The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-09-28

Mn. LrvcoLx was one Of the people. He
sprung from the masses; nor the most cul-
tured portion of them. He was not greatly
skilled in conventionalities could not by any
possibility become so. To the Beau Brum-
mels Of Society he seemed very ungraceful.
But he was never boorish, never vulgar, ner>
er disgusting. He had fairness Of speech but
it was not low or coarse. The kindness OF
his nature, the goodness Of his heart, made
him gentleman born. Then, too, his al
dresses--as al Gettysburg and his Inangurals
have won tho highest concentrations of
American and European scholarship and &C.
curate criticism.
ANDREW JOHNSON, on the other hand out
ragged the nation and insulted the representa-
tives Of foreign powers, in the maudin raw
ings Of his Inaugural, and he has continued
on that hne. In his recent disgraceful stump
ing expedition he filled full the measure Of
his offenses against the good sense and ma
tional pride of the American people, and the
proposition to COMM, the freedmen TO the
tender mercies of rebel masters, and to COM
denim them to the bloody march in the vii.
derness as he declared they must be con.
demned He concludes his letter thus:
"God united this great people, in the second
election OF Lincoln. upon decided war
policy, and thus sent dismay through the
South, aud broke the power Of the hosts Of
the rebellion.
''lf, which may God grant, be should smite
fia oil
| tons. on the highes, and mobiles, principles
| of honor and Of political justice; if by the
manifestation Of a power able at once to ex-
terminate the bloody and murderous aristo-
cais who are plotting again to domineer over
| the South, and over this nation. as of old;
| il by tone OF lofty and burning indignation
| against oppression and injustice, akin to his
| own, aud terrible as the lightning of Heaven,
he should inspire these oiigarchies with a
saluiary terror and despair of success in their
unjust and inhaman policy, it would be the
means of their salvation from a more utter
determination and ruin than has yet befallen
! them. For if they provoke and bring on
another war by another revolt, divine wrath
| will not STAY itself at lis former limits. there
| will be an overthrow and destruction like
that Of pharoah and his hosts in the Red
Sea They will be whelmed IN q Red Sea, q
sea of blood.
'sltis astonishing to me that you can enter
tain and set forth such hopes as you do % ma
tional progress in liberty, and Of the deyel-
| opment and Acknowledgement of the freed
man, and vet say nothing to oppose the Or
ganization and national endorsement OF aris>
trocracies that render all such progress impos-
| sible. You bid the freedman take up bis
march from the uueivilized state to cIviiiZa-
, ton and acknowledgements through wilder
ness of difficulties and hardships. lou speak
of this march as inevitable, yet hopeful. No
doubt the freedmen is in wilderness of diff
iculties il he is stripped Of all power, and
is in the midst Of an organized aristocrary
determined to exclude him from oil privi-
leges Of education, and reduce him to bond
age and eNpo-e him to grinding oppression.
Ought you, ought any man who fears God, to
be indifferent 10 the formation of such organ
| izatons. and IN fall view Of the needless and
wicked suhlugation of the freedmen to them,
to speak OF it as necessary part the march
| from barbarisin to civilization? Is it neces
sary FOR the white aristocraey to create the
| obstacles AMI hardship which the freedmen
encounter. and If they do, is il right for you
! to be indifferent, and TO utter no rebuke
but rather 10 excuse 1t as matter OF neces-
sity?
but the idea Of any necessity of slow
and protrncted progress, if the whites sad
instead Of opposing the freedmen, is fala>
cious. They are all anxious to learn, and
are not interior TO the whites in the capacity
| Of progress. In one single generation, they
| can, with the utmost certainty, be educated
| developed aud fitted for ali the duties of civi-
lied and Christian society.
"fou believe that the spirit Of the age and
| the results OF the war are such that retro
gade movement as TO liberty is impossible to
| any future party of Southern aristrocrats and
| Northern Democrats. is but q tempting OF
| God and Il dalusiony if through your untnith>
| fulness aud that OF others, missionaries with
! peculiar power are formed aud Constitutions
ally sanctioned Us a part oil this nation, al
war with the very first principles Of liberty.
| In the age of the Declaration of Independence
! it was said in ike manner. il is an age OF
liberty and of progress. all parties must be
guided by their principles. And yet they or
gained, III TACT, arstocracies, based on shave
ry, part ofthe nation. And what was
the result! Let the oceans of blood shed in
war for slavery, and the treasure demanded
to redeem the national life from desructon
reply.
lis not one such warning enough? Shall
We again establish slayeholding aristocracies
and with baseness and ingratitude unknown
the loyal population who defended rs in Our
conflict foi existence, and yet continue 10
sing the syren song Of hope and progress in
the development OF liberty?
$50 far is it from being true that there is
no danger Of retrogressisn, that il the policy of
johnson prevails, the South will have bali
ance OF power, III connection with Northern
allies; and by following his principles as to
Congress VI. 10 their logical issues. will be
able 10 lnyalidate all the legislation ofthe
var, restore slavery, assume the rebel debt.
and repudiaie that of the nation. lfali
states have 80 indeieasible right to represen>
alton. at all times, II all amendments 10 the
Constitution should pc initiated in Congress
composed OF The representatives of all the
states 10 be valid: ii tae present Congress
/ only assumes TO be Congress, hanging on
! the outskirts of the Government, and all this
( johnson and his par,izans have taught what
4 surer premises are needed 10 lead logically 10
/ eliihe resas which bave been specified
! And are we 70 trust TO the honor or moral in.
'see'ty q those who through perjury initiated
/ tla rebellion 70 avert the result? There il
! 10 safety bt II firm adherence 10 the fun-
! damehtsl plueples Of justice and honor. If
We deviate tfam them God will make our sin
7 our punishment
/ III we be seSc fhntthere is a God and fha;
as nations s"E SO shall they reap, if Justice.
honor and humanity are not mere empty
names, let Us not dare TO do IL.
HON. SAN. GALLOWAY ON THE
| STUMP.