. . . a pro slavery, Mahony sheet published at Keokuk, made a
speech in that city last fall, of which the following are extracts. Speaking of Fremont’s proclamation he said:
“I tell you it is the only thing that has back bone in it. I tell you, a traitor who is fighting against
this Government has no right to any property; it all ought to be confiscated and
taken from him, and his negroes, if he has any, [ought] to be freed.”
Speaking of the Mahony leaders, he closed with the following
graphic sentence:
“I tell you, if you will give me an honest jury and allow me
to sit as judge, so help me god, I can convict Jarius E. Neal and old Mahoney
of treason, and hang them both as high as Haman.”
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette,
Davenport, Iowa, Monday Morning, May 19, 1862, p. 2
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