The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-08-14

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That, says the 6ssssA sRd Vet, pab'ishsd
4 Cincinnati, d What 6symoas's lsttsr CO.,
niss him toin his sndorssmsst = Ne Nasaon-
Il Platform o. The party. - $50 -
Ws2 our readers know y : Deneesatis
ora. az tho sxsssns school of - D1v
Hook. the Otssss and Brick PdDroyss D~s-
oerat. II il fearless aAAS outsJpD, md
procla;ms on the house tops = i vsrs thas
more polite members Of the psis1 s1lt cas-
,iously whisper in the ear Of thsir conhden>
tial ffisnde.
The ed;tor Of that ssAunch organ Of the
reunited party. says:
Nj. seyncsr l. ess shs ssstesstssa q the essaes
pure and simple under the constitution am, u
cor,s. for he discontinuAnus Of ths Freednan's
Bureau, the withdrawal Of troops the self gov
ernm.nt Of each stata BY its o~n citizens aad
under such . rule Of suffrage - it, own separate
sovereignty shall ..rsscribs. He styles the upfis-
ing Of the South REBELLION, but DO 10 IN favor Of
restoring the statue qso anae bettsM. In tes 49,
The letter. He considsrs hinself ; psssy 70 the
platform, which II In his opiaion, = ~ nstsSs
81 contract with Ne people. That platform; -
our rsaders undsrstand treats ell the steps Of the
so.ealied reconstruction, By the nultitudinous
acts Of Congress, revolutionary, and not simply
uncons titutional. They are acts which the plat
form msana to say have overthrown, without tie
slightest right, the very constitution itself. They
are each and al plain, psipable and dangerous
breaches Of that bond Of our Union. These facts,
in Mr.. Blairs opinioH ought 70 Be resisted by the
representatives in every branch Of the Federal
Government, BY Democratic forcs Of arms. n.
Seymour does not announce that conclusion, bnt
be arrives ct it necessarily By joining himsslf %
tho platform, which holds each and every stsp Of
the whole process Of Congressional rsconstruetion
q not only nall and void becsase forbidden BY
the constitution, but Fevolutionasy-in other
words, On overtufn Of the contribution itself, By
whose warrant alone Congress can do any act.
That is not any question for The courts. By the
platform il l. Re. adjsdieata, and Mr. Seymour, ~
the Democratic candidate for the Prsside1ey,
binds himself to ii ~ / contracting party. OF
course, then, II We succeed, Mr.. Seymour will b.
obliged to draw the executive sword ct onee
and stop the degradation Of the States Of
the South from the moment he has the power
placed in his bands. He stands in fact whore Mr.
Blair stands. according TO his letter previous 70
his nomination, For . man who 10 supposed to
BE- naturally timid this il : bold and brave com
mitment. We did not expect that he would 30
frankly give himself up TO the failure doctrine of
the party. It ought to have besn the party doc
tfino OF the past, ana ~ W00la nAvo Deen 20, IL
Andy johnson had not dsbAuched some Democrats
into sort Of alliance with him, in his maudin
schemes Of reconstruction. Al the presiding
officer Of the Convention, Mr.. Seymour says he
was familiar with the resolutions, and, - member
Of it, he considers himself party TO their terms
He is bound to them stands on them; will not
swsrvs hair. and takes part Of the responsibility
Of what may come. And the platform has no re-
serve shout reconstruction. There is NO chance
there for interpretation-the acts Of Congress arc
pronouaced revolutionary, and everything done
in pursuance of them is - il il never had been
done and those who stand in the way Of prompt
restoraton must be removed, and all the doings in
the premises which 1t will be profitable to undo will
have to BE- undone. W are glad that W stand
ogether there all the Democrats Of all the States.
We are glad that Southern State, and that State
South Carolina, led the way. Wade Hampton,
Confederate General, had the horor to make the
suggestion. TWAS eagerly adopted BY the Con-
vention, and now Ne have the cautious christian,
patriotic and long Democrat, Horatio Sey-
mour, putting his name to tho Indictment and
pledging his reputation, If he DO elected, to put
aside everything the tyrannical Congress OF the
majority of the States only, have done to the mi
noritv From first to lAst-from the so called
anti. slavery amendment Of the Constitution to the
food Of trash for all purposes, military, civil.
financial and commsrcial--all the Fecoustruotion
laws of the peace period fall to pieces, If the De-
mocracy succeed in electing ssMr. Seymour -
their standard bearer. We can take part in such
conflict. We believe, from the depths Of our
understanding, that these acts Of congressional
msdoing are ALL like the other, perfectly void.
The questions to be settled not legal for they
| are foregone; they prudential and equitable
only.