The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-09-11
LETTER FROM OLD BROWN"
rev. DR.. Sears, PfssiAsnt ef Drswn Una-
vsrsfty, On the SIT dation.

Rsy. Barnes Sears, u. N, Prsgident o
Brown University, wa appointed deissat.
to the Southern Loyslists' Convention .
Philadelphia. By reason Of IL being com
csncessent week, DR.. Seam could not ateed
but be sent instead the follow ing noble letie'
to Gen. Frieze, Chairman of the Rhode Island
Ststs Central COMMITTEES. .as,tgg ;.
FRox REV. DR.. BAKsAs SEARS.
PRo=IpEscE, Aug. 81, 1855.
s1DEAR 6aR; haye hep po$i6s1 of nv
appointment by the Union Nstohn Central
Committee Of Rhode Island, q delegate ID
represent the State in the Southern Loyalists'
Convention, to be held in Philadelphia, SOP
tember Sd, 1893.
81 return my sincere thanks for this honor,
and regret my inability 10 fulfil the appoint
ment oa account Of the CollegS Commence
Inent, which occurs the ame week.
Though not politician in any partisan
sease OF thst tsrn, ths same religiosseenvic
to send my sons tn subdue the open rebellion.
move me now to do WHIST may TO suppress 8
masked rebellion, which is only the more
odious for the hypocriticai can't With which il
processes to stand by the Constitution and
Unioa-a Constitution SO Interpreted as to
defeat the very end for which il was framed;
and a Union in which subdued rebellion
shall dictate its own terms 70 The government
which it has attempted TO destroy.
Have We Constitution which rewards
treason and Furnishes patri9tism7 which
makes il virtue for man placed BY de-
plorabIs contingency in the highest station,
70 betray the loyal people who SlSc4sd LA, to
a substern place, and to belle oil those pro-
LESSONS to which he owes his position?
s.HaviDg iossaken the cause TO sustain
which he was placed in power Is he nov TO
assail that national legislative body which is
the legal representative Of that cause; to
threaten and Willy them because they dis>
charge their constitutional dulles indepen
IDENTIFY; to give countenanee TO the enemies of
the Union in deeds Of yiolence. BIZ . sapeti
monious recital of their pestshdsd vroags,
and then TO defame the murdered and apollo
gise for .i4s Hqrders,s whom be oash, to
bring to jussics'
"ls this the Union vhics Is 70 Dc restored,
and the Constitutional Government which is
to be inaugurated7
"Are the men who fought fof the Govern,
ment and the Union, and others who aided
and supported them, to be shot down like
dogs, without . finger being liftsd By the
supreme authority for their psoteetionf And
are sill the Federal Office holders in the land
who disapprove Of such barbArity. aud the
measures that lead TO it, TO be dismissed to
give place to others who will Aid perfidious
power in placing over No The fnurdersrs OF
our friends and destroyen Of the national
life7
This conglomerate of political recreancy at
headquarters, of rank treason and hatchery
at the South, of demagogues and office seek
ers at the North, has niIed up with it. re-
greet 70 ssy, better psa ~Aoa ealId wish to
see 10 better company. Par,dinr this sprink-
ling of honestly loyal men 90 ~ TO mako
them appear more numerous than they ere,
and winking out Of sight, for the moment, the
most offensive political ostcasts, with whom
they are nevertheless in close alliance, the
leaders OF this motley company claim, against
their whole course Tor the last FIVE years, to
the Union sentiments Of the people.
TIE standard bearer soisy,sverso the other
side, and treating, officially, traitors with
more consideration than patriots, appeals to
the people. We accept the appeal; To the
people, then, under the sspennsending Prov
let the great issue be brought,
VERY respectfully, your obi ssry't,
B. SEARS.
L. B. Fneze, Esq, Chairman, &C."
In marked contrast with the above elo-
luent letter, Is the following from James 7.
Smith, Ex-Governor Of Rhode Island, and
recognized as the most contempt>
Bile politician in that patriotic little State:
Providence, r. l., Aug. 81, 1856.
r. A. Whitman, Esq, Secretary
s'sl4i Yoqr 1ote. Of the 18th WAS received
- T.
,ensral convention should Be chosen BY The |
people at meetings called for that purpose, |
ind not by committee who were chosen for |
,ther purposes ard for otherreasons sstisfac-
DRY to myself respectfully decline serving |
IS delegate to the convention to be held in |
on the Sd proximo. Truly,
JAMES Y. SMITH"