The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-09-03

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Memphis on the 18th, TO rejoice over the Vic
tory achieved BY them u the recent election
in that State:
ST.. Louis, Aug. 90, 1859.
Hon. Jere. Clemens and Others. Commit
tee of Invitation, Memphis, Tennsssee
Srss-I feel myself especially honoSed Ia re-
ceiving your kind invitation to attend sl
grand jubilee of the Opposition party, 70 be
held 1t Memphis, on the 25th inst, in cele-
bration of your recent victory in Tennessee.
1t is with sorrow that am constrained to
deny myself the pleasure Of joining you in
selebrstion Of an event 90 honorable % the
gallant mon OF Tennessee, and 20 promising
of good TO the oountry. Sickness and recent
isath in my family have 90 disarranged my
plass for the GUNNER vacation, 90 to force
me TO this self denial. @4
Is pleases me very much, gentlemen, 10 End
that you designate The baud Of patriots who
have lately done the good work In Tennessee.
40 ssThe Opposition Party" The name i'm
plies that the party 10 made OF the rood men
Of other parties Democrats, Whigs, Ameri-
sans, Republicans-ali Who can no longer
brook the wild extravagance and wanton dis
regard Of principle 10 90 Administration and
: party, which, emboldened By former un-
msrited success, vainly imagine that they
"oan afford to disregard the censures Of the
world" and.to .despiss the Judgment OF his
tory.
The party in Office Il will not Say in power)
10, Of itself, . weak and helpless ninority.-
IL has no chance OF renewed success but the
hope I trust vain and fsllacious hope) that
W will be 20 I'm wise and unpatriosic az to
wasse our strength in petty chickering's about
old party names and subordinate questions
Of policy and convenience, and to split up
our forces into platoons and sections, as II
for the very purpose Of enabling our inferior
enemy to beat us all, in detail. Ii We be so
unwise ~ that--if We allow the adversary to
form the plan Of our campaign, to narshal
our troops, to tell US when to march, and
where to camp, and how TO fight, of course
We will get what We earn and deserve-de-
feat. And BY mere folly, We will add to the
humiliation of defeat, the sting Of shame, in
the consciousness that We had in our hands
the means Of victory and the assurance Of the
peace and prosperity of the nation, but wan
tonly threw them away. However it may be
elsewhere, am sore it will not be so ia Ten
nessee. Her gallant sons are always ready,
when brave and generous deeds are needful.
Her younger patriots, high-spirited and bold
to each other, will march, in cordial union,
on to victory, their warm zeal guided, and,
II need be, restrained and tempered, by the
cool wisdom and prudence of the veteran
Bell. s.
Your recent victory, and similar successes
10 other Southern and Western States, en-
holden me to hope for the like good results
ell over the Union. The spirit OF conserve
tive patriotism is aroused, throughout the
nation, by the dangerous misgovernment and
bold innovations Of the past few years and,
10 view Of the great national interests now in
peril, better feeling feeling of harmony
and mutual confidence, of kind forbearance
on minor points, Of generous concession 10
favor Of peace and unity-is visibly increas-
ing in oil the elements Of the Opposition
Those who foster and advance that good feel
ing, and ripen 1t into cordial union, will be
great public benefsctors. Such union alone
will constitute the victory, without the neces-
sity for another blow; for the Democracy,
az now enervated and demoralixed, will be
no match for the united Opposition.
And such : victory! A victory in which
sll--even the vanquished- will have cause to
rejoice, because il will restore peace and har-
mony to the excited sections, law and order
to the disturbed territories, moderation and
Justice to the government, and prosperity
and honor to the nation Such, at least, 10
the earnest hope of your obliged friend and
fellow-oitizen, Ed. BATHS.
The Buchanan Home organ ON
DougiAs.
The PennsylVanian, which 10 the Buchan-
an and Bigler organ at Philadelphia, is down
on Douglas in rabid strain OF denunciation
10 view Of bis recent contribution to "Har-
per-" 1t says.
"With the exception Of the foolish and
ridiculous Bolts with his sAshiandars' Club
| OF seven members, and Bell, Of Tennessee,
who can't die decsn.ly AZ septuagenarian
politician, there 10 not in the whole land q
more busy, fussy, intriguing, anxious seeker
after the Presidential Office than Judge Doug
las. His game il disgusting one, and the
country Is becoming tired OF the pertinacious
| and shameless solicitations Of himself and
the class OF his meroenary men who follow
his fortunes like Swiss guard fer pay, pres
ent and prospective. II cannot be but that
the people will turn their backs Indignantly,
and With sense OF losthing, on the entire
pack. ln despite Of MI their wire working
and ingenious machinery, their exposure can
1oAUo PtoVcusSAs uu0 tuolI IoJluE0 IL 0oFt8iO.
The National Democratic sentiment Of 1860
will unite IN comforting the Presidential nomi-
nation upon some modest, able and deserving
Democrat and true Patriot, in whom the De-
mocracy OF the entire country can have con-
fdence, and whose election will be death
blow to al political dams not NARRATED by
the Constitution and dangerous TO the perpe-
tuity of the Cnion."
state Taxes.
Rate under Democratic rule I.l6-under
Republican rule l mills on the dollar.
Statement OF the rate OF per cenxim OF
State tai levied in each year since the or
ganization Of the State Of Iowa.
l847 2 mills on the dollar
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