The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-01-15


minister the Government, and 10 the desig-
nation Of his general line OF policy, has been
accepted BY the country in quiet acques-
cencc.
Cut now ii seems all this is to BIO changed;
the party defeated at the ballot box resorts
to menaces, to reasonable plots and to Sc
cession 10 oder to reverse the verdict OF the
people or break up tho Government. OFF,
GERS. high in the confidence OF the President,
have been plotting for months to bankrupt
the Treasury, supply arms for those who are
plotting forciblc resistance to the laws, and
to put the forts Of the country in such do
fenceless condition that they may be readily
seized BY the enemies OF the Government.
Then, in the midst of scenes like these,
leading Senators Of the opposition, not en-
gagged ia these IRRESPONSIBLE schemes for the
dissolution of the Union, such as Crittenden
and Douglas, instead Of advocating the en-
forcement Of the laws and the suppression
Of rebellion against the Government, en-
brace the opportunity to attempt to coerce
concessions by threats OF civil war, of the
very points which the people had just decided
against them at the ballot. box; and thereby
they lend their aid and countenance to draw
this country into the imitation of the prac-
tice OF the South American Republics
First decision at the baliot-box, then plots
and counter plots, to be folIowcd--if the
successful party at the election refuses to
succumb-by open war.
Let the Government yield now and sur
render to the armed secessonists, and those
that are rendering them aid ~nd comfort in
Congress may be enabled to glory over the
downfall Of tho Republican party, but they
will have taught lessons which will sink this
Government OF ours into contempt, and will
stimulate defeated parties at each succeeding
election to combine to wrest from the victors
by arms what they lost by the sufFrages Of
the people.
If Congress and the Government at Wash
ington should surrender and conceae the de-
mands Of the hostile secessonists and armed
traitors OF the South, this Government ceases
to be an elective Republic in which the WILL
or THE PEOPLE, peaceably expressed at the
ballot box, is the ultimate test of authority.
And to such pass would the policy Of
those who boosted Of their devotion to the
Union and their determination 10 uphold the
Constitution and enforce the laws bring this
Government; and that, too, 10 the face Of
their oft.repeatei assertions that the seees-
sionists have no sufficient or justifable
grnnnds fur their conduct.
Senator Hunter made speech in fa-
vorof secession. His idea is to lie, the
Union 20 quietly to pieces, and then begin
the work OF rec0nstruction-th new govern.
ment TO have dual Executive.
Senator Harlan replied in a strong speech
saying that the North was willing to stand
by the Compromise of 1850, which the Sortt
and he said that the Northwest was deter
mined TO keep the mouth Of the Mississirp
open.
ExcHANGg.-ln ST. Louis on the ll,h th
news that Exchange in Chicago had gone u
10 per cent. caused an advance to on tn
East snd on New Orleans. Currency nm,
bankabie funds were again on o par. Dis
credited Illinois passed in trade, but VII
not taken by bankers. Money tight.
cTThe MissssiI pi Delegation announce
the SECESSION OF their State from the Unior
and bade the House OF Representatives fare
well on Saturday last.
CO Thomas has resigned and Mr.. Dix ha
been appointed to succeed him in the Trca.
ury Department.
A BroadAidc from .Otd ErensideA.,
A patriotic letter from Comm ore Charl,
Stewart, addressed to the officers or the Al
derson meeting in Philadelphia, appears
the Inquirer Saturday morning. In this lie
ter the venerable Commodore saws:
For more than sixty years OF national sci
vice under the union Of these States, l hav
held ii as maxim, that the honor or an ID
Ger 10 his countrv's service pledged his fde
ity 10 his constitutional oath, together vii
his entire obedience 10 all laws passed
Congress, or orders issued by proper auho
ity in conformity with the Constitution und
which be serves; as also the exercise OF
sound discretion and deliberate Judgment
ali cases where the secGrity of lives al
property entrusted to his care is involved.
giving. ai the same time, due and ielibera
reflection, before acting, upon any matt
arising within bis control, which. perchanc
might be circumscrited by international la,
or by the honor or interests Of bis cnuntr
As an important nation, We should bear
mind that, through the imperfeetion OF b
man nature, no combination, even Of Il
most profound aud yirtuous minds, can a
rive at perfection; and that all diiEcult
and dangers cannot in a first essay IN forv
ing code for the perpetuity and stability
. bond Of frAternal brotherhood and unto
be foresseen and provided FIR in SO sxtens
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