The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-10-21

have been so frequent and so uniformly dis
regarded, that we have learned 70 besx them
with tolerable composurc. With ANY thing |
like decent excuse we nre not dispoeed TO |
complain. But such failures as we have
suffered lately there 10 no excuse for, and the
receipt Of one mail in four days, at this sea-
son Of the year especially, is an outrageous
imposition that ought to elicit the indig-
nation Of community. Our commercial
transactions, our business Of every kind, the
interest and importance OF news from abroad
to such community as this, ought to assure
us some degree Of energy and punctuality
in the receipt of the mails. But not the
least extra effort seems to be employed by
the department, or any of its ofhcisls, to
remedy an accident or guard against fail
ure of any kind, and If a mail fails one day,
and the next day, why, it may continue to 90
on so just as long as 1t chooses, for oil any
interest the department has in the matter.
A failure Of day or two, one would think,
ought to rouse up little energy, that is, u
the Post Office department is maintained Tor
any other purpose than to pension OF poiitl-
clans and to secure an army Of agents to
operate upon elections. 1t is nonsense to
tell us that such failures as we are now SUI
fering under are unavoidable. II is state OF
things that no man would tolerate In any or
binary business. We receive our mails via
Burlington. It's an insult to tell Us that
mails cannot be brought forty miles oftener
than once in four days, or that more than
one failure need occur in succession. There
is no excuse for this treatment OF the public,
and this disregard, this utter indifference to
its business and its interests, 10 ashnmeful
imposition; it deserves to be reprobated in
the severest terms and it should be RENE
died instantly.
CT"D. +. Brainard, lately Of Birming-
ham, Van Buren, county, is the candidate Of
the Republicans of the Council Bluffs sena-
torial district for the Constitutional Conven-
ton. The Council Bluffs Bugle sneers al
him as ga one-horse grocery keeper" If he
had stolen fortune from the public funds
or his blood was coursing the veins OF ,
drese Of "milk and molasaeso niggers, whom
he owned and set a higher price on becaus
they we're partially bleached out, or il h
were Missouri assassin, or one Of Gov
: Geary's footpads, or a gambling Buchanse
politician, instead Of being, az we know b
. is, quiet, honest, intelligent mechanic, tn
Bugle would think HIN gentleman and
patriot. But the Republican party have no
such an aristocratic contempt for :" greas
mechanics as the Black Democracy styl
that useful class Of citizens, as the pimp
and dirt eating followers Of the Negro Oh
garchy.
1 DAS. MlLLxR BuriSa UP BucHASHERs.-
The Fort Madison Piaindealsr published
''cock and bull" story about Dan. Mile
!. having received the snug little sum Of $500
!. 900 to buy up German voters, and the Tim
of this city snatches il up greedily and give
= il the advantage Of its own circulation. Th
journals Of the Black Democracy Away
!. seem to 90 upon the supposition that I'll
n Germans can be bought up like cattle, an
: we Gull their attention to this high comp
. ment upon their integrity aud political vii
\ tue.
But Dan. has received new political ar
pointment aud an additional amount Of cas-
from another quarter, as will be seen by tn
!. following announcement from the Fl. Mad
!, son argus Of Thursday last
1t is reported by the ssCourt House Clique
that ID. F. Miller has just received lett'
d from the Pope, authorizing him to obtain a
l. the Catholic votes in this State. In additio
i to this astounding intelligence, we learn thu
Mr.. ID. u. Miller has made arrangements
an expense of 100000, to import 5000
whites from South America into tho Sln'
> States, and carry them oil for Fremont.
d the event of Brooke army carrying on Il
National Treasury, Mr.. Miller will repla
the whole amount out OF his private fund
He seems to be . man Of considerable mean
d don't he
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