The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-06

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Mason and the HaA Democracy vpnt the
traitors who plunged the country i1fo var,
and slew thee 6sSdrel thoussni Of our
brave men, u freely and fully foEsisea, and
restored to their former positions. Hs thlnks
atrs;tor ~ good - : patries.a sntsEDa-
Wis, Breckinddgc & Co., all restored to their
".former place" He would maksssbellion
honorable. Under his programmes il would
be y we'll to AAvefoaght naaer La asuAder
Grant. In proof Of these assertions We
quote again from 4ason's address. Speak,
ing Of the rebels and trasc1 Of The South,
he says:
No disquali6cations, DO con6scations, but
full and complete amnesty and cordial res
toration to the places they have heretofore
occupied At our councils and in our hearts.
This is our true policy, this the great underly-
ing doctrine Of the Democratic party. The
reverse - chat Of our antagonists. Herr We
Join our issue ID chief. Lett sta1d or fall
with the strength or the weakness of our
cause.
ssAnd % ~ehays at last the confession that
the jusufeatioa Of treason md rebellion, the
restoration Of red handed traitors to their
former positions in this land, lis the great
underlying doctrine Of the democratic party
Mason pleads the cause Of Southern trsi.
tors by comparing them With our Revolution.
ary fathers, and trying to make Out that there
is no moral, diGerspcs bstwsss the two.
Read the following, and If You are true pa.
triot you will be filled with Indignation against
> party IN Iowa that can put forth such senti,
ments in their campaign electioneering docu.
ment:
Why, our very nationality was conceived in
rebellion. The free institutions which are
our glory and our delight. are all OF rebel
pedigree. The greatest names which adorn
our history and which cause the heart of
every true American to swell with patriotic
pride, we're all rebels Of the first water.
1t is true the rebellion in that case was sue
cessful. This admit makes = wide differ.
ence politically aud historically, but does it
do SO morally?
This democratic candidate for the high Of.
fee of Governor of Iowa, argues that the
rebels had a "so,id Foundation for their
WAS THE REBELLION CAusELEss?
Bot We hear 1t often said that the late re.
bellion was wantouly wicked and without the
least shadow of excuse or pallistion. This
is not true. They who make the assertion
deceive themselves, or they knowingly vt
tempt TO deceive others.
And again:
But still, under fall sense Of my respon-
sibslity in 70 doing, here deliberately de-
clare that. in my firm opinion, the dissatis>
faction out Of which this dreadful war arose,
was not without some solid foundation. The
wrong was not wholly on one side.
He then proceeds further, with an elabo.
rate defense of the rebels. He argues the
old Breckenridge doctrine that the Terrific
ries being the common property of all the
States, We had no right to say that the South
should not carry their slave property into
them. He says we elected Lincoln to the
Presidency on platform opposed to this
Breckenridge doctrine. And then this DEM
ocraiic candidate proceeds to say:
The South regarded this as an assumption
of superiority on our part, wholly incompat
ible with their equality of rights in the Gov
eminent aud its common property. II was
with them point Of honor. 1t drove them
into secession, resulting in war.
What more could be said in defense Of the
rebellion? What different would JEFF. Da-
Wis himself say? IN ,cas point Of honor. I"
The South was driren into rebellion. More
over, this same Democratic candidate, who
wants the support Of loyal men, distinctly
declares, in this same address, that the reb-
els were only to blame for commencing the
war . little too soon. What they did was
right and proper, but the time chosen was
not exactly opportune. Read the following
The wrong on their part consisted, as be.
lieve-notsin having acted without any cause
of complaint-but in having resorted to ex>
.reme assures before they had exhausted
those of q milder character,
Reader, ponder these things, and, if we
mistake not, you will conclude that you can.
not vote this ticket without endorsing the re.
bellion. No wonder Claget. pronounced this
man traitor in 1861.