The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-26
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Tar Dfsioyalty During the War.
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lxiehis II The STA Nv AsnpckG
January s, 1868.
Noticin IN the public prints that Yallandy-
gum. and passed. nv others Nv that kidney,
ned called q convenshun Nv those who he'd
suffered imprisonment FOR holdin the apisien
dooriA the war, thai Che .H0nth wuz rits in
seeedin, and for doing wat they could to fur
Their the rite, TO review their snfferins, l.. Az
course, expected 70 be tnvitid to attend. Ez
no lnsitashun cine, resolved to spare
en- the stigna ur heavin gone back oSto
feiow-sniferer, and, hencely, / wrote the
fcllerin letter, when shell pRblish in all the
nose-papers. ! feel it q dooty to call the atten-
fhun nv The party 10 my suHerins jest now, 1t
being jist atofea new deal takes place:
To c. /. vaiandygum, Edison B. Oils, Henry
Clay Dean, anh others, Committees.
Yeor nsovin note Nv the 18th inst, iisitin
ME to be present st q lnee.i1 Nv those wichhed
suffered for Conscience sake dooring the late
eroosade, and to miagie my teers with them,
is reserved. Ez reserved yoor note and red
II, my saiirns come back TO my mind soSy.
idly that the fountins of the g,ate deep Fuz
onseeled. and | ~ept scaldin teers. | Erpt
Is lhot how suffered, how / he'd wasted ia
Basteels the time 70 much needed furthern
+ the CRATE coz IN wieh We WIZ all engaged.
Il would not be ont Of place in this eon-
necshun for me to dwell for q moment upon
the sacrifices hev made and the torsers 10
which hev bin SUBJECTED. ! hev, may say
il humbiy, suffered probably more than any
mir f,f, Ca La
cousins sake. nv first taste NV federal tyr
amy Was in 1862 Well de | remember the
day. draft WIZ impendin. The iyranni
cal Linkin. revetn in the gergns halls ~ des-
tpotic pewer OF Washington, he'd isshooed hiss
oppressive decree for "Ihree hundred thou
sand more" ! vent, confidently TO the eg-
gaminer,s oils for my eggsemshua, but
in tbay face nv the most positive asshoor-
.aRcs On MI part that. he'd bronkeets
aud~ liver Complaint at that time, and
bed at different times Nv MY life delirum ire>
mems, / wuz lait to * ern, and pernounst as
sound as brick. | Determined net TO in>
brae my hauds in the blood uv my brethern
NV the South. ] shuddered at two ijeeH
First at being panc.ured myself, end, sec
end 81 punctuEn any " my friends w the
Lpnfederacy. Therefore. made my war Is
best ] mite to that refuge from the perse-
cutor, Canady. Need dilate onto the ter
rors ~ that passage? Need state how |
walled from my thea place Nv residence to
Do reit, aud hos | swan across the river at
that pint on log, and how, when on stfihin
the sacred sol, | struck taboo aud shook
my fist at the starss and stripes, which saw
wagia on the tother side? No. For al of
voc hev done ii, Ell no: in Canady, somewhere
else. The draft Bas soFer and / returned,
snpposin it wasaH rite. Scarcely mad reach !
fA ksar ia tsia /
AID dragged 10 Eilltary camp. | he'd bin /
drawd. ard | wuz taken rs deSerler. | did /
not serve tho. hatinr than to carry Fed. /
raj muskit, ! lersertid in ERNST, and wat |
military lie did see sax in the 4unfedrit |
ranks. Bat that wax short. Tie hurntl Nv I
ny REGIMENT arFreeia.in my stFie, ordered /
mo 10 tie discharged on the skore thai | could /
de the Codieirisy more good upe.atin With /
tie Dlmcerisy ~ the North than | ccoa car [
ryiu maskita III the ranks w her Lraye iesen \
ders- he wus piassed to say that | slznt +
worta d. n 90 sollef, anyAowi U
My second inEarserashun MS Nv s more |
tryiu nachrn | he'd bin called % organize
aud drill q county wieh he'd determined, come
weal. come wo, they neTer wood, under eny |
cirk amstarees, suhmitto be dragged 70 fight |
in coz wieh they didn beieeYe in. They I
he'd resolved in their nleefins to die il their
own door yards a thousand times each rather
tlsaa submit to the drafts wieh wuz impendin |
too often, or 10 the onconstitooshnel taxes
wich The monster at the bed Nv the Govern
ment wuz evyin. We WIZ in camp, SEQ /
strong, when company Nv eeiiers wuz seat !,
asip ms. Wrr By wsE tue dsreaaers uv .hesF
rites bethot themselves Nv biznis wieh they
had at heae? Hgn's WAS faonenlarily ex-
pec,cd TO be confaed, auetber had forgotten
to feed his cattle, aud lla I'd oldest sar, the
hsir w hia house, wus 10 he nasrid thss nste. I
EggsoFtin p Us TO lie hrsseiy for our rites, !
AID die rite there before sGhtii in, they left,
fast van at Q time, then i've in saaad, ,aen /
ten, then a hundred, on.ll all wa2 sone bit /
me ard nineteen oiheIs. | wig restrained /
by pride, the nineteen others couldn't cit I
away OWN to a barl uy aew whisky wieh /
he'd bin rolled ,os.to tne ground, and wich I
they he'd monope.izsd stwesn en- toe only /
lin cup We he'd in camp. They were ez .
reward fer their heroism ard the sntferns |
thar ensood, ell eiected, t. oEie ,asss fell. -
/ ,sustfeated wit6 fFieht'af seveIity. fwaz t
kept GA tie ordinary rashens Nv q private So
ier. woz no, allowed the peroozel W the
Richmond papers, and | wuz compelled, |
afore beia released, TO take the cath NV al .
legiance 10 the Federal Government.
Aud what bey | "a. farit3 G5od Lord, !,
sE5dGsr when / th.ns NJ tie onsraiefaluis nv /
maal The party 70 wics suffered al this |
never SO much IS care me thing. | vaz |
never made the recipient nv nothin, ontli a |
reformed Aboiuicnist WIZ made President, /
who had TO have a party, and who had 70 take |
Only slch az w1z for sale But fer this forta-
nate circumstance, mite now be fnrst 10 beg /
my bred ! spare 700 more detales. SUI |
ficeit TO say, approve Nv the meetin. pro- |
badly shunt b. there myself, for wat notn- !
in. | am provided for. hev nohin 10 make.
R-.t tftau NH suffered EVAN eg eap did
ard t3r The saYHe coz, MY sJmpaihies are With |
700. Fraternaliy,
PETRoLEua v NAsRY. P. NJ,