The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-28

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n. nanrs 81 unutterAble rsmoEss. 1
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rnnishment. TO lose your respes
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rsason to drsad The los Of III fhet !. I.. ~.
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80, no r3pdee1 aem one who has broken
: rs.nv oId one" Tothis allow me TO reply
hat I idrS 5Si1tndll - = =
your confidence, not b. pladgss, ers q :
course Of con4pG 81 ~ l. - Z
comprehend tie nIdSif6h pssloelaf. 1hs
happiness of my family, the respect md corr
fidefcEa ~ ffiendF9be ecsS q nyHaf
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good opinion Of mankind. my own ife, sae
last and most important the untr,ea au.a =,
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Fsf2 n EaahH, = 16e1kenh for1ne - h1her-.
10 survived the shock of repeated disappoint-
n,ents. / say. do not conceal from yourselyes,
o. longer aitemp to shield ne f(om dessstN
censurs. / accept It - Just pnMshmunS
and shall not mGrmur. Those who lind IN
INV misfortunes occasion to congratulate
themselves upon the veriGcAsion of their pro-
phecies Of evil concerning -. endA lnnia-
cation Of having opposed me, may not hnaiiy
realisathe yish1 hich fakhesed their thosxhtA
As Is ny enemies, and those Who desire ny
ruin and consequent resignation in order g
the elevation Of soaa 0As else u the plece
which hold at your hands. and ! hope they
are lew, they have my pity for the ignobleness
q sAxir pnfpos6, naud ny defiance q theH
g .hemes.
Bus, to you, fellow citizens, DO apologize
xithon, reserve or defense. do not ask the
divine ruling in-one Of the oldsa recorded
trials, viz: aLet him that is without sin cast
The FIRST stones make 30 comtazisou b.
| tween myself and other men in the country
Who drink more than cAnor have done, and
with less disturbance Of their nervous organ
ization than have. do not wish, in
saving this. 70 seem isyidious. or in the atti.
tude Of making special pies in my own be-
half sts.,.r> ~
ITO err Is human; 70 forgive divine. ~
crave only such An exercise Of the divine at
tribute as the enlightened Judgment Of my
| fellow citizens can permit them TO vouchsafs
to me.r esn -trushfualy aver that 10 man hal
n keener appreciation of dntJ, aliveiier pride
in the honor Of Illinois, or deeper sense o
gratitude toward those Aho have honored hin
than have was in my humble way tru,
TO the country during the late rebelliou'
struggle. and throughout long public life
q ,ainst bitter prosecutions. and in fearful mi
norities, notwithstanding all my faults, have
consiAnlly, unyaryinely and alsays been tru'
j to the Republican party, and TO the primer
4 = 4 /. oA<,,x> I'd
er have been, the advocate of drinking; for
although alcohol may be useful as medi
cine, aud in some other respects, yet it kill
more than it cures, and is much more produc
tive Of misery than of benefit to mankind
And, were it in my power, | would, at ons
fell sweep. blot it from the face Of the earth
and obIiterate the knowledge Of making j
from the breasts of mankind.
| am aware that have many friends who
will disspprove, perhaps denonnce, the seem
ing humiliation Of writing this letter, as they
did my congressional temperance speech I
year ago While | regret their condemna
ton, | must insist il is always manly to con
fess ones errors. am not so welded to po
litical life rs to desire TO remain in offic.
longer than my friends desire; but ! have
never abandoned any post Of duty assigned
me, and shall not leave my present one be
lore the expiration Oh my TERM Wniie single
stain rests upon my honor as Senator Suel
all act would be cowardly, disgracefnl to 20,
and myself, reproach to my children wat
depend upon me for defense Of their goot
uame-au act which can only be compared
IN suicide. Besides feel that have no
yet accomplished all that owe to my State
ard am determined 10 cancel part Of tn
debt. Il 49, $3.50
4 Notwithstanding your jnsti6sble distrus'
looking TO God. my family, my State, an
| my high duty, shall not despair, bat loo
forward to an nnclouded future.
! hns much | have written With q clea
consciousness of the chances Of niscone y
ton. doubt, and unkind criticism to which
am liable. ] care not. 1t is slwsys mani
aud noble to reform an error and IL general
good policy, to speak ingenuously. / hav
: tried to do both. Your obliged servant,
14 RICHARD YATES.