The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-01-23
For - 0Az1 CssY.l
OF TEE STATE OF
THE COUNTRY.

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THE CouNT1E.
EDIrok CATS CRY Ill there ever
Va tins that "trisd sse~'s souls," Of
tested whether ssme Ne. have any souls,
il stakes me that this il about that time.
1t is patent to Ill men, who possess one
spark of true patriotism, one drop of the
milk Of human kindness, one thrill Of Ma
tionAl pride, or scintillation of one single
ray Of light from the moral heavens, that
:mpossi6izities should not be required Of
our, Governmsnt officials whilstsengaged
in ! life and death, struggle with traitors
and assassins. surrounded and weighed
down with difficulties 30 stapsndous and
complex q. to bsggar all description and
defy the grasp Of human conception. II
IL truly diasult 70 appreciate the beauty
or goodness, the honesty or safety Of that
species Of patriotism, whisa prises more
highly the largest Tor prairie ,oolf) liber-
|ty Of the worthless earoaases Of Mahony,
a Steward, a+Jones, m Olds, or "chiv-
alric" rebel lady, than the existence Of 4
Government soAol1y devoted to the protec-
ton Of ~ its truly 1ostul citizens. 1t may
be scaycely possible that sonse Of those
men in our midst, who have persistently
arrayed themselves against every effort
Of the Government to put down treason
and rebellion, possess . meagre measure
of what answers them instead Of Patriot
ism. Charity bids US accord to them
credit for regret at the death Of our loyal
defenders, as we'll Is of their "Southern
breshsrn." They may possess a national
pride, derived from habitual monopoly Of
its offices, and Pickering light, reflected
from that "sable element in the ssSunny
South" which has heretofore shed it's
etalgent rays on the "demnsiss'' in the
shape Of office and power. But where
can b found the true American citizen,
or the true man any where, with heart
in him, or possessed Of soul. who could,
for purely party uses, pander to the be-
hests Of the devil. and tAmper with the
sery death throes Of the great and glorious
Government which warmed them into
life, and held the luscious teat of Office to
their gloating ips9 Shall the impartial
historian, IN recording the acts Of mad
Spsss and folly Of these defunct and disap-
pointed woshippcrs Of slavery and slave
holders. dare to call them any thing but
base cormonnts, and vile politscal ram.
Piresf Nay. 'twould be almost sacrilege
to the pious, to use terms doing the case
justice, belonging 80 low down in the
DEVILS oatagory.
What ! must whole political party,
that WAS oncs called great, prostitute it.
self to base posse coSsmisdtss for the
avoved purpose Of throttling their Govern
msnt ont Of revenge for supposed petty
personal or party wrongs2 Msst few
snti-coertionists and sympathizers with
traitors, lead by played-out corrupt dem
a4ogues and old Office hunkers, be the
cause of the whole mass Of tho Douglas
democrats renouncing his truly patriotic
doctrines and advice, and selling them
selves to the devil by doing his dirtisst
and most loathsome work Who ever
heard Of such low and selfish vindictive-
ness - is evinced by all recent democratic
actionf Who is there 30 blind as not to
pep clearly the causes that conspire to
betzay these deluded men into this em.
bodimrsnt Of villany I how plain, even to
the caasal, il he be but loyal. Where
was secession born and reared upl ans.
wsr, in the bosom Of the dsmocracy.-
Where ware its principles taught and i'm.
bibed By il votariss ! answer, IA d, / demo
cratic scheol Whe are those in arml
l - Z.
against the Government ? answer, demo.
crass. VII ars those that advocate u.
cause Of .our Southern brethern,' il
armsf answer, democrats. Who ass thes.
that instead Of exercising charity toward
those ofdcials,in their unparalleled dificul
hs, who,o Of course, some times commit !
blrnder, rather magnify tsiAing error
and misrepresent both uotive and action
and that for purely political endsl ans,
wsr. the dsmmies. Is it strange thai
men should, at this stage Of the struggl.
uae III their energy to ruin our cause and
cripple it, efforts. since they hAve nsvs,
ceased from the start to aet on this ssm,
ons idea surely not. It d 20 plain tina
chose who run may read" that thes
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