The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-06

cehsr - y til CoaCs - - 80.
t.t;onelifv cf - CuGGfo9 iaDelf; - -
hSTe,e ~ - neu-eslaplioA e ~ oeeo4ge
~ ~ - sA1l;yes 81 ~ oo-eaNs4 e.
~ ~. q erine against those 61a1aA
-. $ @ not see how thess psrsoes. -
,esnrd Andrew johnson - consrsnuo
E;ths- The so.c.lled unrestored Suets
entitled ~ Act - States in the Union, OF t4e4
are not 40 entitled. II they are time ennt!s9
thsn ali national action With these s!oiudS
S..tes must be unconstitutional and invAlio,
q. they e rot thps. aRtitladp tha1r te1k -
mt 10 Be counted IN determining uG uumuof
- s4sese required for constitutional action:
How s6sdfd 10 demand for the con:titutioral
- 1i1nAf=nneaAnset - Aeesee - - -
cannot oonatituIionaIly act!
II would b. Just ~ fsesonibte p aeye fminSS
ing major;ties IN town meeting % count eh
that Law in the churchyard; and 70 recogusse
no vote sssalid that did not pA,s ~ 2 neecrs
ity Of both bring aid dead y csnnos %
.s;.~.;onsIlv valid whom il hes besn ratified BY
three .fourths n tbe States entitled to sst -
States in the Union.
s. Will the 90 called unfestored St.tes Sc
cent the ar.iclel The appearance Il, thai
things remaining - they now IRE, not sins
Gle one Of them will accept il. We refer our
readers 10 An article in our paper entitled
- Rejection Of the Amendment"
6. What thea 10 the prospect f-lt seems
TO be this: that The ten States will agree u
rejecting the amendment. Hpleas the scales
fall from their eyes very Quickly bse the!
three fourths d the twenty-sik 6tAtae utll
ratify il, and thar thus it viii become part o
the Constitution that its acceptance will
still be made m Indispensable coadaion Of
the return Of tho insurgent States, N order
10 bar their future objection TO it, and that
they, fndins their opposition 70 = tsaaAeess
will reSKn Ais. but sn1eavor, u rssigpin9 i,
to maks lie best bsrsn;n ting an.
I. Hthen now unr~stored Slater ind, e
their sorrow and modification, that they can
not do better than 10 secept the Assessment,
aud thereupon reconsder their action and
secept Il, will they tAes - sntited g
rsstdsslioe : II sny odbe Of thu hmd had
ever ben made, Il could hot be bindink sftes
ito rejection. unless renewed. But, ~ It has
been again and again shoss, it hes nevss
been made. The constitutional amsor ent
is right 10 itself, and ought by all means q
be secured. fit cannot be secured, we greatly
far that no adequate security Of any kind cas
b Obtained. Bat o complete plan OF re
st0ration, it Will deserve severer animadver
sions than 1t has ever received from its bitter
est assailants. WhatIanguage could describ'
the selfshness and usesnneAs OF . scheme Q
settlement, by which we should take excel
lent care Of ourselves,-that our predomi
nance in Congress should be secured, tins
our Investments should be made snre, ans
that We should be in no danger OF beinl
taxed for the rebel debt. or for lost or euian
| eipated slaves and then, having made our
selves safe, should give up our friends and al
lies, those who guided and sheltered AMI
nnrsed and buried onr soldiers, who Tough
and bled, who suffered and conquered, ~Stl
US, to the power, the oppression, the resent
ments, the cruel reyenges Of our enemies ant
theirs, and ueirs because first oaysf II VI
did not protect ourselves, the burning sham
would be less oil not protecting our friends
But TO protect ourseires with the utmost care
and leare them unprotected to the pitiles
storm Of vengeance beating upon them o.
our account, and because they were bu
friends-cuuid there be more detestable,
more despicable, wore wicked eonbinasio
of the selfish. the anprincipIed, the coward
", and the meant From this crime an
shame may merciful God deliver the na
ton