The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-05

~ ID Saturdays paper ve noticed.


10 some fsmaFks On the "En Of Polite,
Peace, }" the dieposisioa Of many oppositio
papers to throw aside party feeling IN
diGerssoes. We then asked: ss6hsll thsr
be truce between tho Qaion party -
the oppositions Shall We join hands d
and bury political differences end hsy
the Gers of good feeling re-esssblished
And will it be done 7" We said thi
could only be answered BY the develop
men,s Of the future, yet there are priAci
ples involved in it that it will do we'll t,
consider. et
The present contest involves rsdica
revolution In the IDEAS represented, the
U0iou party and the democratic party
during the political canvass lately closed
offered toso eolo II ct any time or on
any point they cane near together it Va,
the conjunction Of bodies revolving around
different, and not the sams centeys. Sup.
ppse We grant that there was too much
p'itxsu passion and bitterness displa, o.,
many groundless charges made. the many
embraced in sweeping declarations and
deuunciations which we're trus only ol
the few. This was doubtless the case.
Il is an evidence. 40 1t is the result, oi
the ia6rmiiies OF humanity. Truth can
win her victories by the use Of legitimate
weapons; by soberness, and calm iudg.
menf, aud sound reason. She needs not
p1's'ou, nor detraciion. nor misrepresen
tation to become her sllies or 10 insure
her triumphs. Lst both parties coucede,
then, that in the heat Of the late politicsl
strife, each resorted to arms, which were
better untouched, or better used in b..
Ser aud less momentous strsggle. Bring
all the contestaats up above the clouds OF
preiudioes into the clear eublight Of ra-
iion,l reflection and convince them, n
they will be Convinced, that it is upseemly
for Intelligent and honest men to resort to
vile arts under aay circumstances OF 10
any cause; that in every strife honesty and
moderation Of feeling best becomes "a i'm.
mortal mss. Do tins and have yoa then
nolded the Uaion party and the Demo.
cratic psrty into oueY Nay, verify.
We have said this revolution il radi.
cal. II is the contiuustiou-it may be
the conclusion Of the struggle between
freedom aud slavery which has been 90
ing on during all the life of our govern
nsa.; say, not only that bat. during all
the vorld's hi,tpry. The democratic party
have deliberately and persistsnry assay-
Cd themselves upon the aide d slavery
They have become the eonfederates Of its
sdhsrep,s Dsaecrst. cay they ore not pro-
slavery. Ba,the thrist-epoken words are
divinely true here--thoee that are not for
Freedon ere against Il. They say they
vsnt only to live ap to the compyomisee
Of she Cosssisslioa. The Cons,itatioa il
not slave one. butif il were the ques-
tion of liberty aud Of bondage is older
than The Constitution. There can be no
Union. then. between the Union parry aud
the opposition until the latter undergo
an entire revolution ip their attitude to
ward slavery. ITO sll whom it ma,
concern" is the Ueion Il.tform. Oae
uaiivided and free Republic over aH this
\ country. without . human chattel in its
Limits, is the party's aim. Union and
Freedom. The patty will got sbAfe one
jJl or .i,tle from that. When the De,noc-
r4-y camsIover TO that platform. then viii
there be unity between the two: other
wise, q continued radical d,iference
But there are other dliferences. The
Dsmscrscy vii have TO repent .h.m Of
mach political SIN ere the era Of good
feeflog viii be re established. Alter
nearly century Of national OF life OF un-
exampled prosperity and glory, when the
government had taken deep root in the
hearts Of the people when We had . !
psace aud treeiem st home, snd secured
respect and admiration and fear sbruai -
when all hearts went bounding forth into =
Curious future for the Government, a fu
ture in which with its bensfici,nL institu
tions is sh.uli cover oil the continent, and
become the soverei . of the ocean. When
! love and pride Of country had become 81
most national idolstry, then traitors ip
the S,ulh strike blow al all this The,
would disrupt the Union, destroy the Gov
ernment, diseipste the fond anticipation.
for the future. rob Us oi prospective em
pie, and bury 10 ruins the fsr fabric ol
free institutions. And when they have
levied var for this purpose and their sr,n
ed hosts meet the valiant sons OF the Rs
public in deatty s,rifs--when not cnl,
the S,uth seeks the national life, bnt j
70 endangered BY foreign foes-whsn M
paleeo, aiming 1t Un,vvrsaf Empire TO
France and ihe Napoisonie dynasty, take
hold Of Italy, colonisvs Egypt, prepare
she Way for sovereignty in Asia and th'
Esst, lays bic hand npoD South AmsTiea
and occupies Mexico. because q he says
he would hold me balance of power Il
Am-rica. and il is impossible fos ID
Nossh 10 succeed in this contest-ubee y
would thus crush the Usited States. Is,
g.eat obstacle in the way Of bis scheme,
OF sssrsodisement and Empirv -vhe,
England would see 10 perish lest her sov
srssgsty of the seas psss from hsr-a
ssch tims as this il will BE- hard Il
loyal men " forget or4tO forgive sbs "a