The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-10-10
VOL. IL.


OF the war, the party whose only authoritative
and official enunciation of national party
iaitn, during the war was in the Chicago
platform, that opposed Mr.. JoHssos's admin
| lstration in.Tenneesee and his election to the
Vice Presidency as bitterly as it did Mr.. LIN
coins, is now, and has been the only Demo-
cratic party, eo aonaisse, in existence. The
representatives Of this party which was wreck
ed by the crushing of the rebellion and the
| overwhelming defeat it received at the No
vember election year ago, claim that the
policy and principles Of President JOHNSON
are identical with their own principles and
views, that they hence support him, and as
| Democrats are adherents consistently of a
| Democratic Administration Here and else
where they claim the support of soldiers and
loyal men on the ground of their being up
holders of the Administration. We propose
to see how nearly they accord with the views
which Mr.. JOHNSON has expressed as the fun
damental principles controlling his life and
| actions.
| And in the first place it is patent that this
Vallandigham Democracy have to stultify
| themselves, close their eyes to their record,
go counter to their policy as enunciated by
then hitherto, and differ toto coelo, from their
past professions and practices in supporting
Mr.. JOHNSON at ALL During the years that
| the contest was continued Mr.. JOHNSON was
supporter of Mr.. LIScoLN's administration
&c, ,ba e
officials. The Democracy was, hence, during
this time opposed to Mr.. JoHNsoS as tc NJ.
LINCOLN, and without the Democracy are dis
honest, or will concede to have been political
y wrong during those four years, there must
still be difference between them and Mr..
JOHNSON, so far as the past is concerned.
Mr.. JOHNSON was in favor Of the enagclps-
ton proclamation, which the VAlLASDIoHAA
Democracy opposed.
Mr. JOHNSON approved the Republican
platform adopted at Baltimore in 1864 in the
following emphatic terms
by recurring 10 the principles contained
in the resolutions so unanimously adopted by
the convention. find that they substantially
| accord with my public acts and opinions her
tofore made known and expressed. are there
fore most cordially endorsed and approved,
and the nomination having been conferred
without any solicitation on my part, is with
the greater pleasure accepted.
And therein he wrote the articles separating
the NALIASDIcHAA Democracy from hirnsul..
in spirit and principles wide as the poles
apart.
The NALIANDIGHAM Democracy are and
have been thoroughly imbued with the spirit
Of slavery. Not so Mr.. JOHNSON. He ex-
tended and finished the work of emancipation
by proclamation, in Tennessee, which Mr.
LINCOLN had in part restricted. Addressing
large crowd of colored persons at Nashville
as Military Governor on the 24th of October.
1854. Mr. JOHNSON said:
"Colored men of Nashville: You have all
heard of the Presidents proclamation. by
which he announced to the world that the
slaves in a large portion of the seeded States
were thenceforth and forever free. For GER
tain reasons, which seemed wise to the Presi-
dent. the benefits of that proclamation did
not extend to you or 10 your native State.
Many of you consequently were left in bon
dage. The taskmaster' 5 scourge was not yet
broken, and the fetters still CALLED your
limbs. Gradually this inquity has been pass
ing away but the hour has come when the
last vestiges OF ii must be removed. Conse-
quently, l, too, without reference to the Pres
ident or any other person, have proclama-
ton to make; and standing here upon the
Capitol, with the past history of the State to
witness, the present condition to guide. and
its future TO encourage me-, /, Andrew Johu.
do l,.y atatt do,
and unconditional, to every man in Tennes-
see
There breathes there none Of the spiris of
VnIAsDianAM Democracy. Speaking fur
ther to the negroes, when they called upon
him to be their deverer from bondage, he
| accepted the commission, saying:
"Well, then, humble and unworthy as |
am. if no other better shall be found. | will
indeed be your Moses, and lead You through
the Red Sea of war and bondage to fairer
future of liberty and peace. | speak now as
one who'feels the world his country, and all
who love equal rights his friends. | speak,
too, as citizen of Tennessee. | am here on
my own soil and here mean to stay and
fight this great battle of truth and Justice TO
a triumphant end. Rebellion and slavery
shall, by Gods good help, no longer pollute
our State Loyal men, whether white or
black, shall alone control her detinies and
when this strife in which we are all engaged
is past, trust, know, We shall have better
state Of things, and shall all rejoice that hon
est labor reaps the fruit of its own industry,
and that every man has fair chance in the
race of life"
The Democracy are tender of Southern tra-
tors. Mr.. JOHNSON believes that treason
should be punished. His utteranees have
been uniform on this score. To the South
ern delegation that waited on him some time
ago. and it is among his last public declara-
tions on this subject, he said:
''But while in mercy we remember Justice,
in the language that has been uttered say,
justice towards the leaders, the conscious lea.
ders but also say amnesty, Cancellation, Gle.
mency and mercy to the thousands Of our
countrymen whom you and know have been
deceived or driven into this internal rebellion.
And SO return TO where | started from, and
again repeat that it is time our people were
taught to know that treason is crime, not a
mere political difference, not mere contest
between two parties, in which one succeeded
and the other has simply failed, They must
know it is treason for if they had succeeded,
the life of the nation would have been left
from 1.-THE Union would have been destroyed
Surely the Constitution sufficiently defines
treason, Ii consist IN lavyinu war aCa Of the