The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-09-26

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isss, visA ckaAcse4stic nod III. r5l[ p;aed1
from making Il public. s's.ssgg
not eUusent y bttome ! TOOL n lie mesu~t
white. Mr.. DsueIass declined the Psesi.
dents oesf in . very kentlemaalv but yery
positive manner. h seaa nsiskse vilNns 70
facilitate The sem0-al Of nsaA % rood AID
just . Gen. Howard, nor willing 10 put k;n-
self under any obligations 70 keep de peec,
with Andrew Johnson. For tins prudence
and irmnees, Ar. Douglass 10 entitled 10 a.
thanks o. the country. Much q svs Should
like to see 70 able and emisent : man n one
Of the conspicuous Offices Of the Govern
ment. We should be sorry TO see him secure
his elevation by any of The debasioe ans
winch white men sometimes use.
Mr.. Douglass resides at Rocbester. In Re.
pnec'sn district, which We hope to see him
representing in Congress.
Lately be has been performing an act Of
hr"thefis affection. which VIZ cannot resist
the temptation Of chronielms- at the
RISK OF making public portion Of what was
meant to be wholly private letter:
- have hsen.' he writes to the editor OF
the Independent, keeping kind Of hotel al
suminerl My poor brother Perry-after =
bondage Of fifty six years. deeply marked nv
the hardships and sorrows OF that hateful
condition; ard after separation from me
during forty years, as complete as il he lad
lived on another planet-came 70 me two
months ago. with his family Of six, and took
up his abode with me. To him-dear old
fellow!-one who has carried me on his
shoulders many time (for he il older than 1
though my head seems to contradict ii)-one
who defended me from the assaults Of bigger
boys when needed defense--l have mainly
been devoting myself and gladly 80.
II have now completed for him . snug Its
tie cottage on my own grounds, where my
dear Old slavery SCARED and long lost broth
er may spend IN peace, with his family, the
remainder Of his days. Though no longer
Young, be Is no sluggard. Slavery got the
best OF his life. bu. he is still strong and
hopeful. wish his old master could see
him now-eheeriul helpful. and taking care
OF himself II slavery we're not dead, and
did not IN some sort wish to forget ito ter,
rible hardships. blighting curses, and shock
ing horrors, would try to write q narrative
Of my brother Perry's bondage. But let the
old system 20! would not call it's guilty
ghost from tho depths into which it's crimes
have casi IL turn gladly from the darkness
Of sAe past to the new and better dispense
ton now dawning"
We know not how others may be touched
10y this narrative, but to US it is deeply affects
ing 1t is another proof that truth is stran-
ger than fiction. 1t is poetic justice reward
ing hone deferred Frederick D,,gls.a 10 -.
true, great and noble man, with a mind fit for
Senate and with heart fit for child.
When hundreds of the public and prominent
men of this country are dead and forgotten,
his name will still be remembered. And
when his life comes to be written, it will
hardly contain more beautiful and roman.
tic chapter than the pleasing story which we
have Just borrowed from his graphic PEN
n. \. Independent.