The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-09-06

il was
Resolved, That the interests Of Rcpub-
licanism in Lee county demand Mass Con-
vention as soon rs practicable, at some point
in the county, for the purpose OK ratifying
in more formal manner than has hereto
fore been done, the nominations Of our wor-
thy candidates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency.
We hope il our views meet with the ap-
prevail Of friends through the county, that
some time and place may be speedily sug-
gested and determined upon for the occa-
sion, and that all necessary arrangements
may be made to render i. grand and profit
able time to our cause.
+. N. SMITH, Cor. Sec'y.
Summtville, Iowa, Sept 4, '56.
About n southern Fremont Man.
Burlingame made speech at German
town, Pennsylvania, few days ago, in
which he told Of making the acquaintance Of
Georgian while travelling on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, liked him, got into his
confidence, and found out in o short time
that he was q Fremont man. We quote the
rest Of the story from the Philadelphia Bull
iefin:
lie had been up to refresh himself by
hearing the speeches made 1t the Republican
meetings ut the North. He had seen and ad-
mired the rich fruits OF our freedom spread
all over our hills and our valleys. Notwith-
standing he was Fremont man he said he
dared not avow his preference in Georgia,
although he was o man in good standing
there. He is an eminent lawyer, and q man
| Of largo property, and has lived there oil his
| life. He declarcd/he would not have it
known for the world, that he had such
conversation with Northern man, and es-
pecially with me. [Laughter.l He said
he would not have me disclose his name,
and will not do it. He became interested
and went on with me to the great meeting
at Dayton, where the whole population
poured out, at the great gathering for free
dom.
The order Of that mighty enthusiasm came
over him, and he went with me to Hamilton !;
he went to the immense gathering at Cincin-
natl, and he would have followed to this
place il had not intimated to him that there
would be danger in it--danger to him when
, he went home. found him one Of the no.
blest men ever saw. He said hope and
pray you will elect Fremont. lfyou do, you
will emancipate thousands Of white men who
ought to be free.
: Mr.. Burlingame then stated that he had
r seen an account that Gov. Wise, Of Virgin.
, ia, had intimated that if anybody there
should try to be Fremont elector, it would
be considered ny him an indictabe offence
Laughter This man from Georgia.. oil
\ whom | have just spoken, marveled how We
. ut the North, who are free to speak as WI
: please-free to vote Us we please-could con.
tinue voting to keep the yoke upon the whites
. Of the South, and upon ourselves. He wa,
$ surprised. lie thought we ought 10 go, a.
one man, for frecdom-when we had q
chance--when all that was required Of u,
/, was simply to 60 and deposit in the balo
! box vote, with no one to deter US by threats
Of violence.
lie said that the condition Of the white la
borer in the South is worse than that Of tn,
negro, who actually looks upon him witt
r scorn because be has no master. The poo
8 man, this Georgian added, has master, an,
A it is the same master who lashes the slave Il
the cotton field The fight is not so much
for the slave as it is for the white man Of
the South, who is to DO made free.
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A BucnASAN PAPER AssAILING GRS. JACK
soS.--The Louisville Courier is o strong sup
i porter of Buchanan. 1t was formerly
= Wing paper, but is now enlisted with tn
i Democracy. In Mondays issue, in an arti
!, Gle on the ''Bargain and Intrigue" affair, tn
Courier thus assails Gen. Jackson on accoun
of the letter he wrote Maj. Lewis, which "
: published last week:
: A private letter written by Jackson in 1916
. just before his death, meanly villifying Buch
anan, charging him with cowardice an,
fasehood, IL shamclessly dragged forth t
: degrade Buchanan. The infamy Of the af
h fair rests upon Jackson for writing this let
I ter, and next upon those who have brough
it to light for political effect now, for th
first time. They who ''heap opprobriun
J, mountain high upon the grave Of Jackson,
q are they who have dishonored him and do
!. graded themselves by publishing the unfor
!. tunate private letter OF the insanely vindict
> i've old tyrant, who, in this very letter, proves
that to the last, no touch Of justice or mag
nanmity towards an opponent or rival eve
: entered his breast, and that his only use 10
: friends, was to make tools Of them. |
y Buchanan had, in 1927, instead Of faithfully
: giving truthful testimony, as he did, corrob
GRATED Jackson's charges against Clay, Jack
: son never would have written his infamou
u secret letters of ls45! We believ
n that History convicts Jackson OF slanderin
n Clay, aud then convicts him Of slanderin
Buchanan because he would not perjure him
: Clay
i II any Democrats should be displcased q
q our opinion Of jackson; il they think "
should admit the truth Of q cowardly, secre,
and slanderous letter, which assails the trut
and moral courage Of Buchanan only becAus
. ii purports to have been written by Jackson
. oil we have to say is, that they have nista
. ken our character for Independence, an
love Of truth, and justice, and their mistak
can make not the slightest change in on
! convictions and conduct. But We don't be
Q lieve there is candid Democrat in Americs
who does not entertain precisely our ow
opinion Of Jackson's secret letter Islander
ing Buchanan, which only disgraced tn
writer.
Enthusiastic Democrats who make grea
ado over Wing accessions to Buchanan, will
= please SNAKE note ont"
TniScs IN OLpES TIxE.--An article in til
Edinburgh Reristc, protesting to draw it
e facts from Fel's History Of Salem, give
} the following ludicrous description OF tn
| way things used to DO done among tn
Puritans:
4'The boys we're ranged on the stairs Of tn
: meeting house, and q man Was appointed &
: keep people from sleeping by means OF
short, chubbed stick, having on one end