The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-02-19

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the Whole power Of the country shcdld Be
put forth 70 subdue it, But now yon cry
i4Lct them 60 let them 90! Let this
war stop Let US have . compromise |!
We are tired OF this war;" But stop my
friend, this will not do. When this var
began, whom m assault was made upon
the flag of this Union, every patriots
heart Was touched. Every loyal man
throughout the nation was struck when
Fert Sumter was struck. Every loyal
Democrat felt that the honor Of this ma
ton had been outraged, and that ven
geance should fall upon those who were
engaged in the traitorous wsrk
NO PARTY WAR.
But why this change? Why do we
hear of men going oil about the country
holding peace meetings, and declaring
that We must have peaosS Twill tell you
why. Il is party, party, party. These
men cannot rise above the considerations
of party. They do not seem able to throw
of the shackles of party. They put par
ty above principle, above loyalty 70
their country, and some Of these men talk
about the administration and those Who
sustain the administration. They say,
"You may call it Union party but it
Is nothing after all except the old black
republican party" and they say this is
nothing but party war2 Every man in
Congress voted for this war, but Eve, and
four of those FIVE are now in the rebel ar
my. Two-thirds Of your Generals are
Democrats. Supposing ] would ask you
who are managing this war !? Why, Abra-
ham Lincoln. And who next to him ?
Why Frederick NJ. Stanton, Secretary Of
War. And who next to him! Why
Gen. Halleck. Now here are three men;
and il either Of these three men is trait.
or, our institutions may bepost. Aud yet
two out Of these three are Douglas Dem.
ocrats, dyed in the wool. Aud yet you
are mean enough to 60 through the coun.
try and say it is nothing but . party war
That's SO! Hit then. again!] tell you
my friends, it won't do to call this par
ty war.
ARBITRARY POWER.
| Your President says he wants to saw,
the country, and you are mean enough t,
, 20 round and say it is party war! Well
want to ask you question. Suppos
, ing JEFF Davis was to come here, and stan,
; where I stand to address you, and sup
posing some honest farmer should ask him
"Mr. Davis. how have you raised you
!, army? how have you kept up this rebel
lion ?" You would ask him these ques
!, tons for those men are our brethren
they speak the same language; they ar
. the same people. Our railroads strctcl
away down through their States. w,
.. are intermarried. There are not twenty
men 10 all this crowd who have not rela
tives in the South, and the first question
you would ask him would be, "How did
you get up that armyy and by what mean.
do you keep up the rebellion?" W-ha'
would he say? Well, / will tell you one
thing he would say, II suffer no man ia
publish paper 10 the South against my
views" Immense cheering, and crys o.
that's 60.
| Tell me, you Democrats, did You evel
read of man running for Congress in the
South against the views of the JEFF Davis
Government? Cries Of Mol no.1
i And yet you have got men who will &c
round the country, and talk about viola
ting The Constitution, and arrssting bad
msn! lCheers, and cries of, Let thcm
have i'll
i have not yet heard Of single mar
who lived in the South, and dared to tall
in favor of the old flag. His property
would be con6scated, his family driver
out, and himself dragged TO q Southern
prison. or hanged by the mob. TCries of
. that true!
Il Now would not be very nice abou
the Constitution, if man was about I,
:, murder me. TO burn my property, to in
jure my family: and now my country il
in danger, ! should not feel very mic.
about the Constitution in dealing with
those who are in rebellion against my
Government, or giving aid and comfort
to it, enemies. Prolonged cheers.
aABxAs CORPUS.
But you NIX 'swhat do you wxnt to sus
pend the writ Of habeas corpus fory'--
Well, will ten you. Thirty years ago
when Old Hickory was our President, b.
said: ~ have right to determine VI hal
10 Constitutional. I have right to man.
!, age the army and the navy, and direc,
the government of the country u IN.
!, derstand the Constitution and the lavs. ,
and that was good enough Democracy fol
!. me. But We have a modern Dsmocrac,
!, that says the President has no such right
That says he must not suspend the wri
!. Of habsas corpns. Jackson said 81 vii
carry out the Government a. under
! stand it," and hs did do it, and agreed
! 70 it thirty years ago and / agree to It TO
. day. The power to suspend the writ o
I hsbeas corpus is in the Constitution an,
4 if 1t is to be exercised at oil, it is in tim,
of war.
al 1t is very likely that there may hav,
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