The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-12

Inc ei8ntn lecture OF the Parker Fraternity
course was delivered in Music Hall in Bos.
'ou. by Major General Carl Schurz. the
subject beng "Reconstractiou.' On his in.
trod0chon the 0ensral was received with loud
ana neeety applaase- The var was aver, he
SAID, out the great revelation, Of which the
rni t0sns bat part, was not finished. The
political institutions Of the South must Be
brought into harmony with the democratic
spirit of our government; and when this v..
done, then, and then only, would the rebel.
lion be finished. With the emancipation ot
the slaves only negative result had been oh.
tanned. The old form had been DESTROYED
out that might not prevent the building up Of
new one. The President placed the power
OF treconstructien in the hands Of the whites
OF the South. They bad had ra.aple time 70
develop their ideas, aud in their action. .om q
facts xere found On which to rest our ;udg.
aasnl The President had entertained The
opinion that they had done a we'll :. crnId
have been expected. The speaker vas Of
the same opinion-that they had done - ve
had . nght TO expect ssder tie eirrsntanoe,
And there's the rub. We had &c reaso,, 10
expect any good of ,..sp- He vent on 10
cons,des tte sAats Of affairs ae<he South ure.
sIous to the rebellion, and asked. had We .
right % expect that when they we're Obliged 10
drop their srust they would drop their prejudice
Aiso Had ve right % expect them 70 for.
3" s1er Ola soeai Of slavery and take up with
free labor, and that uhen the aa,kori.y v.s
South ssaia soa q, Iss ,Sss soees ne. OF Of p. p.
back man ~ brotherl mol they were led
away BY false ideas, ignorant of all thu, I,
good in free labor. mindful only Of the sdysn.
tages they were accustomed to See in slave
LABOR. There was one time that the Southern
people might have been compelled To recor.
nize the rights OF their slaves, IT, shaxt,, afier
the close Of the war. the hxssiden, lad said To
Them: lou must fulty Aad iiriy accpmmo.
1Ase yonrsslf To ihls new order OF thinsr: you
mus. use free labor in the full sense Of The
word, and guaranty 10 all the riel,ts to which
they are entitled, and until YOU have don.
this. until your institutions har,nonize vas
the spirit Of the Government. ycG xaasot en-.
ter into our councils or become one of ,s
Had this ,..l.oy been pursued, better re-
s0sss would have followed, bat unfortun.,elv
II was not. When the President policy was
announced, the Sontherners saw tha, when
the prescribed oaths had besn .aken they
would be len perfectly i,ee 70 dispose Of their
slaves iheI aAw chance for reaction IN
mvar 81 slavery, and they seized upon this
hope, and instead Of developing frse labor.
".."6 every possible experiment to
prevent H. IL was true Aey had abolished
slavery by ordinance hsd passei The .onsti.
tutional amendment. Did they mean 10 do.
e,eve us? Not u s.,. They meant 10 get
the power ipto their own hands, and then nse
i to suit themselves. They were perfectly
honest The Government must either con.
unne to protect the rights of the emancipated
class in the Southern States by force. or il
must allow the emancipated class "a ro,aoa
themselves; and in Democratic community
there wss bnt one way in Which q man eould
protect himself. and shat was through the
right to vote The safety Of the Onion. the
cause of free labor and of Democratic Gov.
eminent needed the enfranchisement Of the
emaneipated slave, even more than he needed
II himself; and patriotism, prsdence. devo.
hon to principle, justice and honor all de- !
manded that he should have it, The negro
had been called into battle on the nromi.e
that he should be forever free, and Goyer..
ment should abide by ia promise and secure
hlm from all eposoaehmanta on Mis- rights.
uniess i did so, it would be the mos, unnat.
nrai, the most atrocious, the most dastardly
action ever committed by any nation on the
face of the earth.
In closing, the speaker expressed his faith
In the American people, that they would not
rest until this question was settled Justly and
honorably.