The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-07
THE GATE CITY
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SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER !.
eLonx - aoDi
saya par Nsisndy, ~ glorious Chairman
ofeur e1ass Csatral Committe; and - say
aditso',1e Melsaly. And ~ 81 % account
Of loves grand majority for Grant and Ne
FRO Se6fage. The vote for Grant is national
ana ID vote sof ss6kssS unissrsal; the ons
!, he ytri,1E 6foar patfiotian, and the 9th.
Or The psoof Of. oar civilisassn. The losan
Who vo.ed fos Segro snGrsge last Tuesday, =
the hsnpiesa man o. IL continent; e has
NO rivet sxss,ssin ,has other iovan Who
also vossd for i. Hs j. ssiow with Chalmers
~ the Auroxnssss the North heavens sblaze.
Last v6ek, snd the week before that, and
The ysaS bsforG that, and oil the years before
that, 10 wss n the Same plane - bis fell
laws: ike another Pster, denying that he
knew Chsiss because Christ was bound. Al
first " were not going to make the negro
free. And We were certain that We would
never make him . voter. Thank God, the
heart ish sttsr thsn the head; and our hearts
priclidd - b0ds With ~ spsAr Of coa-'
scisnce, and made us see, and move on to-
do pobles justice than No had thought
49, Desperate ri ned, No ssrs lite
c31est1i - ps1ijossl md pfsjudicss like
70 Yourselves; " we're in the same gall Of
titterness and the like bond Of iniqsiis5.
"Niggsr .ElualEy, - vAs 3 burning plough
shere for % - to you; 20 too the negro sits
sng on juries, and his voting, and his holding
odGs1. Az thsse and mufe, burning plough.
shares, and o. ws walked over them, the
flesh quivered and the nerves panied. And
II 70 hadn't besn bsptised with blood. ard
purified BY the 6res of war, We wouldn't have
been strong enough 70 do what W have
du&. Yet, don't you know nov, how Il vas
done Listen: "Here is great cause, reach
ine beck into great principle. The light
Of the divine justice shines on the principle,
and ss~ias men to il that thsy cannot rest.
Year after year, they viii stand suffering,
ysoiipg,. dsins for their cause; but The way
docs NOT open. Ystthey cannot choose but
follow the light. n the light had not shone
sosin our o~n Md, We might hsve ground
along, 10 some sort Of affinity to slavery. Il
vs. Hight poared on the conscience Of the
nation, that brought on the war; it was light
shtniAt through the darksssS that kept the
nation steady. Had no such light shone, We
shoatd hua Gpnstructed . NV Usioh, WITH
the shackls fths slave for . wedding>rihg.
By - light stood likes vail Of 6rp; ut
nov long il VS. only light Ginning on lid.
lsa say i-osr houssa black vitA dsaolesion;
fafksrS, mothers, wives, only PIT
ting on cheerful look, because they vonld
nos ~ shsis sadnsss dishsaften the great
heart Of the natiou.'' And while We were in
She darkssss, justice - sn nsn flashed like
the sys Of God before u and every way vas
made plsis.
The stupidess thing this century has Wit
nessed has been The Dsnoerstic party clutch
ing GesticaIly at he Age - i has gone on,
and dsnanding that the old Union mnst be
saved with slavery: or the nov Union DO
built - ...White mans government" Yet,
Repubiicau friends, ~ have besn only lit
tie less stspid than our Democratic neigh
bess. w hAye been goaded to it. And our
brethren in Ohio and Kansas, aud Connect
cus ALTERED snd halted. And to get the head
to consent 70 70 On, ~ said il wss necsssary
for The preservation Of loyalty in the South,
which vs. an svs9vs reason: and that il
sasa'. fAis - require Of the South what "
wouldn't DO ourselves, which Was half COW
ardly rsason. And many Of ~, only gave
half force to what shosld have had whole
forcs-shs fact that il was Right, which VAS
the Just rsason. Yet We couldn't doubt that
il would Gene q last For thas vas the end
Of the cause for which our soldiers died !;
they would hsvs failed II that end had not
coae. And
"Thsy never fail who die
IN : krsat ssuss the block may rosk their gsre
Their heads may scdden in the sun, their limbs
Be struae = 'eity gaeds and castle walls:
Bet still their sDifit walks abroad. Though years
Eiapss, Nnd others share q dark doom
They bstAsgnsnt tbs dssp andsweeping thought
Which svsfp0wsr I'll others, and conduct
The world q last TO Freedom"
But bSqspss il wAs hard way; because
oil sur prgsdicss vsss against it, because j.
denasded most Of our conscience, and our
reason, and our courage, and our noblest
manhood, therefore il u, that our majority
for Suffrage is tho noblsst part Of orr victory;
and that Iowa Republican, deserve praise
sbovs Oil other Republicans in the land.
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