The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-28

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TO Office the poor creatures who run on his
sltkst It the recent election, and were re-
jec,ed BY the people. No higher recommend,
alton cap be presented 70 President Johnson
in behalf Of candidate for place than thsI
fac. that the people have condemned him At
the baHot-bo1. The President hates the ma.
jority n tHs peopls md has ! fellow feeling
for III Who have fallen under the condemns
ton Of the Masses a the polls.
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1H' TAe sodiadest Talk Yet.
We know not when Is has been our good
fortune to peruse more sound and sensible
remarks 10 : Southern Newspaper than the
following from the New Orleans Commercial.
If the whole Southern press were sctsated
BY . similar spirit Of modesty, mingled with
keen appreciation Of the memorable logic Of
facts, there would be no need for poor Andy
or anybody else to Ewing round the circle
in order speedily to restore the South to all
the right. and privileges it will evsrbs proper
for her 10 exercise:
1--WE are paying more attention to politics,
with worse results, than any othor people
that ever attempted to handle that unprofta-
Bile article And there never was time
when ~e could let II alone 10 befter adyan>
! tage. We impoverish ourselves and enrich
our enemies every time we touch the quarrel
some thing. II we elect q Constable, it is
called pIece Of impotence; and it is a toll
cradle safe bet that the elected man will JUS
| tily the charge. We have met some OF our
a. I'D IL
can turn out more contemptible samples, We
pity the turkeys Of that institution. And
what is worse, these men are our politicians,
and are 80 Represented al the North. We
put on political harness and work in private
traces for individual profit, while our drivers
are bringing discredit on the entire turnout
| They tell as they are driving a national team,
| while the nation scouts them. We are not
loyal enough to make such an appearance
! and the expense IS useless. In fact, II is
anobbish, for we are publicly snnbbed almost
| every day. The people have been misled in
! this matter most fearfully. We have had our
| attention directed exclusively to national af-
| fairs, with which we had nothing TO do, and
our direct and positive home interests have
been allowed to shift for themselves- Thus
| the city and State are now suffering from .
score Of wants that the Council and the Leg
islature could have supplied but which they
have contumaciously ignored in the hope Of
| doing something national. If we had turned
our attention to domestic matters, as we have
constantly suggested, II woald have saved on,
self-respect and built up our community in
terests. Let us look At this matter from .
differen. standpoint. Instead Of concerning
ourselves about politics and about Congress
we can pro6tably engage in cultivating ou
schools and characters We can reconstrue
the social Union by excluding drunken anc
disreputable men from our legislative assem-
blies. The rowdy and his bowiesknife can b.
banished from the social gathering. Tn.
prodigate may be excluded from the bonntie
of Office. When this is done the laws vii
be enforced, and the nation viii accept o
our reconstruction. for our claims will b.
based on the united voice of = regeneratet
people.