The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-01

more and more day by day over the az
gravated crimes of the Republican party
in maintaining the Union, and injuring
traitors in the vital point Of Slavery. The
Republican party, BY the fat of the loyal
people of the United States, constitution
ally declared at the ballot box, xrested
the Government from the hands Of the
traitor conspiracy who controlled the Ad-
ninistration Of Buchanan This was their
crime, ''the head and front Of their offcnse
hath This extent-no more." For, a.
the result OF that net of the Republican
party, Abraham Lincoln was elevated to
the Presidency, and placed in position
to control affairs and crush out the rebell-
ion, And in the process Of accomplish
ing that work, traitors and their sympa-
thizers have been driven from place and
power. Aud worse than oil, if that be
possible in the eyes of our contemporary,
Slavery and Shareholders have suffered to
some extent, aDd are threatened with
still severer treatment il they continue to
persist in their hostility to the Govern
ment.
This excites the wrath of our cotempo-
rary, and in his impotent rage he charges
the war upon the Republicans, who res
cued the Government from the hands Of
traitors and defeated their diabolical
schemes of treason, massacre, and revo-
luton. This war, thus inaugurated by
the Republicans, who had the temerity
to turn traitors ONT Of power and put 10y
al men III their place, must be brought to
q close our contemporary insists. And the
only way to do it, according to his pro-
gramme, is to have Peace Convention,
grant the traitors what they want, amend
the Constitution to render Slavery perpet-
ual and uncomfortable, grant entire i'm
punlty of life and property to the traitor
shareholders, unite the traitor Democracy
of the South and the Vallandigham De-
nocracy of the North, drive the Republi-
can Administration from power, and in
augurate an administration acceptable to
the rebels, and oil will be we'll. Such is
the prescription; sugar-cost the pill as he
may, it amounts neither to more nor less.
Such a compromise would continue the
present line of traitors in power in all the
secesh States of the South, and under
their manipulations would soon restore
the same class to power in the Border
Slave States. Of course all who had been
known as prominent and loyal Union men
in that section of country would soon be
crushed out, and the revived traitor OH
garchy Of restored Democracy would be
supreme throughout the South. While
their well-known sympathizing allies Of
the North, under the lead Of such Demo-
Gratis as Vallandigham, of Ohio, Bright, Of
Indiana, Mahony and Jones, Of Iowa,
and Stark, Of Oregon, would control the
politics and the policy Of the restored
Democracy in the North.
The country will remember that some
two or three years ago, that same De-
mocracy was in power in this country,
and held their seats at Washington. And
in such Democratic party Stephen A.
Douglas, with all his ability. was pro-
scribed and ostracized, having but doz-
en- hackers in the House of Representa-
tiyes. and only two or three in the Sen
ate. The country will remember, too
that subsequently, that Southern wing Of
the Democracy, backed by their sympa.
thizers Of the North, rejected the decision
of the majority Of the National Conven.
tion at Charleston, in favor of Douglas
for the Presidency, and that the aristo.
cratic minority Of the party repudiated
the decision Of the majority, seeded and
nominated the traitor Breckenridge. Up
on the election Of Lincoln the Southern
wing Of the Democracy precipitatcd the
South into armed rebellion.
And now the sympathi1ing Democracy
Of the North charge the rebellion to the
Republican party, insist that that party
shall be punished, and that the traitors
shall be restored to power with a. little
delay ~ possible Such is the Argument
OF Our contemporary now; and such was
the argument Of Jairus Neal last fall.
n0- In order to commend themselves
to their future allies and masters, accord.
ang~ 70 LIE peace programme of the re-