The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-06-02
SOLDIERS, FALL IN.

A soldier writes to the 0skaloosa Herald,
as follows:
Il wish through your columns to call the
attention of the Soldiers OF this county to the
Republican Mass Convention, TO meet at Os-
kaloosa on the 9th of June, for the election of
delegates to the District and State Conven
tion.
IF the soldiers who fought the battles of
the country expect to have their views con-
sldered, they must be present at the conven-
tions and vote.
"Let us fight it out in the lines Of the
GREAT REPUBLICAN PARTY. Let US make
our voices heard in the Conventions, and then
there will be no opportunity for bogus sol
diers tickets to divide and distract the Union
Party"
"let oil who shoudered the musket or
drew the sabre, swing into line, and make
themselves felt in civil life as they have been
IL the fea. a. SoLplER.
That has the right ring to it. This is no
time for divisions in Union ranks. 1t were
easy to break the twgs singly; it were impos-
sible when they were united in hurdles. The
Republican party was organized in the spirit
of freedom and constitutional liberty. Slave
ry was foiled at the ballot box and it struck
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limits of the Republican party the loyal men
of the country, The friends of union and OF
free government. Slavery and rebellion went
under; the steadtast determined unity of Tn
ion men-solder and citizen-had done it.
The rebellion went under; not its spirit
That lives. A broken, defeated people one
year ago has become again arrogant. boastful
fierce in a bad cause. Positive armed ag-
gressiye treason was defeated and grew repen-
tant 1t has been fostered into negative un-
armed aggressive treason, wide spread and
fixed as the other and scarcely less dangerous.
We would not intlame passion IN time Of peace
nor strive to perpetuate sectional animosties.
We would. however. have the triumph won at
so great cost of life and treasure, rendered
certain and enduring. A late insurrectlonary
people free and equal citizens of a republic;
that people defeated, their bad cause lost, re-
pentant, ready to accept the result in good
faith, awakening to new love and devotion
forthe government-over such people should
be thrown Me mantle of charity and amnesty
and bad blood should cease with victory so
AcCHptcu Dy tIc NdHuuiShtA. ~ "paio ~
have been with the South had the conduct OF
her people been different. But treason against
40 good government and for so bad o cause:
treason disarmed but unsubdued; that expects
to attain by political supremacy the end 1t
failed to reach by battle: that shows its hatred
of loyalty and gives its votes TO its most vlo-
lent rebels; that strews the graves of rebel
dead with wreaths and flowers and mobs and
imprisons those that would so honor the I'm
ion dead; that gives notice that it has not re-
linauished its reasonable designs; that trea-
son. such as has existed and still exists at the
South, is dangerous and should be guarded
against. We would not engender i'll feelings
and stir up strife; we would, by the complete
triumph of loyalty, prevent further war.
The cause of the country. Of freedom is still
in peril. Ii the crash of arms it was saved
by loyal men; by citizens who voted against
the enemies of the government, by soldiers
who voted and fought against those enemies
Let the unity that existed between all the
members of the Union party still continue
Without it Northern copperheadism ant
Southern treason will triumph despite all tht
suferingsand chievements of those four years