The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-09-14

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next. who can vouch for the safety Of Ii,
country against the rebels during the in
terval which must elapse before the nev
Administration can eoDstiiuil0nalIv come
into power? 1t seems to me that such A.
election would tend equally to demoralis,
the Union and to invite the insurgents to
renew their efforts for IL destruction.
Il remains for me now only to give YOU
the proof, that although the way in which
the Chicago Democracy did what had
been agreed upon in their behalf at Nj
agara-was not altogether satisfactory, yst
what they actually did. was accepted as
full execution of the previous compact.
ST. CATHARIsE, c. W., Sept. l.
10 Hon. d. Wier, Halifax:
Platform and Presidential nominee nm
satisfactory. Vice President aud speeches
satisfactory. Tell Fillmore not to op-
pose.
(Signed) GEO. N. SANDERS.
D. Wier is Richmond aocomplies a,
Haiifax, and Fillmore is understood to be
the conductor Of the insurgent organ in
London.
Here then we have nomination and
platform which we're made BY treaty for.
mally contracted between the Democratic
opposition at Chicago, signed, sealed, at
tested. and delivered in the presence of
the London Times, and already ratified at
Richmond. ["By Heaven, We We get em."
Got them. TO. be sure you've get them,
my friends. They say l am always too
sanguine of the success of national can
didates and Of the national arms. But
1t seems to me that the veries. croaker in
our loyal camp will take new COURAGE
become heroic, when be sees that the il
hope of the rebellion hangs upon the rat
lbcation Of this abominsble and detesta-
bic compact By the American people.
Yes, you have got them: bat how did
you get them? Not By any skill or err,
ot the Administration, or even through
The ssgacity, or activity of the loyal peo.
Pile. bat through the cunning of the con-
spirators. overreaehiug Itself, and thus
working out their own defeat and eonlu
slon. They do say that the Father Of
Evil always INDUCES his chosen disciples,
with sueh an excess of sub.lety, ss TO
render their ultimate ruin and punish.
ment inevitable.
And what time is this to proclaim
such policy, conceived in treachery and
brought forth with sham aIess ffron,erv.
A cessation OF hostil.ies on the heel of
decisive naval and land battles, at the very
moment tha. the rebellion, wi,hou. sin.
gle fort in Its possession on the ocean or
IN either OF tie great rigers or lakes. is
,rumbllGg to the earth, and at the same
time, dozen new ships Of war, are going
% complete the investment BY sea. and
'hree hundred thousand volunteers are
'ushirg to the lines, to complete the work
u restoration and pscihcatlon.
fnR CHICAGO PROGRAMME Is SIMPLY
TO RfTuRs TO THE BUCHANAN POLICY.
There is a maxim which thoughtful
teachers always inculcate 1t is that ip.
is inbeeili;y, aid that parse-
7erance Is necessary 10 insure success.
This maxim was set forth in the form of
} copy ID the writing book, when / was
Foung: Perseverance always copquers.'
Even iDisutile beginners encountered the
instruction in The form OF . fable in Web.
tiers spelling book. The story was that
,fter using soft words and tufts of grass,
he farmer tried what virtue there was in
stones, and by persistence in that appli
cation he brought the rude boy who wa.
stealing apples, down from the tree. and
made bin ask the farmers pardon. Our
Chicago teachers, tell us that Just as IL
rude boy is coming down, We must lav
io~n the stones aud resort again to the
1se of grass, with the conseaue bce. of
'ourse, that the farmer must beg pardon
# the trespasser. But what makes ,hi.
Chicago poiIcy more contemplate, and
wen ridiculous, is that it is nothing diff
crent from tie policy with which the
sane parties now contracting actually
ishered In disunion in 1861, in The clo-
ing hours OF the Administration Of James
Buchanan. Yes. my dear friends, when
we of this Administration came into our
places, IN March, 1861, We found there
existing just the system which isnuw rec
at Chicago, namely: lst, q
reasonable Confederacy in arms agains.
he Federal authority; Cd, a truce be-
tween the Government Of the United
States and the rebels. veritable arms.
lice which was so construed that Wide
The national ports and forts we're thor
oughly invested along the sea coast and
rivers by the insurgents, they could be
neither reinforced. nor supplied even
with food BY the Government; Sd, lan.
guild debate with view. to an ultimate
National Convention. which the rebels
haughtily despised and ptuousIy re-
Iected. What were the alternatives left
Us! Either to surrender ourselves aud
the Government at discretion, or to sum.
mon the people to arms, terminate the
srmistice. adjourn the demorslixipg de-
bate, and "repossess'' ourselves Of the
national forts and ports. And now has
all the treasure that has been spent and
all the precious blood that has been pour.
ed forth, gone for nothing else bat to se-
cure an ignominons retreat, and return
At the end Of four years to the hoDeiess
inbecility and rapid process of national
which existed when Abraham
Lincoln took into his hands the reins Of
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