The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-09-30

AL eyes turn 70 the Keystone State. Il
Its Republicans stand firm and do full daiy,
The election OF Grant is assured. Rel
can success there spikes the main guno Of
the enemy. II will insure New York 3er
Grant and Griswold. If ' fail there. 10
tide which started from Vermont and Mafsss
win be checked, and the result Of the cleo.
ton will be rendered doubtful.
The Pittsburg Gazette is we'll posted And
accurate. It has this article on the sitdssion
in that State:
Mr.. Andrew johnson has "instructed MI. John
L. Dawson 10 return home and inform his Trends
az the Absolute party necessity Of carrying the
The Now York World pitches its Vermont and
Maine arithmetic into the Ere, has more 'spe..
cisl teIegrsms to send West for the depletion OF
Democratic poke. books, and fourishes its tona
hawk ~ follows:
1.-THE battle ground Of the Presidential contest
this year il in Pennsylvania. 10 the DeMoc1.'s
Of that State the country looks Tor rcci from tue
burdens which Radicalism has piled upon the %,
ton IF they obtain mority - their election
~ tia 18th Of October next. HorAtio Seymour
r;ii 10 the next President. Upon the Denocrscy
Of these three States-Penneylvani first, Indi-
an t..
bility They should know not single idle mo-
rnent until the sun sets on the 18th of October,
Their motto should be, work, mork, WORK. That
it will be, We feel confident, knowing how they
arc impressed with tho Importance OF succeeding
in this campaign.
"Now Democrats, one and all, to work !"
All this means that the copperheads, led BY
Blair, Hampton and Forest, rcpulsed 70 VeEmont
and Maine, and hopeless Of Ohio and Indiana,
will make their last FINAL desperate charge upon
Penns ylvania in October. And II maens tAst, to
ensure their defeat, every Union vote in tho
Commonwealth must be pollcd; that the opposl-
ton must be checkmated in their gigantic scheme
for colonizing the border counties with votcrs
from New York, New Jersey, Maryland and West
Virginia, and that their fraudulent naturaliia>
TONS must be detected and dshaSred from the
polls as well as subsequently punished.
We annex the later votes Of Pennsylvania:
Rep: Dem D.. T.. ro y. y, Vote !, Nd ii
,s sss.s, s ssSs s5as ssss s
1866 -tioysrnor. 3o7, 274 295c& 5e7 80 H,Ias
Isa7--sup Judge. 1G6.s24 287,746 bS4o9o Gem. sIz
Our total vote in October will exceed 100000,
but not much, and a, least 10000 Of these votes
should be for tho Union ticket. We have yet to
hear Of the first Union man, who supported
Geary, who will ego back on the ticket now,
while our natural increase in the two years should
be nearly 5000 votes. Nor may it be forgotten
that, of the thousands Of Democrats who intend
to vote for Grant and Peace and agaist Blair and
Rebellion in November, no ineonsiderable num-
Der will 60 for Hartranft and Campbell in octo>
Der. by way OF getting their hands in.
We are entitled, therefore, to 3l0, 900, and ought
to have 3l5t00 Union votes ut the first election.
It is idle for the opposition to talk Of matching
these numbers in an honest poll. IL our friends
should come rs near full vote hero as they have
done in Vermont and Mane-and why should
A.. hox.o ny had
an honest chance, and they already know It, The
vote of '66 was square hoid on both sides, and,
up to the day when this canvass opened, could
haee been repeated without the change OF Q
thousand votes ON either side, and each prohtlng
by the regular and natural increase for nearly two
wears. " hile We kRoc that there are thousands
Of honest Democrats now who cannot and U,Hno
support the New ork nominations, and while il
is fair to expect a handsome per ccntage Of gain
from that ut the first election, who Il there
that can lay his finger on a corporai's guard OF
| Geary's supporters in G6 who have since deserted
us? We keep every mhn whom We had then ana
this is what the opposition cnnnot say. give US
then, from all sources, increase Of 5000 votes
ard tho opposition must gain at least 10000 to
match it. They can't do it honestly and They
don't mean to try.
But they do intend to bring into the Common
wealth from without, and to manufacture fraudu-
lently within it, at least Is. 600 votes. They will
distribute them through all tho border counties
and throughout the State where they can md
convenient courts. complaisant officers and con
| niying election boards. 1t is desperate card,
but it is their last play, and their only salvation
as a local national party.
Now we insist upon it that, as the opposition
can only succeed by frauds so gigantic, 80 it viii
be shameful negligence and cowardiee in oul
friends to fail either of detecting or blocking thai
game.
The rebel yell of johnson, B.air and the Cop
perhead ne newspapers brighten no one. We have
the votes TO make this thing sure. Fifteen thou'
sand majority at least of tho people of Pennsyl
vania are Union men day, and friendly to thu
Republican ticket. All they have to do IL to tarI
out and vote in October, every man OF them, Ant
400 to i. that s,- D-nvornts poii NO moro vote
than Tho law allows them. Do thess two thing
and the Old Keystone will be oil right.
/ Hos. YfRGIL HILLYgR, a member Of the Geor
eia state Legislature, and formerly citizen o
/ keokuk, has, by request Of J. B. Howell, Esq.
editor Of the GATE Cry, furnished 20 that pape
an interesting letter giving much important infor
| nation relating to governmental affairs IN tina
State Darenport Gaseue.
The editor of the Gazette is mistaken il
his impression that Mr.. Hillyer was hereto
fore a citizen of keokuk, though the mistak
by no means diminishes the Importance o
the reliability Of his statements.
Mr.. Hillyer removed from central Obi
to New York City some twenty years ago, an
has been engaged in business there till cou
pie of years since, when, consulting th
health of himself and family, he bought
!. plantation in Georgia, and removed to it. Il
is An intelligent, clear headed, honest mar
neither politician nor office-seeker, neye
having held any official position in his life
we believe, with the exception Of chure
warden and school director.
Being man of universally recognize
honesty and ability amongst his acquaintar
tances, the Republicans of his district, mo-
Of whom are of the African persuasio,
elected him. almost in spite Of himself,
represent them in ths Legislature Of Georgi,
Having known him intimately for near
thirty years, we can vouch that his statemen
are entitled to the most implicit confidence
GRANT AND L1NCOLN,s ELECTIor
Republicans have all got over it noy
, But many continued to doubt even up to al
after the Chicago convention whether Ge
Grant was heart aud soul in accord with Il
Republican party. He has proved this |
all his acts. But many wanted words. T
hasn't INDUCED largely in these. But
what he has said becomes known it is four
that no man in the country has been mo
heartily devoted to the success Of the Unie
Republican party than himself.
Hon. e. NJ Stanton in his speech at Ste
benville, Ohio, the other day, quoted this IL
egram whiehfhe received from Grant folio,
ing the election Of Lincoln in 1904
J CRY PoISr, Nov. 10, 1s6i-1o.a0 a. NJ.
, To Hon. E. NJ. Stanton, Secretary Of War:
! Enough nowIseems to be known to say who is
hold the rens Of government for tho next 70
: years. Congratulate the President ON his doui
victory His election having passed off quictl
: with no bloodshed or riot throughout tho land,
victory worth more to the government than
{ battle won. Rebellion and Europe will constr,
it so.
{signed) I. S. GRANT, 1t. General.
That's good enough.