The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-21

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self to our Moses. We have heard Of OVER
whelming defeats and earthquakes and explo-
sions; of the overwhelming wiping out Of
the Southern Confederscy and expect NY
Policy" to be on the same list but IN
F" overwhelming Providence We never -
hear of until announced by our peculiss
godly President.
We see il clearly; the future Of our lach-
rymose and pious AHDREw il certain. He
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hence atths bszial Of "MY Policy" and will
then retire from public life to assn me the
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THE COPPER JOHNSON CONVENTION
AND THE FENIAHs.
The Fenish movement is > mosshAAt fot
lihsrty and in favor Of progrsss to~sfds the
contamination Of tho hopes and pssyers q
great aud good mea for many ages, in behalf
of justice and humanity. Ills . movement
Of 40 oppressed peoplA against s titled .Azis'
tocracy. 1t is - movement Of the democracy
against monarchy. 1t il . movement for the
elevation Of man a. man. Whatever mis-
takes or blunders may accompany the move
ment, it is undeniably true that At the bottom
Of it is genuine regard for the great suti
proclaimed in our Declarations Of Indepen'
dence, that 'sall men arc created equal
1t follows, of course, that the Fenian move
meat, based, as it is, upon the broad princi
pies of "equal and exact Justice to al men,
has, and can have, no sympathy or encour'
agement from the copper>Johnson party, a
represented in the recent Philadelphis con-
vention.
As proof positive that the said Philadel
phis convention had no sympathy with th,
ment to liberate and elevate Ireland we neet
only state the fact that the following resolu
ton, offered by Mr.. CARROLL, of New York
in the convention, after being referred 70 I
committee, was deliberately and Intentionally
suppressed by the convention, and no mar
said word in its behalf. Here is the reso
luton
Resoltxd. That there il Justly demanded I
revision of the National Neutrality Law, in
consonance with the spirit Of the age, the
demands of commerce, and the honor of the
nation, and that it is the duty of Congress
to comply with the public demand for ouch .
revision.
Verify, there is an ''irrepressible coifict'
between liberty and tyranny, and the party
representing aud unfolding universal liberty
and justice in America is the only party
which can or will sympathize with or aid the
downtrodden millions in Europe in thsil
struggles for their God given rights The
Fenians are opening their eyes to this fact;
hence such grand demonstrations as the re.
cent one at Chicago, and the marked revolu.
ton in the political sentiments of our Irish
citizens now going on. r4
Tho spirit Of caste and of aristocrscy is
everywhere the same. The British aristoc.
racy, the oppressors Of Ireland, were hearti-
ly in sympathy With our Southern rebel Aris-
tocracy that tried to destroy the Union. With
these also in sympathy were the Copperiesd
democracy that proclaim their ownership OF
the Irish. This is the spirit animatine all
these champions Of aristocracy. They have
no sympathy with movements for populaSk lib
erty, which involves the acknowledgements Of
the labering masses-of all men. Very
proper it was, then, that the Philadelph ia
Convention should snub the Fenian move
meet and suppress all sentiments Of fsvoi for
the cause Of Ireland's liberation. As the
whole body of the Fenians appeared to ME
Johnson, in his celebrated proclamation con-
corning the invasion Of Canada, to be mere
ly tcertain evildisposed PERSONS this 'fMy
Policy" conventcle at Philadelphia, using
Mr.. Johnsons glasses, couldn't see any
thing in the Fenian movement deserving q
word Of encouragement.