The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-30
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Rebel end CoppsrAsad pssss haeslbs&a vssy
p,tter against Gen. 6cho6eA, ~ int> : i
moss intense hostility ~ lin. 1dss,
sicklss, Pope, Howard, ScAo6sA aaA I'll
The military men Who disnngl 80 lAsm.
selves By their services in suppsaaaiss Tie
BSuuis6n, NM ID IN ,lltli!Ss sSayf Us ~.
sdissises u the Rsbsls and their Copperhssd
alIiss. =
n h MOI strange That seAofeld should 81
tha laas 10 incur their open denpnsialiens,
because he was Conservative, and distias
guisbsd himself in that role againet the Rad.
isab auing ahs Presidency " ~ Ipcoln.
Tie coppsrkead prsss ~s1 lesA A61efore,
10 open Their batteries ssainst him, and bore
With him patiently till forbsarancs Was no
longer possible. m
We quote from the Chicago Tmes, which
sets forth its own grievances and that Of its
Rebel lfrisnds. in The following moving
s1sns:
When General Schofeld was appointed
district commander in Virginia, he was re-
garded - . Conservative Republican and ono
not in sympathy with the spirit and policy Of
the military bills. While be was command
ing in Missouri, he gave to the Radicals Of
that STAKE great ofepse, because b daaed to
punish some Of the excesses 81 heir ilnm-.
: delegation to President Lincoln, With .
long list Of charges against the General, and
demanded his removal Mr.. Lincoln wss
exceedingly annoyed and perplexed BY that
delegation, its truculepcy, persistence, and
malsvolence; but, after careful considers
ton Of their complaints, he dismissed them
in somewhat unceremonious manner, and
retained General Scho6eld in command.
This was source of grati6cation to moderate
men of oil parties and the administration Of
General Schofeld in Missouri led to . gene
rsl supposiiion that be would execute the
military bills in the most liberal manner their
terms would permit in dealing with the men
whom they we're intended 10 humiliste and
opprees.
His course as district commander has din
appointed this reputation. h has arbitrari-
y and YIN necessarily interfered with the OIL
Gers Of the State Government in the perform
ance of their duties. He has suppressed
newspapers. He has interfered with judges
and courts Of law. He has set aside stat
utes, and has acted as If his sole official bus
mess was to look after the interest of negroes
aud 30 order registration aud the manage
ment Of elections ss TO make the negro party
in the State supreme. The accounts which
have been received from The conduct Of the
late election in Richmond show it to have
been . mixture of force aud fraud. and that
General Schotield was responsible for making
it so.
The polls we're kept open longer than the
order for the election specified. Negroes
were permitted TO vote until after midnight.
Conservative men were driven away from the
ballot,boxas. and negroes who wished to vote
the Conservative ticket had their ballots to / en-
from them by force and were mobbed. The
leader in these outrages. . son of the noto-
rious Hunnicutt, was arrested and lodged in
prison, and when General Scho6eld learned
the fact, he Immediately insertered for his
release.
There were but 6fty-one white men in all
OF the city of Richmond who we're 90 degra.
ded as to vote the ticket of the negro party.
one between races, aud thst Gen. Schofeld
employed bis authority a. district commander
aud the forces OF the United States to sub
Jeet white men To The rule Of negroes. So
did Sheridan in Louisiana, and SO did Pope
IN Alabama. The government OF the United
States Is keeping q standing army IN The
South for this purpose. 1t has established =
MI litary despotism there for this purpose,
and Schoiield Is in sympathy with this pur
pose. He has done more for its accomplish.
ment than the detestable laws under which
he is acting commanded him to do. He has
violated those laws that he might the more
surely carry out the disgusting, and dema-
goeical, aud utterly revolving spirit which 10
reflected in their provisions. He has com.
nluned With that spiri. until be has become
10 impreenated with it that be 10 eager to 60
forward. beyond the limits it has imposed in
the military bills, in the work OF politics
bestiality and prostitution they order him to
perform.
Were bis services in the field ten times
more important than they have been, and his
record az an officer up to the time OF his as.
sumption of command in Virginia brighter
than was made ty any general in the late
war, these would not weigh against the de-
bauchment which has marked his admins
tration in that State. He has sold himself
to the devil Of Jacobuism but the people
are fast putting it out-of the power Of tina.
devil to pay.
Now, We desire to call the attention Of our
readers to = very universal and very sgni6.
cant fact. Gen. Schofeld was the most pro,
nounced Conservative amongst our mili,ar
leaders, and yet his Observable aud erp~ri,
ence in the South has converted him 10 i.
practical and efhcieht Radical. He NOT only
enforces the Reconstruction Law in its letter.
but IN his heartfelt approval and sympa,hy
with the policy Of Congress be exert. his in
huence and puts forth his efforts and .u.
thority to secure the rights and the safety of
The loyal poor whites and negy oes against tn.
malice OF rebel o6garchy. And wha. ha,
happened in the case Of Gen. Schoseld b.,
likewise occurred In the experience of all the
military men IN the South. They were mostly
Democrats or Conservatives in ssn,,msn,
once, but they have been soundly converted,
and now they are all, with rare executions.
sncere!y sud earnestly in favor OF the Con
sress'onai policy Of Reconstruction on the
]esAS " Aoyni tueuy DOt0 cOI0reQ nd
white. And let it be remembered ~, ,ho
Congressional plan of Recon, ,o,;an oon.
coded the right of suffrage s,asea -.
cnra. !, - -, or all, and thereby Sc
so,,ha IN now and forever, in ten
o,.... States. That accomplished, the
: ION is practically settled. With ten
southern States holding the balance Of power
IN the hands of colored men, and ten or {
dozen Northern States conceding the ballot
to negroes, the Middle States will not and
cannot hold out against measure SO fair and
just and 80 essential to the true theory O
Free Democratic Republican Institutions
which are based on the principle of 18th,
right OF the governed to voice in the Gov
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