The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-09-06
THn LOYAL CONVENTION.

Republican attend and let us have . rousing
good meeting. aa
THn LOYAL CONVENTION.
That is grand meeting Of the friends Of
liberty and free government ct Philadslphia.
1t is no such gathering - WAS that Johnsoness
conventicle; thithsr have not gone psrsistent,
bitter, violent rebel sympathizsrs from the
North the friends and supporters of the
Chicago Convention and platform tie ene>
mics Of Mr.. LINCOLN and the Government
through all the war, hostile to our soldiers
and the cause which they upheld. Thither
have not gone the Dick TArLoRs and Gen.
FoRREsr of rebellion; the military and civil
officials of the Confederacy; never giving
over their reasonable cause so long ID there
was a hope of success, indicating yet their
action, unrepentant for it, and seeking to Sc
cure in peace and by politics the triumph
they failed Of by war.
There are at Philadelphia the steadfast
faithful Union men Of the South those that
stood out for the old flag while the Southern
delegates to the Johnsonese Conventicls were
rallying under the stars and bars. There are
from the North the loyal men that stood BY
Mr.. LINCOLN and Mr.. JOHNSON when the lat.
ter was opposed by the Copperhead Democ-
racy ard the rebels.
There are no quasi rebel flags in the hall
where these loyalists meet no sentiments, but
will draw responses from every loyal heart.
Let us look into the room; correspondent
of the Chicago Tribune shall be our guide:
The Southern delegates we're welcomed BY
the President Of the League, and the response
was made by Governor Hamilton. After
this the original escort, increased by many
organizations from the upper part of the city,
escorted the Southern men to National Hail.
which they entered alone, the Northern del~
egates returning to the League, where an in
formal meeting was held, while the Conyen-
ton proper Was organizing ut National Hall.
The Hall had been most conveniently and
tastefully fitted up by the League-the &C
comoda,ions forthe press, state arrangements,
in fact the whole thing was complete and in
far better shape than the famous Wigwam.
Flags hung in festoons entirely around the
room; the ceiling was partially canopied
with them. Back Of the platform was life
size painting of Mr. Lincoln draped in mourn
ing; over it was the motto: Liberty, Equal
ity, Fraternity under the painting was the
following political quotation
"Pure thy life It's bloody close.
Has placed thee with the sons Of light,
Among the noble host of those
Who peished in the cause Of right"
All the notices were we'll chosen and sig
nifcant. They were painted in large letters,
and could be read from all parts of the room
Half the notices were from Andrew johns
sons words, not our President, but the late
Tennessee Unionist.
Over the front of the stage, and reaching
across, were the words: "Welcome. South
erners. unstained by rebellion and unawed by
treason. Below the front of the stage, and
reaching across it: The Union, it must and
shall be preserved" On the front of the
desk, w Welcome, patriots of the South -
and beneath it this verse;
''Ye bore, freedoms hope fororn,
The private hate, the rebel scorn;
le held through all the paths we trod
Your faith in war and trust in God"
On the wall, to the speakers left, were six
notices, as follows:
There can be no neutrality between pa. |
triotism and treason.o-S. A. Douglas.
Treason must be made odious, and trai> |
sCto hhues VIC puhlsuCa ouu iupOSctl1tucu
their great plantations must be seized and |
divided into small farms, and sold to honest, !
industrious men. Andrew johnson.
With the comment, "And yet you honor,
pardon aud reward them
shall the traitors who brought misery
upon the State be permitted to control its
destinies ANDREW johnson.
Fourth. "Liberty and Union, one and in.
separable ~ Webster.
Fifth. "When the wicked are in authority |
the people mourn. ''-Isaiah
Sixth. "Rebel reconstruction--itsf first act |
the assassination of President Lincoln !; its
last, the massacre at New Orleans
The six, on the opposite wall, we're as fol-
lows:
Il tremble for my country when rene m
Der that God is just. Jefferson.
Second. "We here rightly resolve that the
that the nation, under God, shall have new
birth of freedom, and that the Government
Of the people by the people and for the poo
pie, shall not perish from the earth. u
Abraham Lincoln ut Gettysburg.
Third. Treason is not q crime to be for.
yiven-it is crime to be punished and msde
odious, and the comment: "We will fight
/ out on this line forever
Fourth. Treason defeated in battle shall
lot rule by ballot
Fifth. Remember the martyr Dostie's
asst words, Let the good cause go on y
Sixth. 81 say that the traitor has ceased
o be citizen, and in joining the rebellion
las become public enemy. Andres John
on. And the comment, Then why not en-
orce it ?
Washington, and on the left, one of Mr.. Lin.
nln II p1or latt thu |
Born of the people, well he knew To grasp
fhc wants and wishes Of the weak and small;
therefore, We bold him with no shsdowy clasp;
Therefore, his name is household to us ALL"
Into a room thus appropriately adorned
he Southern men entered, and at once began
he work of organization. From the startIit
vas evident that there was no gag upon ant
u fact there had not been enough previous
consultation to make the mere outline of bus
ness.
Ralph Waldo Emmerson states that it lis
'ut OF his power to attend the convention, but
le awaits with confidence the happiest re-
nts from its deliberations" He remarks:
Il pray you to say to the committee that my
aspect and sympathy are so commanded by
hose brave and patriotic men that could
almost wish had the knowledge and halht
'fpolitical action, were it only to accept the
you offer me, and seek to make
myself useful in some manner to them
"A gentleman from the Red River coun-
~ in Texas says murders of freedmen are Of
lsily occurrence, and that no efforts are even
made by the authorities to arrest the murder
'rs. The condition of society in that section,
lie says, is terrible, and represents it as grow
ng worse instead of better.
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