The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-07-27
How the CopPerhealls Endorse
the President.

The address of MAsoS's National Demo
cratic Association at Washington City orders
the faithful to endorse and support President
Johnson for the present. and they are trying
with many pry faces to do it after sort.
But some Of them only do so by fits and starts
and with no good will even thus. The Du-
bnque Herald, which is the organ of the Ro-
man Catholic Copperheads, finds it necessary
TO denounce the President as a murderer
whose hands are dripping with the blood of
innocent assassins.
We call the attention OF our readers TO the
following paragraph from the Dubuque Her
aid, for it is 3 much more truthful and relia-
BILE Indication Of the real spirit of the party
than that furnished by the hypocritical and
| honey -fugling wire-workers who are after the
soldiers vote. Let no one forget that This
Dubuque Herald, who thus denounees Presi-
Dent JoHSsoS and justifes the assassins of
President LINCOLN. is the most influential or
gan of the now nameless opposition party, in
the State of Iowa. 1t says:
| We are asked to endorse the policy Of Andrew
| johnson without if an and. And yet An
| drew johnson. by one act OF his sdmiristrasion.
in aiding and abetting military mob in commit
ting murder, has established his claim to position
by the side Of the worlds most cruel and despoie
masters. His order to Gen. Hancock declaring
the writ of hateas corpss suspended for the espec-
iai purpose of erowning the tragedy Of assaesina
| tion with the horrors of a quadruple murder, en-
titles him to the execration of every just man. and
had we y Cong grsss Of brave and tine rnen he
would be impeached for the act. President Lin
coin suspended the operation Of the writ generally
President johnson, withsut the uppsssAsse ol
reluctance for he aided in the execution suspend
ed the writ for the sole purpose Of gratifying the
his hands from the blood Of the innocent John
SON voluntarily dipped his in the blood Of thoss
who were innoeent before the law.
| 4-1-------- IL sisiis 80
:. The Consent of the Governed =
Charles Sumner has written q le4ter to the Sa-
vannAh tGeorgial Union League, principally CON-
lposed Of black men, in which he says:
:. 1t is impossible to suppose hat Csagrcss vii
sanction any governments in the rebel State:
which are not founded on the eonsen& Of he Ros-
erned.' This is the cornerstone OF republican
institutions. OF course, by the governed ii
meant all the loyal ctixeps, without distinction o.
color. Anything else Is . mockery."
On this the Cincinnati Commeyeiaf pertinently
asks: /" But are not the disloya1 citizens to b.
| kUScfueu 1feo, ana II mot tNefT c0QScnN fe4unfed
according to Mr., SRmner's logic Would be have
us suppose that disloyal people are not to he gov
erned, with or without their consent ?"-&. Leui
DsepateA- sssa
But Penitentiary cenvicts forfeit not onl,
the right Of suffrage, but also the inalienahl,
| right of liberty, during the period Of their N
earcerasion for crime. And It is but igh
punishment for treason, the highest Grim.
known to the law, to deprive the perpetrator
thereof simply of the right Of suffrage, TEN
pcraFily, for the public good, rather tina,
hang them, which is the legal and just pen
atty Of their crime. Us
/ Dox'r TrLERIzE WORTH CEsr.-The
Copperheads are. getting impatient, uneasy
distrustful, sulky, sstirical and dennnciaaor,
| in view of the slow progress their lesdes Z
Warrington make in getting President JoHx
sos to accept the leadership Of the reunite,
Democratic party, and 10 plsce the ffsternn
4 vallandinghsmmers and JEFF. Qavisites ono,
Inore in power. Indeed SOME of the Inv,
leaders begin 70 swear that MAsoS's revela
tion-lAa ths tfdesigno of HAves + In re
moving Lascolf xas 70 make room 70
JoHSsox rs the accepted leader of the part,
-ym : bosns skAir, hnd not Raf y III
as the JoE Snlrz and RslGHAA YorHG expo
sitions of the q designs Of Heaven
Why, q ~ sey, z Sssnsos huss ~
very men thaG Hesveu connissionsd to max
room for him, aftsr saspending the ksbea
eoesnola md annrnrssne 4ba ao.tS~no - /. sSss1;