The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-11-02

Oe0er, anu Wont " WIN ~PS rrysf.
ism. We did not give our support to luz
lie. for We knew hat his friends did nea
want that, but wsexposed the couardice
q Stone and his meanness, the haseness
OF the Abolition party, and allowed orr
party ffteuds, North and South, to make
all the capital they could by saying that
the Herald did not support Tuttle. be-
cause he was not an extremist. But here
in Dubuque We managed our affairs in our
own way nominated fadical men Of
known character, and went to work Wig
orously. Not in one single paragraph did
We interfere with an outside county, but
carried on straight forward fight against
the common enemy. The battle became
interesting. Gen. Tuttle put out letter
SO nearly Administration in sentiment a.
to lead US all to believe it forgery, and
some of his own friends to brand it as
such but when it was found to be au-
thentic, they gulped it down with q plac-
id countenance. and before the close. had
grown so enamored of it as to cut it up
into watchwords for universal currency
and admiration
The election has come at last, and with
it pricking of the bubble. Hopes fiat
tering tale was proven the sorriest OF oil
falsehoods, and the Democratic party of
Iowa, once but step from the portals Of
power, lay PROSTATE under the feet of the
conquerors.
Lee county, for which futile was to
carve out ] 500 majority, has escaped
with but 100. Des Mones county. ours
last year by small figure, is the property
of the enemy by hundreds. Davis. which
at one time aspired to lead Dubuque, is
driven in the tens, while Van Buren, and
|; Polk, and Jasper aud Warren counties,
which had advanced step by step in the
right path, are recorded against US over
whelmingly.
Only those counties hold their hands
erect which opposed to the last the
schemes of Johnston, Gillaspy and CON-
pany.
Dubuque sends 1925. and Alamakee
500, and jackson 100, while Wapello and
Marion, with majorities not one-third
that of Lee, stands firm, or at the worst
recede but step.
The game of '6l is tried on with inf
nitely worse success, and the Democratic
party which would not have avoided de.
feat, is disintegrated and demoralized be-
yond precedent We have stopped, but
have not conquered. We have been
,, guilty of acting falsshood and that era.
tuitously.
Now, gentlemen trmmers of the Dem
, ocratic party, let us have one word with
you. There is but one radical distinc
ton between Democracy and Republican
, ism at the present day. The one i. op.
! posed, with Douglas, TO war whose only
end is ''disunion. eternal and irrevoca
bic = while the other is for il to the de-
struc;ion of slavery or country. If w
go to find war party, we must search
for the Republican organization, for thit
is better war party than ours. We are
antl-war or We are nothing. We cannot
!. support all the measures they support anc
endeavor to divide votes with them or
technicalities. War leads in its train ar
: son and murder aud pillage and brutality
: Juucts; II we sustain 1t, we cannot cui
. the limb between ourselves and tie
:. trunk.
1t is calamitous policy to oppose q
just war, but that term does no. apply to
honest opposition to an unjust war. We
may pick our paths, but one is support ;
the other, opposition We may be met
by being pointed to Ohio. Very WE'LL
Ohio was never Democratic State. We
happened to carry it last year, but it has
been consistently against US for ten years.
And no sane man will hazard the asser-
ton that another man than VaIlandig
} lam would have got more votes than ne.
The true issue was made in Connecti-
cut. The gallant Seymour, on a popular
vote, was successful, but the administra-
toms money and soldiers beat him at
the last hour. Honestly, he is Governor
to-day, but technically he is 1900 in a
minority.
We cannot fight the Republican party
with its money aud the Administration
with its armies. Give us fair poll and
open field and We will show YOU that party
which grappes boldly with the issue is
In nine cases out of ten sure of success.
when it's faint-hearted coadjutors contin.
uously miss the prize.
But, whether successful or not. We are
honest. we are manly. We profess to be
honest in this matter whether to our Diet.
rlment or not, and we plainly inform the
trlmmers of the ship that when they next
attempt to creep up the rivuIe.s aud
around the headlands of popular favor.
they must disembark one portion of their
crew. We are going to fight fair fight
from this on. Ii we GO down it shall be
with our coors at our masthead, SO that
our enemy may bear witness that we have
been bold, an open, an honest enemy,
and that too much discretion failed TO
turn US into towards.
1t the game of 81 and IS is attempted
in "a or '65, the tricksters had best buy
up our paper. for the pen of its editor
will not be held in their leash nor direct.
ed to their interest.
we DO not regret our action in the
past, for 1t has shown that we were will
ing, Tor policy to organize its forces and
win what victories it might. But let