The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-23

THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. %.
UoaAcs t3arrLxY makss hard work Of the
sGkshi7hfie spdsltdhek 3nlh Q,6Ilpiad ri
Oh rstlyjhf 10 ssnabos vilstt1, sAneofsbow1
ing that Grant, should not, and that Chase
should be, the Republican candidate. Gree
ley is a str ong man, and his pen vigorous
one, but he has acquitted himself lily in this
article. Here is one Of the points he makes !:
III. Lei snt abb, strss,s a.ans be sslsd.
(Which post would you accept ~ the less ardu
aus--if our civil war were not Just beyun-that Of
Generalissmo Of the Union armies, or that Of Sec
rotary Of the Treasury. With its endless perspec-
tive Of negotiating loan after loan, TO the extent
of Two Billions Of poilaxs, on the heel Of unex-
pectcd, appalling national disasteri'--ana ] feel
confident that nine tcnths would promptly re-
spond. ',Hoveya paoray qusai6ed for Either u
both Of these responsibilities, would prefer IN.
dertaking tho Hiiituy nehr thsA sths Financial
trust" And / affirm thst no mans services in
putting down the Rebellion were more essential
more important, than those Of the man who de-
vised and gave eject u the insasires whereby on,
Federal Treasury vas kept in working order.
We think there are not many able, strong
men, who would decide this point as Mr.
0resley does. The fact is that 2 uly able,
strong man ! Who will thisk about, the mai.
Ter will eenelaae jest as NJ Greeley doesn't.
GRAFT, the General, had vastly the more diff
cultlabor than Chase, the Treasury Minister.
We would not deFact sught from the laoora
of the latter. We cheerfnlly and proudly ac-
knowledge their magnitude and merit. And
theuwe sdd that the problem thss Mr.. Chase
as Treasurer had to solve vas An easy one in
comparison with those that have frequently
perplexed foreign Treasury Ministers. Wha,
Was Chase's task, TO that of Turgpt or ofpoor
Necker, when their work was to steer France
through financial breaken OF the commence,
ment of Louis Sixteenth's No-reign? With
no money in the treasury; with an utterly
Impoverished people At home with no creai'
abroad. That vss Tuxots aud Neckerl
task. Mr.. Chase had al immense sum OF
money to raise; but the country was out OF
debt and sill about him was great wealthy
people, oyeraovins with patriotism. ready to
give freely, Offering him all he wanted and
more. all that be had to do was to decide
how much of the prohered loan be would ac-
cep. and on what ronditions. Mr.. Chase s
financial task was no. the greatest that fnan-
ciers had encountered, by any means. Genes
raj Grants military task vas as grave as Was
ever committed TO Military Chief since the
world began. Europe sat down, and read gil
of History and then told General sGrant that
be couldn't succeed in Whist he was under
taking. But be did. And thereby did the
greatest work that ever American did.
The IsDEpEsDEsT.-The great newspaper
is feature ofsthis century. The Kew York
Independent is great newspaper. Its The
exponent Of the best progress and culture
of the people. Il is full of life that is
worth something. There il nothing antigua
ted or old foey aboutit. Its fields religious,
moral. poll ieai. 1t Is teacher ofths pres.
ent. And in religion. morality, and politics,
il says, Tor the most part, the words fhst
should be spoken now. That is what We
want; that is what the age and the people de-
naud. The preacher that can't tell the
soul of 10 day the gospel II needs TO-DAY
should keep his mouth closed. Don't 60 into
the pulpit ii you have nothing TO giYe the
people but the husks Of Dry-ss.dust foriuu-
las, aud theological skeletons, whether OF
eighteen ceptores or only Of ten ye.rs moui
dering. Christ didn't preach a Gospel that
was year old. He preached present gos
pei not a past one And The ind>,x sdent
goes and does likewise. II speaks in to-day
the words that to-day demands. hspeaks,
too, about every topic that agitates or inter-
ssts to-day. And that is right A religious
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praise of US, unless it. or he, come out Of the
Ca,acombs, and tries to help living human
ty IN everything 10 which that humanity
needs help. -
rneouore Iiaon, the editor Of The Iadepea-
dsat, is one of the best and rightssouied OIL
Young Americans. He has genius, and love
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