The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-02-12
KEOKURs
rRIDAY, FEBRUARY IL.

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Memorial. NJ NilliAn Dsisse -is~ri
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tioA Win the fdhohting two years ago oil
the Amssiosn FIG % the National Csp;.
tol of Tenness61 s. S. - Es
A COMMITTEES having been. aepo;atsd
by che National Union League Of Ten
nsssee, Council ~. I, - pspass : No
mortal to th1ir- tsllow-lssguefs, tho fol-
lowing . respectfully submitted. I. +
WILLIAn Da1vxa,
Chairman Of the Committee.
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ROOMS o. TIE UNION LRAaU1, CeURm 10. Ii
To our Brethren Of the Union LAas.ss threuehsu4 the
Land, greeting: a
We, your co-laborers, of the Grand
League Of Tennessee, bog leave to lay be-
fore you our views OF the necessities Of
the present hour. Satisfied, ~ We are,
that thsre can be no permanent peace
while the instisusion Of slavssy sxisas IN.
our midst, Ne protest against Its further
continuance in any form, or andsr any
circumstances, Whatever; and recon
mend that Congress, nov in session, b.
petitioned at once to pass such Lawn -
will produce its immediate abolishmens,
without IN eff" Consequences belong 70
God. Duty to ~. In hours like these,
God and our country "expect every man
to do his duty"
Further. We recommend that Con-
gross be called on to act ct once With re-
spect to con6scation Of rebel lads. That
they say to the world and TO rs, what is
to be done 10 the premises and pass such
laws - will insure their decisions being
carried out to the full extent. There ID
no time for delay The entire poor and
working class Of the South lie helpless at
our feet. They look to NJ for aid and
protection. They we're driven along the
dark track, a helpless mass, into the
bloody vortex which has swallowed MP
their substance, and given their sons,
" their first born,' to the sword. Those
of them who have thus far ont lived the
common ruin, are now without money
without stock Of any kind to ill the soil;
and without protection for the production
of that soil, should they have means to
till it. We might further say they are,
most of them, without land of their own !;
for nearly all the lands in the revolted
States belong to the rebel dictAtors. a. we
are prepared to prove. We must act at
once, or another years sun will shine on
miseries without a parallel among the poor
of our State and the South, suoh a. have
no historical record.
We feel that it is the duty Of the Gov
eminent ct once and forever to confiscats
the entire property of all influential reb.
els. whether they be planters. farmers,
preachers, State officers, or military above
a certain grade. These men made the
war. These men continue il, By con-
scripting the poor, regardless Of the laws
of nations, Of human righta, and Of God.
These men have never put ths:r hands to
the sword, except when It gave them
power to rule as with rod Of iron. These
men of :" twenty slaves and upwards" are
exempt by law internal from CONSUMPTION
or bearing arms; are lords of the
manor" have reduced the poor white
men of the Slave States to position low
er than their woody headed chattels.
Eighty-nine thousand of these in our
midst, adults, can neither read or write.
This alone should pronounce the doom
of slavery. In the name Of these poor ;
in the name of civilization; in the name oil
the nineteenth century and its hopes, We
call upon you to unite with us ia call
upon Congress for the total emancipation
of all slaves, and the confscation of the
entire property of all influential citizens.
This done, advertise the cou6sca.ed
lands far and vile. Call upon the free
and good OF the entire land, and of every
land, to come down among us, buy these
lands, settle on them, employ our freed
men, as far Is possible, to cultivate thess
lands. Give our soldiers portion there.
in. Do this, and ours will be land OF
promise, the neutral ground of nations
the column of civil liberty will raise its
head above the clouds, above the condor
swoop the angels Of Heaven will descend
with garlands Of eternal peace to crown
this glory of the age. the emancipation Of
four millions Of slaves. the triumph Of
popular government over anarchy, ruin.
and the intrigues of the crowned heads Of
Western Europe.
At a regular meeting of Council No. 1,
National Union League of Tennessee
December l4th, 1868, the above vas
unanimously adopted. and ordered to Be
published for promnlr.t;or - ~ n -.