The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-01-09


the least censurabe thing in connection with
it. The South has been long Suffering, for
bcaring, lamb-like in its patience and endu-
rance, suffering and sacrificing continually
FOR the sake Of perpetuating the Union and
mutual good feeling. The North, on the 9th
er hand, has been, and that continually, with
out cessation or abatement engaged in fu-
rious, blind, fanatical and frenzied aggres-
sions upon the rights and privileges which
the constitution and the laws have conferred
upon the Shareholders. He makes no quail
fcation, admits no exception. We will not
argue this point, though it is one Of the east.
est to meet successfully. 1t is 50 broad that
we leave il TO the strong presumption Of hon
est common sense.
! c. Our quotations from Clay and Web
ster choke the Times somewhat. They fur
nish too serious an obstacle to the success of
its barney. 1t tries TO look over the difficulty
by charging US with making "garbled" ex-
tracts from these men. The charge is I'M
true. The extracts we made in no way mis-
-
speeches from which they were extracted
They were fair and just. We will furnish
our neghbor with the speeches entire, if he
desires it, and we defy him to show that thew
are garbled in the least degree.
And for the advantage of the Times, we
will make another quotation from Mr. Web
ster,-a quotation which was intended for
personal application to all people who rep
resent him as holding such sentiments as the
Times attributes to him. The Times asks
Us if We do not remember that after the ad-
justment Of the Compromises Of 1850 Mr.
Webster made speeches all over New Eng
land controverting sentiments such as we
have expressed and endeayored to fortifv
by extracts from him. We remember no
such thing because he never did it. Our
neighbor is unfortunate in his allusion. The
very speech Of Mr.. Wcbster's from which we
quoted was made in May, 1851, the year af-
ter the Compromise. 1t was in speech
made at that period, that he said, 81 NEVER
= would consent, and never have consented,
" ritory beyond what the old Thirteen States
: had at the time of the foundation of the
p" Union" And he proceeded Immediately
TO say, for the benefit of those who SANDER
him as the Times now SANDERS him, s. The
s.man cannot shOtc his face 10 me and sag
"Maf 1 erer departed from that doctrine.
" He would sneak away and sink away, or
/" hire mercenary press to cry out What
san apostate from liberty Daniel Webster
$ has become But he hrtotcs himself 10 be
. O hypocrite and taisifer''
Nh. BrcnASAN N LoNpoS-The London
Chronicle Of the 18th Of Dec, noticing
public occasion, on which Mr.. Buchanan was
present, says
1.-The individual upon whom the baud and
the company united their desire TO do honor,
was Mr.. Buchanan, the American Minister,
who was received with loud demonstrations
q applause, while the band struck upssYan-
kee Doodle.'' The French Ambassador un-
fortunately entered while the band was at
the height OF The refrain, and the announce
meRt Of his name was quite lost in the noisy
republican air, so that he passed to his seat
with scarcely any Acknowledgement.
Gov. SHANNON ABOUT TO REsIoS. The
parkyille Democrat Of December Goth, fur
nishes the following information
"We understand that Gov. Shannon has
determined to give up the gubernatorial
chair in Kansas Territory. His reasons for
doing SO We have not learned"
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE CASTING IT'S
SHADOW BEfoRE IT.--lf there are any Of our
readers who imagine there is, or was, any,
thing serious in the late raid of our valiant +
District Attorney against the Northern Light. /
or IN his latter demonstration against Par 4
ker II. French, or III his prejudiced demon
stratlon against the imaginary Irish fllibus-
ters that threaten the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the /
British empire, we beg them to possess their
souls in peace. Mr.. McKeon probably knew
well before as after his search of the pas
sengers and freight Of the Northern Light |
that they had no arms, and were leaving
their country for their country's good; he /
also knows--for he is an Irishman hImself-
that there is no more danger of an expedi- |
ton being fitted out from this port to invade
ireland, than there is to invade the last dis
covered planet.
Then why all this fuss, and noise, and
disturbance, may be asked. We will answer
according to the best Of our judgment. We
infer from Mr.. Nick course, and Presi-
dent Pierce's notorious passion for sensa-
ton, that he has taken very bellicose ground
in his message against Great Britain for yio-
lating our neutrality laws, and his agents are
instructed to get up imaginary evidences of
the rigorous neutrality of this government,
by way OF Disgusting or justfying the Of
fenslve, II not alarming, tone which he has
adopted towards Great Britain. This was
the course he took in reference to Cuba, and
il is one of those little tricks which lust fill
the measure Of his ambition.-[N. Y. Eve.
Post.