The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-10-12
VOL. IL.
Union sentiment which once prevailed there.
In many cAee9 loyal slAveowners, who had ar

rested their slaves under the Fugitive Slave
Act, were forcibly deprived of their property,
and themselves put in prison on the plea of
kihappng. The natural consequence Of
such treatment was to make these men and
all other loyal citizens more violent in their
opposition to the Administration (which they
chose to designate as the 0overnment) tflhh
the original secessionists. They claimed, and
had right to be protected in their person and
property, and as they did not receive it, they
nationally concluded that theft only safety de-
pended on the success of the rebellion and
the establishment over them of another Gov
ernment which was not hostile to their slave
institutions. The effect of all the measures
OF the Administration relating to slavery, has
been to unite the South and divide the North,
until we are forced % the painful eonclusion
that all is now nearly lost, for which the citi-
zens of the free Ststes have made such noble
sacrifices in treasure and blood. And all this
lcalAmity we do most solemnly believe is owing
| to the imbecility and unconstitutional acts Of
the National Administration.
The above viii be found to contain the fol
lowing damnable ideas:
!. That President LINCOLN had destroyed
the Union sentiment in Maryland by his Eman-
cipation Proclamation, and by the policy of
Iabolishing slavery in the District Of Colum-
bia, &c.
q. That in consequence of Mr. LIYcoLS's
unjust and unconstitutional acts towards the
South, the people of Maryland had 'ration-
ally i. e.. with good reason "comcluded that
their only safety depended on the success of
the rebellion and re- establishment over them
OF another government which vss not hostile
to their slave Institutions
8. That the policy of AsRAHAn LINCOLN
had divided the North and united the South.
4. That our cause by reason Of Mr. Bfs-
coLH's conduct, WAS s.pearly lost
8. That all these caiamities were owing to
Mr.. sLascors's 'imbecihVf and ,s'snconsti
tutional acts. esae
Again. In another editorial the folloyipg
infamous passage occurs: ~
.tWhen men are asked to sacrifice life
and property, they must first be satisfied that
the cause in behalf Of which the sacrifice is 10
be made is just and righteous one, and that
there is, at least. reasonable hope of sue
cess. Whatever assurances the people may
have had in this respect eighteen months ago,
the same Assurances do not exist day"
By which, if the writer meant anything, he
meant that our soldiers we're called upon to
fight IN a cause WHICH was not "a Just and
righteous ONE and in which there was net
"a reasonable hope of fsuccess
We give the following material portions of
peace sermon, preached TO the faithful
through the columns OF the Consultation, by
Rev. THos. w. CLAGErr, on the l4th of Feb.
ruary, 1868:
"Blessed are the peace -makess. for they
shall be called the children of God
The above declaration and promise, as the
reader knows is taken from the Holy Bible,
which we are taught to believe to be the
word of God. Nevertheless. there are a
great number of persons in the free States, as
well as in the South, who claim to be not
only the disciples and followers of Christ but
of the elect, especially called of God to
preach His holy word, who are daily in the
habit of denouncing as traitors and the great
est of sinners, all those who, in obedience to
the highest and holiest injunctions Of chris
tian duty, seek through the constituted forms
Of law to bring about an honorable peace
among the people of common country, now
engaged in the horrible, unchristian practice
of cutting each others throats, and filling the
blessed are the peace makers; for, they
shall be called the children of God
If the declaration of the Great Jehovah be
true, then we who are striving as good Dem
ocrats and patriots to bring about an honorar
BILE peace in our distracted country, are not
only doing our duty as citizens. but at the
same time are engaged performing our duty
as Christian people while those who OPP
pose and denounce US, are not only acting in
violation of their duty as citizens, but in
direct violation of the revealed law of God.
| If the peace-makers are declared blessed and
proclaimed to be the children of God, what
are we to infer is to be the reward Of those
who oppose all efforts to bring about peace?
We must conclude that all such are ac-
cursed, and shall be called the children of
the devil, E EssgN
"Blessed are the peace makers, for they
| shall be called the children of God
| Let no Democrat or any other good citizen,
therefore, be deferred from doing his duty,
| in obedience to the holy word of God, be-
cause wolves in sleeps clothing desecrate
| the sacred calling of christian ministers, and
urge you to slaughter men, women and chill,
dren. From the beginning there has been
such fends of darkness in the Christian
Church, and Judas Iscariot is notable ex
Iample, - !.
The lessons taught by this eloquent and
pious discourse are the following:
J.. That ministers of the gospel who, ad-
vised men to fight for this coansry, did 50 in
violation of the word of God.
2. That our soldiers and the rebel soldiers
were engaged in the "horrible; nnchristian
practice of cutting each others throats, and
filing the land with misery and death. -
8. That the Copperheads, in their efforts
to stop the war, were acting as s.true Chris
tians.'
4. That those who sought to put down the
rebellion by force of arms were acting in
''direct violation Of the revealed law Of
Cod tis
5. That those who opposed the Copperhead
plan Of bringing about 'speace,r were sac.
cursed and shall be called the children of the
| devil"
8. That those who urged the prosecution Of
the war were "wolves in Sleeps clothing, y
Of whom "Judas Iscariot was notable ex.
ample.h s89F
We conclude by copying the following as-
ssult upon ABRAHxx LINCOLN, which ap-
peared in the Coastitsttton of the 18th of the