The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-05-22
THE cauuEor Dxm ScnACY.

will exist wherever popular action car 10
fuencs the administration, or the sove
reign power is representative and dele
gated. There being two sides 70 every
question OF administrative policy, psrtiee
are formed By the action Of the people in
arranging themselves on one or the othr,
side Of such questions. And being based
upon an honest difference of opinion o.
to the policy that will most copduce sothe
populsr interest, safety aud prosperity,
parties are thus far legitimate and proper
Shall the policy of the Government. b.
protective or free trade? IT'S a question
Of material interest. and mems convic.
iioDs differ. and parties therce arising are
legitimsta. 8, in all similar issues, as Of
q National Blok and internal improve.
ment by national appropriations and the
numerous kindred subjects of the inter
nal and foreign policy Of tho Governmeo,
that have already arisen in our young
nations life. II is meet that every cili.
Zen should think candidly and we'll con.
corning every ,estion that arises 10 =
Government of which be is an integer Of
political power, and it is jsst and indis
peasatle that he be free TO follow th,
promptings of his judgment in the view
that he shall adopt aud the party Tor
whose success he will labor; but the mat.
ter of the national p licy on the one hand )
and Of The preservation of the patton, /
lf. on The other, are essebtislly dist,nc'. {.
Whlle parties up o the former bead al.
jul ana proper, upon the latter they sle
cria insI.
Here is what we mean by the crime q
D necracy R.ruhIicSn government.
uooa The West,rB C,ntiueni, Was sbul al
experiment, bat il was 1ne which bit
oiIy iny-l-ed tie destiny OF Ameriesbs,
but = hich bad enlisted the hopes of all
tie nations. With the success o. oui
our Repablsc was estab ished mans caps-
LlIily for fr, ed, m and se!f government
We will not recount the blood or the sac
rf IS which the Uaion had cost in it,
forma,ien, DOR the heroism upon the 6eid
Lor The wisdom aud PATRIOTISM in The
.coancl that h.d made aud preserved il
when but struggling into life Each
day of the last four years has made his
toricll tablet, and upon it daily bas beer
written tie pride and love Of our peop'ei
for the country and our free institutions.
tbs Uolon lad brought to our citix-ns
prosperity aud freedom, and grestness
and happiness 1t had made strong the
sinews of the nation, given tranquility at
home aud won consideration abroad =
When treason sprung full armed into 3
hateful life and tried to kill the nation,
the people rallied to the Governme ut's
defense with a sublime aud Unprecedented
earneslness and uuanimisy. The quiet
OF peaceful Industry vas broken by eager
preparations tor war, aud fafmers and
mechanics and artisans and operatives.
iaborers and "mudsills,' were transform j
ed into veterans and the battle broused
and SCARED heroes who have "sutiu-
gated the bosstiul chivalry and saved
the nation. But the contest Was long
and strongly contested and doubtful -
The foe was powerful and had long pre-
pared for the STRIFE. He vas Determined
and s.nguins Of success. B,ttle vaged
!. as il bad never wsged in all the tide OF
ajme before. The SJu,h was . carnage
bio. The loyal sons Of the North we're
evu thick over il. The patton was
icken; it bied At every pore; but
tred aud blood begrinmed IL faItered
Il loved iis sons. Lut it loved tie
loo more. Wives incurred with wid-
I'D eisters, aud gave their own hue
hands to the country. Mothers put ON
the weeds of mourning for fallen sene.
aud wept aud se. others of their children.
A nation careful Of debt was burdeled
with ao enormous one. Foreign govern
meats, where We had . right TO expect
sympathy, con6I-nily predicted our fail
urs and gave sheir sympathies to the
rebels: Aud yet danng eli this fearful
sssurcie. when the chsnc@s Of our failure
were really so great, aud shen tie conse-
opences Of thai failure would have bst n
80 unutlersbly disassroas, the srestest
discoursgement and dsmage 10 The NJ
tioaal cause came not from sbrosd-tot
irom EsgIsnd, against ~hon oar people
have, however, Get . score which they
have Sworn TO repay-not from Napoleon.
Who has attempted to build iinself M
upon = bat be thought was the nation .
rsips; but they came from party iD our
own midst from the Copterhead Democ-