The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-04-21

bodies by virtue Of the Constitution Of the
United States; and having expressed our
very decided conviction, that the so called
United States Congress rs at present consti-
tuted under the existing circumstances of the
country, and the notorious fact that the re-
representatives. chosen by eleven of the States
are forcibly excluded from the Senate and
House of Representatives, by the Represen-
tatives Of the other States, and denied all
participation in national legislation, has no
legal capacity to make lors that are binding
on any body, we, therefore, for the purpose
of informing our readers of what other jour
nails think about the question, republish, &c.
-Keokuk Constitution.
Some time ago we commented on an edito-
rial of the Constitution which declared that
Congress was a mere mob, and its acts of no
more binding force than such an illegal
assembisge in response to our comments
the editor undertook to qualify his position,
but now he reiterates it again, without adding
his original suggestion however, that the
President should disperse this pretended
Congress at the point of the bayonet.
Now, the editor Of the Constitution pre-
tends TO support President johnson, and yet
President johnson recognizes Congress as
the constitutional and loyal law making pow
er Of the nation, and has approved, officially,
some fifty laws enacted by them. The Su
preme Court also recognizes the authority Of
this Congress, as do, also, all the people of
the United States, except faction of high
er law" revolutonists like Salisbury, Garrett
Davis, the New York Nc,cs, and the keokuk
faction, having opposed the war, and advoca.
ted peace while the war lasted, are now try
ing to instigate another war in behalf of the
rights Of the rebels, and the interests of the
Ccpperheads.
OF course. If ours is no Congress, all the
pretended laws enacted by it and approved
by the President, are simply void, and the
President himself must be partaker in their
crimes and guilt by sanctioning and executing
their mobocratic DEGREES. What fools knaves
sometimes make Of themselves, by thus ex-
posing their inconsistency to the decisive con-
tempt Of honest and sensible men.
But our cotemporary is very tame in the
statement of his position, and he ought to
have enivened his national dullness by a
spicy extract or two from the abler advocates
Of his faith. Like this, from the Day Book,
for instance.
1t says of Congress
at is a Congress so-called, in which there
is not single member from eleven of the
United States, and that barely represents
half the people in the other States indeed.
it is probable that, at the utmost, it does not
represent more than one fourth of the entire
American people. This Congress is COM
posed of not only madmen. but the vilest,
most loathsome, impious and utterly disgust
ing Iunatics that ever afflicted mankidd. No
king of Dahomey or most delnded mumbo
iumboism of Africa ever embodied more re-
voting or obscene devltries than these hid
eous wretches.h
An encouraging word for Mr.. Johnson.
meanwhile. Mr. johnson confronts the
Abolition monster, and forbids its further pro-
qress to national destruction. This is all that
the sane men of the land should expect of
him. and thus far he is as immovable as the
rock of Gibralter Perhaps he may do mors
perhaps he may immortalize himself, and
graphing the monster by the throat. strangle
the hideous thing but we have no right to
expect anything more than to forbid its fur
ther progress, while we explain to the people
masses into self preservation.
But it does not like his admission in the
Civil Rights veto message, that Congress can
confer ,hs rights of citizenship upon negroes.
The Day Book says:
Congress has no power to declare any
race of people citizens or CO sovereigns out,
side of the race which formed and established
the government Besides, this matter has
been authoritatirely settled by the Supreme
Court, in decision whose imperishable glory
will never grow dim, the work of the great
and good Roger B. Taney."
THE ANNALS OF IowA.--The April number
of this State magazine isreceived, and is very
readable. DR.. Lloyd, the present editor, IS
filing his post we'll. The first article 10 the
opening part of "The Army Of the South
west, and the First Campaign in Arkansas. s
written by Samuel Prentis Curtis. Accom-
panying it is an excellent picture of Gen.
Curtis. The usual variety Of articles follows.
From the sketch of Davis county we take the
following incident:
In 1854, Daniel Sloan, IVY Wallace I'd.
regular nominee, and William Camron Ia. J
independent were candidates LOT clerk OI lug
District Court. There was some excitement,
and runners had been sent to all the town
ships to bring in the returns. BY ten o'clock
p. M on the day Of election, the returns were
all In with the exception of Grove, and the
contest thus lar was so close that the disparity
between the highest and lowest candidate was
less than twenty votes. The fate of the three
candidates hung upon the result Of this town.
ship. Each candidate had claimed ! major.
ity here, but as each had been deceived bv
the vote of the other polls, the result Of th;.
was in extreme doubt. The candidates, vera
,nrcb a,,.rmed Col. Carpenter. the friend ~
M Wallace, Dr. Phelps, the friend Of Mr..
Sloan and ESQ. Snoddy, the friend of Mr..
Camron. each had his headquarters lighted
mn. and the friends Of the several candidate,
we're assembled at their respective headquar
ters, figuring and speculating upon the result
In the stiffness of the night, when all wer'
becoming weary and impatient, the clatterint
Of horses feet was family heard in the dis
tance. The shout of '.hs's cQmingP" gav'
general notice Of the fact, and every on
rushed out to meet Bill and hear the news
As he peared them, his noble animal fairll
6ying under ship and spur, the crowd iel
hack and opened peaaage to reesive MN
IN he dashed, and hauling up suddenly ande
the dim light Of . tallov dip, With .vateA y
hand, he exclaimed:
ssFive hsndred dollars that better time ~
never madsl Ten miles in only tvsnt,
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