The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-02-07

The Missouri Republican, the national or
gan OF border rufhanism, has q long editorial
commencing the Missouri River route to
Kansas emigrants. II has the effrontery to
assert that peaccable emigrants to Kansas
were never molested on the Missouri River,
and charges that all reports to that effect du-
ring the pas, season were trumped-up false
hoods of interested parties, designed to di-
vert emigration from that route.
The Republican has sunk so low in public
estimation, has so utterly forfeited all repu-
tation for truth and fairness. that its state
ments no longer mislead the public. And
we allude to this article more for the pur-
pose Of calling attention to the change
which it indicates in public sentiment, than
to contradict its falsehoods.
few months ago the interior and western
portions of Missouri were rife with border
ruffan sentiments, and alive with excited
border rufhans, who dragooned all peaceable
citizens into acquiescence in their measures,
mobbed printing Offices and preachers, drove
out editors and methodist ministers from
their state, patrolled the Missouri River,
planted cannon at their principal landings
and sent armed marauders on board the
steamboats, to harrass emigrants, and rob
them of their weapons Of defence, and, IN
many cases, compel them to turn back and
leave the state by the same route they entered
il. During all the period that this state OF
things existed, the Republican uttered no
word OF censurc against the lawless proceed
ings of the rufian citizens of Missouri; on
the contrary, that paper abounded in iniiam-
matory and exciting articles, calculated to
cheer on the perpetrators OF these wrongs
and outrages. st. Louis itself was oyerawed
for time by the ruifanism OF the interior
and the west, and the violence of their organ
in Missouri.
These outragcs finally rendered it not only
dangerous but next to impossible for north
crn emigrants to reach Kansas by way OF
the Missouri river. la consequence, new
routes were sopened during tho summer
through Iowa; and We remember seeing
many emigrants who had been turned back
by the border rufinns on the Missouri river,
pass through our town 10 take the Iowa route.
ST. Louis lost the trade Of the northern en-
igration the Missouri river lost the height
and travel. They realize the extent OF their
loss now, and the Republican, the reckless
organ of ru!hanism, which cgged on the
perpetrators Of these atrocities, now denies
that any outrages Of the kind were ever CON-
m,tted on the Missouri river. And more
than that, the editor who then denounced tar
and feathers, Missouri hemp, and bloody ex-
termination against the great body OF the
northern emigrants to kansas, now appeals
to them in most loving terms, and promises
every attention and courtesy to ali who viii
take the Missouri River route.
We presume that the Missouri river i.
really the best route, and We think il proba-
BILE, after the experience they have had, tina
there will be no serious interruption to tn
spring emigration by the Missourians w,
trust that the nntlcipations of a large emf
grafton from the middle states To Kansas ii
from that section of the country viii fad n,
difficulty in reaching their destination by tn
Missouri River route
6ARRoTE, One Of the original CARROT
robbers was sentenced to the state prison 70
life, in New York, few days ago. Tn
penalty was made so severe on account o
the startling character Of the robberies b
this process. The Erening Post snys Their
is an astonishing excitement in that city o
account Of the practice, no one knowing whe
be is safe, every one fearing robbery, an
walking the street at night, in any quartc
being attended with the greatest danger.
Tug RsgR-Owing TO the showers an
the soft weather, the ice was breaking awf
yesterday on the Rapids OF course Il
bridge t. Hamilton, which has done US sur
good service for few weeks past, was us
which crossed, SO far as we have heard, we
two loads OF coal driven by irishmen
Thursday AFTERNOON. just as the hinlmo
wagon was passing over the channel, the j
ander the hind wheels began to give WA
Paddy cracked up his team and saved lii
self by the skin Of his teeth
DANGEROUS RIpI.--A passenger train
thr Columbia Penn Railroad ran Iii
tance VI some four miles, few DAYS sins
OF the track, crossing one bridge SAT.
while accomplishing the feat. 1t ran abo
three fourths Of the distance before the =
yiueer discovered the fact Of lis being
the trace. Before stopping, the train Z
pretty much smashed up but no body v
Killed, or very seriously hurt.
TovER or BaEEL.-The story about
discovery Of the Tower Of Babel ,nrns ,
to BE- hoax, az We thought probably
would.
- A bill has passed the Missouri Leg
iatare legaliziug County subscriptions to r:
roads In that State.
p-J~The River hail risen Ia feet M q.