The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-09-18

The feeling of the Copperheads towards
GRANT was exhibited on the occasion of the
Presidents visit to Columbus in the arrest Of
citizen by the police for the grave crime Of
hurrahing for General GRANT.
TRousLors as are the times, perilous As is
the situation, to every one who carefully re-
CARDS the present attitude of the great loyal
party Of this country, there is that in It 70
confirm his faith in the people to strengthen
his hope for the perpetuity Of Republican
Government IN the United States.
Mr.. JOHNSON commenced his administra-
ton with the fullest love and trust of the
Union Republican party. His detection,
with the patronage Of the Government IT HE
command, has made scarce q ripple upon the
surface Of the political deep; the Republican
Union party stand in unbroken unity upon
principle; still true to the cause aud the
Union they supported and saved in war.
A life long teacher Of truth and righteous
ness recommends . wrong policy with good
intentions. Mr.. BEEcHKR, with his heart
right and his head wrong, endorses My Pol
icy.' His friends oil over the country are
surprised and grieved, and hope that he will
get the scales removed from his eyed, bu,
they stand firm they don't follow Mr..
BEEcHEK when he goes estray. Hon. Mr..
| SHEARxAS shows the effect Of Mr. BREcHER'
course on his congregation in note to the
Nau York T,ibtus He saws.
81 do not propose to argue the questions
raised by this letter, but simply to reassure
our friends at distance, who may lear tha,
the detection of pastor beloved and inhu.
entail must needs indicate proportippste
4 detection among his people. As to this, you
! are aware that have the means Of forming 4
| Just estimate: and beg leave to assure ouI
4 friends in the country that they need have nc
fears whatever upon this point
"There are of course number of gentle
men in Plymouth Church who have nevel
been Republicans, aud others who have al
ways called themselves conservative, ever
when Mr.. Deeeher Was an avowed Radical
Setting these aside, it is perfeetly certain tina
not one-tenth of the church share in th,
views Just expressed by their pastor. In
deed, on. OF some ! 100 members, about s0t
Of them ma les, have good reason 10 believe
4 that there ere not twenty who, having eve
been Republicans, have followed Mr.. Beeche
/ in his change Of views Out of some hun
dreds of the congregation with whom I an
| more or less acquainted, | do not know ter
| who will change sides this Fall.
"To us, who heard our pastor only sixteer
months ago declare empbatically that tn,
foundation OF the Government would be laie
in blood again, if equal suffrage were no
established; and have since heard him insis
again and again that all, and more than all
that Congress has demanded, must be en-
forced in the work of reconstruction hi
i position in the last few months has been in
comprehensive, And now, in full view o
the massacre at New Orleans, his silenc,
upon that pnint. while endorsing the polio,
4 which led 10 it, is y cause Of the deepest pair
TO our hearts
"Nevertheless, we would not have i. sup
posed that any Of us entertain any feeling
toward our pastor inconsistent with the re
spect and affection which we have always hat
for him. We can agree to differ until b,
comes right again and though we regret tn,
loss of his services to the good cause, now 81
endangered, it is perhaps just as well that Al
opportunity should occur to prove tina
Plymouth Church is not so dependent for it
opinions upon any one man, however beloved
as it has been often thought to be-
/ Courage, loyal men. the Republic is still
safa