The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-08-22

tain them. ltis to be hoped that the list Of
farmers in old Lee distinguished for fine
stock will be materially enlarged by the pres
ent opportunity of purchasing.
will write at greater length when have
more to say, and in the mean time remain
Yours Truly.
\ Nav COMA new cent, it is said, is
to be struck. more diminutve and convent
ent in size than the old one. We would sug-
gest, in case Of Mr. Buchanan's election.
that new dime be struck with the head of
Mr.. Buchanan on one side. Ii being, in his
estimation, proper remuneration for q
days labor, no figure would so appropriate
ly adorn it. And on the half dollar coin,
by striking out the figure symbolcal Of
8 Liberty" (about which the Black Demoo
racy feel so Indifferent there would be am
pie space to insert this motto from Mr.. Bu-
chanan's speech g Reduce our nominal 10
the real standard (of labor) throughout the
world, and You would cover the country
with blessings and benefits
The " cent" coin at present is a thing that
we never see hersabouts, and its proportions
and execution are n matter of no import
ance; but if the policy Of Mr.. Buchanan
were to be carried out, we should be inter-
ested in its convenience, for it would hold
about the relation to days labor that
dime does at present. However, If old fogy
notions prevail, and its present proportions
are preserved, large as il is poor men would
not be npi TO possess enough u. any one
time to suffer any Inconvenience from their
bulk.
Another entirely new coin would then be
exceedingly useful, "a GO cent piece, which
would exactly represent weeks work, and
save the trouble OF making change when la
borers are paid off ON Saturday nights.
kASsas.--We give this morning all the
items of news which we have received with
reference to Kansas. The truth is coming
out about the Franklin affair. More serious
times than ever seem to have came upon
Kansas. But the Free State men are resolute.
They appear determined to abate no lot nor
little Of their rights, and to defend them
selves as best they may. We trust they vii,
maintain their position and their constitu-
tiona. rights as become freemen who are
oppressed, overridden by the power of a
usurping and hendish tyranny.
The rabid Fillmore men, headed by
thatmennest OF all mean papers, the N. y.
Etpress, essay TO prove that Col. Fremont4s
a catholic, because, when. he explored the
Rocky Mountains, he carved the cross upon
Rock Independence. The following, upon
that subject. is from the New York Mirror.
an old line Native paper
SIS THE CRoss A CRIME We are sorry to
find our good friends Of the Express, in their
partisan zeal TO discover objections to Col
oncl Fremont, accusing him for engraving
the SYMBOL of the Christian Faith on the tab.
lets of the Rocky Mountains. The Cross
(Which was the gallows Of the Jews. ! il the
sacred emblem OF the religion OF the Chris
tan world. Ii belongs to no sect, or creed.
or nation; but as well might that s.deyout
astronomer" who traced its outline among
the eternal stars, be denounced for confer
ring the name upon that beautiful constella-
ten. as the great explorer Of the wilderness
who piously caryedit upon Gods own mon
ament Of everlasting granite. The man who
repudiates the representation Of the cross,
can have little love for Him who bore it,
that beautiful moon Of the divine sun which
alone ilnmincs our human Mich. 10 ~.
ashamed Of the symbol is to be ashamed OF
the loved and the suffering it symbolizes:
Ashamed II Jesus just as soon
Let midnight be ashamed Of moon,
ashamed Ut Jesus sooner far
Let darkness bush to own a star =
Surely the true "friends OF the cross,v with
out regard TO creed, will honor the heroic nil
grim Of the wilderness who gratefully and
deyoutly recorded his triumph in that simple
sign, dear to every Christian heart--.hc holv
hieroglyphic which tells the story of a worlds
redemption which no Christian eye can ever
see without emotion; and which no Christian
could ever contemplate without remembering
like the pilgrims Of Palestine.
.sPKiEx PoUR LIS HALuEuRErx.''
Col! Fremont has no reason to be asham-
ed Of hs chronicle OF the Cross.o
CO. Mrs. swisshelm says: ssJudgine from
the enormous circumference Of the drsss OF
the Young ladies Of the present day, Ne feel
inclined 10 the truth OF the old saw, that So
mi ys il NJ rood Al I mile -