The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-08-15
MORE OF cLAGA IT'S RECORD

CONCLUDED tkOA YESTERDAY.
On the 18th Of the same month the editor
sums up big editorial in the following clos
ing paragraph
1.-The acts Of tyranny done under the Ad-
ministration OF Abraham Lincoln would have
disRraced and dishonnred monarchical Eng
land sven in the days of the British empire.
Read the following speech Of Lord Temple,
delivered in the British Parliament during
the days Of the empire"
On the 81st Of January the Constitution
contained : long editorial leader with the
following heading.
TO E1termindte the White Population Of the
Negroes, Is nom the Polityof the 4dminin-
4 irdtion-Ths Wdr to be Hereafter Con-
Quoted Primarily for that Purpose.
And in q lsbored editorial Of an earlier day
10 aksenp ted to excite the bitterest hatred
,AeaipSt the administration and soldiers by
Insertions, OF which the following extracts
are fair samples
4 "The war is now certainly to be carried on
Tor the purpose of destroying slavery-that
-, to enforce the Emancipation Proclama,
tion Of the President by force Of arms and
fof that purpose the negroes are to have
weapons placed in their hands and sent out
in maraudine gangs all over the South to en-
gage in re-enactipg in the Southern States
the blody tragedy Of the St Domingo insur-
rection. Does any man for a moment be-
leve that the army, or the people OF the free
States will ever unite in carrying on such a
.sdiabolcal WARP Does not everr one know
that the rebellion in the South can not he put
down by any portion of divided Northern
people which such a war must create? Never
theisss these fanatics have deliberately. with
malice aforethought, determined upon it. and
they viii pursue Ito the bitter end. The
consequence will be certain and final dtsso>
ld,ion Of the Union. In which even, they
will bring home their Abolition and negro
troops and attempt, by force Of arms. to Is
tahhsh their perpetual rule over the people
OF the free Stats. This. we Saw. will force
on the North the most bloody and relentless
civil war that the world has ever witnessed
lerf1nie, indeed, will be the consequences,
and we shudder in contemplating them.
ave see by the proceedings in Congress-
that q bill has been introduced and il will be
passed, authorizing the soldiers 10 vote ia all
coming state elections. This is but part
OF the preparations OF these Additional des
pots IN congress to secure for themselves
perpetual power, in the national and State
Government, This army vote under their
direction and control, will be made to over
throw all opposing candidates for Governors
members OF the State Legislatures and mem
oers OF Congress-. The present Abolition
Governors, and other officers in the free
states, Will issue certificates Of election 10
tnose wnom the army vote selects; and
infougn snch certificates these bogus men,
bers viii attempt to oraaninze the Congress.
the state Legislatures, and install Govern
thas III -
by their own votes, it submitted to, and by
me use OF the army if resistance is made by
the people. This is the fate of the people Of
the nee states as now contemplated and de>
termined upon by the Radicals, and he who is
nov TOO blind to see, will awake soon to the
realization OF these terrible truths, made
manifest BY the lifting Of the vail OF destiny
These are but random specimens of the
editorials of the Constitution hastily clipped
fom the broken files of the paper. The
people and the soldiers read them as they
came from the press, and public opinion has
pronounced the verdict that they were dis
loyal in their tendencies. The Constitution
which denounced the Government as unprin-
cipled, weak and despotic, and conspirng 10
deprive ths people of their rights, subvert
the Constitution and destroy the liberties OF
the country becomes the cherished organ OF
The secssh in the neighboring counties of
Missouri q we'll ~ the sympathners in Iowa
and Illinois. During the last three months
OF it, existence it Was freely and persistently
circulated in our hospitals. and as result
ls4 assertions are registered, against 80 de>
Aertinns during the three months succeeding
its demise.
II died N ignominous death at the hands
Of those who are fighting the traitors Of the
South, and no posi- morton examination or
Coroner's inquest can ever give it decent
character amongst honest loyal people.