The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-10-17

BY day and BY night-morning. noon and
night-ths last ere he sleeps-the FIRST
ere he wakes and ii it be not . sacril-
ege, draw aside the veil Of his most pri-
vats hours. when slsep refuses to descend
upon the aching head and almost fainting
heart go in tho still watches Of the night
70 the Executive Chamber, when that
soul bending alone in the presence Of the
Almighty, implorss that Divine assistance
without which he cannot succeed bat with
which success is certain. When he sweats
as il we're, great drops Of agony, what is
the burden Of his prsyerl "When will
this duty be discharged? When will that
great work be finished o thou, without
whose notice not sparrow falls save this
nation aud spare this people; preserve
the Union Of these States and the liber-
tics Of all men; grant, . grant Us that
decisive victory which shall put an end to
this unholy rebellion aud restore peace
peace based upon thine eternal justice
peace consistent with national authority
and national life and peace which shall
forever secure constitutional, republican
liberty and the rights of all men. May
God, the Almighty grant such a peace
that il may come and come TO stay"
| Fellow citizens such peace is coming
1t is not distant, if We are only true to
ourselves. The fnal crushing victory
over the rebellion draws nigh. It's hope
of defeat of the Union armies in the
field. aud its still greater hope OF dividing
the North, aud over!hrowing the Uoion
party and the Administration at the polls
in November are vanishing together
Great cheering Smith and Farraeut
at Mobile, Sherman at Atlantis, Sheridan
in the valley OF the Shenandoah and
Grant before Richmond are fas, crushing
out its military power; while the loyal
masses of the people of the ULion are
gathering hand 10 hand around the polit-
zeal standard of the Union, and preparing
to demonstrate y tremendous maj ori,ies
that ia spite of the Chicago Convention.
its platform and candidates that there is
no divided North. Here Mr.. d. was in
terupted by great cheers.
To demonstrate / repeat that the people
are substantially one, of one mind and
of one heart. and that they will stand
shoulder to shoulder in political action, az
in arms around the President and with
with one voice bid him lean on them, mex.
TO the Almighty for support until his
great duty is accomplished his work 6n-
isbed.
Fellow citizens, much has been done
already. Among other things We have
re-csptured Beaufort and Morris Island
giving US command Of the harbors OF
S9utn Carolina, including Charleston ;
We have recaptured also Norfolk and
Portsmouth and all the coast aud rivers
of Virginia We have also recaptured
Newbern and oil the hagbors OF North
Catoiina except Wilmngton, aud, it is
said, Fsrrsgut, the old Neptune of the
seas, is abou, to look after that place we
have recapiured Fort Pulaski, command
ing the harbor OF Savsnnsh, in Georgia :
also. Forts Blrranc -. McRae, and the
Pensacola Navy Yard, in Florida, the
best harbor Of the Gulf we have recap
tured Forts Jackson, ST. Phillip and Pike,
and with them the city of New Orleaus.
the great metropolis of the rebellion.
By GROWING victory in the recspture
OF Vicksburg By General Grant, followed
that Of Port Hudson. we restored to the
loyal people of the Union, and to all the
world, the navigation of the great river
Mississippi-the vital artery-the great
oorta Of national Union and bond of en-
during peace.
By the operations of the victorious ar
my of the Cumberland we have recaptur.
ed from the rebellion Kentucky. Tennes-
see. much of Mississippi, Geoogia, and
Alabama, and, we trust God we veri
ly believe the time SO impatiently waited
for, but hitherto so long delayed. will
soon come, when the head and front and
power of the rebellion will be crushed by
the victorious armies of Grant aud Sheri.
dan around Richmond, great and ire
mendous cheering, or mpeled to re-.
treat into South Caroloa, there to be pur.
sued and trampled to pieces upon the soil
OF that State where treason FIRST hatched
It's internal brood lgreat applause, where
treason With wicked hand FIRST pulled
down the holy stars and stripes of Libe7-
onH O1tohy hHu idfscu III It's 6tedu the
rattle snake fl emblem of dsunion aud
slavery, rebellion and civil war.
Our flag now waves and our national
authority is re.established over two-thirds
OF the jurisdiction seized by the rebellion.
When such is our situation: when go
much has been done +: when the finishing
stroke is just about to be given, 10 what
do We hesr? The Chicago Convention
cries aloud to the President, to the arm les
and to the people, "hold, stop. cease hos
tillties," (by the way, that of itself raises
the blockade. and would COMPEL us to
withdraw our forces.) "Tbe war;" say
they, Ills failure. How we sympathize
with our soldiers set aside Mr.. Lincoln
and make Mcclellan President.
Gentlemen Of the Chicago Convention.
| tell you no. Tie people by majority
OF hundreds of thousands will say no.
Our soldiers and sailors, victorious on sea
anil land, will almost unanimously saypo.
All the considerations which make thi.
Government, under the Constitution.
worth living for or dying for. all the
memories OF the past. the interests of the
present. and the hopes of the future, say
no. And were it possible for us to draw
aside the veil which hapoe ha,rn. II