The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-12-31

Here y . stray paragraph which We commend
80 tA00ak' ~ y mucA for wAat u contains,
q tks kJiSs fcn which Il comes:
Thss9tSnssh to admire in the domestic habits
Il sssr Of the uppsr elassss of the
BeSthsn psoplssad this Il most admired BY those
Who, By Tssidsnse, havs learned what those hab-
- 80 Ws31lk - their simplicity, hospitality,
and natural kindness Of heart. Perhaps there
il NO portion of the Caucasian race 10 little Gle.
sFvotsG eneve Nhat daily concerns the connon
masses Of mankind, either by fortune or station.
or whose native goodness is less obscured by the
ADhbnb tAd mA1ners OF the day.
n the reader wers 10 guess thousand times, in
rsfssenes to tbs origin Of the foregoing sentiment
y ofSes ~0sid every time. beyond reYadventnrs
sseribs IL to some "coppsrbead or '.rebel rympa.
ihising' journal. What will be bis or her aston
i1kmsu2 tAsa, - learn that II found utterance in
the N. Y, Tribune Strange As it may seem, such
- the fact
The extremely partisan Constitution can.
not understand how the New York Tribune
csn b bipartisan and just to the people Of
the South. Now, nowhere, ID their fuller
recognition Of whatever is good in Southern
cha1c4sr, than smong Republicans. They
are better friends Of the South than the
NsEtAssn DsmocsAey which largely led the
Southern people into rebellion and then de-
sssfsed them every way save with their viper
Gus tongues. The Tribune has been steadily
in favor Of universal amnesty. That was .
shank in tho Republican platform. There is
np hstred Of Southern people among Repub-
licans. : But there is . just recognition Of
fscsa Tiers il mono Of that sympathy with
the Southern rebellion which 10 . principal
Characteristic Of the Northern Democracy.
We recognize that between North and
South there was IN antagonism Of political
ideas. That the friction Of those ideas re-.
suited in var. Thst the party Of the North
ern idsa conquered. That the nation by
millions u lives and billions Of money has
decrsed that the two sections Of the country
shall MOI so apart. since Union has
been dscrsed. il must be made enduring and
secure. That this can only be done by es-
sAblishing the thorough supremacy of the idea
thot NJ victor ia The war. That if the two
ideas ware Jeff in their relative force there
vosld BE- new friction and continued strife.
ThaG she Ssathsrn idea has it, life and
strength in small class Of ex-slaveholders
who clisg 70 il tenaciously. That thes.
nuss = politically subjusated Is they hav.
bSss vebsain war; for Andrew Johnsoh'i
1construction shaw6d that if these mer
could q N atom of-con,rol, they would 70
estabKSh their old aristocratic notions, the
hostility to popular rights; to education, 4
/ - freedom End dignity Of labor; that il
their hatred 70 the Northern idea and theil
!: tenacious sdherescs TO their own, they wopl,
renew the strife between North and South
s Aad ii, dsrogation ofhis constitutional rights
dtivs he Northern man from the South, an
lsas h woald suocumb to their ideas. Re
pabiicaasS simply recognize thls fact. Tha
isn't bitterness, il 10 common sense. s,
whsn We ~ these Southern obl,garchist
must IS politically subjugated, i, isn't ii
saye III q bssred or reveng; tits the sam,
s.kipdns9 ~ takes razor from the hand o
. 4lkAe, bent on mischief to himself o
Tie peseelAl snd ,prosperous future for th,
couasrI 1nsk sAroseh the Union. Il
that union there must be harmonious rela
tons between tho people. Wemust hsve u,
ssctiops; ret the euthersi idea would f6ste
.d1G6f6GIh That idee nsust b etadi
6ed.A 4Ka6k consummation h chs hiShes
good to the South and the North, and tn,
whole cSuntry. That isn't bitterness; it il
fsEanAaAhp.
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