The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-18

ANDREW JACKSON RooERs, m ambitious
chap who represents New Jersey in the pres
emit Congress, and is, to the extent Of his
small modicum of brain, the exponent ofuni-
versal Copperheadism, gave expression to his |
Democrat faith in the House Of Representa-
tives recently. When asked if he had not
voted against the Constitutional Amendment,
abolishing slavery, he replied that The had
son the simple ground that control over the
Constitution Of slovery had never been dele
gated to the Federal Government, but HAD
sheen reserved to the States, and he held
"Rotc that Constitutional Amendment irds
'',tterls mill and roid, in riew of theresrrsd
"rights Of the State.
This is the expression of the new bond of
political faith and action which is to bind to-
gether in party unity the Northern and South
ern Democracy hereafter. To lose as little
by treason as possible, to maintain the slave
ocratic spirit that cursed the country so long,
to establish IN the Union, by political action,
the Southern Confederecy that could not be
established ont of the Union by arms, to de.
feat the will of the loyal people of this coun-
try and crush out any substantial gains of
Freedom and Republicanism by the war-to
this end ars the joint labors Of Northern
Copperhead and Southern rebel Democracy
directed.
The people will thank them for avowing it.
Democratic judgmen. may discover in the &C.
complishments of the last six years only null
lities-in their legislation only invalidities.
The people see it differently. That Democ-
racy should maintain consistency in principle
does not concern the people of this country,
so long as the Democracy has no opportunity
g apply those principles to the National Ad.
minstration. The maintenance of that con>
sistency has caused the hearty reputation OF
Democracy by the country. The creed that
elorifad the bred Scott decision and the sub
jugafion of the Government by the slave
power, was consistent in its steady devotion
20 that slave power during the war; Demo.
cratic policy in Kansas was the logical ante.
cedent Of VALLASpIcHAN and the .'fre-in.the.
rear, Of the Chicago Convention and New
York riots. A Democracy that supported
FERNANDO WooD fn war would necessarily
support my Policy in peace. The parox
ysms of Copperhead rage over the Emancipa.
zion Proclamation and the arming of negroes,
Is true to itself by declaring the unconstitu.
tioaality Of the Constitutional Amendment
destroying slavery, and by Joining hands with
the South in the work Of overthrowing all
the guarantees that treason gave to the Ma
'ion and to Freedom for its future loyalty to
both.
The people, as we have said, will be thank.
ful to the Democracy for these manifestations
of continuing political and moral stolidity-
for these indications that that party purposes
preserving It's consistency and being as odious
and dangerous to the country in peace as ii
has been in war. The people have not ceased
to dlstrast that party, the result Of the Fall
elections showed that: but they will be glad
20 know that they do not distrust it wrong.
fully.
Fixed as facts, unalterabe as anything in
all past history are the accomplished facts
and the victories Of Liberty and Republican.
II. III
nothing etherthey were won constitutional
iy or not the American people will MAINTAIN
them. Slavery is dead. The people intend
that It shall remain SO. That rebel debt il
not to be paid, and con..itutionally or not,
the people will invent method to prevent
its being paid. That loyal debt Is 10 be paid
and the people will make South as well a.
North help TO pay it. The onion man is /,
be protected in the South. American ci,i
reHship is TO be upheld in every State snt
territory, and constitutionallv or not, th,
people will have il 50. treason is not TO b.
rewarded and Loyalty TO be the chief suffere
by the late rebellion, and the American PEG
pie will see 70 1t that this does not happen
Every substantial gain to Freedom and tn
Union, won IN the war, will be maintaine
BY the people without considering the abstra,
tons OF theorists upon constitutional Ia,
that preceded the rebellion The positjy
gains IN the advance Of humanity grow a.
of revolution and these gains are conserve
by codes and constitutions that follow, nc
those that precede these revolutions. Til
people that survive revolution make the or
ganic law which becomes the measure OF sus
ceedins development. The new must not b
stltied and killed by the obsolete old. Tn
Democratic party still struggles for Uno
made in the spirit Of slavery, the loyal peopl
OF this land give their love and devotion 10
Union the result Of their heroic lsbors dur
ing four years of war-a Uuion formed in tn
spirit of Freedom. That Union it is impos
able for Copperheadism TO rnle--it is equal
impossible for Copperheadism or souther
slaveocratic rebelism to destroy.it.
IOWA ITEMS.