The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-09-19

| 4 ,AiArxuac ArArnY IN SoCrG CAaoLiSA.--
| ~ QqeoltnA Times sees "unmissakAble in
| ssdioafoue that Fremont will DO elected. .
Tte aaeeGksns in iowa and Vermont had borns
| ehle 0snvio4ion IN upon tho mind Of or chiv-
49, eetsuporsry, and no doubt tie recent
nsws from Maine will strengthsa 10 him that
judicious conviction. The Same joarnal also
has Trustworthy advices that ssthe leaders Of
sDemocracy are even now greatly alarmed
s.for the success Of Buchanan and Brecien-
ssridgs in Penn sylvAnia." Indeed, the only
ground for hope that Fremont might bs de-
fsatcd has rested on the supposition that
"Fiiimore might 80 divide the vote Of the
"North rs to throw the election into the
'sIiouse Of Representatives; j" bnt that sup
position is now s.jejunc, onpromising, unre-
"liable." Tho truth 10, according to this Or
gan Of the fire. eaters, that s'the signs Of the
Shines point to tho overwhelming election
"of Fremont" But what Is the attitude Of
the State Of Carolina in view OF this ap-
preaching event? Why, il 10 tho rational
and sensible attitude Of patriotic asquiss-
cenco in the result Of rec ular constitution.
al election. 'sThe profoundsst apathy
80 The Times impa,iently expresses it--sshas
s'seized upon people and politicians-upon
call classes We contemplate the prob
sable triumph OF Black Republicsnism with
ga stolid Indifference and stoicism which are
Sam Wing AMI alarming" We do not Won
der that the profcsscd disunionists are ANA
xed and alarmed at the prospect Of the sup
precision of their agitation and the annihi-
lAtion Of their party BY the election Of Free
mont. They dislike the necessity Of finding
some new branch Of business they hate to
see the permansnce Of the Union assured BY
. pc ,ceful process, which will quietly bring
back tho Government to the paths Of the
Constitution. But the people even Of South
Carolina are not with them. They contcm-
plate the election Of Fremont with stolid in
difference and stoicism!" Rather say with
that calm confidence and real satisfaction
with which all parties must in their hearts
anticipate the substitution Of o Man, like
the gallant son Of South Carolina, in plsoe
Of one who has sunk to that imbecility OF
infamy which the unanimous judgment Of
the world assigns to Franklin Pier ce.-tN.
Y. Tribune.
TuE SOURCES OF rmE AIrssisslrpI RlvxR.-
Lift bucket of water from the Mississippi
river IT New Orleans, and ask yourself the
question, "from whence it came 2" and the
answer may be, from the sandy deserts Of
New Mexico, from the pine hills Of Carroll
ma, from the rolling prairies OF Nebraska, or
from the cotton fields Of Georgia from the
British possessions, north Of the 49th degree
OF latitude, separated by a thin ridge Of Ice
covered rocks from streams that dow into
the Arctic Ocean, or from bowers OF orange
and magnolia that perfume the cano fields OF
Loui siana !; from the frozen lakes that gem
the bosoms OF Minnesota and Wisconsin, or
from the sunny fountains that gush up from
the ilowery plains Of Alsbams and Tennes-
see from tho lake bound peninsula OF Mich
igan ; from the hill sides Of waving grain in
Pennsylvania and New York; from the to-
bacco fields Of Virginia and Maryland. II
may be . part OF those mighty volumes that
roll their never firing waves through Iowa
and Missouri, through Illinois, Indiana, and
Ohio; through Kentucky and Arkansas,
Mississippi and Texas. 1t is = part OF the
ten thousand little rills that como hymning
their way from that mountain range where
in arise the Columbia and the Colorado OF
the West, or Of those from whence the Della
ware and Susquehanna hasten away to meet
the rising sun. 10 the spurs Of the Alleghs-
ny it has sxlutcl the Syringe OF the Roanoke
and The Saluda, and fur beyond the black hills
it has locked arms with the mighty Sasks-
hawan rs he hurried on his ehcerlsss journey
to Haison's Bay. The springs Of the Con-
newango listen to the roar Of Niagara, and
the fountains Of the Platte overlook the era
tiers OF the extinct volcanoes Of Utah. II has
fertiiized n country greater than the empire
OF Alexander, and has carried . richer CON-
merce than all the rivers tributary to lmpe-
rial me.--lLouisville Jour.