The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-08-18

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which we will say more hereafter.
PEACE PETITIONS IN THE
NOR rHWEsT.
The following memorial is receiving the
signature OF tens of thousands of the men
Of the Northwest:
TO the President Of the United .States:
Ghe undersigned, citizens Of the State
of -, without regard to party, and in
sentiment devoted to the Constitution and
the Union, respectfully petition and re-
quest that the draft for half million more
men. o'defed to take place on the 5th day
OF September next, may be postponed uu.
til an attempt has been made by negotia-
ton, to SECURE peace. based on the Con.
stiturion and the Ucion.
And the following 10 receiving the sig
natures Of tens of Thousands Of the women
OF the Northwest:
10 tie President of the United .Sfotes:
We. The women Of -, the mo, hers.
wives, daughters aud sisters Of the soldiers
now In the field, or who sleep in patriot
graves, petltioa the President OF the
United States to grant us peace! We
love the Union Of the States, but above all
We love that sacred and holy union com
posed of our fathers, husbands, sons and
brothers. Many of our homes are DESC
lste--all are obscured in gloom. And
our habilimenis Of woe are stained with
Patern@l, With conjugal and with flial
blood Oh, then, let our prayer be heard,
and do not doom 10 death the remaining
loved ones whose presen nee saves us from
despair. With prayers for our country,
and for peace, We trdstingly subacribe our
names.
The above is from the Chicago Times,
the mouth-piece Of disloyalty, the organ
of Copperheadism, the weak.kneed all,
OF traitors. And from that quarter alone
should we expect it to emanate Arewe
opposed to peace ? No, when peace is
attainable without disbonor, but until then
eternally yes. God knows We did not
desire war. The brave boys who com
pose the armies OF the Union did not de-
Sire war. Those equally brave, ihe nobl,
fallen, who have persisted in defence of the
Gosernment during this struggle, did not
desire it. The stsunchest supporters OF
the Administration did not de sire il. Mr.
L'ncolu did not desire it, and, at the
commencement Of his term Of office, be
imp ored the South to spare the land the
sad tragedy Of blood and death which he
and every patriot foresaw would follow
persistent adherence on the part of the
South to..her mad and revolutionary pol
Icy. Az, there was no, one among Us
all but that wished that peace III ight b.,
preserved to us not one that desired that
red battle should desolate The land; that
husbands and fathers and brothers and
frieuds should perish that the shadow OF
Death should rest upon the nation that
family circles should be striped of their
brightest ornaments; that hearts should
be broken; that populous places and fer
tile districts should be laid waste; /; that
the fruits. of industry should be destroy
ed; that we should incur the burden of a
vast national debt, or ths, the land should
be subjected TO the grievances and hard
ships and perils that are the inevitable
concomitants of war. Our people would
all willingly have been spared these. but
1t was for the South to say whether peace
or war should reign, and they chose the
latter; for, anxious as our people we're
for peace, they differed from the Times,
they differed from the c C,pperhesd press
Of this State, in not desiring it at the
price of manhood aud honor. They
would not, they could not be cravens,
nor towards, nor sycophants, nor slaves
nor traitors. If in this they differed from
Copperheads, it is Copperheads that are
responsible for the difference. Just a.
soon as it was evident that the South was
determined 10 destroy the Government :
when State after State went through the
farce, but in ell seriousness, of withdraw.
ing from the Union, and declaring it {
thing Of the past whom they ipaugurated
AMI continued to prosecute hoesilities
when they fred upon the Slar Of the Wes,
and turned their guns upon Fort Sumter.
and compelled the surrender Of the gallsnl
band that garrisonsd it. then war b.csm.
inevitable. TAX about this being Lilo.
ooln's war. 1t is not true. Il never has
been true. 1t is the peoples var, com.
menced, prosecuted BY the pc pie, and
will be successfully terwinat%d by them
When Sumter tell, the people demanded
that the Insult and irjary done our H.a
thereby should be redressed I; that III.
rebellion should be punished, treason on,
down, the supremacy Of the laws viudi
Gated aud the integrity Of the Union pre-,
served. They demanded war, stern. an