prime Of
life and physical vigor. While in other por,
tons of the State notorious copperheads who
staid at home and denounced the war. have
been appointed on the Recommendation OF
copperhesd cliques, instead Of crippled
Union soldiers and worthy widows, whose
husbands had fallen in the service of the
country.
II seems the soldiers of Illinois are waking
up on this subject, and on occasion of the
recent appointment of couple OF notorious
anti war copperheads in Springfield, one Of
whom, Mr.. Merritt, published paper dur
ing the war, of which the following is given
as specimen of his editorials and the gen,
eral spirit of his paper
'sTHE DRAfr PaocLAaArIox.-Gov. Yates
has issued his proclamation. saying that I'M
der the call for recent Ave hundred thou
sand more" our State quota will be fifty two
thousand and kiy-seven.
Gov. Dick No. Processes IT, be heartily
pleased that the Prairie State has had her
qaota arrange. and don't seem at all grieved
that sixteen thousand, one hundred and
eignty-two more of our gallant men are to be
drafted. He calmly recommends volunteer:
ing, and claims to believe that as Illinois Mas
given nearly all her aGle>bodied men to the
war, she onghl not now refuse to give the few
tina, t. carry om the plan Of sut5ag6-
ton, devastation, determination, depopuln
| tion, AND all the other atoms of rapine, rio
idtion and horror derised by the great tashar
Of me tail. Mr.. Lincoln.
$50 far IS old Marion is concerned there is
no demand for men, God forgive us! we
sent to this uuholy, God forsaken war con
siderable amount of the best men the sun OF
heaven ever shone upon-a number largely
in excess of snr required quota. These
men went into the fight suppcsi,ag they we're
battling under the glorious stars and stripes,
in support of the Constitution, and hoping to
restore the Union as our fathers made it.
Alas. unhappy fate Hundreds of them now
lie stark and rrtting in unknown graves and
now, alas, too late for them it is discovered
that this war is waged to free the negro and
ensiave the white man Lincoln, the insati-
able horse-leecl, cries more cayWagei The
rivers run blood, and the plaiped earth be-
comes mountainous with q million Of the
graves of white men. slain to free the worth
less, unwilling negro, Lincoln becomes
hoarse calling fore more blood. Shall he
have il ~
The Springfield Post of the Grand Army
Of the Republic held meeting and passed
resolutions on the subject, and the Post at
Cairo and other points in Illinois are endors-
ing the action in these terms:
"HEADe'R RS Posr OF LINCOLN, G. A. R.,
Sept. 8, 1866.
"At q meeting Of the Lincoln Post, g. A.
T., held at their quarters, on Mondag,
Sept. 8, 1866. the following preamble and
| resolutions were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, ii has come to the knowledge
OF the members Of this Eucampment that
the President, in contradiction to his de-
clared policy 10 protect the interests of the
soldiers and saiiors. and appoint them TO DO.
sitions of trust and emolument, has appoints
ed David I. l.ittler Collector Of .fstespal
Revenue, and Edward L. Merritt Pension
Agent for this district, both positions Of
trust and profit, in opposition 70 the senti-
ments and petitions Of the soldiers and Union
loving people Of this community, said Lit.
DER and Merritt having dsns sothisg fos,
and much against, the late struggle for the
preservation Of our free institutions, and
efeant 70 the con6denee plac6d n Am ~ De
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