The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-04-12
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Tn. uaL..s..s.s Sls1 - viswve 4.
the nAaAA.
From Ia charlotssvills{ya W. chrceieis April =
Tn sesion in 60hAecsieus is . st.sw
which safrests that the Radical wsvs has
begun 70 sbb. Let ~ not ~ away-,!ss =
onlysa ripple. Last year The h:peoteee
candidate for Gevssucr was esscsed y s
majority; this year the Democrstic OF oen-
ssry.tiye candidate is elected By SO ma
iority-a change of 700 votes. This 10 the
rhols business. The Democratic party also
took ground during the convass IN fsyor o.
the eight hour system OF labor, and OF
course made strong appeal TO the WORK
ing classes.
uaultapeonsiy with those OF the Conneetcnt
election, Of municipal elections in Cincin-
natl and Circlesille, Ohio. The former city
was carried by the Repnhicans by 6se1
majority, their entire ticket bsing slected-~
a Republican gain Of 1890. The latter
town was also carried by the Republicans,
and il is added that this party gained largss
ly on the previous election.
What we would say, therefore, 10 thin
Let not the South - usual ny on st The
helve about the Connecticut election let
US not fall back again in hope upon the
Democratic party" We have suffered
sufficiently BY decisions Of this sort in the
last two years.
The Connecticut election ia good thing-.l
provided the Conservative men Of the csan~
try, North and South, learn the proper lesson
from it. 1t is . very bad thing, if It Ieads NJ
anew into the bog of the = Northern Del
mocracy.r Neither the Democratic party
nor President Johnson nor the supreme Court
10 going TO be of any service to she 8oaths
AS matters now stand, the North ard the
South are arrsyed against each other just -
thew we're during actual hestilities. The North
il still using its sword. II ID sfih hacking
and slashing the body of its prostyste Zoe
Why 10 this there is philosopAical reason
for it-apart from the mere passion aud yio-
Ieuee of the hour. Why has the North been
30 rough with the South why has il pat the
ballot in tbs hands Of our recently emAncipa.
ted slaves2 The reason was fear--they fear
the future. They fear the old Democratic
party-and the old alliance between this par.
" and the South The Northern people hsve
determined TO secure the practical fruits OF
their decisive victory: and they know that
Herepeliion Is not over soiurg rs the Eofsn-
arm Democracy is undispersed. II there y
one thing which is hated by the Northern
naople now, il 10 what they call the "Cop-
perhead Democracy Now the Northern
{ democrats wan, to get into power - party
again and they find the Southern question
sne electioneering capital. They are per-
fecty willing to take our part until the matter
comes to blows. They backed US up man
fully until April, 1861 They pressed us to
ego out" Butler led them on 10 the charge
a. Charleston hfty.seyen times IN behalf Of
Jefferson Davis. But when actual war came
they shot US powerfuiy-and used to Drag
that they furnished all the soldiers to the
Union armies.
Since General Lees surrender they have
become strongly Southern again indeed, We
have habitually observed that our friends
north Of the Potomac take a warmer interest
in our honor than we do ourselves. We
thank the Northern democracy Tor q certain
measure Of sympathy, but our experience in
life has taught us that self-interest is the
great spring of human action. The North
ern Democracy have use for us in peace, they
have none in war. They talk about the Com
stitutiou and violation Of the Constitution,
and usurpation and Tyranny, and ocnsolida'
ton but they never fight, except against
the Constitution and for consolidation. They
set us up TO receive the whole fury of the
storm: they have, after repeating the Nilsson
ri Compromise and sustaining the administra-
lion Of Mr. Buchanan. brought US to unl>
versa negro suffrage. Since the close OF the
war they have stood forward again as our
champlons and have merely done Us mischief
hy keeping I'D old party lines and old party
feuds The other day they combined With
Thaddeus Stevens and the extreme Radicals,
and defeated the Sherman Bill as II came
from the Senate, and the consequence vas we
got The Sherman Bill with the Shellabsrger
amendment Their object is 10 make party
capital. and the South is merely ball tina, il
struck BY the bats of the contending parties.
II is wounded game for which two herce
beasts are struggling, and we have been torn
nearly 10 pieces oy their respective Efforts &c
snatch the prey from each other.
Now this Connection election loosens, o.
il we're. the hold of the Radical beast onshs
Southern carcass; it snatches, rs il we're, thu
laeerated bedy for an instant from betwecr
the Radical teeth; and the consequence vii
be that this animal will be alarmed and infu
rated, and wiz seizs VI again, hadacs!Isn
is deterniued that Democracy shsi carfy OF
tue prlzs, u.A - sas
tIeut will revive those easily awakened Dem
ocratic hopes, and that We shall hear for tn
tenth time of the " great Democratic party.
The result will be the Northern column vii
close up again, the Radical trumpets vii
sound afresh, and the crusade against tn
South, luled for the instant will be again sc
in motion. - This will be the result If the De
mocracy make any serious noise Ihe he
publican party cannot be beaten at the Mort
by the Democratic party. Tine hitter part
is extremely unpopular among the \ orther
masses The victory in Connecticut Is nc
owaug to the ssreagh Of the DEMO- nti
party. They called themselves the y Goa
servstive" parry The victory is owing !
the waning popularity Of the Radicals: AZ
new party is organized, and the old prejudice
against the Democratic party dodeed, the'
Ia hope of future victories at the North cvs
the Radicals But the very moment Ber
Wood q Co show their heads plainly, an
run up boldly tbs Democratic flag, aud ca
on the South to stand by them as a unil. tia
very moment will the North be unit AGAIN.
the South and allthe Democratic champion
1t is hatred and fear Of the Democratic psri
Whose strength was in the South that b.
made The Northern people so sharp and |
extreme with the South. 1t is this hairs
and fear which has kept the sore ruonir
since fhe war There win be no peace Il
the South until the Democratic party mareh'
of the 6eld of battle.