The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-04

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,sss ! 90 6; g s. !:
sreNasspue6ty ssplak MI
ence o. General aaespstl - Dir vsy, sd
the fact thssAs so0sNs69m esc6in dad oo&lks
Fifth military district, has given riee "a .nveh
spershtJoslAs S4he eoutlR Ne wiif pursue Ia
his new sphere q duty. In renewing, the otk>
er day, very pleasass eeqiAiaseocc, formed
! sod peTpetaated amid ths p<s;ls Ard hard.
ships ofthf 6efr and maruh, year eosssspsnd~
emf bad nm opportunity. Of feauosfinK hfmSslf
81 What he was fully conldeus before, u, III |:
That General Hancoct, Ike N The Yest oflkd
district commandsvs,l wiA, 1.-The @ue soadisr.
execute the Laws Of Congress u letter and
IN spirif. IA soldier, riaid be, s.knowS DO
+ higher authority thas The Law hsis required
10 execute, and while would very chGeffully
receive ana accept any suggestions from nv
military sapefiors, which did not conflict vish
the spirit Of the lay, yet wheeevsr such sBs>
gesfsone or orders involved grave responds
piiny which alone must ssssahe. IShouid Ger.
iainly exercise my own discretion. Asto the
legitimate execution of the Law ever becpm,
lng oppressive or styrannieal,i ecotitinted, d
depends much upon whether il meets With
resistance, either passive or open. Under
. such circumstances, the strict performanee of
soldier duty may be construed BY those
whom II affects as oppressive; but qDiet
2 snbmissloI to the execution Of the acts Of
Congress in sp'rit'and letter will obyiate ali
appearance OF either oppression or granny
He further remarked "As to registration
and the elections have made no recnmmea.
dahons inasmnch as the responsibilities il
not NINE until formally assume command.
hwould be matter of indelicacy for me to
advise certain course, where another mnst
assume that responsibility. Congress having /
hxed the first OF October as The period when
registration must close, it would certainly be-
incumbent upon me were in command, to
see that requirement. complied with. And The
registration and revision being both complete
IN louisiana. and the election ordered. 1t
would require grave reasons Of public neaess
sity 10 induce me to make any change were
already on the ground'
referring 70 the effect Of the Amnestv
reclamation. he : said aThat / regard
entirely as another issue, having nothina to
do with my duty under the law. cannot
interfere with its execution in any event
unless presented in such q shape as would
involve conflict with the positive provisions
OF the law, when, the responsibility being
NINE, the decision must be mine alson
Generai Hancock does not seek occasion in
..-'s 10y ~ Wv GAtichhIUH 10 HIS views, but /
he speaks his sentiments frankly and without |
concealment; and knowing the public anxiety
TO ascertain his feelings on this subject. I
have taken the liberty ofthus presenting |
some OF the prominent points Of his copyers |
sauon, confident that am doing him no in. |
justice, unless it be in my inability Ia nIa,
sent them to the public with the same derree
OF soldierly candor and convincing earnest |
ness with which General Hancock impresses
all with whom he converses
Some very unwise and indiscreet persons
attempted, IN the serenade to General Han.
cock last night, to give the affair political
status by attaching toit Comprehend odor
but General Hancock himsefso strongly dis. /
eountenanced such an attempt, not only bv
the tone OF his speech, but BY The selection.
through his friends, Of General Cobb ~
Wisconsin, former comrade in arms. and
one OF the most radical OF the Republican
members Of Congress, to make the present,.
ton address, that all efforts to identify tho
occasion or the hero OF it with any dsloyai
political influences resulted in dead failure
The few birds Of that feather that sought
the rigorous atmosphere Of that brillan. and
loyal soldier, soon disappeared and kept out
OF sight when they heard the announcement
from his own lips that he knew no author.
ty or duty higher than the law he was ordered
to execute. -" Even the specious apology
Of Hon. X. j. Walker, who m.as
the concluding speech land whose SON
served long and faithfully as staff officer
with General Hancock), was clothed in a wet
blanket by the soldierly utterances that had
preceded him. When Gen Hancock stenped
10 the lights and babe the crowd good night
the serenade to him was at an euu, and the
crowd SO understood it; for though there
were some calls for Black and others, yet the
nyl
did not attempt to speak, were cried down
by the confusion OF the crowd, which ~
clned TO listen to any one after Gen Han
cock had disappeared. He soon after re-
paired to the residence Of Gen. Grant where,
with other officers, he spent the evening
30 Disguised were some of the adm rers of
The Johnsonian policy s:,h the Failure to
Identify Gen. Hancock with their party, that
hey sought consolation in another direction,
and two or three hundred Of them followed
one of the bands 10 the White House, Nhere
hey bad no trouble ir getting a dose that
suited from his Exeellency, who prescribed.
as usual. eopions doses oil Constitution for
The 'tperils OF the country Lest it might
pc Misunderstood, snd the remedy Kill the
patient, be repeated the prescription several
lines.
It's to be regretted that some people and
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be fact that they sustained General Hancock
among others during the war, should SO
ack in Judgment and discretion now as 10
'eek TO identify him exclusively with that
oarty which did not sustain him dnrine the :
var; or that they should be so lacking in
heir appreciation of the proprieties of his
,osittcn as TO expect from him in advance an
of how he will act until the
circumstances which require action shalarise.
lis assurance that he "will execute the law
n the letter and spirit ought to satisfy the
most anxious. And those who suppose that
ieneral Hancock any more than General
rant or General Sheridan or General
'ickies, Will so act as 10 tarnish in the least
egree their brilliant reputation and fame,
chieved through fire and blood, md more Q
'recious than lie itse'f, greatly mistake The
Older and the man.-N. j. Times
Important SUIT,
Riddle Coleman IL Co. rs Gideon J. ISl. :
orc and ottefs.-1his is an action md tres