The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-02-20

''These men ought to be tried AZ The mat
court" Ought they, though? No, my
friend, not Always. There may be rear
sons Why man ought not to betrisa al
the second or third court. There might
be information connected with tneu cos
which il would do injury to publish,
there may be important correspondence
discovered affecting others. who weuld b
Informed of it, if he was brought up At
once. There may be thousand reasons
Why he should not be tried for the pres
emit, and Ha b retained IN tAs hapds Of
the governmental Cries of, you are
sound and then what is all this talk
ab III ? ] e,e are not half dozen men
in tie county complaining Of arrest
Not halt u dozen, notwithstanding the
number Of men who have not been true
to the country in the North. / tell you
| " hat think-I think there ought to
have b on more arrests than there have
been; and then these men would not be
quite 80 bold as they are. Cheers. If
jefferson or Jackson good old-fashioned
Democrats were President, more men
would have been jagged than have been
by Old Abe.
y have one thing more to say upon this
subject. When q man can discharge
himself by taking an oath to sustain the
government, and refuses to do it, he
ought not 10 he released. I tell you this
governmentis more to the American pso-
pie than aany thing else you have got; it
is tire best government that is to be found
on .he globe; this government is good
enough for me to be willing to take the
oath to support it, if ! am required to do
il, morning, noon and night and If q
man won't Eclaase himself by taking the
oath he ought 10 lie there and rot, or to
be driven out Of the country. A man
that won't take the oath to support the
government ought to join the Southern
army right away. He has no right to the
protection of this government. I'm
mense cheering.l
asaalSbIyIpUAL sEUTEXITY.
Iknow the mass Of the people are RICH,
upon these subjects. The mass Of the
Democratic party are just, rs honest and
true as any other party that ever lived. -
But | tell you, democrats, you have lead
ers that lore party more than they love
their country. ! have noticed one thing
in my lie. If you tell a story on man,
it ill not make him mad; but if you
strike him right on the heart you will see
the Ere Fly at once. But just look 1t the
state Of things ia this country for the
last twenty months. The rebels have
been doing their utmost to break down
the government and destroy ahe country
ana how many men have not opened
! their mouths TO oppose isy Some of them
have been Presidents. soms OF them hav.
b, en- Sr1aturs, me of them have sat il
Congress. la t cy have. vi sD, rand
never olcnea 'i.p.i u.osks. till Jou
Lrcsroet Jeff Davis much more than do .
msI IKE fhat. You- ;oan tsn whsIsr he
stands; but cannot tell where they stand
Your county may have sent a thousand
mea-to the army, your sons may be on
the battle field, thsrelmayf be hundred
Widows and orphans in your county, made
such by this war; and yet. these men d.
not orsstheY nessks These men hsy.
tnotlinS u say in favor Of sustaining :hi
government, and putting down this re-
bellion! But supposing you had had
victory instead Of defeat at Bull Run
These very men would then have beer
the rankest Union men in the country
and would have sworn that they were IL
ways in favor of the war! Laughter
|, and criessof, hit them again, and grea
applause.
Wen now. wIlt1p you think Of maj
who has been in Congress, in the Senate
in the Presidency, aud in these times
never opens Iris mouth in behalf of hi
, country Shouss Of ''Hs is Traitor. ;"
Yes, JEFF. J avis is an honorable man /.
J that man. This is no time for any maj
to be still. We are told on high authori
ty that He that is lot for us is against
US .fgt
/ But then what have you been doing
What is The matter with youy Both par
ties have said that you must put down thu
rebellion. Wen them, somebody musi
act. must they not And who is to be.
gan? Abraham Lincoln is the man, - be
not ? He is President he is responsible
fot The maintenance of the Government
he is Commander in Chief of the Army
and Navy.
! TAKING STEPS. ~
! Well, he acts. The first thing. he does
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