The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-04-10

nus uiuMpheu that TUG war Possc1 ~
the Administration has been successful
and been vindicated since Mr., Lincoln
has by the help OF God and Of the loyal
people Of the country been victorious over
Southern traitors and their Northern
allies, these samc Northern allies are
likely TO surpass loyal me n 10 their bois.
ferrous and blatant hurrahs over the re-.
suit. The same craven spirit that led
them to talk treason and give aid aud
comfort 10 rebellion and TO epd, aver 10
trammel the Administration in the hour
of the nston's styercst trial and greatest
peril and when The tesuItseemed dubious,
nov leads them to desert their vanquished
rebel friends and to attempt to save them.
selves from popular odium By joining
in the popular acclama,ions over the
fall of Richmond and the destruction oil
Les army. Copperhesd editors Of sixhy
nne tory sheets and spawned politicians
that pass their days in bar rooms aud
whisky saloons, n Nv impeach the loyal y
csen OF unwavering Union men and forget
tlat they ever wore melancholy faces oter
rebel defeats and were secretly exaltant
over rebel victories. Ttey have become
suddenly oblivious TO the fact that they
ever dssc,uraged eulistGenis, defameu
our soldiery, convened in secret sessions
OF treasouabic societies, shielded bush
whackers, spou.cd treason, vlli6cd Mr..
l. ncoln because he was striving to pui
down tbe rebellion, threatened resistance
to the draft, incite1 Instructions, and H.
belled Union officers aud soldiers while
their only words Of commentator were
for traitors. They don't remember New
York dralt riots, or Chicago conspiraci,s
They have forgotten the dsmnsble cnor.
mi.ies. Of The Chi ago Convention. they
have forgotten that The second pauk Of
The Chicago Platform ever decl.red
"Thal this Convention does explicitly
declare, as the sease Of the American D o
Pile, thst fer tour years Gnot gIli My
next OF failure 10 r, store the Union "
The expoiiuen, Of var during which, M
der tie pretcnce Of military necessity,
. Or war power higher than the Con>titn
ton. the Constitution itself has been di+-
regarded in every put. e. lie, ana pnt-
lie liberty and private right siiae truddeu
down, another lie and lhe ma,cria,
prosperity of the couairy essentially I'm
paired-jasiice, humanity. liberty. and
the public welfare d.tnspA that IMNE.
DIATE EFFORTS BE MADE FOR A.
CEsSA1lO OF IIO ,TlLlTIES, " h
States. or olher peaeeable means. 10 The
end. tia, at the earliest practicable mo
Irent peace may be restored on the basis
of The Federal States.
They have forgotten that at that Con.
vention Mr. Vallandighsm said:
IF you wouli have peace, abandon that
idea of coercion. come back again to COM
promise aud concilisiion instead Of war
let US have reason, argument, federation;
let US have the assemb.age of conven.
ton of the States TO consider this grcai
question. 1astead of the experiments oI
war let ms have the experiment of peace
From military appliances let us look u
The arts Of peace and the requirements III
statesmsnship. Through these alone wll
,ea reach the highway Of public pros per
xisy.''
s. Senator Richardson stigms'z z d Gu
soldiers as hirelings, and said lha, the,
could not conquer pace; ard that "tt
! src elect Mr. Lincoln is 10 accep, four MOI,
years of trouble, OF disaster, Of war, O
,1amenta,iors Of ruin to the country"-
THAT MIR. Sunset CJx said in a speech
Eihere that Mr.. Lincoln was no better thar
iJsR Davis that Allen. Of New York
al tha; coDvcntion '.ga,e voice for peace
M - As for the. peace sentiment he pro
laimed, let her run. War is disuaion
d " could never produce peacs. IL wa
simpossite 10 sabjug,te eight million
O. ~ people, aud il ought not to be done il j
could be done. 1t you'll require anv,he
Qovefnment 10 DO it. Let us have
phiforms clear on this issue. Il is lh
n s1nly sps We can all stand upon II. il lh
III xStY cnsithat can take US out OF the dit
Anfiies HAT sprround us. But it wi
require Something more than taking Ii
Z would net fight in this var, but IL nece:
u saxy 70 assert The rfinciales vt The Con
y Ssitusior, he was n fighting mau.
q 1Hcned to his miud, that tie pc pie {
~ 0sun'ry lad been rad the last fou
Sss The great mistake was that III
sih0crscy did not re>ist the war fra,
~ beNipning. She would rctrsce be
-, sad stioaiiy tsiu"ph. lie would rt
4gs candidate with the smell Of vi
garment"
sise those as samples Of Democra
kinnt last fail-ol . po!i,ieat liter
q uhioh @ pperhesds are now pr
1oreetful. ba, of which The ,e
- Chicago Convention and the
Ming the camDairn we're pr