The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-28

ought not to be forgotten, and we will never
affiliate with, or knowingly give aid and comfort
to the party or the men that forsook the country
in the hour Of its peril, and gave aid and comfort
to the enemy, while half million of our brave
men were periing life in our nations cause.
g. That the men who now seeking to Induce
the soldiers of this State to unite with them in a
"new organization" are some of the same men
who have been guilty of opposing the coercion"
Of the teaitors of the South of fighting against
all the war measures Of the lamented Lincoln of
opposing his administration, and denouncing him
as tyrant and usurper; of opposing and resist
irg the draft ordered to fill up the tbnned ranks
OF the army of abusing and denouncing our sol
ders; of opposing theirrght to vote; of organizing
secret, reasonable societies; of calling for
mistice in the midst Of the struggle; Of proclaim
ing the war failure when our noble 81 boys in
blue were in the midst of the conflict; of organ
zing their party in opposition to the war, and Of
aiding the enemy in a thousand ways.
4. That the remains Of the political party which
guilty Of all these ohenses and many more,
now that it is covered with odium, and known far
and near disgrace TO the nation, and too
mean to live, is seeking, by laying aside its
and denying its principles, to deceive the soldiers
and loyal men of this State, into the desertion of
the Union party by the cry of "negro suffrage
and "negro equality" but we know the men and
the newspapers that raising this cry, and be-
meath the Sleeps clothing clearly discern
the same old wolf which last year wa. our
open and ayowed enemy. We are not to he de-
ceiyed.
S. That the great political issues of the present
are, the amendment of the Federal Constitution
80 as to abolish and prohibit slavery and the prop
er and effective punishment Of treason, and the
great Union party is the only party pledged to, or
that can be trusted to accomplish this grand re-
suit.
6. "That we believe we can decern in the signs
af that inn. Ia laid hatx~ 4 -.
posers of the war in the matter, and the traitors
of the South to unite for the purpose Of obtaining
control of that government which, few months
since. they endeavoring to destroy, and we
hold it to he the first and most sacred duty of the
soldiers and t7eir Union friends to defeat those
plans"
:. That We will stand by the Administration of
Andrew johnson. the man who proclaimed g that
mercy TO traitors without justice a crime. -
and by the great Union party which has support
ed the soldiers in the field during the last four
years. And we pledge ourselves never to support.
either by voice vote, for any Office or place Of
profit or trust, any who. in the hour Of our
countrys life and death struggle, attended and ap-
proved the Chicago Coppcrhesd Convention or en-
dorsed its PLATFORM believing as we do. that sue
men are at heart the enemies of our country, and
We despise and utterly rcpudiate their professed
love for the soldier. whom, by their policy Of an
armistice and the withdrawal of our army from the
SoutH, tneS Wphid nave dragget from the neid oil
glory in Disgrace.
5. That we endorse the action OF the Convention
of Soldiers and Loyal Citizens, held at Charleston
on the z9th day Of July, presided over by Col. J.
c. PARROT.
On motion of James Layton they were
adopted unanimously without discussion.
Col. Wood answered the call to speak l. P.
Teter endorsed the speech Of Senator Williams
in few remarks
He was followed by William Leighton. OF
jackson, in brief and humorous speech
noticing few local Copperhead leaders par
tieularly.
John Van Valkenburgh, in behalf of Col.
ID. b. Hills, stated that both Gen. Prentiss
aud Col. Viewer gave written promises to be
present before they were announced.
r. NJ Reynolds, of Jackson, was chosen an
additional member of the County Central
Committee, but he declined, and S S. Sample
was placed in his stead. On motion. ad-
journed. II. I. REID, Chin.
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