The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-08-26

nave tnefoIOI0 HOtuluX W lCo1s Ovt "oAsN
lsk Islco,or the only ground Of oppres.
ion ia this world? why Is the Irishman OPP
pressed in Ireland? He is white. Why was
oppressed in Galicia? | am white. Yes;
| have different religious belief. But Why
was the serf 10 Galicis oppressed? He was
Of the same color, Of the same faith,
Of the same race as his masters. The
truth is, that oppression has no rea
son, but il is nerer at . loss for pre-
teri. IF 1t Is not color, it is religious belief;
if not this il is birth, and if not birth il is sim
pie might In the siege of Vicksburg | was
sent out with other private soldiers to get cot
ton bales to be used as breastworks. Con-
versing with one belonging to the same Com
pany. who, by the by, afterwards deserted TO
the Rebels, heard him say: II believe God
has made two classes ofmen; one to Cypress
and the other TO be oppressed. ! answered
him, II believe the same, but | also believe
that belong to the class to oppress and you
to the class to be oppressed. If We once
acknowledge the principle that it IS right to
deprive man, who is not guilty Of crime,
of his nslienable rights, cannot see the
rea,on why it is not RICH. 10 oppress jew
also.
IDENTITY or THE TwoIDEAs IN ALL COUNTRIES.
Ne;ther is it an excuse to say that the
rights of Jews in other countries are no. eff
fected by the triumph or defeat of the idea Of
Justice in this country. By defeat only in
one country it suffers everywhere. Why did
the aristocrats in England support the arts
tocrats in the South? Why did the Pope
recognize the Southern Confederacy? Sim
ply because they knew that their cause in
their own country would be strengthened by
q triumph Of THEIR idea in America. And
vice versa. Had we moi. overcome the arlss
tocrats IL the South, liberal reform in Eng
land would. now be entirely out OF question ;
and had slavery not been abolished IN the
United States the abolition Of slavery IN Bra
Ill would have been postponed.
Having seen that the rights of the jews de.
pend upon the triumph of the grand idea OF
). equal and exsc, Justice to all men, the
question turns up By which party can We
best secure the triumph of this idea2 Is i,
BY supporting the Republican or Democratic
party? In answer to this question let us ex-
anime the animating spirit Of both parties, al
shown by their record for the last ten years.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
The Democratic party has been the friend
Of slavery. 1t made every possible conces-
sion to slavery. When it spoke of justice i,
was only to prove the rights Of Shareholder
to buy and sell human beings, but it had not
word to say of the rights Of these human
beings TO their own person, life and labor
It has resisted, with all its means, the Eman-
cipation proclamation and the abolition of sla-
very, though it knew that without emancipat'
ing the slaves the nation could not be saved
II il not only the party Of slavery, but also
the disloyal party. i. always maintained
that we are a compact of States, each one be-
ing sovereign, each having the right to Sc
ceds. It is the cause of the great rebellion
When the war broke out there we're but two
great parties--ths Republican and the Dem
ocratic party. The fragments Of other par
ties were too weak, and joined either Of these
| parties. The Republican party did not make
the war. Who fred the first gun? Who
killed the FIRST mem Aud if the Democrat
ic party never done it, who made the war
All it can say is that It WAS the Southern wing
of their party that made the war, But ha,
not the Southern wing been always the con
trolling element of that party? The onl.
way il tries to prove its loyalty to the nation
i. by stating that great many Democrat,
solders fought in the Federal army. This il
true. But did these soldiers fight In accord
ancc with the wishes of the Democratic par
| ty? Wood, Vallandigham and Seymou
said 9 You have no right TO coerce thu
South. sThe Democratic soldiers, as wei
Is the Republicans, said, ..JJ-e hare Wood
ValIandiRham and Seymour tried their bes
| to show that it is impossible to coerce tn,
| South. The soldiers answered, we plU, ",
must and We shall overcome the Rebels
| And when the Democratic party proposed th,
| infamous proposition to lay down the arm
| and have an immediate cessation of hostiIi
ties, who swelled the Republican ranks AIT
gave Lincoln an overwhelming majority
Now as these soldiers fought against th,
wishes OF the Democratic party and votet
the party down, how does this prove the 10y
atty OF the party? 1t is also the party. of An
archy. By the letter Of Blair, the candidate
| for the Nice<Presidency, aud the speeches o
Wade Hampton, the author of the Demo
cratic platform, it is evident that they intend
by force Of arms, to destroy all that has beef
| done under the Reconstruction acts of Con
gress, though they are now the law of tn
land. When we once establish the principle
that party may overthrow, by force Of arms
any law that it does not like, and by thei
own authority declare it null and void, W
are reduced to the level Of Mexico, the chill,
Of Spain, and the same fate s.ares us int
the face. Then we are no longer fit to be
self-governing people. Then it is time +
make requisition for an Austrian Prince
But as the Reconstruction law cannot be I'M
done by force Of arms without another wal
the triumph Of Democracy in this electo
means anarchy and civil war.
rHE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
| On the other hand the Republican part
was organized with . view to oppose slavery
1t has resisted every attempt to extend slave
Try, every concession made to slavery. 1t hs
emancirated four million Of slaves. 1t be
been the only loyal party. do not say thi
IN spirit OF partisan. As patriot, as
friend Of liberty, | wish it had not been th
ioNLr loyal party. It has carried us success
fully through gigantic rebellion, waged b
the Shareholders for the protection Of SLAYER,
And when the clash of arms had ceased.
said to the late Rebels Though you hav
forfeited your lives, We do not touch then
though We could by right confscste you
property, We do not want it. But We do ne
want to fight this war over again. Il has COZ
us half . million Of our best men that died o
| the battlefield, in hospitals, or in your pris
ons. You have held your knife at the nt
tion's throat; therefore before you get W
drop the knife, and before you shall resum
you have no bad intentions. You shall be a
lowed to vote with the exception of the leac
ers that brought yourself aud us TO the verg
Of ruin. But you shall vote for yourself an
not for three niggers besides. You shall nj
be oppressed, but you shall also not oppres
Others. The rebels were not satisfied. Tn
logging post made again its appearance
Black codes were enacted. The Republica
party passed the Civil Rights Bill; but
proved dead letter in the South An
when the Republican party saw the onl
means for the oppressed people in the Sout
to defend themselves against oppressive lee
islation was the ballot. il placed the balle
into their hands.
CONCLUSION.
Now on what side do We stand? Shall v
array ourselves on the side of equal justice
Of psace and order, or on the side Of war an
anarchy. 1t is not question of person
merely-Grant or Seymour-it is questio
of opposite ideas and their necessary conse
quences. l address myself to the intelligen
patriotic Jews, to whom this country andt
cause Of Justice and liberty is dearer than tn
tgrati6cation of their Indignation. howeve
just / do not ask them to love Grant, bu