The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-01-28

/ should be subscribed to the keokuk, Mt.
\ Pleasant and Muscatine Railroad. The vote
was light, but resulted in 26 majority ii fa-
vor Of the subscription. This was resource
that the Company had not relied upon at all
For tho Gate ely.
The Zines.
Therefore, instead of gazing at each 9TH
er, with suspicious or doubtful curiosity, let
each OF us hold out to his neighbor the
hearty hand Of friendship, and unite IN
drawing n line which. like an act Of oblivion,
shall bring in forgetfulness every former
dissension. Let the names of Wing and
Tory be extinct; and let none other be
heard among us, than those Of good citi-
zen, an open and resolufe friend. and q
uiffuoiN supporter Of the rights Of man
mood, and of the Free and Independent
States of fnerica.. Thomas Paine.
The above eloquen, and patriotic lines con-
stitute the closing paragraph of the celebrat-
ed address to the People of the American
Colonies entitled Common Sense" by
Thomas Paine, which was issued from the
press in l17G, about four months previous
to the Declaration of independence. and
which did more than any other thing pre-
yiously said or done to cause the American
people to forget and forgive personal and
party chickering's, and unite them in the grand
and bloody struggle for independence and
freedom.
How appropriate is such counsel at the
present day An mbecile President, led
and spurred on by cabinet rotten and more
insolent and daring than ever was known in
the history of our country is madly bend
ing and straining every sinew of Government
TO extend the black pail of Slavery over
Kansas and Nebraska soil consecrated to
liberty and freedom by the Compromise Act
Of 1920.
To meet and combat this corrupt admins
tration successfully, no one political party is
competent The niger breeders and slave
the southern States, support il, because it
supports them and their traffic. The silver
smiths Of Ephesus cried out, great il Di-
and Of the Ephesians," because they had
their livelihood b. making images Of that
deity. And the niger breeders of the south
cry out, "true Democrats are Pierce, Doug
lass and Atchison," because by establishing
Slavery in Kansas there will be great call
for field laborers, ana human flesh and soul
Will command more money.
The naturalizcd foreigners, to the number
Of more than half million, supported it,
because il has raised the rod Of prescription
and persecution over the heads Of all Amer
lean citizens who advocate a change in our
naturalization laws, and claim that Ameri-
leans should have the preference in the rule
Of America,
70 oppose successfully these mnions Of
power and advocates Of slavery extension,
there is abundant material in the laad, could
it be brought into harmonious action.
The ancient friends and supporters of Gen.
Jackson, headed By Blair, Benton, Houston,
and Donelson; the old line Wings in the
Northern States, with few exceptions the
American order in all the States, and the
Republican party in the Free States, are all
decided enemies Of the administration. aud
seek the opening through the armor to plunge
into il the sword OF freedom for the free and
destruction to the tyrants. All that now
prevents the union Of these opposing ele-
nents is remembrance Of personal and
party chickering's, engendered during the ad-
ministraton of Jackson. But Gen. Jackson
and his great opponent, Henry Clay, were
true friends Of the country, and were ever
ready ID both forgot and forgive their per
sonai animosities where the general good Of
the country required il. Do not all remem-
Der how jackson and Clay united in one
common effort to crush out the notification
and disunion movements Of South Carolina
ii 1882? And VIII not their followers in
the present fearful political crisis unite to
support the ancient landmarks Of eonstitu-
tional freedom
80 ye that love mankind ye that dare op-
pose not only tyranny but the tyrant! STAND
FORTH
These are the times that try mems souls.
The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot
will in this crisis shrink from the service Of
his country; but he that stands by it now
deserves the love and thanks of mankind =
ASHLAND.