The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-08-13

THOMAS w. CLAGETT has expressed his
anxiety that the voters spf the First District
shall be fully informed Of his record As we
are similarly anxious, We reproduce here an
article from the GATE CRY Of July 2, 1863
That article gives somewhat Of Clagett's rec
0 a. The extracts were made from the files
Of his paper
TIE Record or the Consultations.
Az the, record Of various parties has been
calledu before the Military Commission
now in session, i; may not be amiss to give
the record If the butied Consultation An alr>
ing,
On the 9Th of January, 1862, some three
weeks before the destruction Of the Office. the
Consultation published couple Of lengthy
editorials, from which We make the follow
ing extracts, showing the tone and spirit OF
The entire editorials.
Hiefrst is intended to give the readers Of
The Constitution the impressions produced or
the editor's mind by reeen. visit TO Wash
pg.eD City.
After an introduction. the editor says
We now proceed to lay before our read
ers and the public the conclusions which We
have come to in relation to our national al
fairs. The future Of this country is to us
moot StOcu3 VecHN sec no H1pc " Suifes
IN putting dorm The rebellion aud restoring ,he
Enton 10 lis original basis D. carrying out the
present policy Of the Intimidation WE.
ARE RALUCIaNILY AND PAINFUL
LIZ IMPRESSED WITH THE IDEA
THAT OR ONCE HAPPY AND PROS
Porous COUNTRY is TO BE BROKEN
Up AND SHATTERED INTO FkAG-
MENTS. The Government at Washington
Is wholl- incompetent 10 the task IT has un-
deriaken. Rottenness and corruption seem
- pervade every depar ment Of the Admin
ifiration. Washington City is bat den OF
thieves, negroes aud prostitutes. The city is
crowded with this class Of people, and the
opinion prevails that the Union is already de-
stroyed, and every one seems anxioust grab
all they can for themselves while the chances
last. Everything seems to be at loose ends
The great Army of the Potomac. which was
expected to reduce Richmond, IL but de
moralized mob the officers are constantly
resigning, and the men are running off q,
every opportunity they can get In the
sau.hern part of Maryland. in which we spen,
several weeks. not day passed without our
seeing squads Of deserters from the Army Of
the Potomac. numbering from three to thirty
making their way North. We talked with
many Of these men, and, upon inqu,ring the
cause OF their desertion, the invariabie reply
was, the want Of pay, and, We volunteered
TO defend the Union, and not 70 fight for ths
negro
And again further along in bis editorial he
saws:
$ In southern Maryland where, two year,
ago, the Union sentiment largely redomi'
mated over secessionism, there can scarcely
be found man, woman or child who doe,
not heartily despiee the National Govern.
md h0- for fhA ~ s,
federates. The issuing of the President /
emancipation proclamation, together with the
abolition Of slavery in the District Of Column
s'a, and the action If the military authorities
there IN preventing owners Of slaves from re-
capturing then runawsys, has entirely rooted
out al the Union sentiment which once pres
vailed there. In many cases, loyal slave
owners, who had arrested their slaves under
the Fugitive Slave Act were forcihly de-
prlved OF their property, and themselves put
IN prison on the plea Of kidnapping. The
natural consequence Of snch treatment was to
make these men and all other loyal citizens
more violent in Their opposition to the Ad
ministratlon (Which ther chose to designate
az The Goyernmen.) than the original seces-
sionists. They claimed. aud had right to
be protected 10 their personal property. and
as they did not receive it. they nationally con
cluded that their only safety depend d on the
success Of the rebellion and the establishment
oser them of another Government which wac
not hostile to their slave institutions THE
EFFECT OF ALL THE MEASURES OF
HE ADMINISTRATIONS. RELATING
TO SLAVERY. HAS BEEN TO UNITE
THE SOUTH AND DIVIDE THE NORTH.
UNTIL WE ARE FORCED TO THE
PAINFUL CONCLUSION THAT ALL Is
NOW NEARLY LOST. FOR WHICH THE