The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-10

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cau3 of political power. Victory, pur-
4o9o6py % much loyal blood and treasure,
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itssH revived in the spirit Of Casts. Union
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fbSIfio6, were E11pIed down stII more 81
these Presidestial governnenas. The6e Jas
no liberty Of the press, or liberty Of Speech,
ka.aths aMaesssn 81 saaNssy ssgua1 0Msu
anew.
Every ~ bsssglf tidinsI lhaA the rebellion
vas reappearing in its essential essence.
AMideb n professions Of submin;pH there
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eminent, and . prevailing injustice to tho
freedmen. This was last autumn. l wns
then in Boston. Moved by desire to ar,
rest this fatal tendency, appealed BY letters
to the members of the Cabinet, entreatinG
thusn TO stand FIRM aeainst s'polit5' 1lish
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| the elections we're over appealed directly to
the President himself, by telegraphic din.
s'Bosros, 18th Nov, 1895.
ITO tho President OF the United 6tstes,
Washington:
"As faithful friend and supporter Of your
you to suspend for the present your policy
towards the rebel States / should not pre-
sent this prayer if were not painfully coz
xiaesd that thus far i has failed to obtaia any
(rmscnable euanntees Tor the. aeca4Kity in the
future which is essential to peace and recon>
ciliation. To my mind, it abandons the
freedmen TO the control Of their ancient mas>
ters; and ieaves the nationaEdebt exposed
to reputation by returning rebels. The
Declaration of Independence asserts tho
equality of all men, and that rightful govern
ment can be founded only on the consent of
the governed. / see small chance of peace
unless these great principles sre practically
established Without this the house viii
continue divided against itself.
CHARLES SunxRR,
ssSenator of the United States"
On reaching Washington Saturday evening,
Immediately before the last session of Com
gress, 4 lost no time in seeing the President
was with him that evening three hours.
found him changed in temper and purpose
Now unlike that President, who only . few
days after his arrival II power, had made me
feel 60 happy in the assurances Of agreement
on the question before the country He WA
no longer sympathetic or even kindly, but
harsh, petulant and unreasonable. Plainly,
his heart was with the exrebels. For the
Unionist, white or black, who had borne the
burden Of tho day, he had little feeling.
Perversely he would not see the bad spirit Of
the rebel States, and he insisted the outra-
ges there we're insufficient to justify their ex>
cluson from Congress. 1t wasfrom this con>
nsction that the following dialogue ensued
The Pesidenf-"Are there no murders 10
Massachusetts, p Mr.. -"Unhappily, yes;
The Prsstdenf-"Are there no assaults in
Boston? Do not men there, sometimes,
knock each other down, go that the police il
Obliged to interfere p Mr. S-"Unhappily,
yes. The Hesidenf-"W ould you consent
that Massachusetts,, on this account, should
be excludedfrom Congress- NJ. S.-"No,
Mr.. President, / would not" And here
stopped. without remarking on the entire ir
relevancy Of the inquiry. ! left the Presi
dent that night with the painful conviction
that his whole soul was set MS flint against
the good cause, and that BY the assasssina>
vaulted into the Presidential chair. Jeffer-
con Davis was then in the classmates At For
tress Monroe, but Andrew johnson was dos
ing his work.
tAh what avails IT,,
If the gulled coDqueror receives the chain,
And fattery subdues when arms are vain"
President JOHNSON LOOKING ArTER III.
FESIANs.-Joseph NJ. Root, late United
States Attorney for the Northern District Of
Ohio, in q recent speech at Sandusky, made
the following extraordinary revelations in re-
gard to the policy of the Administration to.
ward the Fenians:
HE, as District Attorney, and Marshal
Bill, received instructions from Washington
to watch closely sll organizations, learn about
the storage of arms, etc. but in case Of any
attempted expedition from Cleveland, not to
interfere to prevent the movement until il
was under way. But, said the instructions,
when the boats, barks, ETC., have gone
mile or two from the city, blow them up.
And it is known that for three or four days
the Fessenden lay ID the Cuyaboga, with
steam nm ready to execute this order -