The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-29
CONCERNING JAS. ii. ANDERSON.

~ Inc washington Iowa OcIuOCIht
takes James H. Anderson to task after
somewhat savage fashion for some
things he said and some other things
he did not say In recent communi-
cation In The Gate City. The article
is OF local interest because OF the
amount and variety Of the misinfornia5
tion 1t contains concerning Mr.. Ander-
son, and for this reason is reproduced
I herewith:
James H. Anderson writes very
foolish article to The Gate City on the
attitude OF the South towards their
soldiers Of the Civil war. He berates
the South for eulogizing the old veter-
ans who fought Grant at Vicksburg
and Sherman at Atlanta and Grant
again at Richmond and says they are
traitorous In their language and q
disgrace to the country. Which shows
that, James Anderson is very brave
man when he is far enough away from
danger. OF course, he wouldn't go
down South and say these things to
their faces, but as long as he can write
pieces for the newspapers he is very
brave, Nobody who is informed be-
lieves that any harm can come from
the South's adulation Of it's soldiery.
The war is over and slavery is dead.
Nobody knows better than the South.
The South was vanquished, but sub
mitted very gracefully, good deal
more gracefully, we suspect than
some Of the rest of us might have
done. The South suffered just as
much In life and limb as the North,
but In addition, it was devasted and
where once there was peace and pros
perity and plenty, there was q barren
waste. But the South setfi teeth and
went to work The South is being re-
habilitated. The South as doone we'll,
but the South would not do we'll II
it did not hold in grateful remem-
brance the men who fought for what
they thought was right. No higher
type Of Christian gentlemen ever lived
than Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jack
son, Albert Sidney Johnson and others.
And James Anderson Of Keokuk, Iowa,
is not appearing in the highest light
when he abuses their descendants for
taking pardonable pride in their
achievements and we'll bet forty
dollar dog that James H. Anderson Of
Keokuk, Iowa, never smelled powder"
All who know Mr.. Anderson know
that the aspersions the Democrat seeks
to cast upon him are undeseryed. The
editor OF the Democrat in writing
about him wrote out OF the fullness
of complete ignorance Of the man. his
present whereabouts and his life his
tory. His guesses about him, without
exception, are wrong. They couldn't
be further from the truth II they had
been deliberately made for purposes
OF Misrepresentation, which, Of course,
they were not. Mr.. Miller, the editor
OF the Democrat, has again demon
strated that he is one Of the poorest
gucssers In the world.
The Democrat says ironically that
James Anderson is very brave man
when he is far enough away from
danger" that .'he wouldn't go down
South and say these things" The
fact Of the matter is that Mr.. Ander
son Is at present resident Of Dallas
Texas, and 1t was from that place he
wrote his communication to The Gate
City. or all the charges in the world
the charge Of cowardice Is the last
that could be made to stick against
Ham Anderson. He Is one OF ths
bravest men that ever lived, and il
common with brave men generally h
| Is one OF the most tender-hearted. HI
is also an eminently fair-minded man
4 He would not Intentionally judge any
/ one harshly or unjustly. In sending
/ to The Gate City the communicated
/ to which the Democrat takes exceI
1 ton he enclosed personal note to tn
editor, in which he said, referring T
his article:
II do not know that 1t Is worth say
ing. / do not know that 1t is wise TO
me to say it. 1t can do no good.
don't know but 1t is best for you t
A consign the whole thing to the vast
4 basket"
II criticism is to be directed agains
anyone for the appearance OF Mr.. Al
! derson's article in these columns
should be aimed at The Gate City, nc
at Mr.. Anderson. Lastly, the Wasf
ington Democrat will please forwar
that ''forty dollar hog" by fast freigh
The man 1t says never smelled pow
der, was gallant Union soldier !
the Civil war, serving first as a men
Der Of the Twenty-first Missouri reg
ment and later as member OF tn
Forty-f1fth Iowa In one Of the engage
ments participated in by the Twent.
. first Missouri while he was membe
Of 1t Mr.. Anderson was in sufficient
close proximity to powder
be wounded severely in the sid
From the effects Of the wocn
then received he has neve
fully recovered. To make the confu
ion OF the Democrat still worse col
/ founded 1t need only be added that M
, Anderson is a lifelong member of tn
: party that paper represents. Isn't
about time for the Washington Dem
crat to go out Of the guessing bus
ness?
I INCREASE IN EXPRESS BUSHES
: During the first five months OF Il
{ year the four leading express COZ
panies have transacted business whit
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