The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-03

There was harmony and unity in Demo
cratic councils when Pierce and Buebana,
were servilely passing the Government un.
der the slave-drivers' rule. There was mucl
unity in the spirit displayed in the speeche
and professions of the Copperhead and South
ern rebel Democracy during the war TIL,
speeches made at Chicago, it is notorious
were many of them marvelously> we'll suited
for the territory of the then existent Soutb-
ern Confederacy,
Now that the country is so peculiarly re,
constructed very little difference ia nercan,
IDLE IN the animus Of the speeches Of Demo.
cratic orators North and South. Thus the
rebel General Chalmers recently addressed
an Axpr JOHNSON meeting at Memnb;s
CHALMERS was under FORREST at the time os
the Fort Pillow massacre. The country h.s
therefore great reason to place not too b;.,h
appreciation upon his reconstructed political
integrity and loyalty. He had praise for rob.
els, tor JEFF DAVIS and ANDREW Jogssox
abuse OF the loyal men ofthe North, but no,
word OF repentance for rebellion or ds,,,
citation of treason. He gave i. as his opinion
that:
ut was not for Southern agerandizeme,,
tha me South entered into the late royola'
non II VAS not an effort of her politicians !,
vas not the work ofhim who to day was NJ
mug 70 PRISON ~ Fortress Monroe. He vas
not ashamed to say that he loved b;ra las Ias
and Was bold to say that he loved him n ,oen
loud cheers. He is the grea,ss, a ~ NOV now,
statesmen. Few have ever been b,s v n.'he
lCheers. We are perhaps now i, ,ha -,;as.
OF snother revolution, and it becomes everv
one 70 stand with his armor on. Renublican
l ~, are now trembling in the balance
here are two grand opposing idaa. ~h;ah
Drought on the late Observation-Disclosures Ia
GENERALIZATION. ana
we Oh tne south struck for individual III.
sHy' Out centralzation Overwhelmed ne az
snaaneer- the liberty OF the whole comm
Ouf queeuon went INTO the court of war and /
gueo ana decided against us, and We |
"a s.o"i''eo axe good citizens We have
submitted 10 Governor of not mr. ohn;a
been insulted by onr former slaves "a .ao i
Tour thousand million dollars worth of sl.r os'
greater than the var debt of the North IA
AZ, 'neb % call upon us to pay their war |
mnSar.,.a "epos'rg we're privately requested 10 |
~. . 80 me 90 ot the strong passages in
an's speech---hM' We see bomes
ksohous summer a SON e r. e''
johnson has struck Cor us. H. aenne ssee'
cas- are IKE duelist7, or like ylad;a, VIC naa,'
shield and scabhsri thrown AVA with
determined y, that one or other must die a'e
Inc Radicals are your old enemies Of sex
sesrs. ne must unite against them. "a W.
oio IN the beginning Of the late var'
moi please our pride. Let us Law as;aa ~
punctiiio on which we have stood We e
must still eight the forces Of centr.l;... We
johnson was one of the first to procla;m H.,
Sell 10 favor of coercion, but as soon :. u'L W.
-. ,ne iaii consequence of the desno,;srr -
WHICH 1t led, he recoiled from hi, nprnosa !"
They call us back. Back with The =, &c
me constitution No, PATCHWORK Ther
grove US out from under that old cbarte, md
refuse novto let US return. TbsnL "a
there is one man in the Tennessee Ian;s,s.i
who refuses to sign changes that would Sars
destroyed that forever. "ou'u y nave
That's In the South; rebel TESTIMONY
Now IN the Secoad District Of Indiana Col |
GRESHAM is the Union candidate for Con-
sress- NJ. G kerr is his Copperhead COM
petisor. Col. G. is making . vieorou. cam
p.isn. At one Of his appointments Hon
Mr.. GHoRsLrr, Mr.. KERR's Law partner. mrr |
MIN IN debate. Col. GRESHAM showed that
TIE Indiana Democracy w. disloyal dur;ne |,