The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-02-19

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"These men ought to be tried At the hrst
] court Ought they, though No, my
friend, not always. There may be rea-
sons Why man ought not to be tried at
the second or third court. Theirs might
be information connected with the case
which it would do injury to publish,
there may be important correspondence
discovered affecting Others, who would be
informed of it, if he was brought up at
once. There may be q thousand reasons
why he should not be tried for the pres
ent, and yet be retained in the hands Of
the governmental Cries OF, you are
sound and then what is all this talk
ab,ut? T. ere are not half dozen men
lin tie country complaining of arrest
Not hall dozen, notwithstanding the
number of men who have not been true
to the country in the North. / tell you
what | think think there ought to
have bceu more arrests than there have
been and then these men would not be
quite so bold as they are Cheers. If
Jefferson or Jackson (good oId-fashioned
Democrats) were President, more men
would have been jagged than have been
BY Old Abe.
| have one thing more to say upon this
subject. When man can discharge
himself by taking an oath to sustain the
6government, and refuses to do it, he
ought not to be released. tell you this
government is more to the American peo-
pie than any thing else you have got; it
is the best government that il to be found
on the globe; this government is good
enough for me to be willing to take the
cath to support it, if / am required to Dc
it, morning, noon and night; and if ,
man wont release himself by taking thu
oath he ought 10 lie there and rot, or
be driven out Of the country. A mar
that won't take the oath to support TIT
government ought to join the Southern
army right away. He has no right to thu
protection Of this government. I'm
. .neHse cheering $1,000
! INDIVIDUAL sEurRALITY.
l know the mass OF the people are RICH
upon these subjects. The mass Of TIL
9 Democratic party are just as honest an,
0 true as any other party that ever lived
|, But | tell you, democrats, you have lead
) ers that love party more than they Low
d their country. have noticed one thin
}. in my life. If you tell story on man
!, it will not make him mad; but if yo
If strike him right on the heart you will %
l. the FIRE fly at once. But just look at III
J. state of things in this country for tn
last twenty months. The rebels hav
9 been doing their utmost to break dow
b the government and destroy the country
. and how many men have not opened
' their mouths to oppose Iii Some ofthen
have been Presidents, some of them hav,
D been Senators, some of them have sat il
/ Congress Il; ey hsve l.oh,ri Oh, ant
3 never opened thy.r snuut!s. tell you
/, respect jeff. Davis much more than do
: man like that. You can tell where h,
, stands; but cannot tell where they stand
; Your county may have sent thousand
men to the army, your sons may be OF
the battle field, there may be a hundred
r widows and orphans in your county, mad,
Q such BY this war; and.yct these men d.
not open their mouths These men hav,
nothing to say in favor of sustaining .hi
0 government, and putting down this re-
J. bellion But supposing you had had
victory instead Of a defeat at Ball Run
. These very men would then have beer
the rankest Union men in the country
d and would have sworn that they were al
I ways IN favor Of the war! Laughter
' and cries Of, hit them again, and grea
4 applause.
q Well now. what. 10 You think of maj
!, who has been in Congress. in the Senate
in the Presidency, and in these time
t never opens his mouth in behalf OF hi
0 country lShouts of "He is Traitor. +"
: Yes, JEFF. avis is an honorable man t
$ that man. This is no time for any ma
= to be still. We are told on high authori
b ty that "He that is not for W is agains
: u.s.
Il But then what have you been doing
What is the matter with your Both pal
ties have said that you must put down tn
rebellion. Well then, somebody mus
act, must they not And who u to be
gin? Abraham Lincoln is the man, is b
|, not 7 He 10 President he is responsible
: foi the maintenance Of the Government
he 10 Commander in Chief Of the Arm
. and Navy.
TAKING STEPS.
Well, he acts. The first thing he doe
: u to call out sevsnty-6ve thousand men
, and some Of you said "That Is wrong
!. Why does he call for 30 many men 2
i Then Congress came together and calle,
u ont half q million. Then the Presiden
: vas right; but this was wrong The
Congress passed. an act that the arm
) should mot return negroes to disloyal mas
4 tev; and what did they say Why the