The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-07

shame IT, = snsn4 ~ sn&s Amus p0H caleQ
x re sas so az r. + az 4 e ssS
lSe. While the Union men Of this land who
Soneht for its pre ssrsation have, ! bright let.
ters Of living - biazoned sveryrheee thsir
GOOD works i6sthe cause Of NE land, mir
deed viii be written IA dark, deep letters in
aome deep and daxk phce, asH Gnng from
the bright sunlight vAsss - - might
read the history. f6ssat arAnse.1 Ny
fellow citizeu1. pfooumo TIT Aeoe men,
while these political contosh had been going
on in your State while this var has been 60
ing on-have been making history for here
after; and whils doing that tAsy have been
making q record for your State, md: whether
that history of New jersey that VIII b writ
ten in time to come 10 such one - each
citizen of New Jersey will be proud Of or
not, is for you to say. There Is one part OF
New Jersey that the people Of this whole
land are proud ola history which if that
made by the other portion were as fair, no State
would stand to day with q brighter page in
the eyes of the civilized world. Applause.
You have made q history on the battle feld-
you made history whore history is to b
made that lives as long - time shall last.
You made history that all the footprints
treason cannot wipe out. There can be no
such thing as affectingit. 1t stands there in let
tiers of gold, to be read by the civilized world
that on the battlefield New Jersey was al
ways in the front rank. lCheers.l But
when you turn your eyes to the other page,
and read the history of your officials at home
your Legislsturo-vhat do you find? You
find them refusing the poor soldier who has
been marching beneath the scorching sun,
climbing hills and wading through swamps,
laying down his life day after day for his
country, when he asks the poor privilege Of
casting his vote for some man At home, to do
so. He is denied. They say g No, you can
not have the privilege; you are Lincoln
ers of the South you are destracting the
| land that give yop birth; We, the honorable
body that has been elected by the citizens OF
the proud State of New jersey, have in our
wisdom decided that you are incapaciated
from exercising the elective franchise, be-
cause-what? because you carry . musket
and wear the uniform OF the United States,
and bear the starry emblem of its unity and
| strength against the enemys Of the land.
This Is the only answer that they can give.
and vet they say that 1t 10 old fashioned De-
| mocracy Laughter. II it is, the only
| mistake ever made in my hfe is that had
not left the party sooner than did. Laugh.
ter and cheers. Now, my fellow-coun,ry-
men. if any Of you are herewho have been
voting the Democratic ticket all your lives,
and are voting il yet-who are calling your
selves loyal men--and / have no doubt you
are--refect in reference to this thing, and
ask why are these things so! You, who
were fighting the battles CT the country, tell
me whether or not, in this town, when the
news would come of great Uuion victory.
wha, the conduct Of the different people was
I'm this community? Tell me. when the vica
tory was on the side OF the Union troops,
who laughed and shouted for Joy, and who
| sulkily went away and cursed the day and
| hour the victory was won? Was it the man
who claimed 70 be loyal man? Was it the
| man who WAS q Democrat and vas for susJ
| tanning the Government? Was it the Repub.
licon-was it the Aboltionist-the man you
hate so mueh~-was be the man who came up
and sneered when be saw your BOYS from
New jersey had won a victory? Cries Of
"No."1 Or was it the proud Democratic
party, that claim To be the saviors of Thu.
country at all times when the country is in
trouble? Now, do no, know bow il was
here, but ! know how il was IN my part OF The
country, where happened to be home onS Z
or twice during the war, and where il Is a
good deal like Jersey. would see groups
OF people on the corner: telearaphic dis
|
900 killed and wounded-so many prisoners
captured YOU would see ono Of these
Copperheads come up and commence reading
that is if he could read he would call some
old gentleman up who had son in the army.
"Do YOU see ,hat2 Didn't | tell yan YOU
wouldn't whip these Southerners9 See Gen.
| Mcclellan has been licked again. Cheers
and laughter Just write to Your bows tc
come home it's all nonsense. this thing
you never can whip these people you can
do it and the war is for nothing at all excep,
just to abolish slavery; that all its for tel
you, they don't get any of my boys. and the,
be nj a going to get nary dollar either. in nc
snch way as that" Neat day comes anothe,
dispatch Nicksburg has fallen .or The battle
of Getty sbarg. You see this man walk M
What Is this? Oh A great battle tough,
again-a great Union victory 1000 rebels
killed and wounded. and 1900 made pris-
oners- He looks at it and shrugs his Shout
ders, and SAYS:
s'Look here. that cursed Abolition liel''
Laughter and cries of chats the way OF
lthem.'] Now. don't know that any one
lever did that way down in New Jersey. bu,
lover where ] lived that was exactly the wa,
they acted, and they tell me Copperheads are
a good deal alike everywhere daughter. !
In our country that certainly was the conduct
of the Copperhead fraternity At all rebeI
victories they laughed for joy. When the
Union men were singing joyous songs through
the streets. on account Of the victories which
had been gained by the armies Of the United
States. these men we're nowhere TO be found
| don't find solitary resolution Of thanks te
the soldiers ON the journal of your Legislature
where the Democracy had the majority; hui
they denounced the war from beginning tc
end. In the platform Of the party now, find
the soldier 10 the greatest man that ever lived
Resolutions are passed, showing how they
love him-how they enjoy his society-how
they would like to be controlled and governed
by him Do they mean what they sayg II
they do, they indorse the action of the Admin.
istration which was at the head Of the army,
because the soldier was acting in obedience to
the orders emanating from the head of the
Government, Abraham Lincoln, and his Cab
met. For four years they have opposed the
prosecution Of the war, and insisted that the
war was failure; that the soldiers we're hire
lings of the President; that the country was
in bankrupt condition by an enormous debt.
For four years every utterance of the Demo
cratic party has been false from beginning to
end and now they come forward with astound.
ing modesty and ask to be trusted again as
''the Democratic party which has always been
right" Gen. Logan went on to show the
many reasons why the people of New Jersey
should not trust this spurious democracy, but
| shnutd Mace powe ar in the hand of thai 49,,