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

pardon obtained BY On uarspsntant horse
thief convict Il in penitentialy from Gov.
Cox, il evidence that the propensity 70 steal
has beeu extiSpatsd, and that be d qualified
to form code Of morals for honest people.
Who are those that Willy the Reprsesnta-
tives Of the peoplei They are such msn -
Hon. George n. Pendleton-the lest caAdi-
date Of the Democratic party for the Wee
Presidsncy-who was too reverent 70 speak
evil Of the rulers Of his people, but was
kind enough to become accommodation in
dorser for An eloquent friend who said that
the best thing Congress ever did was to cd
journ, and the next best thing they could do
was 70 die; and he knew then they would be
damned This is the same gentleman who,
on the 18th Of January, nearly one month
after South Carolina had passed its ordinance
Of secession, and while the conspirators at
Washington and throughout the rebel States,
before his eyes, and within his knowledge,
were plotting their schem OF treason, and
Arranging the implements and munitions OF
war for the overthrow OF the Union, and his
very familiar friend and model Democrat
John G. Breckenridge and his allies in iniqui
" Of the senate we're daily perpetrating per
jury and concoctlng treason-amid these
painfully interesting surroundings, that pat
riot could say. My voice, to day, Is for con-
citation, my voice is for compromise,
and it is but the echo Of the voice OF
my constituents. beg you, gentlemen, who,
with me, represent the Northwest you, who,
with me represent Ohio / beg Of you, gen
tlemen, to hear that voice. Ifyou find con-
Citation is impossible, If your differences are
so great THAT you cannot or will not recognize
them, then, gentlemen. let the seeding
States depart in peace. Let them establish
their own government, and according to the
wisdom which God has given them. 1T these
Southern States cannot be reconciled, and II
you gentlemen cannot find it in your heart oil
hearts to grant their demands; ifthey must
leave the family mansion, would signailze
their departure by tokens OF love.
1t is not strange that gentleman who
could bestow tokens Of lore" upon traitors,
should have tokens Of hate for . Congress
that abhorred traitors.
They are the same men, who, on the 18th
Of August, 1854, at Chicago, at that hour OF
deepes. darkness, aud just proceeding the
glorious dawn of freedom, explicitly de-
clared that, after four years OF failure 10 re
store the Union by the enforcement of war,
during which the Constitution has been DIS
regarded in every part, and pubhc liberty
and private right alike trodden down, and
the material prosperity OF the country essen,
tally impaired, Justice, humanity, liberty and
the public welfare demand that immediate
efforts be made for cessation Of hostilities,
with a view to an ultimate convention Of all
the States And now these rumps Of the
Democratic party. and rumps of the rebel
lion. after having been most unceremoniousiy
and vet most Justly, kicked out of place and
power BY the loyal freemen of the Union,
and kicked into companionship OF shame
and dishonor with those kindred rufnps in
Dixie; iusolently propose tina, the unwashed
and Experimentation who have been made
drunk with the precious blood OF the braves,
men that ever trod any soil, shall enter IN
aud sit down q, the high communion table OF
American loyalty, where are assembled the
fathers and brothers OF the buried victims OF
their treason. And fDully stigmatized as
Rumps and Radicals our sentinels upon the
watch towers who are guarding with patriot
c fidelity the altar and the ark OF the cove
mont If Eraadnfu