The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-16

TRron ~ Phin6paie1
wh;la Il. Denoera,;c - -
onr ol6cs v;th ~ hesas play5n9
r,;ate rehsl sfrajns Of Dixie, - - ~ |
shoutinw n exultaat harmony, - Il |
r.im resiev Or ~ politieal oooee9 II ~
Az. The defeat 1t the ks be- - "a
IIPh;iadelphia is ovsrwheluG W1Aexed
f.llen OF ia every ward; and, shile - -
not conceal our profound regret = )uo
reetsd event, neither do ~ copcG4k eee1o4>
ssfactien that " have had 70 encou1tA1A boet
6fsNf41u1y0pEou4 - - ~ 49,.
ries, which can never again b 70 powerfully
arrsyed 1853 ~ Rsenblican party. Il i
uunecsa sary 70 specify Che cause Of oar over
0fUW. xA11e NJ N0W - - E1GlIal4y ~
lar q 70 be remembered q warnings in the
erussr trisfs immediately hefbrs-uT-wssu-
inks which. like the overthrow Of the Union
army at Bull Ran in lss1,ewill only better
discipline and prepare the cbsnpions OF hu.
man freedom for drawer Ard , luckief cons
flict With the sympathizers with the rebellion.
There il . supreme compensation y the fact
tina. this untowsrd result, eailheare1ing At
FIRST, has only served to inspire TIE Union
Republican party With new dissemination.
Whea the mea who have contributes to this
Triumph Of the desperate politicians Who en-
cSuraged, organized and aded the tebellioo,
come to reflect that they have Also dpDe more
70 stimulate the Infamous apostAte in the
Presid entail chair in bis efforts to rsassre the
armed traitors to Misrepresentation ofsfho Gov
eminent, than if these armed traitors had
achieved bloody sictory oyer tie Union
army, they will, pexhaps, revise tAoir hasty
judgment, and turn-to Che CREST patty which,
in war, as in peace, has been one Of the
main bulwarks of our imperilled Republic.
4 Certain Il is, the events of yesterday will
compel us to take no single step backward.
| We realize now that We ought no more to
! have expected to win m easy victory in this
| first great initial conflict with wretched rec
| reant in the Presidential chair, abusing the
sacred trust thrown into his hands BY the bull
| Ist Of the asssssin--with the money of the
Government employed in the most profigate
| and shameless manner-with host OF en-
1 ftanchised deserters let loose upon the COM
| munity, and with every returned rebel in our
midst crowned with citizenship-than the I'M.
1 trained army of the Republic, clothed with a
sacred courage, and strong in the panoply oil
| holy principle, could reasonably expect to
4 prevail easiiy over the trained bands Of sla,
/ very, intent upon the destruction Of the Gov
ernunent 1hat had sheltered and encouraged
them. And We also realize that while We
have lost much in bravely carrying the re.
eponsibiities which attach to 40 organization
| that has done 80 much, and has so much more
10 do, zee still hare nobie and M fearing ana
iaerhansiibte reserve. We have both branches
of the American Congress, the defenders o.
the public liberties that we're saved from trea
son by our gallant army and navy, and we
have what is probably better than these-we
have the best blood, the best brsns, and the
truest courage OF the same army and navy
flarshallcd on the side of that heroic Con
~ ne Al
State governments fearless. intelligent, and
console niious soldiers like John W. Geary-
soldiers who, having contributed to rescue The
Republic from the armed bands Of treason
also contributed 10 save the Union party frou
the syInpatbizers with treason. But, above
all. we have platform of eternal principles
which car not be shaken by temporary disas
ter, bat upon which the whole Republican
brotherhood. North and South, white ane
| black, will more than ever firmly take it,
stand. From this hour let the organization
for the Presidential campaign begin. Let the
errors which in large degree assisted yes.
terday's catastrophe be instantly repaired
Let our friends everywhere grid themselves
for the struggle of 1868. What Andrew John
son may do, u very short Time will determine
He defed the people when they sternly re.
buked his attempt to restore the traitors, anc
if the verdict of yesterday is construed as an
endorsement of his persistent and hellish pur'
poses new ard yet heavier obligation vii
be laid upon the great Republican party. AT
| we write, it is Gel tain that Ohio has refused
TO ratify the amendment comforting suffrage
| upon her eolored citizens, and it is more thar
/ probable that, stimulated by such a result, he
viii endeayor to declare all the acts ofrecon
struction Unconstitutional, to inyite the trait
ors to take their seats in Congress, and pos
sibly to bar the doors Of the national Capito
against the legally elected representatives o
the people Il, is unnecessary to reproacf
those who have aided to encourage this thu
most wicked and dangerous man of moderr
times; bat it is right that the Republican
party should appreciate the full extent of th,
criss, and the full measure of its new ane
imperious obligation