The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-03-19

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THE ADaissIOs or ALAsAAA
win ths reesnt bitter cyfsihgs OF the De
mocracy be cbanged nos 70 blessings, in tbs
matter Of The admission 81 Al.bama? In
the lows tIq y y f7's q 'A'' 'e''''
Mr.. Stevens Of Pennsylvania. rising At the
Clerks desk, s.Id 6 Mr.. Speaker. after
full examination of the returns from Ala
bama, | am satisfied ihsi t9 forcs so's on
this bill TO admit the SUITE Aasinst me AS'
while there is \ deficiency Of tvent odd thou
esnd s,aius, il, would not be doing such jus
Tics in legislation as would be expected by
the people. Tpst being the case, move that
vi ~ ,In V.s .gsSlj u, and NJ. PohnS
imsoAtkdx Aabstisu(b shiehl VS. assp Es
ferred.
Nov let the Democracy quit shriskinK
But what wss the real significance Of the
proposition TO admit Alabama? Simply this,
that the will Of = loyal maturity in that State
should control In reconstruction. That 10
what the people CT this country have demand
ed. As i, is, Congress refuses to aimit Ala
bans ,hst ni3ysIesM edossA .fbr ksssf$
BY sdheres to its own laws with punctilious
nicely. Yet the fact remains, that rebel
minority in that State have defeated, 20 far -
that Stats is concerned, the rsconstruotion
policy Of congtesss aud hsvs defeated the
will OF The loy.l majority Of AlAD.ms. The
manner in which they did this il shown BY
the New York Tribune, 10 that, the enemies
of the new cons.i.us;SK, con ssisu,ing the EN-
ploying class almost entire, proclaimed in i'd
vance that they would deprive Of employment
the tens Of thousands Of INDECENT, industrious
RepsbEcsns shsrepeE9d sthsir pre- misaaaaei
lived on their wages, il those dared 70 vote
for the Constitution. Their journals pro-
claimed this: and the threat vas widely axe
cuted. A friend who va in Mobile on tho
day OF election NV fsrsy men discharged
from one cotton-press directly after voting.
and expressly because they did vots for ,hs
Consti,ations, Thus hnuaand Of Republican,
were compelled 10 atstsin from voting on
peril Of starvation The winter vas hard
one the crops had been very light, yet cot
TIN was cheay; employment was scarce, wa
Res we're low, and = very poor chance of ~il :
,ering oser to any poor family whose head
was on, OF work. The poor whites we're
openly medseed with shs black list and socia
os,racism if They Voted and those threat.
we're made good. Every black whose name
was registered iuaccurstely was challenged
OF. In several counties, the polls we're no
opened nor kept open ~ they should have
been. and thw the vote Tor the Constitution
WAS reduced Al least 10000 below what i
would have been Il the rebels had merely
'absiainsd front rotins.n The men prevent.
ed by rebel duress from voting sre . part Of
the loyal majority of Alabama the question
before Congress was whether Congress shoald
consens 10 continue upon them the wrongs
that rebel injustice has Indicted.
TALK WITH BEN. WADE.
Agste of the gfincinsaii Gazette has had a
long talk With Mr.. Wade. The talk bad prin-
cipally reference 10 Hr. wsde's probable
succession to the Presidency. The old War
Horse talked freely and frankly. He ism !
going to shirk taking the place, bat he says
he would rather NOT have ii. he vouldn't
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to Isks II for part OF year, be nys il only
long enough to get plenty of curses and very
few blessings. He would like to be Yice-
President for tae next term and frankly aaid
As to whs, his policy would be if johnson
vas removed and he became President, he
said be didn't purpose to count his chickens
before they were Matched, but he said II
shall try, if the power IL put in nv hands, to
bring the Executive Department Of the Gov
eminent into harmony with the Legislative.
don't believe the President ought TO be !
sort of Grand Lana, rsi1siag in ssciusiss up
At the other end Of tbs avenue, aud never
letting US know shst he wants or intends
all the time taking Congress by surprise, AID
holding aloof from nsmbsrs, 90 that there :
no indueement for comparison OF views ..
fore both aijes are committed.
Il .dont belieys,n b continued, ,s,hst .
Psssiasal ought 70 be saitns himself ~ -
Nipsse3 shskse. Whsn an aaksi w. NJ
paIieI.Nia - il eAss have TO discharsas ths
Pfs5dsntiai duties, I generally answer that [
Won't bare any policy. It's thsdaty Of Coo.
grsss 70 adopt policy. and the duty d. ths
President to execute il. We've had trvubls
ssossh from the sGorts Of Prssideuts so 81
W . poIisJ for themselves, and iorcs Con-
gsess into it, sdoption b. the uss Of the Gov
ssnnsat patronage snd oshsrviss."
Wade wss emphatic enough about aap
matters needing Executive attention, and ID
be sid, Il President, for one thin, he saosld
protect Union men 10 the South, and - u =,
everybody Ia those States got justice. And
for another Thing 70 cut down the immense
expenses Of the Covernm snt; TO abolish th I
rress sxpesditure IN army and aavy and
evefyvhers else, and come down just ~ near
ly'as possihle 10 ihe cost OF the Goyssnp emf
before shs var, Again he vas snnphatie on
another sub1res: be valid vs s,usf stop this
onssasssss systsn~ Of fraud aud speculation
hs Goseranens cant atasge under i. much
logger. There wasi ~ compared viii ~
present state Of shisg., bnt little f,,ud IN.
der Lincoln's administration. But nov thA
money Of Tho psopls u used With ! la,;.k
Aasd 10 corrsp. the people. This nsst 81
Sssssssd = quick sah engineer could rssens
Nh loecnUtivs vhsn " Nv brokea ia iws
sheed Of him.
H cid tAAt il isn't tras that he il not mn.
On pisssnlt tsrms Nth Grant thai Is. ,.or,
t6At 10 nil Wien Re talked pclines s.,l
tAlxs sASsI - ~ : sAssr fab,ies,ionI
Asata elosss his letter thus:
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tings Of iAings NJ, Wsds hid 10 The eoarslt
efan sssufnI's taxi, without sdAire, for ~
, aoEtFs II mss9 very soo4 aad .e.1 ianoesal
invenuoas Of NOT oyer, friendly aes,papsss
that m-shs course 81 ths ~kofs coTsvereatioS
steess - MT &s-ossA. NJ. Wade Go ,so{
@ % sure. Dc elven scersi6eais. fof snsise
freedom ken tbs dss Of al o. ans ei,e.i ts,r,s.,
but 4 y unlas; 10 speak OF him q mo,e 49,
tepe tnan the great msjori'y or Consrrs.& ~
81 10 ASsesibs him q Z man e6.c,,n. -.
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