The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-07-15
roR PHAcE.

Central Committee LIST Con. DIS.
APLEA ron PEACE.
On this Sabbath morning, it were well II
there could be laid aside for the nonce, the
strife and heat Of politics and a plea be made
for peace; pspce in politics, in the National
Administration to all the people Of the land
Softly shout themselves wrap the Demo
sxx<y The mantle of meekness and charity
Them are the piping strains Of peace and m
none Of The spirit Of the gospel which il her
aided they cry US out nov that announcement
which has come down through the dead years
ia unfulfilled fulillment: "Peace on eafth
good will toward men," The democracy
cite scripture. like the devil, for evil purpose.
to establish the divinity Of slavery or TO shield
treason from punishment.
ASnREw JOHNSON, who aforetime would
have hung rebels and who found fault with
ABRAHx LINCOLN, because he didn't put reb-
eis under fast enough, has become like Py-
ramss "a sweet-faced man q proper man, rs
one shall see in a summers day; q most
Lively gentleman like man. the afore me
1sonine, has subsidized from bis 6erceness, al
now as the adaptive and plastic Bottom ~ II
roar you as gently a. any sucking dove" Nj.
SrwAaB, sioreiime evangel Of an ''irrepresi-
BILE conflict gospel, is spreading his hands in
unctuous fervor over the slave propagandists
and cammending them as the true vessels oil
loyalty and lovers Of freedom
10 Mr.. SEWARD, most Gnprincipled Of poll
teal tricksters; to Mr.. JOHNSON, mostsname-
less Of demagogues and renegades; to the
Democracy, with its black damning record OF
those four years, it is apparent that the loyal
party who put down the rebellion and saved
this nation, is bloody. minded and averse TO
peace; 1.-The wilful promoters Of continued
sectional disorders and the predetermined
cppressors of the South which has been de-
fea,ed in the arbitraments Of arms
CHRIST declared that he came not to send
peace on earth but sword: death is them
constant and potent of the forces with which
divinity works in the material universe; works
ia behalf Of life It's true, yet works constantly
and potsntly none the less.
Will you make manhood unless you harden
musclel A blade unless you hammer it? A
vigorous oak unless it is shaken by winds A
world tit for habitation unless from its depth
it be torn up by throes and convulsionsg A
patton without framing its life with the sword
and nurturing it with blood2 Nay, verify
Is il anything strange that there are those
who cry s.pescsf' Ahen there Is none2
Abe clash of blades in actual battle is but
the phenomena of q deeper, sterner, fercer
strife ofprincipie, oftruth, ofright and wrong,
Of latent social, political and economical
fosces. back Of any Of the palpable pomp and
circumstance Of var.
Tho United States made its independence
With the sword. Mans sovereignty under
lies our institutions; it had to be carved on
the front Of the age with the bsyonet before
the na.ioLs could read it. Now they 90
on to liberty, but it is through war; no,
peace,
Peace !" Shouts the Democracy. II is
guilty Of war It nurtured human bondage in
our free repablc; 1t bought and sold, and
penned, and dashed and chained and hunted
down and murdered men and women it bound
freedom befor the car Of oppression; itgsve
civil rule 10 slave mobs; it rode down the con-
stisatenainghts of cirixenship and baniahed
the northern maa, from the south at the peril
Of whippings and death il shed blood in
Kansas; It became an assassin and struck
down the man that spoke for freedom; it
plotted treason againstthe government; while
its southern wing starved aud killed 10 battle
and murdered outright in prison pens our
northern soldiers, the northern wing was
accessory thereto the latter tried 70 prevent
the triumph Of loyalty, and when it threaten
ed war Il vas net against rebels and rebellion,
but il vas Are in the rear upon our soldiers,
q threateaed armed resistance to the govern
ment in the prossoatioa OF the war; it multi.
piled our soldier dead BY the aid il gave the
rebellion, and now this party thus guilty talk.
to Union men Of peace and lectures them for
lack of'cAari,yi
And ANDREW JoRxsox joins them therein !;
Ax0sEyn once full of heedy purpose the
] MI sppCtnted executoner OF Jrrr. DAvrs.
before JESS. Dlsls Ind committed treason !:
.,the violalr oh Nolsmp and selfinpceed
vnRsi sheeess~ss4 tool q ths trsitoB whom
!, lesagj - paaiisA !, Ne pars;c;aal pscou,
$500 ssnslen dAnaossss Mo kas
scaanssas'sas causs ~ y 1A,zlbs psople
Soe a. ska1es ofsrPs1i3sstisl soninssieu.
Ths sssssAsrsss '.llrs.s -, - - :,
kishlsss 70 psssosaiP ssdessSe - ~ Saee
shamejsnoly rpc1nnnHA - - pestv "a ~.