The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-15
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Senator Conness Ter Freedom
Mr.. Forney, in recent letter to the
Philadelphia Press, says:
At the risk Of offending Senator Con-
ness, Of California, l will take this occa-
sion to copy an extract from q letter late
| " addressed to me in reply to one of my
own. And / particularly commend it to
the Democrats, and above all, to the Irish
Democrats of this country. Senator Con-
ness was born in Ireland, and was elected
as a Democrat. Remembering my la
mented and never-to-be-forgotten friend,
Broderick, and believing Mr.. CONFESS to
be of the same school Of iron and heroic
patriots, l wrote him letter, in which |
referred to that great man. acho acas mnr-
dered for has hostility to SLAVERY. copy
as much of his reply as will show that
the new California Senator knows what
Democracy means, and is not afraid to
preach it:
"Since l have thought at all, have
religiously believed in universal human
liberty. For a while restrained myself,
whether rightfully or not, in obedience to
a desire for peace and to the obligations
felt owed to the country a. l had found
it. The enemies Of right, human pro-
gress, and OF civil liberty everywhere,
have broken the peace / had fostered, and
have relieved me of the obligations | have
felt, by their malignant assault upon our
Government. T would be less than q
man did not feel that everything must
be done to strengthen the hands of those
through whose acts alone we can save
this great nation from destruction. ! dc
not feel entitled to any credit for this
1t is the simple duty of the citizen. 1t is
true that all do not perform their duty
do not know that our virtue is thereby
magnified. l have always been Demo
crat. ! was only Democrat because
Democracy meant the greatest extension
of civil rights to the human kind consist
en-; with civil order We were working
out that simple problem peacefully unit
this war was made upon US to supplan'
liberty by slavery, aud to degrade us in
the estimation of mankind. Our enemies
have forced upon Us contest between
; slavery aud freedom, between tarbarisu
and civilization, which they have saic
shall be determined by blows. They are
discovering, wha. sensible people under
stood before, that blows can be received
as we'll as given. The 'fpine' is "swing
ing against the PALM and say "Goc
help them" to severe and speedy pun
ishment for their great, unnatural crime
against civil liberty
There are those who profane and ar
rogate to themselves the term Democracy
which they undertake to use in restrain
Of the Government in this great fight t,
weaken its arm and to parahze it's limbs
0 what a cruel and base use do they make
of the Democratic namel When, before
this, where human rights were involved
were the Democracy of the nation not or
} the war path? Heretofore the name wa!
the symbol of courage. They would now
use it to cover crime and cowardice.--
Those who are engaged in it will yet wisl
they had never been born.
Yon arc right in saying that Brodericl
: was heroic and intrepid man. Coward
: should see in his case how the mple viz
), tue of true courage elevates character
Broderick, though dead, lives green il
the memory OF the people. The man VIII
resolutely opposes crimes against liberi.
cannot die. /! is my proudest recollec
ton thst aided in sending Broderick t
J, the Senate, where, in the teeth of part
san rancor and the Legitimate exercise @
: power, in behalf of bis country he aske
that the future historian should not charg
{, to the country the crimes then committe
:, in Kansas, but to ia malignant old man
trembling and lettering on the verge {
the grave