The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-28
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1als - people, have been the
sslA ave thickly crowded upon us
~ ths ysns which has 50 nearly end
- = this time, the commence
4 ofa - 1tsvsntfhl session Of Congress,
thstNaIhevs marked influence upon
y 49, pfour country, and which is in
~ eeno1cted With the late great cons
Fsrms that 20 convulsed the Nation,
hseoms imperative that those who
Of liberty and loyalty, for the right Of
5oaato exist, and man to be free, must
snselves of every opportunity to gain
Jed political information and guild
The purpose of forcing representatives Of
10 Rebel States into Congress-, in defiance
fthe loyal oath, by Presidential Eat and
filitaFy power, is openly avowed, with
~ ettat those who resist it shall be treat
IL 6Drdbsls, and civil war thus be kindled
koaghout the North and West.
We must convince, therefore, the Sonth
- the Copperheads that revolutions 60
- abackward-that Emancipation is an un-
eA1ngeable fact-,hat the glorious Civil
Rights Act can never be repealed; that
| ~ rights of the humblest American are
heaceforth guaranteed and shielded by the
l(esAl Constitution, and must be main.
$500 against all gaiQsayers = that the
- wherein blacks b -. rights which
4ifes .Were bound to RESP have passed
nay forever.
The coming year is TO be an important one
i - hfssory of Lee county and the State Of
owa. Our railroad prospects should be
eAovn abroad that we may secure large i'm
Negrasion here, so that our great State may
6bBtinue to grow and prosper even more rap
lily than in the past.
s. To this end, and that light and truth may
= systematically diffused TO every neighbor
BOD and freside, and that we may aid, as
~ Is in MS lies, in the enlightening the pub
& mind upon the real character and bear
hgs Of the political issues of the day, we Of
11r the GArR CIrY at the cheap rates found
below for the year 1867.
THE GATE CIrY is one of the oldest pa
pers. in the State, is published in the
Gate City of Iowa, the entrepot of the Des
Moines Valley to Eastern and Southern trade
and travel. With these and multiplying fa-
eilities for interconmunication with all the
markets toward which the commerce Of our
State tends, we shall il our full Commercial
and Financial Reports make the GATE val
uable to Merchants, Farmers, Manufactu-
rers, and all classes. Our News Repor-
tory will be full and constantly up to
the latest dates and no proper expense
wiilsbe spared in extending our telegraph
hcilitiae for general and commercial
os Aa1rp
In its editorial management it will still ad-
yocste the fundamental Republican and
Union principles it has SO long and zealously
maintained. and be constant and ardent de-
fender of Union, Liberty and Justice. NJ.
HowELI, so long and widely known as the
farmer editor of this paper, under whose able
administration it for years fought bravely the
battle Of freedom and human rights, will
eontribute, over his own signature to it.
eol1mns.
Nj Oar Literary department we shall ain
- keep filled with choice matter. TX
oSia end we shall lay under contribution
q ketches, Essays, Art and Science
zostry, and occasional Tales.
= For the benefit of our Farmers we shal
devote portion of our space to Agricultu-
.S Sral Items, and matters of interest to eacl
and every tiler Of the soil, thus making th'
Oars CRY in every respect frs. GLASS fami
rly Nevspaner--a paper that should be il
every household in Southern Iowa AM
The sdiacenf counties of the neighborinl
States.
Every citizen of Iowa should feel al
interest and take pride in sustaining Stat
paper in preference to one from abroad, an
we belieye that most Of our intelligent far
mers, manufacturers and mechanics agre
with o. in this respect. and only require so
solicitation TO subscribe for such paper as "
sndeavcr to make the GArE ClrY.
y A II the past, it will be our endeavor I
4 make h essential to the prosperity and growt
Il Of our city, county and State, and in this e
&1krt " look to be cordially and generous
sssapported by the people, in order tha, it ma
i lnlly and sufficiently second their efforts an
enterprises.
Ne are making arrangements rs rapidly
4p6ooible to introduce steam power into o,
S4pe, and new Hee press capable
31S1inR a ten column sheet has been o
from the manufacturer. When tn
i 1ks the Weekly will be enlarged TO a u
colSnn sheet, making it the largest ar
sAeaeest paper published in the Northwes
AN 1Ssh editions will be greatly improve
in aPTss.nce.
sAglslneo9 with this we shall cor
mence he publication of SEMI WEEKLY, t
the benefit Of those who cannot get the Dali
until day or two after its publication, al
who desire te receive the news oftener th'
once a week.
Our facilities for working of lar
and rapidly increasing circulation have hit
erto been rather limited, but with 3 stea
press, which can, with ease, run of fro
three to Eve thousand copies per hour, ,
will experience no difficulty in keeping pa
with the increasing circulation award
us by discriminating public, while
will be enabled to deliver our pap
at an earlier hour than any Of our cotemp
raries.
We trust that our friends in all parts of Il
and the adjoining States will do all 10 th
power to aid us in extending our circulate
thus giving all an opportunity to keep the
selves fully posted in regard to the politi,
results Of the coming year, and see that t
people are provided with the proper kind
political food, Is it is during this time to
decided whether the fruits Of the victe
won by the defenders of the Union, are to
sacrificed BY IN apostase President c
quetting with rebels, traitors, and copp