The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-08-01
MAaoNY 10 rHE RESCUE.

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The Dubuque Herald, while agree uQ
in the main with LIE Grand Byington de-
clined to publish his programme and de.
nounced his convention. whereupon D.
A. Mahony addressed communication
to the Herald enclosing . couple of COL
umns of the peace programme, and de-
manding its publication. The Herald
subsidized, of course, and may now be con-
sldered as endorsing the peace pro.
gramme, including an armistice with
traitors and a peace candidate for the
Presidency. And Mahony and Bying-
ton are again in the ascendant and the
ruling spirits of Iowa copperheadism
will be unequivocally committed to the
peace snakes at Chicago.
We give two of the resolutions or pro.
positions of the peace wing of the Iowa
Copperheads, which will be substantially
adopted BY the Chicago Convention.
"The best remedies for the horrors of
the past and evils of the present, and on
ly safeguard of prosperous future, is
cessation Of hostilities by armistice, and
q permanent peace by negotiation, for
which We called three disastrous wears
ago.
This, of course, is pledging the party
to thorough opposition to the war, and
the following is intended to ruin the cur
rency and destroy the prosperity of the
the North By exciting war upon the
only means by which the war can be car
ried on, as we'll as by rejecting the only
medium of circulation now available to
the people in their ordinary transctions
"In respect to finance and currency we
are opposed to government shinplssters
and to irredeemable bank issues; and re-
commend to all laboring and business
men to demand specie or its equivalent
for their labor and property. wherever
they are not under an absolute govern
ment necessity to take said inplasters."
~ The policy of Lee and Davis lie
evidently to cause Grant to release his
hold upon Petersburg and Richmond, by
making raids northward into MARYLAND
and Pennsylvania. The following ex-
tract from the Richmond Enquirer. of
July 18th, written during the former raid
clearly discloses this fact. The gratui.-
Gus advice tentered to Gen. Grant, and
the eager ofhciousness with which the
Enquirer points out to our commander
and urges him to adopt the course neces-
sary to be followed in order to prevent .the
capital of his country being seized by the
conqueriDg Confederates," lie rather anus
ing, and wi,hal very kind, bat certainly
not very usual, especially in war. Ifany
body is hurting US, we are not greatly
inclined to tell him plan by which he
can hurt us more. But perhaps Lee can
afford to be generous to such an extraor-
dinary degree. We will see. In the
meantime we greatly think Grant "will
continue to hold on at Petersburg" until
it has Internationally surrendered, nor
are we greatly apprehensive of the cap
ture Of Baltimore and Washington by
the rebel raiders:
"Some idea CT the magnitude of this
grand movement may now be had and
the mind that conceived it, and had the
nerve to order it, has exhibited resources
that will prove to the world that .Jeff.
Daviss Confeieracy" has armies not only
capable of defending Richmond, but
while doing that, of capturing Washing
ton and Baltimore also. We tell no se-
cret that should any longer be concealed,
when We say that Mr.. Davis is now as in
tent upon the capture of Washington as
he is upon the defence of Richmond; and
that he feels confident of effecting BOTH,
Grant may continue to bold on at Peters
burg, and trust to Sedgwick and the
hundred days men to defend Washing
ton; if he does he will lose not only the
capture of Richmond, but the capital of
his own country will be seized by the
conquering Confederates. Then "By the
right fank-quick. march," Mr.. Grant,
or all is lost. IF he will not take our
word for it, let him consult Forney."
PurTIEG THEM ToGETHER.-Some Gu
rims individual has talon tbo t.orbl. l.,