The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-10-11

people came to sse and hsar hin. He said
that . TO the candidatesA and principles Of
the Democratic party be could not speak.
But he could speak 10 vindicstion SD preise
Of the Republican party, and be devoted Bic
speech 20 that. He concluded thus:
These ku. klux outrages must cease. You re-
member in 1860, eight years ago. there were
threatenings in the South. they sid they were
going to REBEL you did not believe it than, but it
was stsrn reality. Do yon know that tAey are
better prepared .d-day, than they were then
They L dnt then rave this organised ku-Klux
Khan, the existence q which has been denied;
but no man can deny II now. No man now rises
up to deny what Forrest has acknowledged, that
thisis powerful and armed organization ready to
do its work. In 1860, you know, men dared to
stand up in the South and denounce secession,
and declare their devotion TO the Union; now no
man can do so without being in danger Of his life.
Speakers in the South teach people to ostraciss
those who speak in defense Of the Union. This
you know is the case now, and that IL was not
eight years ago, before the Rebellion vss organ.
ised. These outrage Are encouraged BY the men
who then controlled these States, and thereby or
ganissd the Confederacy, and raised the armies of
the Rebellion to crush tho Union. There 10 only
one party to-day that stands M against this
wisas4. prsscripdve end nutda6As ssntinsht n
the South, .ad that i the Eloriey Republican
sLall not be put hack into he hands Of these men
the executive, legislative, and Judicial power Of
tASse States to uso - they, used thkD amt p1wel
eight years ago. in raising armies 10 destroy the
nation. The k.pubiesa party "A Mo only bull
wark against this stats Of thih9s being repeated
When you see, in tho South, the newspapers, which
| express public opinion, spsak o. Union men, who
| have lived there all their fres, 10 scalawags, and
| hen they speak Of the brave soldiers and other,
from the North who have gone down there and
settled a. they had the right to do, and call them
carpet baggersi and when you have seen their
threats, in the form OF wood -cnt representing .
galaws on which to hang, after next March, those
| they call carpctshaggeFs and native seAlawage
when you see the attempt to put those States bach
again under the power and control Of Rebels, i
YOU cons sent 10 it, then say you not worthy
Of ths blood of the brave soldiers hat died 10 de-
stroy that power and to cnthrona loyalty in il,
stead. voice, They will never get it.sJ No
never while God reigns in Heaven. He sustained
US and our country in the darkest hours. He nov
| err saved our aag that it might be surrendered
back into the handsof those who sought though
Intellectually, to destroy it. He has prospered Vi
% . naAssn ~ no other iantlwas sYcr trosptfsd
He has saved u from perls such a. encom passet
! NO other nation bNnsAth the circuit, Of Ii,
| sun. h Gave victory to loyalty % II,
battle field, and he will give victory U lsyaNy
the ballot-bsx. II We deserve it, We shall hav,
peace; vs8h1laAgs Psstesesba to wary Amer
can citizen, South and North, II homo ans
abroad and with this Ne shall have stability
prosrers and power and the Ersndsst march 3
| any nation in ancient or modern history. W,
shall recognize the immortal principles Of u,
DeclAresion of Independence, the bapfismsl ydJ
oe 0sl fthclA vlen this Repubtb ~ bort ri
tho family OF na6ons, guaranteeing equality il
life, liberty, property, and protection to all whom
| God created. To secure this we have opIy /,
plant ourselves on the sesrnai rock Of right, q
We did when w6 arrayed..sourssives against tn
tended ~ 2 crusade Of slevs1y into N onwars
march for liberty. and you heard, ringing oil owe
the Republic, " Proclaim liberty throue hout tb
land, to all the inhabitants thereof" We shal
triumph, because are striking for the right
We shall triumph, becapse We are inspire
BY The noblest prindths that evss sni
mated = party. We shah Tiumih u ~
whose graves unrspentant traitors have dared I,
repeat their treason. They did not give thei
hearts blood to relinqnish these States into tn
hands Of those who murdered them for their del
ity and loyalty. They went forth from Iovin,
wives and happy homer 10 extingufsh'the enber
ofrebellioh, never q they hoped, 70 b rskindled
shrohdst to day. - thsy heaf from their crave
these threats Of the men whose powsr they strucl
down. BY al th4 heAsfiJs u the ssinted dead
BY oil the blood she'd freely, BY all the ssorifce
Of the nation, appsAi % to shousuuAs wko seAns
before me to so speak that the world shall hea
tthatths Amsricau pDpig viii not wuhostS sbrs
pcntsnt traitors 10 thef C4btset 10 az TIM eonn
try, nor to their Congress to make laws to eoyerl
the widows and children. Of men they slew upo,
hundreds Of battle helds;l and every friend q
liberty throuehoAt the World VIII rejoice IS b,
hear: the mighty voice Of the people proclaim
that loyalty shah govsvn VIA. loyalty Preserved