The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-07-31
THE mAHONY LEADERS.

THE mAHONY LEADERS.
Ali loyal men Of all parties in Iowa de
nounced the leaders Of the Mshony part,
last year as sympathizsrs and traitors t.
the Government. There is no evidences
that the majority Of those leaders have
changed their sentiments; on the contrary
there 10 abundant evidence that their
proclivities, their sympathies and their
efforts incline them to the same course
this year that they pursued last.
The confessed treason Of Geo. w. Jones
has shocked the country in the meantime,
and forced those leaders to adopt more
cautious policy, but has wrought no
change in their SPIRIT or their purpose.
Mahony was leading spirit At their
State Convention; was, with others noto-
riously and boldly Of like stripe, on the
committee to construct the platform, and
manipulated it to suit them, 10 that there
was entire unanimity in the COMMITTEES
and in the convention, in favor of that
platform.
Now, we have before us the Dubuque
Herald Of the 18th, and we call the at.
tention of loyal men to its sentiments. re-
msmbering that they are the sentiments
Of one of the trainers of the platform at
Des Moines, which was unanimously en-
dorsed and approved.
The people want peace. They would
say 80 if they dared to, individually and
collectively. But they sec plainly that
the weight Of official power falls on that
unlucky wight who endeavors to be out
spoken and frank--and they withhold.
wisely or unwisely, the thoughts which
they most desire to utter.
Ii the Government is deceived II is
alone at fault. 1t has erected Bastiles
and filed them. 1t has created military
power and given it license. 1t has en-
couraged mob spirit which is allowed
full exercise. Is it any wonder, then,
that men dare not give tongue to thoughts
which have proved fatal heretofore to
their possessors? Go where we will the
people ask when will this war stop The
administration, by its acts, says, not un-
til the last man in rebellion against US is
put down.
The several portions of the Union are
being held apart. 1t is the worst OF all
possible policies. Let them become uni
ted and the flesh will knit. Mr.. Lincoln
declares this to be the peoples war, and
himself to be simply their agent. If i,
be true we are content. But he is de.
luded, We are sure, by the rascally go be.
tweens.
I he people want to see the war stopped
They would say SO if they dared, but
they lack concert. lack organization and
fear imprisonment. Let Mr.. Lincoln re-
move his restrictions, and We will rive
him some Of the pervading sentiment. II
he were wise he could read it for himself
The Government says the rebellion
must be put down by force, bu. Mshon,
says the people want peace now, and d.
not want to war any more to sustain tn.
authority of the Government. He con.
fesses that he dare not say more, that he
would like to and would, but for the fen,
that the Government viii lay its hand or
his press, as treason propagsting CON
Germ.
But what he dare not say he publishe
over the signature Of th.t arch traitor L
Grand Byington, who is as much NOR
dangerous traitor than Jones, as it is 90.
sible to conceive. We give an extras
from Byington's tseaannable communic.
ton in the Dubuque Herald, that on
readers may have some idea Of the spiri
that pervades the opponents Of the AID
ministration in Iowa. After fierce de
nunciation OF the ADMINISTRATION Of M,
Lincoln. from the start, and after arrnyin,
all the loss Of life and property, and mag
nifying the distressss Of the country, b
the most intense power Of his rhetoric
the sanity Ii Grand Eliminates the 10
lowing braadside against the p.esiden,