The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-10-02
FER MEMBER OF BOARD OF EDUCATION,
HENRY X. EDISON,
FOR CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT.
ARTHUR BRIDGMAN,


Debnte between M k0u
and HOrnish.
We attended the discussion, the other
evening, tut with no intention of report
Ing the speeches, md therefore took no
notes. Since, however, the canvass
closes so suddenly and Unexpectedly, we
WILL from memory. give our readers an
abstract OF some of the points made by the
speakers, without any attempt at present.
Ing Their ideas in their own language, or
even IN the order of their enunciation.
MIR. Hornisb opened the discussion
with narrative exposition of The orieit al
formation of our Government, Which he
represented in Sub>tarco as a confederacv
OF The Independent Colonies of Great
Britain in North America. Having in his
way OF putting the thing, magnifed the
sovereign independence of the States OF
the Union in style scarcely compatible
with the supreme authority of the Gov
eminent Of the United States. Mr.. Horn
ish proceeded to the main subject of his
address and put forth his strength against
the Aboltionists, quoting garbed extracts
from score or two of old time Abolition
lists and radical Republicans, and ar,fuly
weaving the web Of his argument and his
denunclatons, to cover the Republican
masses, the Republican Congress and the
President. The ingenious speaker by the
force OF his logic, seems 10 have convinced
his own mind. not only THAT all thu Re.
pubicans are Abeitionisls in The worst
sense OF that term, but that they all dis
regard the Constitution, oppose the I'm
ion and are, 10 fine, traitors to the conn
try Such was the purport of the conclu.
sions he announced, and such was the
burden OF the bitter denunciations he
hurled against the party now in power
and upon whose chosen leaders deyolves
the responsibility of conducting the Gov
eminent during the terrible crisis Of this
gigantic rebellion
MIR. Hornsh having fully developed
the manifold wickedness of the Abolition
lists and proclaimed that all the Republi-
cans, with the exception of Browning.
Cowan, DC, were Of the Abolition stripe,
finally selected Mr. Wilson, his compel IT,
tor as the embodiment and represents
tive OF the guilty class. The measures
Oh congress. supported by Mr.. Wilson;
ne asserted had been ruinous to the coun-
try. The confiscation bin and kindred j..
itating and unc institutional measures of
the last session had divided the North
and increased the Rebel army from two
hundred and City thousand to eight hun.
dred thousand men. Congress, he said.
had spent the session in connecting Abo-
iition schemes instead of sending forward
troops to aid Mcclellan in defeating the
Rebel army at Richmond.
The speech was, throughout, TRADE
OF abuse Of the Republican Administra-
ton, Congress and people as Abolition
lists, and labored denunciation Of tho
war measures resorted toby Congress and
the Administration as violations of the
Constitution and destructive of our free
institutions
At the close of his speech and the ex.
piration of his allotted hour, Mr.. Horn
ish retired much exhausted.
MR.. WILSON'S REPLY.
Mr.. W iison was greeted with much en-
thusiasm when he took the stand md
spoke with great ease and force through.
out
He said you have listened to Mr.. Hor..
nish Tor an hour, and now can any of You
tell me what he is in favor Of He il
against everything that has been done
That you know, but did he tell you what