The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-05-11

" SVsuss iuuo0etuOlo, u0t 70 opet0 tue
leading rebels. No wonder, then, iha
the msnoer Of his death 10 made use Il
increaes the thirst for their blood. Fos
absard % ID the charge thst The assassi
was their tool. it neverhsless gains ex
,eusive oredence. They sll knew NJ
Lincoln's characteristic clemency, IN,
that the terms of the pssce be wss ints0
on we're exceedingly mild. Hence, hov
insane is the supposition that any of then
sought bis death r.
And the gentle Gerrit COOS and plaoidI
" strokes bis beniguity, and thank,
heaven that he is not "saturated with III
vindictive and blood Thirsty spirit" d
those radical editors and preachers-
"publicans aud sinners" II ws rsmsm.
Der rightly, this same benigsiiy Of Gerrit
led him to oppose the " coercion" Of The
rebels into submission to the Government
He would have let the erring sisters have
departed in peace. Gerrit assumes, too,
the innocence Of the rebels from all com.
plicity with the assassination Of Mr.. Lin
coin. Judge Advocate Holt has I am
ined the evidence. which Mr.. Smith h.s
not. and be is Of the opinion that certain
rebel chiefs were coguisant Of and con.
sentios to the assassination. Time will
s1ov which is right.
After pleading in behalf of..sparisg the
rebel leaders; after trying to frighten NJ.
johnson from his policy BY pictaring fu-
ture troubles North and South: after Z
special argument 10 favor OF Gen. Lee,
in which this rebels treason becomes
/" bis misfortune % under the the tender
word-manipula,ions of this emoothest
gloved Of honey y-fuglers. and after even
delicately rafting J.f. Davis himself
Gerrit becomes complimentary to Mr..
Johnson. rhetorical. and impossible. He
says:
"Lrgely on your wisdom and magma
MIN y do found my warm hope Of See
ing this war give pace to bloodless, kind.
forgiving. aud therefore immediate, peace.
But this is not all for which | look to
you. Now, whilst We have this fresh
sense OF one Of the worst wsrs -
nov whilst We can contrsst i.s upli.
ness with the besu,iful peace, which,
unless We thrust il from US, is Just ., |
hand-now is the time for our nation 10
be the first to propose % end 70 na,iousl
sas by means of an international C.n
gress, whose decisions upon the disagree.
uents aud controversies betwceu na.ions
shall be 6nal. Yours be the glory TO |
favor . measure fraught with more honor
to God and more happiness to man than
any or even oil other measures Yosra
be the glory Of Identifying your admiuEs-
Iration with the casse OF international
peace -
After delivering himself Of which uno
'uous prace paragraph the pen fea.hery,
iowny, aud hard o-be-rnm ID Gsrri, prob
by narsed a!i his feelings as tenderly as
lf each particular one were so much sooth-
ng syrup, looked lovingly toward his
and felicit.sed himself upon
his extremely sugary di'p ,si.iou No
t Mr.. Smith would cease to be absttac,
md become practical, that his in,erna.
tional peace congress is . humbug, and
will be for long time. -Four years sgo,
had the question Of tho division Of this
Union been submitted to q congress oi
the nations, the Southern Confede-acy
would have been success. How admi.
rabls would it have been to have ledt 10
France and England the decision of the
preservation or disruption Of our natiosal
integrity. No, Ger,it, the strife betwee q
King power and populr right il too far
unsettled yet 10 place the life of our Re-
public in the keepiog..of monarchs and
despote, whose fondest wish it is 10 see
free government prove failure.