The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-02-04
THE GATE CITY .
.EOKUK;
WEDNESDAY,, FEBR FARF4.
TRUE DEMOCRATS.


unquestionably split in two divisions
the true and the false, the war and anti
war, and, some add, the loyal and disloy-
al. The former 'of these is immensely IN
the majority, but the latter contains the
wire workers, the intrisucrs, IN fact the
successful leaders. All that the former
need is to know how the latter stand. and
the following letter may be Of service to
some of our honest Democrats to see the
subject in its true light:
Editors Chicago Tribune
Through the medium of your paper al
low me to address my loyal fellow Demo
Gratis.
have been for the thirty years last
past, a warm partisan Democrat, attached
to my party ties. AS Democrat and
patriot, loving my country, and my whole
country, have ever revered the old Con-
sttution of the United States, under which
this mighty nation has grown SO strong
and been prosperous and happy, as sa-
cred instrument which it Was and is
dangerous for us to tamper with OF change.
/ have feared that if We should seek to
change that. sacred groundwork of our
prosperity in one respect OR in one feature,
other changes would be clamored for, and
soon the old Constitution of our country
would be known to US no more forever
Therefore, am for 'ths Constitution as
it is," and for "the whole Union rs it was,
one and tnseparable."
Such was the cry of those who were
esteemed sound and true Democrats, even
at the last election But, alas how men
change Il Many of those Mhnm We have
heretofore been proud to hail as Demo
Gratis, and who have at least pretended to
deprecate and denounce the idea OF the
extreme abolitionists, (that "lhe Consti-
tuition was covenant with DEATH" &c. J
and who avowed that they would main,
tain "the Constitution as it Isl" even to
death these men, ! say, the O'Melva.
nys, the Merricks, the Goudys, the
O'Briens, ct I'd omme genus. have fallen
from their proud position, and would now
betray the people and humble this proud
nation in the dust, at the feet of that arch
traitor JEFF Davis, and would now consent
to any alteration of that time honored
Constitution, that his Internal Confederate
majesty might desire.
AS an old line Democrat protest againsI
such contemplate trucking to traitors
] protest against such hulnbug of this
mighty nation to the slave power of the
South and protest against any amnes-
" Of peace with rebels while they point
the weapons of death at our hearts
protest against charging this war upor
the North, when we all know that it wal
not only inaugurated by the South, bu
had been contemplated by the rebels fo
many years. Let them first "ground th'
weapons of their rebellion and then
am willing to grant and secure all tn,
rights that belong to them.
The Times of the 10th, regsles us will
the speech of JEFF Davis, delivered a
Mobile, in which he Jeff Davis asserts
that they, the Southern men, we're Dor,
the Southern army "were boys with tn
down still ON their cheeks, and even whe
b'eeting and DYING, were seeking to xii
ano<her Yankee ere the last vital dro
forsook their hearts /" from which "
learn that the fell spiri, II revenge ha
been thoroughly cultivated 10 that du
region. The Times cries peace. vine
;1e'e in no peace, as JEFF Davis satellite
have fully assured the compromise con
mittee Of Seymour, Wood, yallandichal
x Co., except We take it on tie full au
perfect recognition Of the Southern Co
federacy. Some Of the BULL O. of Il
Democracy in favor with jeff Davis, an
bribed in his interests, who hope to %
something for themselves, are even adv
eating the acknowledgment Of Southe,
Confectionery, and the towards arc follow
ing in their wake. Another class OF len
GUS envious fools, led by those who Ie
New England for New Englands goo,
are advocating Reconstruction" vii
New England left out-which would r
ally be cutting off the head to tickle IL
tail. We can well .sguessn where Il
brains of that class of Democrats are sit,
ated.
Now, Messrs. Editors, + am not wr;tin
to you for or on account of your pape
but through your paper to arouse my fe
low countrymen to sense of their dal
ger, and to call upon all true Democra
and every other Union.loying man,
whatever party, sect, nation or creed, /.
UNITE in proper measures to save thi
Union, to maintain our Constitution an
uphold the Government and the leea]
ly constituted authorities of this land.
That portion of the Democrats VII
are mad because they do not happen /
bold all the Offices, and who would B
willing to destroy this glorious countr
and tear down ali government and iuyoly
rs in irretrievable ruin, in order that the
might jump on the top and crow, are i
league With the rebels, and organized f.
destruction. Though many Of them sti
pretend to be Union mon fhov - =.