The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-02-06

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sAaIl ssr ssfssts TISW Wish DlsSAi
We should Ike to address few words
70 the common ..horse" sense Of the pss.
pie Of Ksokuk. Most of you remember
the condition Of things in our midst two,
three and four years ago. You have not
SOrgottsn, and yos ought never 70 forget
how utterly pros trate were oil our bust
ness interests, how deserted and silent
our streets. how worthless our property,
how despairing, and finally, how utterly
hopeless We oil became.
= There was no businsss to do and our
population was rsduced 70 ope-haf the
number which We boastsd in prosperous
times. There was no employment for
any class Of men; there Was no sale for
any kind Of property. & ~
You have all marked wonderfulc change
since that distressing period The change
is manifest to your senses wherever you
g through the town. Population has
increased, business is fair, dwelling hous-
% are oil rented At fair rates, business
houses are being filed up, property il
quietly changing hands on cash terms.
there is ample employment and good va
tges, and people are generally living COM
iortably Notwithstanding the high prices
Of good, 10.
So hr ~ oil appearance goes. Keokuk
| is fairly entering upon hopeful and pros
porous era Is it not well that she shouldi
| Are We not all interested in helping for
ward this condition of things? So it
seems to us, and % it strikes the
'shorse sense" of this community. But
there are many here of q different type
of sense, who are braying Of bankruptcy
and ruin to the Government and the cosn-
TRY; who pronounce the currency Of
the country worthless; who declare the
Union irretrievably dismembered who
preach a crusade against New England
and counsel peace and union between the
traitor Confederscy and the North-west.
They denounce the Administration and
Government under which We live; they
proclaim j. tyranny regardless Of Con-
stitution and laws, and insist that our
streets shall flow with blood in resistance
to the State and National Governments.
Are such counsels aud such policies like
ly tocontinue and increase the prosperity Of
keokuk! Il it twise for the citizens of X eo-
kuk to follow such leaders, endorse such
viswnnd engage in such measures Of re-
distance to Government rs shall cause our
streets 70 fow with bloode Is this . time
to follow the lead Of reckless politicians who
have been members Of oil parties in turn
rs their hope Of Office, or their disappoint-
ment in office seeking has prompted, and
who are now 80 near the'end Of their rope
that the success Of the Administration
in restoring the Union would ssal their
political doom forever. sas
We trust that the christian and civil.
xed people of Keokuk have too high u
appreciation of peace and prosperity, and
ofthe accompanying social blessings. .secur
ity of life and property. public SCHOOLS
and Sabbath worship-as well u too pure
spirit Of patriotism, 70 follow blindly ths
lead Of persons whose ultimate aim, bold
. ly proclaimed, is to cause our streets e
fow with blood in resistance to the Gov
. ernment. The matter 1t least is worth ,
thought, from those who regard The vel
fare of community or sheblood Of thcst
, who are dear to them. which might pos
sihly low, in that full stream which is {.
gil our streets in : certain predicted ap
preaching contingency.
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