The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-07-04


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ipius,ice and madness and God. ;u.t;c..
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during which this. nrofasedlv D.mocr.l;c
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goi" and thett came The plaques. Yeh
ssof a. you VIII. there il nHieher Law j,
of justice and right, and Heavens cuise
comes upun = psoph skhf skalenflA .in6es;ee.
even though that Injustice have the sanction
Of Constitutions. the protection Of laws and
the support Of Courts. Then, too, shere ii a
law of progress in Democratic ideas, in The
principles Of Republican governments. The
equal and impartial sovereignty of manis The
political idea underlying our govern ment. and
the world goes forward to the full realization
of that truth, God breaks in n;eces that
kovsfnment, even thouak il h The United
States. which stops ahott of The fscoeAision
Of mans sovereignty, and says: "The lee
tablished order of things is guarded by a
Constitution and the relation Of States, and
we will mot change it. We will not move on
with advancing ideas toward the final estab-
ment of the political equality of man." Our
people had said that, and there came a bloody
tide and washed away with the blood of the
nation sons and the tears of its daughters,
slavery And the established order Of things
that we prided ourselves on maintaining. and
God babe us 90 forward toward liberty and
the recognition Of the rights Of man. Ne
cannot disregard, God forbid that we should
disregard the teachings of the wears through
which we are passing. We must not stop.
We must 60 on to do the right. By our ueo.
pie for the most part, mayhaps, the war was
accepted to maintain the Union and the free
government of their choice aud love. To
| the God that rules in the affairs Of men that
struggle was against slavery and for human
rights. And we found that we could not
change Its character, even # we would.
talk plainly the thoughts this day sug,
gests. have no patience with that ceiling
which prompts some persons Of much conser,
yatism and very tender sensibilities, I'd re.
quesfFonreh OF July speakers not to say any-
sn'ng OF what they call . political" nature
FOR the most part the subjects that these
tinid souls say should mot be talked about
are the subjects of all others that should be.
had slavery been talked about snd spoken
against and written against fifty years ago,
and thenceiorward, it would not have grown
and taken such deep hold in our country as 70
have required the lives Of q half million men,
and the loss of billions of treasure, for its
extrpatlon. Every Democrat and every
republican must see that this is not fully q
democratic Government until Wendell Phil,
lips can make his Reconstruction spesch
anywhere in the South without projection o.
vac iniil1ary until the Fourth of july speak
er can TAX just as plainly and ~ rsdienlly for
Freedom ~ he likes without, being deemed
guilty of . reprehensible thing.
don't want tn sneal for novtx n ha -.
70 speak for the Right, For wears .,..lo-.
we're accustomed 10 ;na..~. ~, -. -
sary, in vktser;np pen.,sEt .,,a .,s.s.a
eagle flights which were .nctuons - ibs .on1.
of all ,ha, heard ,hau I'D ~. -, aa:.:.I
and danger Of The conntrv vara .,E,d;o..,.
avoided. Ihan. no hov. ~.
that. The discipline of the late war should
have made asso. The naonls ~, t., . Ia -
10 mad and rndar. 40 !, rs ..s,s
i've 81 mach III II IN ve.ltb a M "a i
many lives for the cause tbov a.an,aa -
should NO. he afraid of rad;ca,,.r i. g.. 3
all DAYS Ia the wear The nson,a H., ,.uaa