The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-04-12

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II 49, -, - We
The plaa, II Rsspsslnseioa, thrqpsh uai-
vsrsal suatses v1A6a tiueil ~ color. i
wgkAe a l9iFs isvM - -
rdkax WA "a Mod - - issln
BILE old fasnil fnGieA e ~ 9leEt4 stripe,
the people 81 De sodek seesb9 ~ Atsssioa,
asd havs snssssd inD ~ saee3sssssiAt -
vsss with viii. While Rs6srs and Copper.
heads ars forsnoa ia auS6ax around ~
nsgpee 10 secsss their yotss, end he hseds
Of sone x 05us nsffo6s invv bSsa turned
BY the 1bsfneuisAsd cosidsrstion with which
thug I'm hssu testsd. Ard + = NAM ,sll
strange that the negroes are bsaAdleds 49,
their old aris&scrasis masters come down TO
their level "a hong 4S6ls then! lsfteill
be rsmsaAEed that ~ sspoor thitf ~
occupies the Presidential chair vas seduced
By the saas i.lssscss. Asasep JohnsDs
w,s not rscosnised ~ the sriseeessey ~ IL
Ssssh, - taken int tAsir secial sd PsliliaAl
circlsspios 70 the MAJ. Ha aasiuniohS " 81
into their - wers ccidiy md c6assnpsao
held ID check, BY the hereditary alaSshsldias
arissocrscy Of the. South, and hs !" thfovsd
of" on then in rsvsass sf IL Eight But
vAm n became Prsidsst, ~, hd 1ss1aes
"a ~ and fsspfs to bsstov, ~ rj6a sEis-
tccrscy pandered 10 his vanity, snd ~ thsil
skilfal manipalsGiess iuyeisita him into thsiz
ranks and installed him sAeif chief =
We must expect that the sx.slavsholdsru
vill end ssme ssssoss - y.ia ~ fbskSh y
Andy johnson, and will b abls to nsn;pu-
late them to their purposes just ~ readily,
More pains, Of course, viii b taken With the
leaders smonest the Freedmen, and more fsn
ssAdss xillb found among them than amongst
the common msss Of undistingpighsa sx'
slavss. And Of course grsiA 81 u 1hoiss
and confusion will be rsissd wv these few
rsnsgAdw BY the rsosl lssdeu end thew.
papers No doubt there will be more JOY
expressed in Dixis over one Of shas stripe o,
scamps than over ninety nine honest freed
men Who vote with their iiberstcrs and
friends, rssAer than with their sHsnnies and
oppressors. But in the meantime two par
ties win be formed; negroes win secure the
right of suffrage, free discussion will become
the order Of the day, and the leaders Of both
parties win emulate each otherin manifesto.
tons of distinguished consideration TO the
poor negro and tho poor whih man, snd viii
vie with each other in efforts 70 protect theii
rights, and advance their interests. And
thus equal rights, universal suffrage, free dis
cussiou. freedom Of the pres, common
schools, and, in 6ne, Northern civilization
viii be planted, fostsrsd, and firmly rooted
an Southern soil, through this great nsasurs
OF Congressional wisdom and power.
In the meantime the negroes Of the lSousl
will not vote With the Rehels Against the
Yankees now, to any greater extent than they
sympashized with and fought for their mas
tiers against the Yankees during the war
There will be . good many yellow and
ebony Andy Johnsous smongst them, M
doubt, and . sprinkling Of thread and hut
ter" chaps, after the style Of Seward and
Randall, and other white ''gemmsn" nearer
home, whom it would be invidious 70 men
tion Ia this connection. But the mass Of the
loyal blacks will be found sound 70 the core
marching in serried columns TO the "musie
of the union,' and voting solid with theil
hberators and enfranchisefs, against their
enslavers and the enemies Of equsl rights.