The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-11-07

have bsen forced to remember how m11
auisteT these fellows Who disturhs ~ 80
we're in 1854, when, instead Of : traitp
here was An honest patriot q the bead
he Government, and when the city wes -
der the rule Of chief officer Who couo9 Gems
troll il. ["Good" and groans.
Gen. Butler, at this point, turned around
~ il about to retire, when the friendly part
Of the audience shsered vehemently, andcdlli
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no rsssos 1hy shosld play the blackguaid.
smDotel tesi6eus, nor Vice President,
and cannot n intoa controsefs With ~
angry mob. Laughter. A voice, f9ee
speech i n. ~ osdek;, rel are tor near she
City HAM, W 80 j ~ .
The Chairman, Gen. Walbridge, here cape
forward and sid: &dss 4
The city Of New York boasts of . fres
press and ffse speech. Those who are in r.
vor Of free speech here to-day will ray faye"
eppessd ssno.'' Tho eyes anA spsea, il 10.
spsnse to this, were about sanA1ih Anumbdr.
but the Chairman, doubtless thinking thereby
to flaster the audience into good hunof, ah>
nounced in very confidential manner thti
the vote was nnanimousior free speech, which
seemed 30 absurd that il really did set most
Of them to laughing
Gen. Butler then said: 81 was about to ~
that though the febellion was overcome, TIE
febellious spirit was not subdued. Ihs men
of tho South, thoagh conquered, Ned many
Of them tothe North, and they ese no y IN q
lance with those, here, who throughout thF
var were in league with them, and together
they Ars now trying TO do by peaceisi means
what they failed to do by war. lCheers fof
Hoffman, and much confusion. After sew.
en- months worse than wasted IN nominql
attempt 10 reorganize the Government, but
really in fostering tho spirit OF rebellion and
making it more rampant than ever VA
before Congress assembled, and after hearing
evidence from all parts OF the country 70
guide its action, it began TO offer . series Of
measures to thecountry, which have been
and are still being put to the people, and
which have been thus far triumphantly en-
dorsed wherever the intelligent true, honest
masses of the people have spoken. SO far,
say, as the voice of the people has pronounce
ed upon the policy Of Congress, that policy
has triumphed, and the amendments which
embody that policy are now presented for the
of all true and just men
throughout the country who have not already
passed upon it, and among them. too, the cit
liens of New York This being so, these
measures being now before the people, it is
our duty, as calmly and dispassionately as we
NAV. to discuss them. More ribaldry, per-
sonal vituperation and calumny will harm no.
body, will convince nobody. They may
make the unthinking laugh, but they will
make The judcious grieve. All intelligent,
honest men who desire to act, desire trst to
hear. Men desire TO have principles dis
cussed who are to found upon that discussion
the course of their action as freemen But
men who are driven 10 the polls like sheep
to the shambles; men who coolly follow
where their blind leaders lead. do not desire
discussion for themselves, nor can they bear
that others shall hear what they themselves
are unable 10 comprehend. [GreAt groan>
ing, yelling. and confusion. And perhaps
no better exemplication Of the spirit of such
men can be found anywhere than in the scene
before US, where q few men disturb this meet
ing, and seek to stide free speech by mere
force of noise, under the guidance Of their
leader, whom by such means they hope to
elect Governor, who now has the power, if
he would use it, to sail by word . mob
which disgraces the city over which he pre-
sides, and who. if be were fitto rule, or if he
had even ordinary foresight, would see that
be is but following in the track Of him who,
from the steps of that very hall, addressed
As friends murdercus mob OF orphan killers.
Great cheering about the stand, and groans
and cheers for Hoffman by the body Of the
audience
One Governor of the State of New York,
by his completely with the mob spirit, has
doomed himself TO that infamy which those
Who favor mobocrary must ever incur: and
now another would be Governor, and present
Mayor, from the precincts and perlieus of his
own Office sets his hired retainers 10 the con-
genial work Of putting down free discussion
and free speech. Laughter, much confusion
and few cheers, 1t has been said that this
is personal to myse6. | ask no
higher compliment at the hands OF, my fellow
citizens than this spectacle on the third day
the state of things on the third day before
the election Of 1868, when had command
here, and no cur dared yelp, but, with bated
breath and whispering humbteness, took OF
their hats a. passed. If there is any ergu-
ment in favor of despotic rule against the
rule Of the majority in Republican country,
it is to be found in such scenes as this, and
warn these men that it will take but few
more such scenes as Ibis to determine the
great national party to see that there is
peace in New York nj every election as there
vas in 1868. Cheers and groans- The
question has been more than once asked, us
It possible to have the city of New York de-
GENTLY governed by the rule of q majority Of
lis citizens?n The final answer to that guess
lion has not vet been given. and il will de.
pend wholly upon those citizens conduct
Ii was this spirit that brought on The terrible
war, and it this spirit which has been intro>
1uced into the community Of New York from
the South that insti gates and commits these
outrages on The liberty of speech. doubt
not that there are now within the sound Of
my voice, many of those men who fled from
The South and came here for protection, and
who, now that the war is over, and they here
in safety, seek to introduce anarchy and con-
fusion into your midst, and to incite the
y orst passions in the worst men OF the city
v hich gave them refuge. The true men Of
the city Of New York would not certainly try
10 crush free speech. That is only done by
those who. although in meagre minority,
Try, under q cover Of darkness or noise and
confusion, to seek TO give her mob spirit eff
feet
There can be no better argument in favor
Of the Re ub,,can party than that everywhere
throughout the country where it bears sway,
frnm Maine ~ Georgia, aye, from Name to
ew Orleans, free speech is protected, save
only in the city OF New York, where Denoc
RAJ Y has triumphant majority. Applause. I
Such scenes are the teachings OF Democracy
Then, the sooner such Democracy is cleared
out the better. Good God organized thieves,
svsi. matte planderers, with their hands up
10 the elbows in the treasury Of the city
til - can afford 10 hire ruthans 70 attack those
they dare not meet in any other way. Zap
pisuss and groans. While one can easily
pardon the poor, deluded men who do their
bidding, the Indignant public will
never pardon the men who sets them on.
And now, charge these men, precisely here
aud now, charge the blood Of the children,
here in 1868, upon Horatio Sey>
mour. lCheers, groans and great excite.
ment Both are equally responsible, and
both will sooner or later meet = common rep
from an indignant community. One
has gone out, and the other is following him.
This is a miserable scene, but what should
we expect when We remember that the men
who are yelling and hooting, are the men
who in 1868 we're killing negro children. the
men who were numbering babies when they
dared not look men in the face. And l re.
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