The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-21
from the Toronto 6l4be ]

Tnr SOUTHERN VrEw.-0ue Of the most |
difficult things We know OF is TO form an ac-
curatc opinion on the present condition OF
American afT4irs Ii has frequently hap
nauea amongst vast Democracles. IN times
Of great public excitem snt, that tho opinions
and feelings OF majority Of the peoplo have
been misiudged. because it has been In the
pnwer nj few 10 conceal all those things
which they do not desire to appear, aud TO
palm of their own wishes as those Of the en-
tire community. The waters Of the S9nta
have been violently stirred, and AS a cansc-
/ oueuee the filthy sediment--iow enough in
! reaceable times-has been brought 10 the
surface. We can soc nothing now but froth
/ and dirt The most grinding tyranny which
at this moment troubles any purton Of Eu
rope. il nowhere equalled by the mob-lav of
/ the South In Vonetia itself the Austrian
1sns farms would not dare 70 maltreat the
neople "a the citizens OF the United States
are. aay after dav, week after week, treated
| in South Carolina. in Georgia, Louisiana and
/ Alabama.
III anv otentate, be he who he NAV, should
venture without trial, without legal proof.
| without reason, to tar and feather an Amer
ican: 10 whip him merelessiy, To ride him
L on a rail. to commit upua bin any one Of
the numerous inilcntiss tho "mean whites"
Of the slave States are such nderts in ;
throughout the United States, from the bonn
daries os Canada 10 the shores of the Mex
can tiulf. ther. would be one unanimous cry
for rtarass.. And yet no man II 9m The North,
unless sealed With the nsmocratie stamp
can now venture into the slave States in
, safety. He mie h. no 70 China, 10 Rome, To
thu King Of Dahamey's possessions, and be
sure of civil treatment; but let him Dot ven-
4. ..A a tn ,at4~ alw.y
for II il be hut suspected that be holds anti :
slsyerv opinions, no mercy will be shown
e him; he may esteem himself happy ii he - .
care with his life. after snnary buckets Of
tar have been applied, and sundry doses Of
COW hide administered 10 him. Into the be
uightei regions OF slavery no truths can DO
! got. Every Republican newspaper il excln-
ded with a rigor unknown even TO the des-
patic governments of the old world. All the
avenues or information are closed mob law
rsigns supreme.
a We submit, then, it Is perfectly possible
n that the men who are making oil this stir dc
J not represen. the opinions Of the majority II
!. the seeding States. True, We hear little o.
these latter; but they dare not speak, ever
N though in the majority. Neither dared tn
!. people Of Paris speak when in the great rev
y oiutian \ small band OF ruffians were hurry
- 1Ev I0glf kSsl duu UTdNtst W LUG UinEk.-
o. Sure we ar2 that Southern men of inte.i
10 gence, men capable of reasoning, men nc
Qnainted with the aspect of affairs bcyon
their own immediate town or village, canno
he be long with those Who believe half the pco
NJ ple In Tic free States are already starvin
II because the Soath Carolinian banks ar
stopped who believe England ia ready, ia
- the sake Of cotton, to give nm armed supper
o. to the secessionists: who believe that North
err srad~ will be DESTROYED .na Narther
fields 20 untitled, should few States lcay
thr Union. irt these ARE the stories told
up hslf-witted beings by Intriguing politician
who, seeing that while the Union il preserve
they have no chance OF ofhse, wish to shlT
~ bright particular stars in a minor an
pro-.lasery hemisphere. No greater tax hi
teen placed upon popular crednlity sim
Jack Gaie promised such plenty in EDglan
M that il shoala be mazda felnay 10 dT.ak sssa
- beer.
.us
We ca Men find il Difficult. to formally q,
M nounce death gracefully and properly, v
briefly. A fair specimen OF the blunde
~ male in this department. OF literature ri
are pears in the British Premicr's announceme
Of OF the death Of William III 10 the Mayor
IN. London:
IL 1T il pih much regrn that nnponn.
~ 10 your Lordrhip that il has piensea A
ny mighty God 10 relieve his Mojesfy from Ii
s.Dsrin9s"