The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-29

OsE of the most entertaining, If not tn.
most instructive Of the journals which nov
reach us from the rebel states, is the Mobile
Times. One of the best comical lncubrationi
which have graced its pages is the following
"The result Of the elections in Ohio, Penn
sylvania, and Iowa, the defeat of Gen. Slo
cum in New York, aud the partial success o
the republicans in the local elections Of Hi
nois. have surprised, bat not demoralized th,
| friends Of peace and reconstruction
1.-The want Of organization, the adhesive
power of public plunder, the tenacity OF of6cs
holders, we're known 10 be elements o
strength which could not be successfully op
posed in the short time left between the dis
banding Of fthe armies and the several stat.
elections.
"Nothing in these occurrences changes ths
complexion of congress in any material de
gree, and nothing can change the determine
tion of President johnson to put down agita
tors and agitation
''The tone of the public press has not beer
even altered by those, not unexpected, re
verses 10 the canse of law and order. and MI
| the talent and patriotism of the North ane
West are still more compac,ly closing theii
| ranks and presenting their bold front TO tn,
enemies of society and the Union.
i'The reported determination of the presi
dent 10 crush the worm, Mcpherson. by is
suing proclamation restoring all the states
| to their original position In the Union, doei
away with even the remotest idea Of an ex
citement being created by that would be noto
rious person.
anything could mar the joy of the sin
cere friends of the country at the presen
bright prospect of affairs, it is the attempt to
belittle the president by forcing him to inter
fere in the domestic matter of state indebted
ness.
lit is impossible to witnessthis interference
without feeling tha, the president has Welded
to influence which, on a mind like his. wers
properly thought to have no power.
1.-The machinery Of state government within
the general government is SO admirably cal
culaied. that at no point can the tangent strike
through the tuo ocirc,ihferences, and one /,
at loss to see what interest the federal power
has, or has not, in the financial affairs of 9
state.
.sThe doctrine Of reputation. which, by it.
proper name, means nothing but bankruptcy
il step toward the disqualification uf the
people, which, sooner or later, will bear stil
bitterer fruits.
"The reputation of an obligation contacted
when the party is de fdcto able to contract
is at all times contemplate, and finally blunt,
the sharp sense of honor which should be the
rule of nations as we'll as the rule of man.
''lt cannot be supposed that President
johnson intended 70 add to the humiliation
of the South, as his whole course gives ar
| emphatic denial to such a supposition. and
We are hound to believe that this interferencs
has been forced on him nnder some specions
but erroneous point of political economy.
"Be this as it may, the state of Georgia ha.
added her name TO the disgraceful list, and
there is no hope but that the other states vii
all follow in the same dishonorable race.
"The end Of last week has been markek by
an episode which we cannot allude without
deep sorrow. -
San Obscure foreigner, crippled soldie,
of the confederates, surrendered and paroled
under the high sanction Of military honor and
public faith, has been sacrificed to the thirst
for blood of the radicals.
Champ Ferguson, Henry c. Magruder,
Henry Wirz, the triumvirate of victims is q
sad omen for the future.
"We do not deny their erimes-we do moi
lament their fate; but we see in this opening
of the era of vengeance All unlimited and illi.
mitable field of bloody prosecutions and re-
prisals.
"There was no exception made in the terms
of capitulation and surrender, and vet excep-
tions have been made. Had Wirz and Ma.
gruder been refused the benefit Of the parole
rendered them, fight or orvoluntary death might
have saved them from the vengeance Of the
law; but they were deceived into false sense
Of security, and the name Of the nation has
suffered N he syes Of posterity. y s
How far . people, Of whose sentiments
the Mobile Times is an organ, are qualified to
take part in the government of the United
Is . question that needs no elaborate discus
sion. They must wait outside until they have
gained wisdom. s