The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-07-25
The Last Political Pamphlet


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publishes an anonymous pamphlet, emit.
tied, "The New Gospel of Peace. accord
ing to st. Benjamin." which has some
clever hits At the Wood and Seymour
school Of politicians, who prefer to sell
the nations birthright rather than to
crush the rebellion.
We quote few passages from this
brochure:
:" 6. And this was we'll pleasing
unto certain men of the Dimmichrats.
For they said in their hearts, If this ma
ton can be saved by the rule Of the Dim.
michrats of our faction, let it be saved ;
but if not, let it perish. and let US rule in
our own provinces.
7. But they said not this openly; for
they feared the people.
8. For in all this time the hearts OF
the men of the North failed not, neither
did they alter in their wicked purpose to
preserve tho nation from destruction.
9. And of the Dimmichats It was only
they who were faithful to their masters
the Tshivulree and the Phiretahs, and
who were meek and lowly, and who sought
to compromise unto them, and crawl on
their bellies before them, which was we'll
fitting for them to do, and to say unto
them, What would our masters have /?
and what shall their servants do that they
may be gracious unto their servants, and
allow them little share in the ruling Of
this land lit was these only among the
Dimmichrats who we're we'll pleased be.
cause Abraham and his counsellors pre-.
vailed not.
10. And these men held not up the
hands of Abraham their ruler, but sought
occasion to prevent his purposes and to
bring his counssls to confusion and his
doings to naught.
l3. And they sent messengers unto the
Tshixulese saa the Phhi+etshs- SAYING these
things; and their scribes wrote them in
books by night and sent them out unto
the people by day. But the Tshivulree
and the Phirstahs spurned them for now
that they could no more use them, they
looked at them with loathing,
Ia. Likewise also some of them went
privily to the ambassador of the land of
Johnbool, even that land which sought
the destruction of the nation of Uncul.
psalm.
Is. And they said unto him, Let us
take counsel together that we may bring
about the great end, the ceasing of the
war without the putting down Of the re-
bellion.
l6. But be was crafty and: answered
them nothing. And he wrote letters un-
to the rulers Of his land saying. | will
watch faithfully, and will turn aside
neither to the right nor to the wrong,
going which way it may be needful, if it
leadeth to our profit. So shall show
myself worthy to be ruler 10 the land OF
j onbool.
THE CHIEFS OF THE PEACE" nKN.
81 Now the chiefs of this sect in
Gotham were these:
22. Phernsndiwud, who had been the
chief ruler OF the city, and Benjamin his
brother; James the scribe, which knew
nothing, and Erastus his brother; Samuel,
who was rich in butter; Hiram the publ.
can, who was also sinner, and Elijah,
who smelled the battle afar in the tents
of Tamunee; Cyrus, (not he that was
taught to ride, to shoot the bow, and to
speak, the truth. yet did this Cyrus shoot
with longer bow than the otherl; Pri.
mus the scribe, whose beard was like
and who dwelt among the mer-
chants; Samuel, who made the lightnings
Of heaven his messengers Ker Tiss, who
wrote concerning the Great Covenant;
and one who dwelt in the elbows of the
and destroyed the hearts of wo-
men Isaiah, who was a captain of the
Samuel, whose surname
was Brinnzmaid, and whose fathers ate
hasty pudding and Augustus the money.
changer, who aforetims was called Schom-
berg.
%. Now the others we're Gentiles, but
Augustus was Of the circumcision.
"a. And all these men served dill
gently their master, who was Jeph the
And many OF them we're
Scribes, but all of them were Pharisees;
for they held TO the letter of the law, but
knew not its spirit. And they taught,
like them Of old, concerning the Sabbath,
TINT the nation was mads for the Great
Covenant, and not the Great Covenant
for the nation.
60. And the inn of Hiram, which be-
fore the war began in the land of Uncut.
psalm had been filled with Tshivulres and
Phiretahs, and with Phlunkees compro-
missing themselves unto their masters the
Phirctahs, and crawling upon their bel
lies before them, became now the chief
place Of resort for them that still served
the Tshivulree and labored to prosper the
rebellion. There they gathered them
selves together and plotted in secret how
they might ensnare the rulers Of Uncul
psalm, and rejoiced openly when the ban.
ner of the Phiretahs prevailed against the
banner OF Unculpsalm. So did the inn
of Hiram become the synagogue of rebel.
lion.
FERNANDO WOODS pKAcI NETTING.
7. And Phernandiwud locke
for the assembling of the men which he
had summoned, they and their following,
at the hall Of Peter the Barrel maker. and