The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-14
wAsHIsGTos CORRESPONDENTS,

WASHINGTON, ID. C., I
August Z, 1866. I
can the worlds stage, and all the peo-
pie players So said W. Shakespeare a cen
tury ago, and his words have singular APP
plication to the present day. For never in
our political history have we before had such
pantomimic transformations in the actiops Of
men. Yesterday rebels, sword in hand, ssrik>
ing down, with the ACCOMPANYING music of
curses on the '.hated rag" the United
States flag. To-day, hnrrying to the Union
q Convention at Philadelphia, under the
name of preserving the Union. God nave
our glorious Union from such preservation as
that Convention will afford. OF the material
of which it will be composed. | clip the
following from the Memphis AroIanche ::
major NJ. l.. Bell, of Pine Bluff, Arkan-
sas, q gallant officer of the Confederate ar
my, delegate to the Philadelphia Convention,
passed through the city yesterday on his
way NORTH
He viii have reached the slast ditch
when he gets there This is the kind of men
who propose to reconstruct the Union, aided
in their efforts by every sympathizer of rebel
lion, traitor, stay at home coward, and toady
Copperhead in the country-supporters of
Ny Policy Of leniency toward tour brave
but erring brothers, I remember q speech
made on the 3lst of January, 1862, in the
Senate of the United States, by Hon. An
drew johnson, Of Tennessee. on the expul-
etN Of IL - Ia. r
loyalty.
want to quote little from that speech
Talk not Of compromise now. Let me say,
aud regret that have to say it, that there
is but one way to compromise this matter,
and that is to crush the leaders of this rebel
lion and put down treason. The leaders Of
rebellion have decreed eternal separation
between you and them. These leaders must
be conquered and ne,c set of men brought
forward who are to vitalize and develop the
Union feeling in the South. Crush ont
the rebellion and punish the traitors" And
this same speech. maker after he holds the
power to csiry out his expressed wishes, en-
dorses the l4th of August, 1866, platform to
harbor as brothers these leaders OF treason
A. J.. ought to get q patent for a new .'crush
ing MILL" A "new set of men, was to be
placed in the South to develop the Union'
feeling. The record Of delegates to this
Convention shows vast amount of new ma
terial. We have acquired new modes of
punishment, and the penalty now for treason
is to be made lion, and graciously escorted
to seat in the National Coancis.'' OF con-
sistency, thou art . jewel, but rarely found
among The haunts Of men, II
The Senate Chamber and House Of Repre-.
sentatives are undergoing thorough clean
ing, the seats and desls being taken up, and |
present quite q dellspidsted appearance. |
II is cont emplsted making some improve.
ment to carry Cd the carbonic acid gas, which,
FROM its greater specific gravity, sinks 70 the
floor, producing sopori6c effect upon those
who breathe it. This has long been needed, |
as the vitiated state Of the air during the |
occupancy of the halls was apparent to any
one on the floor.
A party Of gentlemen, among them Sens-
tors Sherman aud Sprsgue, will accompany
the Lieut. General in his trip over the Rocky
Mountains and the plains.
a vote Of thanks has been rendered BY the
Soldiers and Sailors Union League Of this
city to the Hon. W. Penn CLARK. chief clark |
OF the Interior Department, for his recogri- |
non OF the rights Of wounded "boys In bles''i
70 hold Government Office.
Nsasher fne. | shall endeavor to visit the
copper Johnsonian Convsntion Of the lIth
inst, and send you few items.
a WArcHAAx.