The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-05-18

| x,.,. a.5 ,sssons AZ we'll as individuals.
They are subject to the same retrioution ~.
Z ted laws. To escape without pur - eel
/ which the fauaticism and wickedness oil 'ne Psy
Il, mower has brough, us into would De mfE'
- - ~ i,ok Cd for in this unbelieyng age. ine
s,ap vhter of men. the misery eniaied upon ~
and Children, and the wasteing OF thoussn@ =.
millions ofproducts must be ntoned iof. az
dollars worth OF this wasted propefi5 mus
.lnwlv earned again aud We have sirtuah! -
H. labor 81 perhsps two mills n oil men, sose,
hodiea hack Iaborers who before the war @s"sso
wealth psiead OF being national paupers' -
We5rese the above lugnbrious and deuans /
ciatory politico. philisoph,co Religico Sc 1ere-
) maid from the Darlington Argus, Tor the au'
u;ra,;ops. n NOT for the warning OF our
readers. m
The country, if we are TO believe the az
. ans. issobe punished because eur heserh
: ment resisted the attempt of armed reoe's 70
!. overthrow IL and rallied the patriots oil me
land under ourglorous banner of Stripes ana
Stars N IN back the tide Of war feyied ana
ar,aved in serried ranks under hostile nag
" to destroy ae s nion and blot out from 'ae
Of map Of the world the Government iounoea
by our fathers. The loyal people OF this iana
+. must atone by future misery for the pa'riotle
~ gallantry which prompted them to rush 10
the defence of the institutions of liberty and
free po.ernment be queathed them by their
he fathers; under which their rights were secured
e. and their prosperity and general welfare pro-
"' NOTED beyond example in the history OF the
i. world Because patriots sacrificed their hves
and poured out their precious blood IKE
- s,er IN such sacred cause. and because
70 ,shels suffered defeat. and overthrow, and
their families were redaeed TO desutnuoh
W and beggary in the defeat OF their reisTioHs
'ol and causeless rebellion, those who sustained
oy the aas vi their country must atone oy
me rghteous retr;bution. from which there IS no
IN escape, ssys his organ of the democracy
zen All this simply means that The rebels
all ~, nj H. loy.l oeop,e we're wrong.
me That the olthern Goafederaey was legitimate
iey and the Government Of the Union usnrpa
nu tion Tint JED Davis and his followers are
ere entitled 10 the favor OF Heaven, and that
ISL Providence will punish US Tor the wiekednes'
ing of our lngernment and oar soldiers in resist
inc n. Efforts of the traitor hordes. who
'0r sought il destruction. 1t meahs that ioya
men AMI ratriut soldiers are guilty OF all lh'
'ur crime. anj bloodshed, and massacre, an'
anu death aud woe that flowed RON the rel elhon
our and that rebels are suffering iunoceni'y
wv whose wrongs viii vet be indicated by
'' fearful Proyiden';al retribution upon ~
- guilty heads OF those who overthrow ih
-. lost Cause.
Buta lr,aier SIN, it may be, utle es'lma
" ton Of .i,e l.g,.S RESTS upun the soals Oh b
u"' loyai p 80 lept' this ian'l f,t their aEeher !
, breaking lhe boutis Of the slave, and leiin.
y the oppressed ~ trer |, was only r s'sft
'fe that H.. labor of the tlacks was valuable t
'"-' u: al lrpr men tina, labor i virtually los
'',s ana for that, Providence VII punish u wis
~ lesnna and poverty and desti'atioa.
guy b. rA6,y 81 reasoning. then. it We ha
es made ayes OF two millions OF free men, v
~ would lave added to the productive labor
the country. AMI to rs wealth aud prosper
~, ty. and might have secured he favor, insiea
'.'' Of the ,rosn, af Providence Aud II, il
Gus stead Of resisting the rebels aud mainlRinai
'A'ei the Government, and the iinion. had ~
"oo' cambes u .ietf Davis and his myrmiian
'ne We shoai1 nave l.-sn blessed with peace Al
o' plenty, AMI been bssking in the sunshine
'feu' Proyid .n,isl approval, nther than GOVERN
before The storm clouds Of the aveng
'ne wrath Of offended Deity.
'u' The nth is that tine wish is father
the tho sh~ with the leaders Of the /
: mocracy, and hence they constantly pi
dieting aud denonncing misery and ruin
, the country. They know that so long ,
- country prospers, there Is no chance for I
success OF their party, and they plot a
predici all manner Of calsmities, hoping q
II, their fs.riy may again rise TO power a
49, place, by the ruin Of The country. II
Ii. is their only hope, and il seems TO us m
"a forlorr one, and utterly destitute Of a
-. foundation in religion, philosophy or comm
sense.