The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-11-01

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loaded lsSdsr s11fsssSd saTo (ssaiss ces-
ssrvasivs@" ~ beisfAnd i6il u eoe4
sense. T1is isit: IT ~.
Four hnlio6s # Of cosn.l 80 htely
slaves, ~ now lfee-that 10 . pcsiave - 8
You may dislike Il, loeshs itsa.ecsese ~
but you none The less know Il 80 4 ssosiE.
Congresg, ID seconstructine ne o!af0
latelv n revolt. N dssssmine4 lhe these
blacks. uniess hey lave voloatariif aided
the re6elllSn, sksaf vote 80 - 4n1sotn1.'
This i ansshes important fscc @HAss = -
you may. you sill know i 70 oet oct !,
This Cosgress rsua,ns in pov 5or nearly
;ar;,y IN he Sens1e cansot Be sutverted
within the next four years. TAsngh every
election should 60 agaihstus nsshtine, the
Senate will remain Republican. Bat i 10
perfectly certain that the majority will n
strongly reinforced from the sooa to be rs
constructed Sta4es. And right vol do you
know that this majority viii not vote TO de-
stroy itself BY disfranchising the Southern
blacks.
What, then, do you mean by Cossefva-
iism2 Do you mean to keep this wAoie
country in turmoil and contention through
out the next four years, ia the desperate
hope that you may thereafter Be able 70 die
franchise the four millions Of Southern
blacks, and pvt them nader The feet Of their
late rebel mastefs? 81
II tkas Il your game. What sort 81 crops,
of trade, of payment, can you expect from
the South meantimea What hope can you
cherish that the country will ever be raci,
fiede ~ rrF -
fits one thing to deny the right Of suffrage
to down trodden race; it is quite another
70 dsprivs them Of Il after they have gained
and exercised il. We defy the wit Of man
TO tell how the blacks Of South Caroline,
Mississippi. and Florida, after they shall
have voted and chosen State officers and
members of Congress, are to be disfran-
chised, except BY usurpation and revelations
AIRY violence. Virginin has shown you that
they viii not disfranchse them selves.
Conservatives practical men devotees Of
peace and prosperity! we conjure yon to
pause and reflect The antidote to social
anarchy is impartial liberty
There is matter in that to think about.
Unless the American people bethink them
selves Alright. and in sima, they may make
terrible biunder. A blunier that may de-
: stroy Republicsnism and bring war of races
upon the country. Our people should re.
member that they elected the last and the
present Congress; that they elected that
Congress to do just what il has done SO far
as the matter of reconstruction is concerned.
That Scho6sld. and Mower, and Ord, and
every conservative officer that has had com.
mand in the South has become thoroughly
radcalized and convinced that the recon
strnction policy Of Congress- is the only safe
one; that when once a large class in Re.
public has been enfranchised, it cannot be
again disfranchised, except by violence and
in blood that but for the vicious and exc.
cradle work of Andrew Johnson. reconstruc>
ton would have been settled With white and
black voting, and in that the South would
have found peace. II would have led to
no strife between the South and the freed
men. All that hostility to the Congressional
policy eau do is to create, what would other.
wise not exist, constantly growing hate be-
tween whites and blacks in the Southern
States, and prepare the way for future blood
shed. There is no antipsthy between the
whites and blacks in the South, unless it be
thus created and fostered. IF the former
would but do justice, the country would be
quoted, and peace and prosperity come to
the States lately in rebellion at once. II
they persist in trying to be unjust they will
no, prevent the freedmen from voting that
cannot be done--but they will stir up hos
tility between the two classes that will lead
to constant violence, and in the end to a
bloody tragedy and ruin.