The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-10-17
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him. the Democratic ticket, for cansss which
no states u length.
he asks ron 70 emulate the example Of
.hs " brave Generals Rosecrans, Mcclellan,
Blair, AcClernand, sisel, Hancock, Nor
%, Sunaer. Franklin. Ewing and Others
Who led W 10 victory, and vbo ere nov ieaa'
isg the Democfaaic column.
General Sieel, Who has emerged from the
rstirsuSss Of private life to ask his fellow.
citizens Of New York and Of the Union 70
vote for Grant and Collar, snd who has ever
bees an ardent 9 Radical both in the old
and new world, would scarcely thank " =.
c. D.. for 30 misr epresen.ing him to his old
comrades Of Wilson's Greek, Carthage and
Pea Ridge. Those who fought with s'gel
NAV follow him still. He will not lead them
over 10, but against the same old enemy.
General ST inner, who was the early friend
Of the Frss State men Of Kansas, and who
too WAS Republican, bat who died IN New
York. FIVE years ago, while on his way to As
sumo command at St. Louis, was never
friendly TO Rebels in life. Il il honorable 70
his memory that his nsme should new be
brought forward - their friend and political
leader Why did not ID. c. D. add to
his list the names If Washington and Of La
fayette, OF Adams and OF Jefferson the
founder Of Democracy, who wrote that all
men are BY nature created free and equal?''
I'D. C. D. who says he was : soldier,
asks ron to follow these victorious Generals.
Rosscrans, whose military glory was eclipsed
at the terrible defeat Of Chickamauga, and
whose subsequent ineficiency in Missouri
| forced Grant to take away his command, and
who has ever since been SO strong personal
enemy oil Grant, that from being an ardent
additional during the war, he has recently
| gone TO the Rebel Generals and hnmbly
begged Of them to tell him upon what terms
they could be induced to be conciliated
Mcclellan, who with the greatest opportuni-
ties for successes, became the greatest mill
tAry failure of the age. Blair, the renegade
abolitionist who, when Prices army almost
invested St. Louis in 1864, WAS deprived Of
his command BY Rosscrans because every
regiment preferred mutiny to serving under
Kim. McClernand, the hero Of no battle
but the personal enemy Of Grant, because
the latter removed him for incompetency d
vicksburg. Morgan, only known in the
army from having run away from the Rebels
at Cumberland Gap; Ewing, whose solitary
battle WAS 1t Pilot Knob, where he was de-
feated and driven out by Sterling Price
franklin, . man little known and Of secon'
Diary Importance, and tho brave but misguided
Hancock.
Against this array Of names, SO vel
adapted 10 remind US Of our defeats and mis-
fortunes during the war, We who follow
Grant now as Ne did then, present the name
Of our great leader and his present supper
tiers. Sherman, Sheridan, George n. Thomas
Meade, Farragnt, Scho6eld, Sickles, Butler
Banks, Burnside, Fitzpatrick, Pleasanton
Pope, Cox, Dix, Mcneil, Sigel, Prentiss, How
ard, Hunter, Dodge, vandever, Busssy. Pal
mer, Wilson, Blunt, schurz and As ID. G. D..
says, g others far too numerous to mention
1t 10 not necessary to rem ind you Of wins
these men did. Their names recall onl
success and victory. and their lives are th
history Of conquered rebellion.
.D.C. d. says saldiers thought little {
parties during their weary marches and har
fought battles. Such are not the recollection
Of many Of us. In the whole army ther
q were fsw regiments who did not give tremer
/. dous majorities for Lincoln and the Rspubl
n can party. Then, besides, We thought Of th
party at home, which declared al our victt
ries 80 failure;'' which never rejoicsd ct OF
triumphs, but siways prophesied our defea
save the Union, wicked and unconatitutiona
which branded us as Lincoln hirelings IN
marauding assassins; which crsateda reig
of terror in New York City, where its me
hung Union soldiers to lamp posts, and vi
addressed by Horato Seymour As b
friends; which was only restrained by pu
lie opinion and military power, from evir
direct aid to the enemy. We thought
Vallandigham and his 'Sons OF Liberty,
d pledged to inaugurate war in our rear whel
8 We had left our. families for safety. We RI
!. member this party, which everywhere oppose
and obstructed the draft, and refused to ser
T men to aid and auccor US, but left Us witho
pity TO Whatever misfortunes might befal u
All, and more than this No recollect; ~
n now that the war is over, We see this party
~Sor i 10 Aa6 nra Go
mour, the friend Of those Who murdered o.
D comrades; Of Blair, who asks to lead ne
1 rebellion. Of Pike, who scalped our dead 81
;, wounded At Pea Ridge, and who nov pr
= claims that the North is foreign land
= Forrest who shot, cruci6ed, burned q
- buried alive our captive comrades at Fc
Pillow; Of Wade Hampton, who boasts th
81 he has never surrendered; Of Henry VIII
!, whose respect for Law forced him to ha
r. John Brown, but did not keep him true
r. his country, and who now expects to see
that he fought for regained BY the election
Seymour: Of Semmes and Moffatt the pirat
in OF vallandieham, the banished traitor,
Of Wood, who sought to take n,
York out Of tho Union: John NJ
OF risssy. the notorious gambler .
J prixe-6ehter, and OF the whole array Of {
spirits brought to the surface BY the mist
tunes Of our country. Rejecting on th
things, We respectfully, but positively decl
!, the invitation Of I'D. C. d. to aid I
!. party, or vote for its candidates.
a We are willing to forgive, but can ne
forget those who at home or in the field, y
and are our foes. We have learned by
M perisnce what is meant BY the names G.
~ perhead and Rebel. Few have repsn
their iniquity, and while oil Democrats
not copperhsads or rsbsls, all Copperhe'
m. and nearly all rebels are Democrats.
he sufficiently evident that they are the CONT
ro- ling influence in the party, and shape its
tire policy.
I'D. C. d., suffers from On old complai
!" the nature OF which, is to make its victim
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