The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-07-17

make The following ex'ract from It's col
umns:
"Elsev here will be fund brief no.
iiee of the intended celebration o. the b
OF July next. We hope those who ie,i
truly patriotic IN 'fa day, viii come re
pared to re adopt tic Declaration If In
dependence, and were we 10 advise, we
should say, bling along ins,rucle ntalTt.e>
with which TO make Cd your d'ermina-
ton. The Continental Congress, which
adopted tic Dsclara,icn on the 4,h OF Ju.
~, '76. did not detm it wise TO disband
the army, Rs socn Is that instrument was
signed. on the oonfrery they teol every
precaution to sreng hen the army already
in their service. We are in STAT. OF &c
tual war. One expedition has been 6th -
out ia Missouri. 1t came here, accom-
plished its purpose and returned Rumor
reports inoih.r EXP. dl'ion is about being
wsged against us. Our rejond.r is
LIE. them come, but let US be prepared 10
give them 3 warm n ception.
Our friends in the East may think our
war spirit. Probably it is SO. For
and are the same still. On nc considera
lion could we be induced to engage in IN
aggress;tS war; ia fact we could not hghI
unless strictly ia self defence. Blu, wAet.
our homes ere invsded--when every Pc
litical right is forc:bly taken from us. and
when We are constantly threatened Will
loss Of lie and proper y, or 10 se expelled
with violence from The county If our
adoption, II the hands Of ruthless mob,
and ell for tAinkiug AMI say'ng differently
from other men, Why then We tiink i
time 10 submit to no further invasion"
Is there not ample reason TO fear i'm
portan, results Does not the state Of
thirgs appear ominou, OF difficulty Of thu
most serious character And is il
strange ,ha, excitement should be evoked
and the most violent passions aggravated
beyond the peint of control? Who IS
there Of US, considerable and rejecting a
VIC may Think ourselves, Tho would not
feel as they feel and speak as they speak
Men from an adjoining State went over IL
bands aud controlled their elections my
elected numbers OF their own men, no :
residents aud aliens, as lawgivers Of the
Territory they invaded The fact is no.
torious Trey don't deny it themselves.
They Justify it--they boa,. of il: Who
is there who you'll not be indi1nan, a,
such an Outrage? Who is there VIII
would not spurn The laws they enacted ?
A peop!s who will tamely submit thus 10
be stripped Of her rlshs as fTee'neG-
thus to be governed and outraSed-muH
possess feelings diff rent from those com
mon TO q vilzed people, snd are hardly
fit 10 be fresm.n at ell. We should "a
Gret % have II conftsse! that our insii.u-
lions had trained up men wh would sub
mi, to such encroachments upon their pc
li,oal and personal rights. Bat the
question OF peaceful solution ef tbs dif
6culties turns upon these points WI
TIE border Missourians forbear tie tlre At
ened new irrupjions ard continued inter
ference Will their Leg,la.ure forbesr
to pass lava o1ious 10 III people OF L q.
sas. or in case not will they e'deavor to
enforce them against the opinion and
Of the people !? Or. will
the Kansas people permit them selves to |
be- governed by non.residentS who enter
tain for majority of them q degree If
bitter hos,ilayp Will they permit re-
petition and continuance of the D III zeal
and personal ou.rages which have been
peri etrsted upon them? Will they bear
allegiance TO the odious ensc.men,s and
authority Of a legislature i'm
posed upon them against their will and in
defiance Of right and law? On these
points hang results importan: mol to Kan
sas alone. but to the nation At large.
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