The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-10-14

ga Aauhaes
Reports received at St. Louis and regard
ed as reliable there, Indicate the electio on of
Parrot, Republican, over Ransom, Demo-
crat, for Delegate to Congress, BY majority
of from Eve to eight thousand votes. The
Republicans have also carried both branches
of the Legislature. The Council stands, 9
Republicans to Democrats, and the House,
q Republicans to Is Democrats.
The news seems almost too good TO be
true. II Kansas has indeed gone so over
wheimfhgly Republican in face OF the power
and patronage OF the administration, and the
personal efforts of Gov. Walker, and the
corps OF Federal Office holders, backed up
BY the border rufians Of Missouri, and the
troops Of the United States, we shall never
despair Of the country but shall return to our
old faith in the devotion of the American
people to the principles Of the Declaration Of
Independence, and in the ultimate triumph
OF the cause Of the people against tyranny
aud oppression Of every form. Let us eli
rejoice that Border Rufianism and bred
Scottish have received a death blow at the
hands Of the free people Of Kansas.
Brownson'sWeview aud Free Trade.
We have received the October number Of
this able Review from Clarke. II is filled.
as usual, with articles of characteristic orig
inahsy, freshness, and logical power. How
ever widely we may differ from the writer's
views, ii can not be denied, ms even the 7ri-
buas some time since admitted, that this Re-
view leads all others in the United States.
in force, vitality, and logical acumen. Ii
always has something to say, and says it
with directness aud eloquence not sur
passed by any English production.
We notice the Review now, more particu-
larry for the purpose of calling attention to
the following extract from the article on
"British Preponderancs.' Coming from a
lifelong democrat, and an enthusiastic nd
vocate Of the free-Trade system, We regard
1t at once as significant admission, and as
strongly corroborating the views we have re-
Gently expressed. The writer says:
"We are, perhaps. less independent of
England than We were in our colonial DAYS.
Our mercantile interest is strictly united to
hers, and depends on her prosperity; our
planting interests, and latterly even our az
ricultural interests 10 general have become
dependent on her maintaining her prepon-
derance. Tbs United States are little else
than an English farm, and our trade branch
Of the English house. Any thing that gives
us the possession OF our own farm, and the
control OF our own trade, We should regard
- areal blessing to the country. We prefer
national Independence, with poverty and
hard labor, to national slavery TO foreign
power or 70 foreign interests. even with
wealth, luxury and idlensss to gid il. Our
patriotism revolts at the idea Of being the
tenant of England or any other foreign ma
tom Il resolts equally at the idea Of hAv.
ing oar country governed by mon who would
sacrifice national dignity, national welfare.
ana the real interests Of the human race 10
bale OF cotton, = hogshesd Of tobacco, a
bag OF rice, or boz Of merchandise. A
nationso governed must always be mean and
contemplate, and can never BE q nation Of
men, Of high-souled, chivalric freemen.
Onr government now and then, to save an
pearances, makes a buster and usos biz
words, but Is really afraid to say its soul Is
its own before the British government. and
seldom falls to conform to It's wishes. Yet
these Anglo. American newspapers and our
Anglo American administration, protesting
hnts English, but always pursuing an English
policy, 90 not represent the real Amesic an
iesung; they represent only certain classes
aud Interests
No doubt the sErtGl American feeling has
always opposed the English Free Trade sys-
tenn. No doubt the present administration.
Ike all other Democratic adminis,r lions
sincs 1880, "toes not repressn, the real
America feeling" bnt il the seryile tool of
the Stare Power which preters and aayo.
Gates, and is always ready 70 dissolve the
Union in order TO enforce, the English Free
Trade system, which at any time would sac
rihee northern free-labor and national indie.
penicnce TO bale Of cotton, which prefers
to exhaust our own people for the purpose 81
supporting and feeding the !aborers, patron.
ling the work shops, and snrichinC the pam. .
psred and grasping capitalists OF England,
rather than build up our own iron, SILK and
wooieo factories, develop our own resour-
ces, and make our own producers rich, hap.
py and prosperous. No doubt the ..real
American feeling would reverse all this.
aud speedily emancipate our distracted coan.
tsy from its worse than colonial yass alage TO
rnglaod.