The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-04-19
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FRIDAY N0AaRtstO, 1PRIL 10.
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rAs sst~ssss~ 4. As2ePess - ~ pspsA
said would rrits n. - polisieal sissa-
don In Arkansass made msatioa Of The !,
Costsntissiof ~ ~ ss&asalAniox 4
oolorsd dslagatsAs 1pot;ee ~ il asxszal
81 the Southern States, whites - aboaeasi
have ieiaed PsssAss = Dsli1l
action, and made Union Repablican orssni-
cations. Thsrs has BEEN no interchange of
vis~s besseen politicians Of ~ pspple of
the SuuthssA 6ssssA in this matter. In |
each Il has been spontaneous and selfimp66- |
ed. II Is the result Of two ysan. OF "My
Policy practically tested here in rsconstruc-
ton. M gH rsz* ref |
The Any and bIindness Of ~ SosAh, ssd
pro slavery sdministrations, blotted out sis. |
very from the n6Rie.. The fblly and blind
ness OF Andrew johnson, and Of the rebels
whom his policy restored to power IN the Sopth,
hsve breosts Aee1osudiae ssnaths sosda6h Oh
the political probes, which has vaxsds shs
country for a half century. The South will
be in advance of the North in giving the No
gro the ballot. OIL the shame tAas Tn
should be 80. Iowa, that has done 20 nobiy
in council and bAttls-6sld for he Union.
shoad be equally pssaSt ara dss,dsd In
giving impartial suffrage 70 her people. Thus
will her love Of justice b. proved equal %
her patriotism. The indications are, that the
Southern Democracy win accept eolossd sui.
frsge, and labor to secure the freedmen's
vote. The Northern Democracy &ill follow
suit Out Of partisan prsiadicss asa party ne.
cessities, the negro viii get his rights the
nation viii have got the hishsst good this
century can give it.
Negro suffrage ID necessity for the South;
itistAs only thing that can make Usisa ssc>
cess in the lsse ~n complete, OF enduring, or
daizshls. Tbs rebeliop did not ers~ out Of
any geographical duality of North and South !;
geographically tkey are enc. II did NOT
grow ont Of aay ansasonism Of sectional in.
tersst, for there vas complete busipsss and
commercial infefcommnnicstiph between
North and South before the war; the South
suffered greatly during the war, While thoss
relations were interrupted; ss the close Of
the strife although the Southerners hated
the Yankees more bitterly than eysr-yet
trade followed its legitimate course, identity
ofsectioual interests prevailed; those rela.
tons With the North were resumed. Even
had the manufacturing States ga throsg hout
the future much higher protection than We
think probable or possible, md viewing the
matter from the ultrsiss Free TrsAs stand
point, the expense to Southern production
could not have been nearly the cost of main.
tanning = separate Government. 1t vas the
Southern aristocratic idea, utterly hostile to
the Northern Republican, gesdineiy Amer
lean idea, that made war upon the Union.
That Southern idea was that of The
necessary mferiority Of the rnssses /; thai
the fe~ should rule the many that capital
should own labor. 1t put al the landed
property in State in the banda of feu
score Of men, and having disfranchissd the
black man for being slave, iss tendency
was to disfranchise the poor white man BE-.
cause he was poor. In ell this State Of Ar.
ksnsas there was not common school.
The Capital of the State has; NOT oas schoo
house. Lands we're donated for school pur-
poass, but. the dominant southern party wers
careful % see that no schools come of the
donations, We are reps,A;nx srits uuisms
knorn 70 the Whole people, Shen.ve say .ha
the psrsy which so9sqe rulsd, thin Stste snd
the South was anti DemusssGic, anti spub-
hcan, anti American; an olisarchy bitterl,
opposed to popular rights, V the r%ssatior
OF the Masses, TO the free development o
this country. Nothing was clearer than tina
this psxty, Ibis idea, eoald nat exist along
side the DsmocHiic RepsAlicas, progressive
Americsaidss, douinaas in De North. 81
1t made war upon Me nation for spartition o
thsserrRsfy Of ths Republic. The govern
ment broke dpvH De military stssn9sA Of u.
South, aad blotssd cut The gonsslsfscy. Bo
We tell ycu, OIL brave patriot eea 81 Lowe
and The kssaA. loving the Uaion abovs al
else, cherishine the remembrance OF YOU
gallant soldier service, through those month
and yssss, under the old Flas, = she proudes
accomplishment Of your life, W tell you, tia
Jour services and your suf5erinss were vsi,
without impartial suffrage in tAsss States
wstaout that the South Is victor, AFTER oil
We want svsry soldier in our Hawksys State
and IN the North, to know this. Could the
b hsss for time, they would soon be con
WINGED Of il, In thsir absence, hey ca
take y - proof Of our proposition, thai
through eli these States, the Union men
strongly prejudiced as the majority Of Their
have been. against the negro's voting, now {.
vor 1t, and have joined With him in harmoni
Gus polisicd action.
II isnot dificult to understand why oil thi
hso. We have sid that the war grew on
of the antagonisn not of interests, but @
idAna. The Southern idea made war upon tn
naeioa. That idea 10 = iutkssd in the view
end character Of the SostAsln parry, for tn
nsa ~ nov, - i w sin yeass ago. Tn
Last two years have shown this my Poll
cy" put these same men who have % loo
ruled this section, in power. The lsopar
cannot change hisspots; no more could thes
men, their lifelong vicious political idsa.
Since they came in power it has been 20 man
months Of the Southern Coufsder.ey ipsid
The unioa- Their inspiring purpose SCENE
70 BE- to reward treason and make loysl,
cdious; 70 prescribe Union men and nut n
.staas 10 hostility 10 the Gsnsrsl Gorernmeu
Thsfs vss the same repusnaucs TO IN
SCHOOLS, and free ideas, and popular educ,
lion and advancement that bad alvsy, CHI.
sctsfized the slsvs regime, We AJAX 70,
Obi patriot colder, did you 6ght TO max
district upca district In tie SontA vher,
Uaioa uaa wosA moi be permitted 70 vote
xa til = %, q lsast, hes bee. /,
un0 H. military rule now estabIshes
And Il situation you'd not hsv
changed. Thsss men had control; Uuio
nsa wses powsisa The future would h.,
hroeeAa no improvement. The slaveocne
vopH - hxs aEsesdesd ID iasas Or 4
1Ss&csa Nossh aad Soutl, animated !
edvass pEinsipls and policy, would renal
. pnfianea. practically . disunitsd and nm
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