The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-09-23


~ = - Ssss6sss il tn Gen.
81 Aaonbly ~ - II ~ ceastinsional
cosvsu1eo, I'D spM sndsrunnl wAae the
nsaaiae I'D ints6s u he law h On ske sub.
, ~. 10y Of ~ sslorsd nsmbsrs aow q.
peiIsd - = ~ Convsafios, aul helped
- naks that Constitution. lis all folly and
4 bdls 70 suppose they imagined any such con.
: ssFuction could possibly be put upon !, - to
{ nabs tAso iaslieisis. I 49, ssesssssA visA
many Of the members, and all agree, and |
think from Whist can learn 81 tho intenkos
i of = leAse thsae- 1oosths Is Ia 1alAGnlaas in
that Convention was to form Constitution
hat should not havs the words rAAe q black
found in il, and should be 10 expressed in oil
/ il provisiossas 70 mahe 10 discrimination
~ to race, color or prsvioas condition, in
giving to oil citizens and electors equal rights,
| privileges and iumsuities; and further TO
prevent, By future legislation, any discrimi.
nation 70 b made. Nov, whether they sue
cseded n doing this leave for you TO Judge,
after carefully reading that instrument which
| INT 70 you = fss days ago By mail 10
not pretend to Be > lawyer, but in my plain
! way Of understanding the English Languages
thas ihstfumsnt doss very clearly declare
that every male citizen. twenty one years Of
age, not disqualified BY having been cos
victsd Of felony, or An idiot, he shall be an
| elector,' and do not know Of any State
Constitution, nor any act under any s.a.e
Constitution thaa deprives Or disquAlifes aay
elector from holding Office. In additiorso
what ypu will End in the lst Article, section
ID, and in Article ID. section I'd, Of the Con-
ssitutidn, " have in thu eodiicsuon Of
the laws Of Georgia which the new
Coustit ution adopted ~ the laws of Georgia.
this authority {, lsection l64s,) "among
the rights Of citizens are tbs enjoyment Of
personal security, Of personal liberty, private
property and the disposition thereof, the cleo.
tive franchise, the right to hold office, TO APP
peal to courts, to testify - uitnesses, to per.
form sny civil function, and TO keep md bear
arms" Now, how any person that can read
the two Articles in the Constitution and the
1646th section OF tie code, and say that ninety
Ave thousand coiored electors in this State
Constitution, am unable to understand
and how the Democratic members in both
houses OF the Legislature interpreted these
laws to give them the authority and make it
their sworn duty, - they allege, to turn those
colored members out Of their seats, 10 An
eqnal mystery to me, but they have done It
end ause take tho consequence This now
leaves ~ With ninay:f fire thousand electors
who have undisputed right BY all
parties 10 yorK, and cannot vote hr one
ofthsse 81, 900 electors for any office, but if
they yote ct Gil must vote for men they know
are their political enemies. TIE effect Of
this 10 to make every man Of them Political
skare, compelling him to vote for men be does
not want and for men he knows is opposed to
his avery interest and would enslave him to-
morrow had he the power. This 10 Demo,
cratic friendship to the coiored man. This
suppose il to be the Democratic policy in all
the seeding States, if Messrs. Seymour and
Blair are elected. l LOOK upon this uDanthor-
lied and unconstitutional movement az the
incipien. steps the rebel elemen. hare Ia
ken, TO overthrow the present Stste Govern
meDta formed under the late reconstruction
acts Of Coneress, and have been emboldened
to do so, mainly by the platform Of the Ma
tional Democratic Convention, held in New
York city on the 9TH OF July last, And By the
doctrine Of Blair's famous Brosdhead letter
These isentiments are set forth in the lead
ing Democratic journals Of the South. and
openly AID strongly promulgated in the
speeches of leading Democrats orator. be.
fore the people everywhere. five do no,
end speedy checkto this mov By Con.
gress, ! see nothing that can prevent US from
being thrown into second revolution, and
that not remotely. The political sky aresdy
looks lowering and portentiaus Of the coming
storm
Let ns look into the composition Of our go
ciety and the spirit that actuates it. We
have $4,000 eolored citizens, that believe
rights 10000 white citizens that sympa-
thize in sentiment with them, on the one
hand, and on the other we have ali the sym
pathizers of the los. cause. which compose
tae rebel element proper, the Democratic ele.
| ment proper, that are opposed to giving the
colored man equal rghts-the broken down
poisieians. who are distranchised by Com
gress lie aiscontented and reckless spirit,
made so IN part By the fortunes OF war, and
desperate BY their mode Of life siuce-wat.
| ing for m .uphearal Of government and socie-
~ that they may have the chance to retrieve
their broken fortunes Imagine all these dis.
cordent elements, led on BY eloquent appeals,
| and powerful persuasive arguments Of the
passions, preiudices. and wishes of these dis.
affected classes By such men as Ben. II. Hill.
Howell Cobb, and Robert Toombs, who are
to-day more outspoken in their denunciation
of the Government than they we're in 1860,
and say il We are not iE imminent danger of
another reyolution-if the signs Of the times
do no, indicate another upheava Of govern.
| ment and society. cannot help looking upon
| the troubled condition Of our social and poit-
| ical state without much fear and apprehen>
sion. Ii Congress does not come to our re-
| lief, and that before long, can see nothing
| that can save us from speedily drifting into
revolution save Divine Providence.
would like to learn very much from yon
what is the public sentiment of the North
west touching the action of the Georgia Leg.
islature; whether it falls still born upon the
public ear. or whether il is like to be a sec
ond firing on Fort Sumter. There are vari-
| Gus opinions here as to what effect il may
have upon the popular mind of the North,
Northwest and upon Congress-what Con
gress will or wha. shs can do. The prevail.
ing opinion ie, believe. among the Republi.
can party here, that i. will largely increase
the vote for Grant and Colfsx, and that Con.
gress will take some action on it. while the
Democratic party contend that it will not
affect the vote, nor viii Congress take any
action on it.