The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-10-24
A DEMOCRATIC REBELLION.

cratic.
The first outbreak of the leaders occur
red at Charleston. al the National Demo
cratic Convention, in he refusal to yield
to tho majority and make Democratic
President. And the scheme was con-
summated when the Vice President
Breckenridge was nominated at Balti.
more for President. The initiatory pre-.
partitions for the rebellion, thenceforward
progressed under the direction of Dem.
ocratie Cabinet and without interference
from Buchanan, till seven States, with all
the Forts, Arsenals, MINIS, Navy Yards,
&C., within their limits, were practically
in their possession.
The rebellion was that of the slaveocra-
cy, intending every southern United
States Senator, with such northern sym-
pathisers as Bright, Vallandigham, Ma.
honey q Co., against great northern
leader OF the Democracy, Stephen A.
Douglas. And the rebellion commenced
IN The Democratic party, was upon this
same slavery question. Douglas would
not consent to let the slave oligarchy, .
small minority, override the great major
ity OF the people and have everything
their own way, hence they hated him and
defeated him, and nominated Brecken-
ridge fos President. And then, having
crushed out Douglas, these haters of the
people and despiseis of the rule of the
majority, engaged in armed rebellion
against the Government, at the head of
which the people had placed Abraham
Lincoln.
And upon this issue of opposition to
Republican government, and absolute de-
votlon to the perpetuation Of slavery, they
have marshaled their armies and slain
thousands upon thousands of the loval
Douglas and Lincoln men Of the North.
And now the old northern sympathisers
Ct the North, Douglns having gone to his
grave, have got tie leadership of the par
~ once more, and the Vallandicham-
mers, Brlghts and Nahoneys arc seeking
union with their old friends, the traitor
oligarchy of the South, to be cemented by |
mutual devotion TO slavery and the en-
Tire subserviency of the masses of the peo-
pie to the dictation of the few, the oil
garchy Of southern Shareholders and few
score hundreds of their northern syco-
phantic doughface liokspittles.
Thus the sympathisers of the North
would forever destroy tie lie and vigor
of our republican Institutions and dishon-
or and degrade the North aud the gov
eminent Of the Union by dishonorable
peace with traitors in arms. They side
with the traitors to-day, they s,igmatise
the North. they denounce our Govern
ment and its measures. in the very terms
employed BY the traitors of the South
complain OF the same things that they do,
sympathise with them throughout, and
seek in every way to curry favor and gain
their good will
This, Vallandigham and Mahoney,
Woods. Bright and all the more promi-
nent Democratic leaders are doing, while
loyal Union Democrats and Republicans
are daily falling in deadly battles with the
hostile traitors Of the South.
These things are SO, and being so, they
merit the serious consideration of patri-
OTIS. and especially Of War Democrats. for
there is nothing more certain than that if
the Vallndigham Democracy ge. into
power they will abase the North to the
lowest depths Of degradation, accept the
Confederate Constitution and assume the
Confederate debt. besides making fnll
PREPARATION for all damage committed up-
on the traitors in the prosecution Of the |
war, even to remuneration for all slaves
ost by them.
That is the logical consequence. The
Vallandighammers say that the war
Is unjust on our part aud that it has been
conducted in an uncon stitutional manner.
and therefore they could not, with any
show OF reason, object to make them res.
titution and full amends. Moreover the
southern aristocracy will demand the &C.
ceplance OF the Confederate Constitution
aud the Vallandighan doughfaces vii
have to concede it or they viii have rem
ention Of the contempt with which their
southern brethren treated the northarn