The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-09-25

loyal man, one who loved and was true to his
country and his flag, and he was sure the
rebels were not loyal He was unwilling to
place the Government in their hands. There
are those who are in favor of placing the
Southern States into the control of loyal
whites and blacks. Many Democrats-his
friend CIAGErT, for instance, thought the only
difference between themselves and negro to
be, that they voted and the negro did not.
He differed from those thus thinking. He
held that the white race was superior to the
negro, to the Indian, to the Asiatic, to all
other races 1t had developed the worlds
civilization and enlightenment, given its
christianity, and made fullest progress in the
arts and sciences. We are full FIVE hundred
years ahead of the negro. But if compelled
being controlled by rebel whites or loyal
blacks, he chose to give that control to the
negro. He would never give up the flag to
rebels, if loyal men could be found to defend
its sancity and uphold its honor. 1t was said
the object of the war was to free the negroes.
This was not so no more than the object ofthe
siege of Vicksburg was to dig the canals that
were dug by GRANT orders. Both were means
to accomplish certain end. We learned but
slowly to make use of the negro. But as at
last we did use him to put down rebellion let
us still further use him to keep it down. You
say no! Then let US see. White and black
| inclusive South Carolina has about the same
population as Iowa. Permit only the whites
to vote and South Carolina has as many re-
representatives. as Iowa with half the number
of voters. The rebel there has twice as much
influence in the Government as the loyal
white man in this State. Wecertainly should
not consent to that. Suppose the negros were
not embraced in the enumeration at all? He
apprehended the Democracy would not con-
sent to their exclusion, for thereby they would
fail of majority in the country. There we're
other measures before the people. One was
the constitutional amendment abolishing and
prohibiting slavery. Would HOLMAN and
HEDGES favor that2 Another needed con-
stitutional amendment was to declare that the
primary allegiance of every citizen was due
to the general Government
The Democracy appealed not to the man
hood Of the people, but to the prejudices. II
was said we must not give negroes the night
to testify in courts, nor admit them to public
schools, lest they pour in upon us from other
States and compete with white labor. Should
he resort to the same argument he would urge
the Democracy to do justice to the negro in
the South, to give him rights, and he will not
come North.
The Democracy urged that the great issue
before the people is whether or not negroes
shall vote in Iowa. They he-under a mis-
take. He referred to the Constitution of
Iowa to show that not until three years could
the voter decide by ballot the question of suf-
frage He had been Democrat. He learned
there to trust the people Why were not the
Democracy willing to trust the people of Iowa
with the decision of the question whether or
not negroes should vote in the State? When
Democrat he learned that other maxim,
my country May it always be right, but
when in a fight, right or wrong, | am for my
country" The Democracy had forgotten
that maxim during the war. There was an
other plank in the Republican platform that
Possums and Democrats overlooked. That
was the eighth plank which favored submit
ting to the people the question as to whether
or not citizens of Iowa who went South and
Joined the rebels, like JoNEs' son, and HEMP.
sTEADs son or who ran from the draft, or
whether Missouri bushwhackers who couldn't
live in their own State, should be permitted
to vote here. Why had not BALIINGER and
EDWARDS said something about this? The
speaker was willing to permit the people of
Iowa to vote upon both these propositions.
As for himself. when the three years elapse,
he will weigh the matter candidly and then
vote-as he pleases
Our army was made up of men of all par
ties who fought glorlously shoulder to shoul
der until the suppression of armed rebellion.
The Union party similarly made up, had
stood by the soldiers during all the strife. Our
work is not yet done. Let us still go firmly
forward, with ranks unbroken, undivided by
minor and trivial issues. until every vestige of
the shareholders rebellion is destroyed-until
the triumph of our brave soldiery is fully Sc
cured. and the Government and the Union
restored on basis and in the spirit of entire
Justice and impartial Liberty.
We have not done justice to the able ad-
dress of Gov. KIRKwooD in this synopsis
We have only been able TO give in outline the
tenor of his argument TWAS effectively de-
livered, and was listened to with the greatest
attention by the large crowd present.
MAN in New York city few days since re-
tired to his woodshed and committed suicide by
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