The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-11-19
Joseph Holt nm tho war.

New York before the election. Judge
Holt is Southern man, a Democrat and
an unquestioned patriot, and his senti.
ments and opinions are entitled to weight
with all who love their country.
There will doubtless be present with
you on the occasion referred to, those ca.
rable by their eloquence of effecting all
the good that popular addresses can now
accomplish. | must be frank, how ever
and say that to Inc it seeas that bat ia
at this moment needed is not words, how.
ever glowing, but heroic deeds. The
tongue OF ali archangel could scarcely
comfort and animate the popular spirit
in the presence of the inaction of our ar
mics. After an unparalleled expendi-
ture Of treasure, and the marshalllng Of
such armies as the world has never seen,
and after sacrifices which are clothing
the land in mourning. at the expiration
of eighteen months from the commence
ment Of the rebellion we find it more de-
liant and determined, and more success
full in its invasions and spolations, than
at any moment since the struggle began.
This is from no lack OF devotion on the
part of the people, who have poured out
their blood and treasure like water, nor
yet from any lack of courage on the par,
of our brave volunteers. Our soldiers
have been everywhere painting for sight
of the enemy, while the great heart of
the country, in its solemn and earnest
solic'tudes, is like the ground swell of The
ocean. pressing on our forces to the bat
tie field. A saddened belief is rapidly
spreading that. unless the present state
of things is rapidly changed, our cause
viii be lost. An immediate, bold and
aggressive movement upon the enemy
following up every blow that is struck
and gathering the fruits of every victory
gained lis what is required for our de-
livsriee. To the accomplishment of this
sinsc object the thoughts, the efforts
and the prayers Of the whole country
should be directed. II those who are in
the front will not 60 forward, the public
safety will demand that they be assigned
positions in the rear. VIVA. are the sen
sibililies, what the reputation, or what
the cherished schemes of any general in
the field, as compared with the life Of
such government and country as ours
Ii, with the cloudless skies, and bracing
airs and fne roads Of the autumn, our vast
and completely appointed army cannot
do It's york, when will it be able to do
SO Il Lee, jackson and Longstreet
can move viii prom ptitude and dashing
celebrity, in the cause Of treason and bar
barrie vandalism, why cannot our chief
tains move as promptly and as fast in the
cause of honor and loyalty ? How much
longer will the nation endure that all its
sacrifices be fruiiless /? Its conviction
tbatit possesses, twice told, the power to
subdue this rebellion is not more COM
plete than, in my judgment, will be its
determination that neither the follics nor
the crimes of men shall render that pow
er unavailing.
1t is this torpor of our armies-this
hope deferred for the hundredth time
which has unfurled that party banner
whose shadow is now resting on SO many
Of the loyal States. 1t is not disloyalty
which has prompted the deplorable move.
ment, but WEAKNESS and discourage.
ment consequent upon the losses, humlli
alton and delays we have suffered yet
it is the most alarming sign of the times,
and can only be arrested by decided mil
itary successes. 1t is the law of the very
existence of such political organization,
to seek strength by assaults upon the al
ministration IN whose hands, for veal OF
woe, is the direction Of those movements
upon which necessarily depend the pres
ervation Of the Union. These assaults
will grow in vigor and bitterness " they
progress, and while thus indirectly afford
ing said and comfort" 70 the rebellion
will make continual, albeit unconsciou.
approaches towards an open affiliation viii
IT. Let those who are called upon +
{ vote the party ticket in the midst of tn
tragic events now upon us, ponder well
before doing 50, the disastrous consequen
ces Of sucha pohcy--a policy from who's
baleful tendencies no purity Of motiy
can possibly detract. Let them hesitat
long before they SOW the seeds of disser
sions, whose bitter fruits may be upon tn
lips of their ch,ldren's children. L.
, them not forget that BY thus presentin
, a divided front, they degrade our caus
, before the world, they paralyze our ow
strength, and add immeasurably to tn
hopes, the confidence and the power q
the enemy. Already the Confederat
t press is pointing the deluded people of th
South to these rising distractions anon
/ ourselves, in tone not merely of hope
fulness but Of exultation.
If any man, as motive for such
: course, suppose that he has ground Q
complaint against the President, let hir
! take heed that his ill-directed hostilit
: does not put in jeopardy the Republic il