The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-09-04
LATEST. By .TEL LEGRAPH
1IidEnlght Report.
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tiea y, II heu1kk. nnd ~ IN dhiitt = uru.
ceed 10 Yraakfpsk - imsevYoeed toaaays
q Eliuohoaaeve, Ky. ~ sstssfs aetsA3sa93 IS.
GOy. DsamleaAe aad 40. tks city council
ofsI61isville. ~ tiny propinent citizens
ron y1si6ao rest5 (16e Ss6xe vafe Decent.
Gov. BrADietae, n Iii yn1a1 1fctosy. refae-s
red e the 6uapc:al aaa polst;cal condition Of
thA Seatnv He sid; H a ..s
When I. cene iale sAiee thsedsAl of The
State, ossaknd hsfesa The. vas.gvas e6,6ls,.
22s o. We bosrewed aad sxpsndsd dssing
~ ear, = support cf our 0Ovsfnnent, 50
66S, ,76e 81 This addsd 70 the debt existing
befose 1Ho 1ar, And tnpaid when came into
ONCE, uake1 SO, 468, ,0z6 81. OF tbs ann
W hSfe paid Oh alI sxc4pt S1,6l6, 1a9 rs.
This amopnt includes Al esr psasent indabt.
sdasss foe, ,internA inpsovemenas and school
purposes, and the 6ebt cEsaAod for var pur~
poses. The school fund 10 made . perma.
naat del)t uDder the Constitution, The interA
sstouly bsinepayable; deduct IL fSl, ,682, ,297,. !.
4o1 from the debt which 10 to BE- paid, and il
leaves our present debt 81, ,Ol8, ,96z. To meet
this " have ID the treasury q this time ST.
4O7, ,947 81, and in bank and other .atocks,
constituting . sinking fund, Sc. 1O6, ,204 so,
Wa also have : Iarre unpaid balance due
from the Federal Government for war ex.
penditures, which is now being pressed for
settlement.
Speaking of the political situation he saws
Il cannot Be concealed from our intelligence
that We are menaced with dangers which
threaten to wreck our republican form of
government. To avoid these dangers We
should sdopt considerats councils and pru-
dent and united action against the moves
nents Of that faction born Of sectional
hate and thrown upoa the surface in
conyrlsion OF civil var, and kent alive
BY the heartiess demagoaues, who SUBJ
ordinate every interest, mental moral and
physical, public, private and social, 70 their
own base and inosdinate thirst for Office and
pover. and honor. and emoluments Of Office.
This party, led on By these demapoRues, pro-
ern States. 90 % to enfrsnchise negroes and
disfranchiss white men not Of their party in
those States. They hope thereby to build up
Z negro party in the South which will per-
petuate political power in their hands. This
work Of reconstruction, If successful, will
overthrow oil reserved rights of States and
centralize power 10 the Federal Government.
It will force conflict of races BY setting the
white man and negro in political array
against each other No government ever
has or can be maintained which gives its po>
litical franchise TO two antaeonistic races of
men. Il will surely bring conflict between
them, and when that conflict begins one race
must yield or perish. Demagogues who are
20 wantonIy forcing Us upon these dangers
pretend that it 10 only their purpose to pun
ish treason and protect LOYALTY; vet they
make war upon our Constitutional Union
more ruthlessly, but with less manly cour.
age, than did those whom they would punish.
Referring to the recent election, he said:
Let not our recent election be misconstrued.
The overwhelming vote cast for his Excel
lency Jno. L. Helm, was an irrepressible
outspeaking Of the people, regardless of all
personal popularities and party ties in cer-
tain and earnest condemnation of the harsh, /,
unwise, unpatriotic and unrepublican disuns
ION and unconstitutional Reconstruction meas
utes passed BY the dominant party in the so.
called Congress- Of the United States.
Coy. Helm, in his inaugural referring to
| the Federal relations, said: It is my 6rmest
and most ardent hope, and fondest wish and
earnest prayer that all the States may be re.
stored tn THAR enpal yiChts nDdeP The Com