The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-25

tial strains resound from Maine to Cali
fbrnia. The whole land has become
camp End men rush to the field to rescue
their kindred and compatriots. {
Such Is the time; such are the circum-
stances. All patriots suspend ordinary
pursuits to lend helping hand in for
warding these recruits and forgetting all
else, with feeling painfully intensified,
they cry constantly one to another,
.. Waterman, What Of the night"
~ Wstchmsn, wha, Of the morning" The
President il calling for reinioroements
and nothing but the sound of the busy
preparation Of war is heard over the
| land.
Great God are there those in the land
grown rich and prosperous and happy
under the fostering care OF this bsnefcent
government--who will abandon her in
this her hour Of peril, or throw stumbling
blocks in the way by fault finding spccoh-
es or otherwise, to dissnade or hinder 9th
ers from rushing forward TO answer to the
call Of the government and rescue their
bleeding country and their sinking
| friends To their eternal shame be It
| spoken, there are such To be found who
have 80 done and are doing. Al ruch a
crisis, and under such circumstances the
Democracy % of the country met in con
yention. Aud what did ethe country ex-
pect? Why, that the 6rst resolution
would have been one of encouragement
to the President, thanking him for his un-
firing efforts to uphold tia government
against this invading army and oil its
foes. secret and open--as he has done
with one hand holding in check the arm.
ed enemies of the nation, and holding
back with his other baud, that determin-
ed, fanatical set, that would pervert the
powers of the government to its destruc-
ton. And the second resolution we ex-
pected, would have been one pledging our
lives. our fortunes, and sacred honors to
aid him in the last penny and the last
drop of blood, in his great untiring efforts
| to preserve the Government, the Consti-
tuition and the Union. Under God we
owe 1t to the President and the army, that
we have this day Government, and a
indebted for the preservation of both.
We should be wl.ln. to turn the whole
male population iii mass into the army, it
needed, and there die in the last ditch,
and leave to our wives, mothers and sis
ters the last sad rites of burial.
| But instead of these and similar reso-
buttons Of encouragement, and prefer of
support, what do we 6ndg Resolutions
that the constitution il the supreme law
Of the land that the excise is uDlus, in
some of Its features; that the people had
inhibited negroes from coming into the
State Of Illinois. and that law ought 10 be
enforced; that economy is advisable /: Off
GERS ought to be content with their salaries
and hand over to the treasury any excess
above the sum fixed by law, and taxes
ought to be collected in treasury notes.
What great crisis in public affairs demand
the Is, uhhng of the Democracy to de-
ci1re automatic truths at this day? If
this is all the help that can be rendered
TO the President, how long will jeff.
Davis and his tTaitofoas compeers leave
us constitution to be law property
taxed; or State for negroes to enter?
But the great and true Democracy arc
now and always have been a war party,
whenever the rights and liberties OF the
people were inyalyed or the territory Of
the country was invaded. 1t has always
stood by and indicated the honor and
flag Of the country.
confess with shame and modification
this day. that part of those who were
once Democrats and with us, have forgot
ten their principles, their duty and their
allegiance, and are this day traitors in
arms, doing all they can to destroy the
proud fabric they once helped to build
And IL is with deep regret that find an
other part indirectly giving them aid, rail-
ing against tho President and the Admin
istration for violating personal liberty in
the use of the means by which they are
struggling to subdue them to obedience
again; and exerting depressing influ-
ence upon those who would otherwise Nv
to arms.
General Jackson to repel mere inva-
der-suspendcd the writ Of habeds corpus,
and saved city from being sacked. A
grateful country deliberately sanctioned
his acts. and refunded his fine in response
to the eloquent appeals Of patriot
Douglas. Wien all is now imperiled BY
traitors in our midst-who disregard writs
OF Aatsas corpus, personal liberty. govern
ment, and property--shall we stand kig.
Cling over technicalities Of the constitu.
ton or the common law
To the true old war Democracy, ap.
peal. Those old fossilized party political
hacks, that are incapable OF rising above
mere party, may take their leave Of us
We have no use for these rotten caucuses
and conventions, used to suppress the free