The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-08-13

hnu iuuuSutiai DcWoSiss S-T.gaS .. -
nois. aud now a patriotic and gsllAat
leader Il our armies, has been talking 70
: Il. o,d constituents down in Egypt We
male some brief extracts of his arguments
n b;s old Democratic friends
\ rHs NJ ror Aid, LIHooLE's. sOvERsMRGT.
| This is not all Lincoln's Government !;
it is part mine, and have an interest
outside Of the acts OF any man. don't
care what the President does, 90 il ac-
complishes the object of pntting down the
\ rebellion, and restoring the peace and
prosperity Of the country. If. he sends
elephants down there TO tranple them
down, i shall not object, and Ithink all
should feel the sane.Hoo ss7 } h ali
Do you know how they do down in the
kingdom Of JEFF. Davis 2 How they shoot
and hang men for the mere uttsrnnce Of
opinions, and coniseate their property on
suspicion. But up here il a man hurrahs
for JEFF. Davis and is arrested for it, he
thinks he is subject to hard usage. What
would be done with the man who should
hurrah for the Union in the South p
There were sixty men in Jail at Vicks
burg, when we entered the place and we
tatned them out. Among them was an
old man sixty years of age. And what
do you think he was imprisoned for He
tgot drunk aud told an officer he believed
Grant could take Vicksburg. These men
were nearly rotten, and in the most de-
plorable condition, and all because they
were suspected OF Unionisn. AT Jack
son number had been imprisoned twelve
months for voting the Union ticket. l
don't want to see butchery, and am only
showing Whist they do down there.
WHO ARE THE PERPETUAL GRowLERsg
| Whenever you hear men denouncing
everything that has been done, you win
generally find that they are those who
smile when we are whipped, and frown
like an angry cloud when we are victori-
Gus. They are those who complain about
the atrocities of the Federal sFeepsin rob
hing hen rousts and orchards and burning
houses, but who never say word about
} the burning of cotton and the Wholesale
devastation Of rebel property by rebel
hands. | say to those whose syDpathies
are SO strangely unnatural, if you intend
to do yourselves Justice, don't die trait.
ors. Men who are DOW young will, when
tthey are gray-headed, remember the incl
:. dents of this war aud the relation their
, neighbors and acquaintance sustained to,
wards it. md for the sake of the infsmy
it will entail on posterity, don't die trait
ors. 1t is our duty to be for our country
right or wrong. A man who il not foi
this government would hate heaven if he
lived in it. -
WHAT DO "pEAcE MEx'' WANT?
But how is the war to be conducted
If successful. it must BIO conducted on wa
principles. know there is dissatistac
lion, aud have sometimes feared tina
such dissertations would grow up, and thu
elamor for peace would become so lout
and urgent, that some dishonorable term
would be, proposed and adopted. y
course we are all for peace, but what KIM
Of peace ? This is an important ques
lion., Some men say they are just 70
. peace. Well, what kind Of peace Oh
Ina for peace. Well. / do not know wh'
10 not for peace, but it is just such clap
trap as this undefned cry for peace is
that many good Union men have beer
fooled. These men who talk SO much
about peace ought to be practical, and tel
VS. what kiud of peace they want, and how
they expect to bring it about ! win tel
you what kind of peace am for. / an
tor bringing each State back into the Tn
ion somehow and at all hazards. Unit
this is done there never can be peace
GEN. LOGAN ON THE PROCLAMATION.
A word now about the Proclamation. -
| have no desires to discuss it, but viii
show how its constitutionality may b
tried. There has been an attempt to ar
ray opposition to it on this ground How
will this proclamation affect the people o
the South ? BY the laws OF war all tn
property Of rsbellidW people is subjec
TO confscation. Some call horse an,
niger The same. If this position IL
true one. then they are equally liable t
Iconfscation, and TO con6scate one is a
constitutional as the other. How can /
be remedied ? To this way. Let th'
rebels lay down their arms. Let then
say to Mr.. Lincoln, "you have no rigb
to forfeit our property" and let them ap
= peEi 10 the 0ourJs. Isn't that right, an,
isn't it easy to do ? When they get dc
cision Of the courts, sm willing to stan,
BY it and help sustain it, and think "
should all be willing to abide by. Thi
is the Only way this question can be set
tled Ii these gentlemen who are SO fear
full of the rights Of rebels, are not Statistic
with this, il they are not willing to go I
the courts, then let them 80 to the devil
The rebels have been hunting for thei
rights for the last two years. and I CUES
they are getting some Of them.
QUESTION IN THE FUTURE.
A great change is coming over III
country. Few issues are being prese se
and new. tests applied. When The wal.
III over and oil walk under tia old Stars an
Stripes to the tune Of Yankee Doodle, til