The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-10-03
sey- Democrats would move loyal yt

ters Irom their support OF The ADMINS
trstion by barpiug upon the expenses 0
the war. They would shake the faith o
the loyal farmer and property holder b,
showing how much of his farm, Of hi
property is mortgagcd, as they claim, I,
the Government. We have heard 0
"glorying in shame" yet never hav,
known . filter illustration Of it-hav,
never known more pslpable perversior
Of truth, more consummatel uplicity than
in the course pursued by the Copper.
heads in the matter of the national debt
contracted in the suppression of the slave
holders and Democratic rebellion. Ay,
Democratic, that is the word. Look at
the record. AS Copperhead journals
have forgotten the chronology of the
opening of the war wa will refresh their
memories by giving some dates. Upon
the 10th of November, 1860, the Legis.
lature OF South Carolina introduced a
bill to raise and equip 10000 men for the
defense Of the State. Upon that and the
next day Senators Chestnut and Ham
mond, both Democratic Senators, resign
ed their seats in the Senate. On the 18th
the Georgia Legislature voted million
dollars to arm that State. On the 18th
of December, 1860, Mr.. Thompson, Mr.
Buchanan's Secretary of tue Interior,
went TO Raleigh to persuade the North
Carolina Legislature to vote for secession
On the goth of December South Carolina
adopted the ordinance of secession. On
the 9ith Alabama voted for secession.
Ga the 9Sth the rebels seized the Gov
erDment Offices at Charleston, aud oecu-
pied Castle Pickney and Fort Moulttie.
Upon the el of January, 1861. Fort Ma
cor, Wilmington, and the U. S. Arsenal
al Fayetteville WAS seized by the rebels
in North Carolina. On the same day
Forts jackson and Pulaski and The U. s
Arsenal at Savannah were seized by the
rebels in Georgia Ga the 4;h Fort Nor.
gan and u. S. Arsenal at Mobile were
Seized by the reoels 10 Alabama. On the
9Th the S,ar of the West was fired upon
in Charleston Harbor. On the 4th OF
February the Montgomery Convention
met; on the Sth the Montgomery Con.
stitulion was adopted and on the 9th JET.
ierson Davis aud Alexander H. Stephens
were elected President and Vice Presi
dent Of the Southern CoBfederacy. All
these aud many other reasonable and rev.
olutionary acts were committed by the
rebels before the Inauguration of Mr.. Lin
coin and while Mr. Buchanan was still
President. The people have not forgot.
ten this and it were needless to notice it
were it not so constantly IGNORED by the
Copperhead Democracy. The rebellion
was commenced By Democrats, under a
Democratic administration, aud all its al
lies and adherents in the North are Dem
ocrats. A Democratic Vice President
and Democratic Cabinet officers and d em,
ocratic Senators and Congressman be
came leaders and Generals in this effort tt
destroy the Government. Shall we ther
not properly call it Democratic rebel
lion ? Mr.. Lincoln found var upon hin
vheu he went into Office, ss it Was upoI
Buchanan, and yet might have been crush
ed in its insipiency had that ilnbeeile ant
traitor been true TO his duty and hi
country The Government, endangere,
by rebel Democrats, had to be saved tb
people saw it and determined to do il
They knew it would cost money; ay. cos
more than that-cost many lives an
much suffering, but it would cost NOR
to lose the Union. Had it not been io
disloyal Democrats south there woul
have been no rebellion and consequent
no war debt; and that war debt woul
not have been nearly SO large as it is ha
dislo5d Democrats North done their dui
and not made themselves the allies
traitors.