The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-03
crAaErT AHD THn aC0NsTITUTfO1S
on THE WAR ~ a HAIkURB.

the Constitution, a. the mouth piece ofisAsI
reconstructed faithful. He is expected u -.
raign the loyal men and the loyal party; The
party of Union and of Freedom With wtkeA
he has hitherto acted, and to be ex1lted wStA
the incense Of CopperheAd praise and be Eio-
r,fed by Butternut cheers while he becoMAo1
the special advocate and champion Of Tie
party of rebel sympathizsrs and Of hostility,
to the late war and to human rights. We do
not believe It can be greatly labor of love
for General WARREN. JSo. ApAlR MCQpw-
ELL is expected to be in readiness to Join
Genernl WARREN in his labors, and THouAs
W. CIAaEr1, with An indifference to the
shamefnlness and odiousnaas Of tho specta>
Gle which is the result Of his seniority in rem
egadism, viii stand BY to applaud the actors
and give them the encouragement Of his ear.
nest and distinguished approval.
Now, lest Gen. WARREx and Col. Mellow
ELL should not appreciate the full beanties Of
being political yokefsllows with THOMAS W.,
and in their present close bonds Of brotherly
love with him We will 60 back, and from
among the files of his paper we will gather
up some fragments of his record (specimsns,
however, of the entire record} during the
war. We do not say that these specimens
are such as loyal soldiers or loyal citizens,
especially Republicans, can approve. We
do not say that they will notmake Gen. WAR
Rem and Col. McDowELL losthe themselves,
that they are now of their own accord
cheek by jole'' with this man CLAGErr, and
oficiously doing his political bidding. We be-
lieve they will, if Coppe1ohnsonism has not
made them shameless. But such rs these
specimens are it Is the more unfortunate for
WARREN and McDowELL, aud for CLAGErT
himself, that the Consultation o. the data
named has not specimens of any different
character.
FITz Henry WARREN sat upon q Military
Commission here in 1868 because the soldiers
Of the Union had followed the course indi>
Gated by Gen. GRANT for suppressing disloyal
papers and had pitched the Constitution into
the river. Now, on the 9th Of January,
| 1868. some three weeks before the destruc-
ton of the Constitution Office, CLAGErT wrote
couple Of editorials in that paper, the spirit
| Of which these extracts will show.
| The frs, was intended to give his readers
the impressions he had received by visit to
Washington short time previous Herein
he said
1.-THE future Of this contest is to US most
gloomy. We eau see no hope of success in
lputting down the rebellion and restoring the
Union to its original basis by carrying ont
1.-The presen, policy Of the administration. We
are reluctaaily and painfully impressed with
the idea that our once happy aud prosperous
lc,untry is to be broken up and shattered into
fragments The Government at Washington
Fla wholly incompetent to the task 1t has I'm
dertaken. Rottenness and corruption seem
10 perrade every department OF the Admins.
tration Washington City is but a den Of
thieves, negroes and prostitutes. The City il
crowded with this class Of people, aud the
opinion prevails that the Union is already de-
stroyed, and every one seems anxious to grab
all they can for themselves while the chances
last Everything seems TO be at loose ends.
the great Army OF the Potomac, which WAS
expected to reduce Richmond is but demor
allzed mob +; the officers are constantly RET
signing, and the men are running oil at eve
~ opportunity they can get. ;"
Further along in this same editorial THoN-
As W., with whom Mcdowell and FiTz
HsxRY are now politically ''cheek by joie, I
and who will 10 day be political yoke fellows
in charging the Union Republican party with
disloyalty aud hostility to the Government
said:
..In Southern Maryland when, two year
ago. the Union sentiment largely predomlnaI
led over secessionsm, there can scarcely b
found man, woman or child who does no
heartily despise the National Government
and hope Tor the success ofthe Confeoerates
The issuing oil the President Emancipation
Proclamation, together with the abolition o
slavery in the District of Columbia, and TIL
i action of the military authorities there il
preventing owners of slaves from recapturin
their runaways, has entirely rooted out all tn
Union sentiments which once prevaiie
: there And he adds: "The effect of a.
4 the measures of the Administration, relatin
> to slavery, has been to unite the South an
/ divide the North, until we are forced to tn
. painful conclusion that all is now nearly los
D for which the citizens of the free States hay
n made such noble sacrifices in treasure all
= blood. And all this calamity. we do mo:
q soiemuty UelteNes Is OWING W tue imoecilit
It aud unconstitutional acts of the Nations
Administration.
e Thus in january, 1868, sought Thomas W
the present political ally of WARREN and NJ,
ID DowE ELL, TO discourage the loyal people of til
lie country, to foster discomfort among the \,
: ,ional soldiery, and to bring the war for ii
=, Union into disrepute.
TO Bat he was not satisfied with his villaino.
y Iabors in this line. His view of the situate
y from the Washington stand point did not Ell
:, able him to make full confession of his Bo
nd ternut faith. and so, in another editorial, h
at hostility TO Mr.. LINCOLN administration ar
:, The war for the Union, found expressio
thus:
3, 1.-The conviction has become strorg, ar
is growing stronger every day. that the Ia
= army Of The Republic has been raised. I'll
y sentiment Is not peculiar TO any rarliculi
" party. class or locality, but is wide sprea
= and iinds ustefance By men of all partie
- :, 10 know tina: such opinion exists, is pro-
= that the people of the loyal States are "a
losing confidence in the efficiency of the pc
icy which has been inaugursted by the admir-
iStraton at Washington for the suppressio
OF the rebellion. When men are asked
: sacrifice life and property, they must first /
:" satisfied that the cause in behalf of which Ii
. sacrifice is to be made is jus, and rghteo,
- one, aud that there is at least reasonab
s. hope of success. Whatever assurances til
y people may have had in this respe,
:, eighteen months ago, the same assurances d
:, not exist TO day"
What nice plank for the Chicago WI
failure platform that would have been.
nd On the 18th Of February, 1868, CLAGE7
J. wound up heavy editorial thus:
zee THE acts of tyrany done under the &C
ninis,ratiou of Abraham Lincoln would ha'
" iisgFaced and dishonored monarchical En-
and, even in the days Of the British Empir
Read the following speech Of Lord Temp
n delivered IN The British Parliament durit
w. The days OF the Empire:"
it On the "a of that month THOMAS W b
EN- came very fierce in his defenc of that soldi
rm ally of the rebels, Flrz john PORTER, al
he said amongst other things:
be "There is a spirit of justice in the Anne
| will tI,a &.