The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-30

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The reconstruction ofthe South on the Con-
gressional plan, seems now An assured mccess.
The recent elections have resulted in the tri- I
umph of the cause in Louisiana, Arkansas,
Georgia and North and South Carolina. and |
its ultimate success in the other Southern
States will be secured before the close of the |
present year.
With Grant for our next President, the |
South will be quiet, business viii be resumed
and peace and prosperity will be restored to
the South and throughout the country, on
the basis already inau9psated. While on the
other hand, should Copperbead candidate
be elected to the Presidency. that party Is
pledged 70 revolatiouize the South once again
The new order Of things will be overthrown,
and BY the aid Of the military forces of the
United States, the reconstructed State Cow
ernments viii be set aside, and the secesh
arissocracy restored to power. and the colored
people deprived of their rights, and subordi
mated to their old masters.
From such policy only confusion, yio-
lence and bloodshed, and condition of I'M
ending strife, and final desolation of the
l. I'LL
long time to restore the negroes to bondage,
and they cannot be deprived of all their po-
litical and civil rights till they are either re-
duced to slavery or exterminated.
As free laborers, with civil and political
rights conceded them as under the Con-
gressionaf policy, they viii De encouraged to
labor and to aceamulate property, and the
South will soon again rejoice in peace and
plenty. As serfs, strife and insurreetion,
war, depopulation and desolation, with mill
tary despotism, will be the fate OF the South
for years to come.
At the very best, it is utterly impossible
to re-establish the South on its old industrial
basis Of slave labor, without passing through
o long period of civil commotion. And the
only practical alternative is that of free Ia
Dor, with civil and and political rights in pos
session ef the lahesess, 70 protect their inter
esq, and to stimulateand encourage them il
the pathway of industry, and general, per.
sonal, social and educational improvement.
The true interests ~ the North, and espe'
cislly of the Northwest, demand 4 speedy
restoration of industry and prosperity in the
South. The speedy and only way to secure
that is to arm the four millions of colored
laborers there with the panoply of equal,
civil and political rights.
PRoF. c. P. BRossos, the celebrated Flo.
cutionist, died in New York the other day, at
the age Of sixty>six.
In his early manhood Mr.. Bronson was an
Episcopal Preacher, and subsequently taught
high school in Newark, Ohio. Though not
very popular school teacher, he was very
good and very thorough one, as the writer
had personal demonstration in his youth.
The principles of Eiocution which he elabo-
rated in after years, sers applied by him in
the daily training Of his classes, in reading, in
his high school, and better reader, or any
thing like as good teacher Of that impor.
tant, but much neglected branch Of educa
ton, we never knew.
The announcement Of the death of our old
teacher revives the recollection of some early
hsartburnings and many pleasan. memories,
and too busy now to dwell upon them, We
dismiss them with the devout invocation of
peace to the ashes Of our old instructor.
We publish elsewhere communication
from the Collector Of Internal Revenue for
this District, showing that the costs of COLI
iecslng the same amount to 81 per cent. on
the amount collected. Official documents az .
reliable character, show that in the more nom
ulous, section Of New England the cost Of
collection is still less, being but q per cent.
In view ofthe facts, il is difficult to conceiyv
how the statement that the cost of collection
amounted 10 fifty per cent. could ever have
found An endorser.
WILLIAM C. RlvEs, distinguished poli,;.
clan of Virginia, died few day since a,
Charlottesville, in the 10th year of his are.
he figured in politics conspiciously forty
years ago, and has been . member Of both
houses OF Congress 1t Washington audtvics
Minister to France from this Goyernmen,
de was laggard in rebellion, but ,erv.d
most of the time ss Representative; i, ~.
Confederate Congress.
IL seems hardly worth while to pub,;st
anything more, or to speculate further. II
reference TO impeachment, d the finaldispo.
sision Of the whole matter will be made 10 ,
very few days, and cannot we'll be DELAYED ,
week longer
- 90 not SEQ the slishAGt probabiiity q,
~ aequitsal Of Andres Johnson. .nd r.;n;e.
in tne nope that next week win vitnea. h;,
e1is from The White Ha.se, and The ;u.,.u.
Ration Of : patriot and an honest man i 4.
stead.
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