The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-01-08
THE SOUTH or THE AMENDMENT
Ill Feelinx and ob.tinaey IntensiAed.
A sLAxprE oS vIReIslA.


The Wilmington \. g. Dipatch Of Fri
day in commenting on the "Hor. Joseph
Segar's recent statement relative to the fir-
GINA Legislature aud the constitutional
amendment. says:
The blood OF the Nirginian is cavalier
blood Good blood Brave blood The
noble gentlemen of that State bate towards
and contemn cowardice. Virginia IS the
mother OF the best, poblesi aud braves. OF the
soldiers and statesmen of the Revolution :.
the mother Of those men who plucked the
Jewel freedom from the mouth OF defeat and
the throat of disaster. when oppression piled
its prosecutions and threatened patriots with
the halter. Her sons Of b., day are as brave,
love liberty as much. are guided IN their ac
lions by as high a sense Of honor and will be
as 10th to degrade themselves as their
fathers.
Ne do not hesitate. therefore, TO pronounce
the statement Of Joseph Segar a calunny on
the noble old Commonwealth. to stigma,ize
il 9 base he 10 spit upon il, to nail the
SANDER to the coanter.
Virginia willing TO disfrancise her Lee, her
johnson, her Malone, her thousands oi brave
soldiers and able statesmen Never. never,
never Virginia wiillng 10 sacrifice her
honor i masi be false
THIS man Jos. Segar, certainly deserves no
credit be deserted the fortunes ol his
State ia her hour of sorest need. lie struck
hands wiih her enemies ~hile they were red
with the blood of her sons, aud 1ere pouring
in on her SOM the tide Of inyssion. segar.
the gaGe. the deSerfer, the pad agent os
Raaicalisrn, the too of The meu WHO desola
ted has State. has 80 right 10 speak for the
people Of Nlreiuis, aud cannot BE- heliered
H. -,
repeat. their expressions e afanson. hir
einia VIII never Faliiy the Howard alntpd-
ment until The reias Of Government are taken
out Of the hands Of her own noble sons.
SEsDtFss QrEsTloS.
A Northern Conservative Journal throws
out the suggestion that the Virginia Legfsla
ture should proceed to enquire OF Congress
whether III the event Of their ratification OF
the ccnsHuncnst amendment. the Southern
States would be accorded representation.
This proposition We deem alike hsppani and
Ill considered il savors too much of party
maneuverine 10 suit our notions. To make
.eeh an inquiry would convey very strange
implication that the terms were such as ouehs
10 be seriously weighed and possibly accept
ed by the South We should have 1t rung all
over the land that Virginia was abont TO
adopt tbs constitutional amendment, and
Mr. Joseph Segats extraordinary Gc,ions
would be reproduced, this time 10 lind be
ter market. Indeed We are inclined 10 think
that the Legislature has no right to PROFOUND
the query, unl s. they are really hesitating
on the subject Of ratification. Congress has
not d. clared whelher or no the States will be
admitted il they ratify the amendment, and
evenlf they we're TO make pledge in the
affirmative We should not Pace suy depend
cnce upon il. Instead, therefore, Of ingeu.
ioas refinemeuts or strategic delays. Ne urge
a simple diguitied and prompt rejection OF
the scheme. Let have ro dalA4nec or
dnttaeF.