The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-10-03

GEKTLEMRN IL Ia
| month, yon in common with the CIVILIANS q
the county will b. called upon to decide p
the silent but nresistable power Of The cauce
shaIl IS yoar rulers in State and Co01lv
Government. We need not assure yoa IL
eroye responsibilities rest upon you a& thiG
iuncture, and that you should coneider we'll,
before casting your votes for any of athe nom
inees of party whose very existence during
the last four years, depended upon their SYN.
pathy With the s1aveholders rebellion, ard
the efforts of traitors for the overthrow Of the
Government and the dismembermeut Of the
Republic.
JEFF. Davis and his rebel crew, never
would have plunged into secession, had it not
been for solemn pledges of aid from Franklin
Pierce, James Buchanan, G. L. Vallandig'
ham, and other Representative men Of the
Northern Democracy.
You all recollect the great uprising Of
the North, and the unanimity Of sentiment
among tho masses Of the people, after the
Old Flag had been fired into at Sumter,
and the consequent dismay of the rebel lead
ers, and of their craven sympathixers aud
friends at the North. But when "upon mil
itary necessity after months Of weary and
painful experience, our Government struck 4
blow at the real cause Of the rebellion, and
our armies began to be victorious-from thai
| time . powerful Anti-war party Was organized
at the North, which has made persistent and
desperate resistance to every war measure o.
| the Government, and which is to-dayin sym
patty with the principles and policy Of the
rebel leaders.
This CopperheAd party was Nationalized al
the Chicago Convention, 1854, and crowned
with an immortality Of infamy, by the ladop
ton of platform, drawn by the traitor Val
landigham, the second plank of which readl
IS follows, viz:
| Sec. 2. That this Convention does explicit
ly declare, as the sense of the American peo
pie, that after four years Of failure to restore
the Union BY the experiment Of war, during
which, under the pretence Of military ne.
cessity or war power higher than the Consti-
tuition, the Constitution itself has been disre-
garded in every part, and public liberty and
private right alike trodden down and the ma
terial prosperity Of the country essentially
impaired, Justice, humanity, liberty and the
public welfare demand that immediate efforts
be made for cessation of hostihties, with q
view to an ultimate Convention of the States,
| or other peaceable means, to the end that ii
| the earliest practicable moment, peace may
be restored on the basis of the Federal Union
Of the States.
This Anti-war party, having proclaimed the
var four years failure, unblushingly clamor-
ed for an ignoble armistice; and thus their
treason eliminated, branding them as the en-
emles ofthe Govsrnment--the counterparts of
the Tories Of the Revolution. Every page of
the record of this so-called Democratic party,
is black with the evidences of insincerity, in
consistency, hypocrisy and treason. What
one OF the principles or acts Of the rebels,
has it not approved? What war measure of
the Government has it not opposed and de-
nounced from the beginning Of the rebellion,
to the present time?
Soldier These men are not worthy of YOUR
support, and your interest win not be safe in
their hands. They are now asking for your
influence and votes, to reinstate them in posi-
ton and power.
Have you considered carefully their princi-
pies, their purposes, their aims The logical
inevitable tendency of the political heresies
Incorporated in their party platforms? The
complete Acknowledgement of unrepentant
rebels; the reputation of the National Hebt:
the refusal of bounty and bounty lands to our
soldiers; the assumption of the Confederate
war debt; the utter obliteration Of the record
of your deeds of noble daring, the re estab-
lishment of slavery. and in the future. anoth
H.
the maintenance of the unity and integrity~s
the National Government, against the ass
of theoretical State-rights, and practical Sc
cession? That such is the practical and iney.
liable tendency Of their principles is manifest
from the past history of the party which:
has never sad word against the slave
holders rebellion
has never said a word against the copper
head completely with the slaveholders' rahal
lion.
has never said a word against slavery.
Has never said q word against the cruelty
OF the rebels to our prisoners
has never said . word against the barbar-
ons mode of warfare employed by the rebel
shareholders.
Has never said word against the sympathy
OF foreign governments with the stakeholder
rebellion.
Has never said word against the Chicago
conspirators, the lake pirates, the hotel burn
ers or The draft rioters.
Never said an unqualified and hearty word
in favor of the National Government during
its conflict with the slave power
Never said hearty word of sympathy with
our brave and suffering soldiers or sailors.
Never said hearty word of cheer for Ahra.
ham Lincoln or General Grant until the form
er was dead and the latter victorious.
On the other hand, it is on record that the
Democratic party has openly and officially
proclaimed.
That our war for the Union was a failure.
and, therefore,
That our soldiers were failure.
That our navy was failure.
That Abraham Lincoln was failure.
lnat Andrew johnson was failure.
mat our nnances were failure, and. there
fore,
That Jefferson Davis and his coufederacv
were q success.
That We ought to abandon the struggle with
the Shareholders. in the midst Of it.
That We ought to make peace With the
shareholders, in the midst of our STRUGGLE with
them, on any terms and at every cost.
That we ought not to employ negro all.
ders. so''
That white men ought not to be soldiers.
That the draft was Unconstitutional.
That the holding Of prisoner was nncons,;.
tutional. and, therefore.
That it would be the duty of cena.., n.
Cieilan, If elected to throw open eli Of Abra.
ham Lincoln prison doors.
That an aggressive war was unconst;tn.
tional
That the coercion of q State was pncans,;.
tutional, and, therefore,
That any war for the preservation of tho
Republic was unconstitutional.
And vt IS q matter Of history a0a;ns, H.
Democratic party
That It never uttered word in favor nc IL.
nation'a r;ubts hut "'oa Vi sAc