The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-07
LOGAN IN KEOKuK
Glory Enough for One Day
LIZ COUNTY'S LOYAL MASSES OUT
1000 People Present !

weather could not have been more pro-
pitious 1t was just such glorious autumn
day Is Iowa is celebratedssfo The EAGLE,
conveying Gen. Logon, the city's dis
tinguished guest, and the Reception Commits
tee of our city, who went to Quincy to meet
and attend him to this place, arrived at our
wharf shortly after six o'clock. It's arrival
was greeted with discharges of artillery and
music by the Keokuk Brass Band. Early a.
was the hour, quite . crowd had assembled at
the levee. The gentlemen of the committee
who went to Quincy were: Gen. D. b. Hills,
Col. ]. W. Rankin, Col. s. N. Archer, Col.
NJ. K. Taylor, Col. ]. NJ. Shelly, Capt. ].
Mccormick, Capt George r. Numb, Capt.
Berry, F. Schiller, Esq; Louis Hesse, Esq.,;
Felix Gremminger, ESQ.,; Uriah Raplee, Esq.,;
George Hagny. Esq.
The remainder of the committee we're Gen.
II. I. Reid Col A. q. Mcqueen, ]. B. How
eli, Col. John Bruce, Noble Warwick,
Joseph Collins, J. w. Cleghorn, J. B. Paul,
Col. J. A. Wall, Hon, ]. II. Sullivan, A. B.
Chittenden, Robt L. Ruddick, and j. Vans
SAINT. These met the party, and with other
citizens, the General was escorted to
the residence of Col. J. W. Rankin
of whom General Logan has been the
guest during his stay in keokuk.
| By an early hour the streets became
thronged with people. The procession
formed at two O'Clock and marched as am
nounced. The crowd had already gathered
at the speakers stand, which was near the
time the escort with Gen. Logan reached the
stand, several thousand persons were already
there. The names of the Vice Presidents
we're announced by the President, Gen. ID.
B. Hills; they we're as follows Smith
Hamill, Hugh Martin, Lieutenant Joseph
Elmer, Joseph A. Samuels, DR.. W. 4. Tur-
ner, Henry schelling, H voss, John Fox,
Col J. B. Sample, Lieutenant B. F McIn
tyre, l.. R. Bissell, Captain T. L Sprott,
J. Q. A. De HUFF, Uriah Raplee. Captain
L. II. Jones, Captain J. II. Gill, Washing
ton Bailey, and Hon. A. H.. McCrary. Gen.
Hills then introduced Gen. Logan, who was
greeted with storm of applause.
We shall make no attempt to give even =
synopsis of the mastery speech of Gen. Lo-
gan. He spoke upwards of three hours,
with force and clearness of argument, with
richness and versatility in illustration, with
fervid eloquenee in appeal, with an earnest
ness, and brillancy Of oratory, that gave
never been nvalled on the stump in Iowa, in
any campaign. He held his immense audi
ence as if spell bound, and no soldier, no
Union man heard his glowing logic and i'm
FASHIONED appeals without feeling that
the soldier, the Union man that
should Join Andrew Johnson in bis pol
icy Of giving this nation into the control Of
traitors, would be as culpable before God and
loval men as though he had joined the con-
federate service during the war.
We have said we should attempt not even
q synopsis Of the speech We shall only giFe
some of the many strong points he made.
We shall not attempt to give his words.
Treason has been committed. This is
proved by those four years of war; by the
debt which weighs upon onr people as a con-
| sequence Of it; by the pensions that we pay
b
and the bounties that we pay and by the des-
olate homes and MANNED men in our midst,
and by the three hundred thousand soldier
graves South of the Ohio and Potomac rivers.
Some one has been guilty of treason. Who
is it? Has it been the Republican party or
its members? During those four years it
| would be found that not one Republican, not
one of the so>called Abolitionists, had ever
fred gun or struck blow against the Gov.
eminent; but invariably in it's defense. The
Republicans had not been guilty Of treason
Who had? The Democracy. The speaker
had belonged to it; left it when it began war
against the Government. There was not a
military -aor civil official of the com
| federacy but was a Democrat. JEFF.
Davis-the head and front Of
Rebellion, was Democrat. So was Jno. c.
Breckenridge. The Democracy elected him
Vice President with James Buchanan. So
was Floyd, Buchansn's thieving Secretary Of
War. So was Alexander H. Stephens. Gen.
Lee was always in sympathy with the Demo
cratic party of Virginia. Show the speaker a
man who had held prominent place in the
Southern Confederacy, and he would show
you a Democrat.
There was a loyal party in the country, for
the rebellion had been put down. The
Southern Democracy had not done this, for
= their arms and their efforts were against the
: Union. The Northern Democracy had not
done this, for when a Democrat arrayed him
self against treason and traitors, he joined
the Union Republican party. There were
. two great parties then: One was loyal the
other disloyal. The Democracy we're not the
loyal party; South they were armed traitors,
North they were in sympathy with them
The Republicans we're the loyal party; with
' this party then all Union men should act.
The Democracy had been under bad leader
| ship recently. As consequence it Is 10
: bad way. Out here it has got FItz The
: speaker related amid great laughter the anec>
: dote Of the doctor who threw all his patients
into fits because he invariably cured FITS The
speaker thought the Republican Unionsts Of
the First District would efectually cure the
present case of Copperjohnson Fitz on Tues
, dav next.
Gen. Logan defense of the Coneressiona,
proposition to base representation on suf-
; frage, and his showing of the injustice ths,
would be done to the loyal States without the
: proposed Amendment was complete and con-
J vincing and made marked impression on
his audience. He showed that South Caro-
lima. with voting population of about 49,.
loco, under the present rule would have eight
representatives in Congress, while California,
with more than 100000 voters, wonld have
but FIVE representatives aud votes in the Elec>
toral College. That Illinois, with almost ten
times the number of voters that South Caro-
lima has, would have but twice the number Of
representatives and votes in the Electoral
College. So of Iowa and the other States.
We demand that ii be established that the
rebel shall have no more power in politics
and the Government than the loyal man; and
the loval men of thia country snid the aneakS