The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-05-12
Gloomy buf Truthful Picture.

! We love and admire Kentucky. The nat
ural character OF her people is frank, manly,
and generous The history of her early set
Element is history of heroism and manly
achievements. The pioneers Of Kentucky
were brave and honest. They have left to
their children an honorable name and glo-
rious inheritance.
But in an evil hour they permitted few
Of their fellow citizens TO introduce into the
green hills Of the West class Of degraded
and ignorant laborers, to employ them in
competition with their poorer neighbors. In
a new country labor is scarce. The owner of
slaves could plant more corn and tobacco
than the man who had only his own honest
hands to rely upon. The farmer who work
Ell men without paying them could undersell
the farmer who had to pay for help. Grad
ual.y the poor man became discouraged and
dissatisfied Gradually the rich man became
richer and more avariclous, The poor man
wanted schools for his children. Slavery
wanted no schools He wanted the society
Of his equals. Slavery despscd him because
he owned no Slaves The shareholders wife
refused to associate with THE LABoRER's wife.
The planters daughter refused the addresses
Of the laborer's son and the visits Of the la
borer's daughter, except in some instances,
and then the planter grleyed with bitter la
mentaton and sadness TO see his own child
rem fall into the arms of that ignorance his
peculiar Institution had created. The noble
equality of early Kentucky life had disap-
peared. Society is divided into classes, with
embttered prejudIces and opposing interests
The Shareholder despses the slave, the slave
despises the poor white man, (exr9pt whore
each sees that the system make them both
slaves alike to the same mastcr), the poor
white man regards both as his natural enc
mies--what is the consequence Of this unhap-
py and unnatural division?
60 where you will over the beautiful, I'M
duating surface of Kentucky, and YOU be-
hold deserted farm houses falling into decay.
Everywhere YOU meet the long professions Of
wagons laden with household nccessaries, OF
cattle, Of horses, Of stardy farmers with
their wives and children, all vending their
way to the northwest. but among these pro-
SESSIONS YOU never see negro. kentucky
spurns the best blood Of her children. She
hugs the negro to her bosom. There are in |
deed professions of negroes disgraceful and
scandalous PROFESSIONS handcufed and fet /
tered, with fearful eyes and sorrowful coun-
tenances. Those victims of barbarous and
bloody despotsm march southwark to the
music Of their own chains. Their feet keep
time o the death march Of their witherrd
hopes, Of their murdered joys, If their
despairing memories. Torn from their fam
lies and severed forever from the scenes of
their humble pleasures and early associations,
with no hope Of reunion, they 20 to the pes
t.ferOus swamps and dense forests Of the
Southwest TO work IN gangs beneath the lash
of tile brutal ov..rseer, till fever and excess
sye toll put an end to their suffering.
Newport (ky.) News.
TINS origin Oh JEALousY.-Whn Adam
and I've were in Paradise, they were far
some time a most happy couple. Adam was
in the habit of going every evening to iieay
en- TO pray. The devil, who had studied the
female mind, and knew It's weak points,
thought that the introduction of Jealousy
might be good foundation whereon to build
some mischief So he went to Eve, and af-
ter propitiating her by well timed flatterv, he
inquired after Adam. Eve replied by IN
forming him where her husband had gone
At this the devil smiled incredu,ouslv, but
said nothing and even when our frat moth
or pressed him to tell her the meaning Of his
smile, he refused 10 answer for time, feign-
ing that he would not hurt her feelings, or
lnlure the reputation Of her friend. This
conduct was only additional evidence Of his
prof jund acquaintance with the female heart,
for bv 50 acting he wrought strongly ON her
curiosity, as we'll as her suspicion, till, N
last having her worked up to a state III mind
capable of receiving any lies he might
choose to tel her, he informed her, with
/ every appearance Of sorrow, that Adam was
deceiylng her, and paving his addresses to
another lady. At this Eve smiled scornfnlly
saying
! GLOW can this be, for know there is no