The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-11-21
secession IN. settled rcl.cy.

NNSNsV1 the SeAetf0 GleCys
The following extract coufirms our oft or :
pressed opinion that South Carolina has been
determined on disunon for many years. The
cause has existed . long time; the occasion
was the Charleston Democratic Convention
and the consequent election " Lincoln.
Mr.. McGowan, a member cf the Legisla.
ture of South Carolina, in the course OF a
speech at It's recent session, said
lie wac in favor Of the resolution OF his
distinguished friend from Charleston (Mr.
Trenholm. Go operation with our South.
ern sisters has been the settled policy Of the
State Of South Carolina for ut leas ten years
last past. We have long been sntisfed xi,h
the canses for a dissolution Of the Union
lie thought We saw long ago what was oom-
ing. and only awaited tho action OF our
Southern sisters. This heing the case, il
would seem strange now that the issue is
upon ns~-~hen our need il the sorest-- hat
ws should ignore our past policy, and in the
very crisis OF the conflict, cease To ask for
cooperation.
Llncoln'- election il taken as an occasion
for action, but with US tits not thu only esuse
Tor action. We have delayed for the last
ten years for nothing but CO operation We
thought II the best and wisest policy to re-
man IN the Union with our Southern sisters,
In order to arrange the time when and the
manner how Of going out, and nothing else.
The Ordinance Of 1852 IL 10 the following
words: Sea the ordinance OF Secession j,
1852 kule-cf the House Of Representa-
tives, page 1911
The resolutions OF 1859 were unanim ouely
4 passed bv both branches Of thi. General Az.
sembiy; They are equally explicit. They are
- foilows: See Preamble and three frst
Resolutions, 1859. Resolutions, page SIS !
Then il il perfectly manifest that the re-
corded policy Of this State for the last ten
years has been the policy Of accession in co
operation with other Southern States.
The London Times On The New York
Journals.
We fully indorse what the CORRESPONDENT
OF the London Times says 10 the following
paragraph, which was written from New
YORK:
Tie public Of New York bad been "a
schoole1 and abused by all their journals a.
to tho necessity for quiet, vet kindly vel
come, that one would almost have thong BIT
from the tone OF the articles, that the pnpn.
lace OF this great city we're mere horde oi
sniutorsd miscreanis. people to whom it VA.
necessary to point out the most ordinAr,
rules OF civilized intercourse. In fact
Throughout. the whole conr-e II this tour
with few exceptions, the Now York journal.
have never ceasej 10 heap dit upon the man
ners and customs Of their own coun,rymen
little crpsiing at the country towns, III,
mere harm ess curiosity of viisgrrs, en- route
has been transformed in the columns or Ger
tain Newspapers into studied oatrage., and
visited, in the columns Of tho New York Her
aid particularly. with suoh downpour o
mau1i.n "til.ingsgate, as, If any sens,bl,
American ever minfcd how TINT icurna
rayed. mast have made the poor country PEG
ple regret the hour they ever saw his koya
uigbness 81 all.
c. The Albany Journal doubts whether
the oficial vote Of the State Of New Yori
will show majority for Linesln fully up t,
City thousand.
t. The Republican minority 10 Ohio 81
tbs Presidential vote IL about forty ~,
thousand.
ET LiDeo.ns Majorily IN Iowa IL sbou
$4,000.
TTexas has gone for Breelinriiss .,
1000.
0ln llllnois Liaeain beats Douglas l2,