The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-09-12
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Montgomery Blair il accueed, BY Han.
coct,a friends, with using exactly similar
Means to prevent the nomination Of their can
d,date. But whether Blair was fightiully
charged with the trick or not, prominent
MARYLAND Democrat, in giving some friends
herA what he insisted were tho real grounds
&C onposition to Hancock. declared Tat ssthe
;nfsmous order issued 70 the nieeors b. Han
cock when Lincoln was killed, did he busi
mess for him. Border State men and the
Southern delegates couldn't stand that. y
The person who said this was in position TO
know.
The order be referred TO was issued ia this
city when it was ascertained that Booth was
concealed in this vicinity. The Maryland
Rebels have never forgotten that General
Hancock then believed that the negroes were
the only loyal class in the region around
Washington. And Maryland Rebels, either
with or without Montgomery Blair, slaugh-
tered him for it at New York. The follow
ing is the order:
HEAno'Rs MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION,
WAsHIscros, D. c., April "a, 'G5.
To the colored People Of the District Of Columbia
and Maryland, Of Alexandria and the Border
Counties Of Virginia
Your President has been murdered. He
has fallen BY the assassin, and without mo-
ment's warning, simply and solely because
he was your friend and the friend of our
country. Had be been unfaithful to you and
to the great cause Of human freedom, he
might have lived. The pistol from which he
met his death, though held by Booth, was
fred by the hands Of treason and slavery.
Think Of this, and remember how long and
how anxiously this good man labored 10 break
your chains, and to make you happy. now
appeal to you, by every consideration which
can move loyal and grateful hearts, to aid in
discovering and arresting his murderer. Con-
cealed BY traitors, he is believed to be Turk
ing somewhere within the limits Of the
District of Columbia, the State Of Mary
land, or Virginia. Go forth, then,
and watch, and listen, and inquire, and
search, and pray by day and BY night, until
you shall have succeeded in dragging this
monstrous and bloody criminal from his hid
ing place. You can do much; even the hum
blest and feeblest among you, BY patience
and unwearied vigilance, may render the
most important assistance.
Large rewards have been offered BY the
Government and by municipal authorities,
and they will be paid for the apprehension of
this murderer, or for any information which
will aid in his arrest. But / feel that you
need no such stimulus as this. You will hunt
down this cowardly assassin Of your best
friend, as you would the murderer Of your
father. Do this, and God, whose servant
has been slain, and the country which has
given you freedom, viii bless you for this no.
Bile act Of duty.
All information which will lead 10 the ar.
'est OF Booth or Surratt or Harold, should
'e communicated to these headquarters, or
9 Gen. Holt, Judge Advocate General, st
" ashington, or, if immediate action is re,
luired, then to the nearest military author.
ties.
All officers and soldiers in this cqhnmand,
md all loyal people, are enjoine@ to in.
reased vigilance.
w. S. HANCOCK,
daj. Gen. U. s. Vols, commanding Middle
Military Division.
Montgomery Blair understood himself
At New York. He knew that the
Rebel element of the Democratic party would
ontrol the nomination. He knew that the.
was simply camp Of the Rebel
rmy on Northern SOIL where Northern Dem
Gratis were simply prisoners without arms.
ie knew that o revolutionary letter alone
ould nominate Frank, and he himself pre-
ared Franks draft for the Rebel palate.
hose who slaughtered Ewing and Hancock,
ecause of the above orders, might well be
atisfied with man for President whose
riends were the New York rioters of 1863,
nd With a soldier for Vice President who
'as willing to draw the rail ofthe Broadhead
etter over all that was good in his career.
II. " B.