The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-01-09

Ftbp1ost 0fihe Government, and lay aside
al to says his country, then, irrespective
ofold party associations and affiliations
Evil taks him by the hand ~ brother,
and bury forever in the tomb Of human
fcvgsttalrese all memory of f6rmer wrong.
The accumulated horrors Of this war
have led the minds of the people to think
OF peace, End every true patriot and phil
ERHthrcphist ardently desires peace. But
II has It's difficulties. IL is not desirable
without it can be honorable, solid and en-
during. There is no probable com promise
which can secure il. The rebels will SUBJ
NIT 10 no compromise short Of ,dissolu-
ton ofthe Union. and the establishment
of Southern Confederacy. On the
other hand, the people or the loyal States
will submit to no adjustment short Of the
submission of the rebels to the rightful
authority of the Government, and the un.
conditional union Of the States. The
reLels demand the right to go off with
three-fourths Of our broad territory; the
people Of the loyal States will never yield
a single acre.
To those who, in view Of the calami;ies
OF the war, may suppose HAT any divi-
sion OF our territory can secure peace, let
me put the interroeatories Where would
be the boundary line and once establish
ed, what guarantee is there for confirm
ance Of peace A division of this coun-
try into several different naiionalities
means nothing more or less than perpet-
ual and destructive war an nnccasing
conflict for supremacy; never ending
struggle for the empire OF the continent.
at q cost OF millions of teasure and OPP
presslye taxes upon the people To keep
up separate governments and maintain
standing armies. Such is now the con
| dition of the differen nationalities of Eu.
| rope, whose immense exactions have in the
| last twenty years driven millions Of her
poor to seek our shores Is an asylum. To-
stead of peace, it would be as If this ma
| ton were to make its last will aud tesla
ment, and beneath iutercine and bloody
war as legacy-an inheritance for the
dwellers 10 the land for all time to come.
| War, then, might be expected To become
the occupation of the people Tie ques-
tions OF the navigation Of our rivers, of
boundaries, tariffs, commercial regulations,
escape and the capture Of slaves, pride
and JealonsIes embittered by the remem-
beralcc Of former feuds, and numerous
other causes, would engender and keep
up bloody and perpetual wars, units at
last all that was worth living for, all Tia t
was lovely in the land. would be blotted
out and but few evidences left of the
greatness and glory of once happy and
united people.
] can think Of no peace worth having,
short Of crushing out the rebellion and
the complete restoration OF the authority
OF the Government The only way to
honorable aud permanent peace is through
war--de.o ailng, DISCRIMINATING war. We
must move On the enemys works W
must move forward with tremendous
energy, with accumulated thou sands OF
men and the most terrible enginery of
war. This will be the shortest road to
peace and be accompanied with the least
cost of life and treasure in the end.
If our brave boys shall fall in the field,
We must bury the dead. take care of and
bring home ME sick and wounded, and
send fresh battalions to fill up the broken
ranks and to deal out death, destruction
and desolaton to the rebels. We might
talk OF compromise, if il affected Us alone,
but it would affect our children aud our
children children, in oil the years Of the
future. The interests to be affected are
far reaching and universal humanity and
lasting as the generations of mankind |
have never had my faith in the perpetual
union Of these States to falter. believe
this Internal rebellion can be, ought to be
and will be subdued. The land may be
left bowling waste, desolated by the
bloody footsteps of war from Delaware
Bay to the Gulf, but our territory shall
remain unmutilated--the country shall be
one, and it shall be free in all its broad
boundaries, from Maine to the Gulf, and
from ocean to ocean.
In any event, may we be able to act a
worthy part in the trying scenes through
which We are passing; and should the
star Of our destiny sink to rise no more,
may We feel for ourselves and may history
preserve our record clear before heaven
and earth, and hand down the testimony
to our children that we have done all, per-
lied and endured all, to perpetuate the
priceless heritage of Liberty and Union
unimpaired to our posterity.
RICHARD YATES.
SPRINGFIELD, Jan. s, 1868.