The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-24

Inc Coppernea0 democracy, that they may
coneiGate the soldiers and attempt to blind
Union men to the disloyalty Of the past by ar
assumption of loyalty in the present, make q
show Of supporting the administration q
President JOHNSON. A decent regard, may
haps, for the opinions of mankind, at least
for the feelings Of the mass Of the American
people, lead them, now that the assassin ha,
sealed in death the lips Of Mr.. LmcoLx, r
be more circumspect, and not recharge upon
the living calumnies so recklessly lavished
upon the dead. But their animus is as when
their bitterness and the efrontery of theil
treason made them so odious to the people
during the wAr just closed. And surely, as
they had denunciation for the administration
Of Mr. LINCOLN, Mr.. iJsHHsoS should not be
spared if copperheadism would be consistent
He is surely as arbitrary as ''despotic" as
his predecessor.
Loyal men in looking upon the condition OF
the country feel elated and hopeful. From
the armament have rolled the war clouds.
From off plains and mountain tops have
cleared the smoke of battle-out from the
breakers comes safely the Ship of State.
Light is born out of darkness, and the Union
SO long in peril, is saved at list by the valor
of our soldiery upon the field, the wisdom of
our rulers in the council, and the blessing of
God over all. Patriots rejoice and are glad.
Thankful for deliverance from the snares and
death that treason had prepared for the ma
ton, they see in the condition of the country
only that to be proud Of and be grateful for.
Honoring the living, kindly remembering the
dead-theirs is the bensdction of Esfo pur-
petwa! upon the Republic and they deal not
in anathemas upon the Administration nor
paint in black colors the picture of the ma
tional status at this time.
The Copperhead Democracy still wall, how
ever, as in the days of LINCOLN. over
tyranny and ''despotism." The Quincy
Herald, of n recent date, has one of these
characteristic lugubrious butternut editorials.
TAYLOR, the editor, had founda complimentary
notice of this country, written by a French
man several years ago, wherein were painted
in glowing colors the peace and quistness
that regned in our land. Mingled Herewith
was much laudation of the liberty of our
people and the bene6cence of our FREQ insti-
tutions. TAYLOR. finding it, published it in
January, 1864. with the following comments,
as showing the sorry pass to which the .I4in-
coin tyranny had brought the country. A
few days ago he republished ii for the benefit
Of JoHSsoS's administration, saying it was as
appropriate now as when he first wrote it,
more than year ago. We extract from this
butternut editorial as follows;
"Alas that a picture, drawn a few years
since in colors so glowing. should now by re-
cent occurrences, be 70 dis6gured. =
What would that Frenchman think were he
to visit this country now? Instaed of seeing
contentment and peace, progress and pros
perity, he would behold devastation and war.
tie would see an administration madly bent
on the annihilation of those institutions which
SO enlisted his admiration and SO emphatically
received the sanction of his Judgment Now,
indeed, he would see our government every
where present-present not to bless, but to
blast. to terrify, to revolutionize and to de-
stroy. Here it frowns with bayonets, whose
there its favorites strut in the spoils of shoddy,
at whose dazzling gew-gaws the humble
passer-by stares and wonders; here its VIC
inns groan in dungeons, arrested without
crime and incarcerated without remorse
there its remorseless -gatherer, vigilant
from the greed of per cents, peers into your
poultry yard, scrutinizes your bed chamber,
and turns his eager gaze into the ledgers of
your counting-room. Not more greedy was
Iscariot, not more relentless was Shylock.
Again he might see the government, striking
its bell at Washington, as the signal to convey
its arbitrary edicts to the remotest corners Of
the Republic, by which wives are consigned
to premature widowhood, and children to
premature orphanage, as the unoffendinr
husband and father is dragged, by the minions
of power, to the dungeon, where even the
consultations Of the word of God are denied
him. War and debt, devastation and pillage,
venality and prodigacy, shameless fraud and
truculent hypocrisy-these are the successors
of that halcyon scene which smiled with
radiance SO enchanting ip the eye of the
Frenchman.n