The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-09-05

uiea they arrived - homo from tho NSw
convention, thst that body expfea
Eneuess TO grant them everything IL ~
I'd, but asked ~ favor that thsy snG.l1
not require too much OF them before tne -
ion = i might enaanksr sas =! !0, "ors
81 ~ ZEE y sss 49, e. sssssisssi1ss q
from eusltv .culprits sanding q the Jndg-
asnt bae4 r. i6vaF49nt they atfempteo 20
iaeoseinete, theZ efs invited % !ts hlfh p!a-
8 5osJot % tuis In y
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terit, w fsA14ee @1afssic!e4e ~ J.
With modification and wonder. l once seid
md repeat here that this government nss
more men in it ready 70 destroy II fnsn 10y
bther government on earth-more .no sle
indifferent TO its weifare-more vno NV ny ~
regard for its moral and poitscsi ssa9Rs. A29
Il IT, th1 bet % ye2r 3elQ MOI u
tod - t. ~ a44H4
TksDb9lisBU61e ono - pefsetue
" to the certainty With winch Offenders
against the government are punished. Ia our
country, great politicas otienses seem TO De
passport 70 places OF trust sno nouol
glance at the political calendar in the North
will disclose that the rebel aiders and abel
tors, the VallandiEhams and the Singietons
Gre the favored men. In What way can
government be 50 aoon and enectualiy oe>
moralizeds Is to let its enemies go unpuh'
iehed If such course results from symPa-
thy, that sympathy arises from iaise pm
lAnthropy; IL from considerations OF poiiti-
col advastAge, i i 4 CRIME. Oar aorsF.-
ment has drifted w4h Alarming fapidisy INTO
moral and political uSnze.s We % not
seem to be startled at the tact that those VINO
tried 10 destroy il are already climbing us
j.. L. - mr. far II n III NnARI
and its rudder. Whether you joined them
in its nefarioua object from notions OF pubic
distinction or private profit the Republic Is
the sufferer, and with you the guilt 10 the
same. Your whole compliant that tne
Southern rebels are deprived OF their rignts
You do not complain that they well n'gn de>
stroyed your government nf..a
Remember, hf, .nA. you n.vo 'onae.. .s
yourself that tne secessionlsss .vls nv ~.
naenpy Puhls1eu ~ sne.s . sesys6es.sv. - =
tho 1ltn day q Jay, iooo, 3ustpp so
your corps oeing mus'efeu ou. =: se.s'so'
you issued an aou'ess 70 'h Is ~ w.,
after comp''meh''he Nhei p'a' -
say r..,
ne oraef LOT your uispanu u'on. VOC "a
are well aware mas alIesuJ 1eeh leeol.eo'
ana notninR IeTelns " " uon ~ - $50 $50
you 70 homes ana Iamiles except Tug 'oins'
discharge from service. Your service de,
mands better recognftoh ~ tne nshus =
the country you nave aidea 20 preserve .na =
mere words OF applause. ne Romans maue
their conqnering sold'ers freenoioers IN 1ne
lands they had conquered; ana upon your ~
turn 70 yonf homes you VAN nn g, moet q W
occupauone ana employmen's niieo oy aoep.s
from civil HE, and as the government nas
vast tracts OF vacant lands, which WI oe m
creased BY the war, the interests OF Inc coun-
try and your own Will concur IN the appor-
tionment of these lands to your use ana oc-
cupancy, establishing citizen soid'ery 70
MAINTAIN internal peace ana set foreign 'oes
at defiance.
In thesubseauent part OF your ADDRESS you
add
eff that object, THAT is if our troops shall
not be wanted to punish France for sending
Monroe doctrine. lean be obtained by peace.
able means, then soldiery is at an end, and
your sole business hereafter will be to devel-
ope, enrich and improve our great country,
To that end our soldiers should be provided
with homesteads, and IN no part ofthe coun-
try would they fare better, or would they be
more useful, than in the South, which they
have redeemed. =
The Romans, in their wars, only carried
Dutthe doctrine laid down by Oil instructions
81 writer's. that in case of public war the
coneuerors acquired control over the persons
and property OF the conquered and had a
right to make such disposition of the &C.
CURED territory as they might choose, even to
the expulsion of the original inhabitants and
the colonizing of it BY themselves. It j.
plain from your address that you regard
Cd the principles which govern nations in pub
lie wars as applicable to the rebel 6tetes, and
you clearly recommended their appaicskioa-
| will not pause to discuss In this letter thu
differences between public and civil wan.
fol are concluded by your record. and TAXI
ron a. end you. You informed your sol
diers that the government had "vast tractl
of vacant lands;' that the quantity would be
Increased BY the ear:" that they had IRE
deemed the SOUTHERN country; that they
;.honesteads;' that Tin no part Of the coun-
try wouli hey fare better or be more useful
than i" ne South, and their business here
after wou'd De 10 develop, enrieh ana I'm
prove the country. on told them more
on told them
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an'nn ial1.s ine pug sa uomn.h loI'. :.
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Romu yo ~; - s, n sa 1 hn u.
IT, Ioiu.'sa y .ea iu.u 1scs noues W i'sn,
'oII 0 1eeu l ~ i' 49, wen YOU e is'
pA",osl ~ i.oo, oniJ 'uIoo ysn.e a'lel
alds sou ale no' ohls u ,ay t u 'e.,ns IN
.spe.s ... 1919 ,le1i lAnus' ~. my .ne gov
suou'u % 'uaneu over ~ par o. less
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