The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-08-07


"PERkONAL Records"
Thomas W. Clsgett, editor Of the Consti-
tuition, who asrires to represent the people
Of the Frat District Of Iowa in the Congress
ofthe nation, illustrates his fitness for that
place by an editorial in his paper Of Wed
nesday morning, the greater part Of which
we here give the benefit of-our circulation
This Chester6eldian gentleman says:
"The little creature whom the Almighty for
some inpcrutable reason permits to edit The Gate
City" and who aspires to no higher position ,as
journalist than to misrepresent and libel bis polls
teal opponents because Of his total lack Of capa
city TO discuss with ordinary intelligence tho
great questions Of finance, negro enfranchisement,
negro government in the Southern States under
radical congressional policy, and the resulting
effects Of such revolutionary schemes on the pres
snt and future prosperity of the whole Union
this negrophobist, non. taxed bond holders adyo.
cate, and over taxed iaboring man enemy,
to be struck with the idea TINT he advance
the political interests of McCrary. the radical can
didAts for Congress in this district, by publishing
earbled extracts from editorials which have np-
peared in the CONSTITUTION. which he heads with
the imposing words Clagett's record.
We take this occasion to inform the chamber
mug editor Of the Gaf~ City, and his candidate
for Congress in this district, that if they elect
make the contest in this district for Congress
Of personal record between the opposing candi-
dates, Ne shsll mot shrink from any personal duty
that may be imposed on as by their erection OF
political weapons
The chamber. mug editor after reeiting few
extracts from the CONSTITUTIONS, all OF which EN-
body we'll known truths well as patriotic senti
ments even in the garbled manner in which they
wsrs republished in the chamber mug journal I, r
the dishon0Tahle purpose Of establishing lie,
sonclndss with the very pertinent inquiry Of his
own ~ follows: Loyal people of the first con
gressionsl district, will you send this Clagett
to fvpresent you in Congress
OF course the chamber mug editor means b
HoyAl people bondhoders, thieves, public plum
dsrcrs, tyrsnts, constitutions breakers, periurers
leerophshists, radical reconstructonists with the
white race held by Federal bayonets under the
heel Of the negro, carpet-haggers and 'sieh able
bodied young men who siaid at home them selves
although they were advising other men to pitch
In, and who grew rich off the fees obtained for
collecting bounties off the widows and orphans Of
tho mon who died in the camp and the battle,
field.
Thomas W. Clagett seems to think tina,
his constituency are borderrutfan, abort
ginal, Arkansas, or Texas constituency, Of
bass instincts and vulgar rufiian manners
who want BLACKBOARD for their representa-
tive. For such constituency he proves his
fines. We admit that if proficiency in low
down Billingsgate is the indispensable quail
6cAtion for the next member Of Congress
from this District, then, Clagett is the man
and We draw off our candidate at once
George W. McCrary is all the gentleman, Of
70 pure = mind and exemplary life, that
bis lips are as incapable as the untalking in>
fants Of framing profane or vulgar remark
II the vulgarity and viciousness OF Clagett in
this editorial, are the requisites that the peo-
pie O. the First district demand for their Con-
gres&men, then We assure them that our can
didate hasn't these requisites. He is an up
right man, man that never swears, that
never tells vulgar story or stffers vulgar
expression to escape him he is loyal man,
he wasn't saying as Clagett was during the
struggle to save the life of the nation
1.-THE CONVICTION HAS BECOME
STRONG AND Is GROWING STRONGER
EVERY DAY, THAT THE LAST ARMY OF
THE REPUBLIC HAS BEEN RAISED.
or that
1.-THE ACTS OF TYRANNY DONE UNDER
THE ADMINISTRATION OF ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, WOULD HAVE DIsGRACkD
AND DISH0NORED MoNARcHIaL ENG
LAND, EVEN IN THE DAYS Oh TIE
BRITISH EMPIRE"
McCrary is neither BLACKBOARD nor a
ebsl>sympathizer-these qualifications for
candidacy belong exclusively to Clagett.-
Had We known that these were indispensa-
BILE, 70 might have found IN some saloon
or bawdy house, q candidate that would
match Ciagett in both particulars.
1.-THE CALLED jade winces. Clagett has
been very uneasy lest We should show up his
record during the war. He has been trying
TO convince Republicans that il is improper
and useless to rake up these cid dead mat.
ters he would have US let by cones be by
cones. But Thomas w. these are not old
and dead matters. They are the verysoul OF
the question of your fitness or unftness to be
representative Of the loyal people of Iowa.
And we intend to put them At you and pu,
them 1t the people Of this District. And
you will End by November that this record of
yours isn't made up of blanks cartridges SO
much - you would have us believe. You
yourself charged them with rebel powder and
ball; and they will do different execution
from Whist you purposed; they didn't make
tho var for the Union failure but they will
politically kill you.
ClAgatt hloviates that because we publish
extracts from his paper We are making the
campaign personal one. He threatens to
rstort in kind and extinguish both McCrary
and myself. He calls it personal. Does be
think it 10 our duty to suppress the fact tha,
hs wrsts and published those articles? Does
hspthiak that candidate for Congress may
Justly claim that his political record is ex-
smpt from examination and comment? We
hold tAaa The men Who stood by this Gov
sennsnt IN the hour Of peril are the men to
.ust nov. We hold that the men who SYM
paGAissd With Wads Hampton, Forest and
- Hks daring the rebellion, and Who ars6st-
ia-glsss with them now, are not the men TO