The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-06-18
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Col. A. W. Dopiphsn was elected ~
the Legislature Of Missouri delegate TO
the "Peace Conference which was called
By the Bta1e Of Virginia in the winter OF
1861, aad he attended ~ \ member OF
that body. On his return to. Missouri he
was invited by the State Gonvention, then
sitting In st, Loois, to address them Ia
reference to the action of the Pssce Con-
ference. In his speech to the Convention
Col. D. is reported as having said
III went there entertaining an opinien
that presume ia in sccordancs With the
opinions Of large m sjb1ty OF this Conf
vAntion, namely, that the disintegfation /
or rather the revolution j. psoGreas il Mis-
governnent sov,A Wa asassd byi4ase single
clement Of ssrifs-thatl-~ Ne ahaxs aozotkcr
cause for As di0iculties Ihqt. ror aoitate
and diStsr6 he country care tie question
Of asSrp slacssv-thAt, our inatiopg A.p
nGret more pros pek1as imam tho eFsal
elements that constitute free and happy
Peo4ls than now that our 6cnmssCs 1as
extending and us pr, sperons 10 Il has eyer
been that our ssIls Nhiiensd every sea-
and our nag Hoated under every sky; that
we were respected At home and abroad,
aea iayelMed in mo eop aictvitA any Tor
eign nation; that while We were standing
In pfAUfGi retations to oil the rest of the
world, wh.le We were in the most prosper
Gus condition TINT milton could enjoy,
white We were blessed with abundance q,
home = there
WAS ,sothihg 10 inserrxx Ais prosperity
With tic exceptions 81 tbs SOLITARY questions
dyitattag Us at home--thc question Of ne
gv stGreyH. TT
Tbs testimoay Of Colonel Dcniphan il
p0relyssPssasess, n prove a i,es appa-
rent g ~ men, but. Ne choose to cite his
staeSasst II anstsr % NV &stsnp,ed de-
niaaaofsash mea = lido Birch. COL
Doniphasis not our FlsasAs; hexn called
In the interest of the advocates of slave
~, AID. therefore. We hsvs Alright to the
kpe9t cf .his ststenmts. I'd N1Atfns-1
ther. He said ::
.'lt,rsssr~Ay recurss 10 every rejecting
mind that. in order to restore harmony
and union, that question nlass BE- removed
from the arena Of pollics--thAt there can
be no restoration Of harmony, peace and
quiet, unless thas question 10 reuoysd.--
That question has interpoeed betvSeA ne
North and South. and created tiiyistesrnn.
and you may plaster it together as YOU
ANYTHING sass III ahs 1oila, ha yo.i ona
net Lrlny Il together umsi1 this qnest;o.i IN
removed" |Tf n
50 far - this Question exists in Mis-
souri,, those who desire the restoration of
ordsrJsquiet sId peace; have offered pro.
positions the most moderate, Just and
reasonable, by which every obstacle to
reconciliation would have been at once
removed. They have been coatsmp&u- ]
ously denied 4. hearing. With the. persons
who advocate slavery in psrpetuity. it is
idle to propose dms, coapeaskion, or
terms of any sort. Il it unreasonable to
infer that they wish to perpetuate this
externally irritating 4nestion7 Or to say
that demagogaes thrive upon every ex-
citing topic, and nurse it for their own
benefit ,As buntcrs do an old she wolf, for
bounty on the soalps of her young? That
harmony, tranquility, peace. are precisely
what they do sor desire IL Missouri
Democrat. III lB3 4 II
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