The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-07-27

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10 the hearty, intelligent reception Of th'
truth that call men are born free and equa
and endowed BY their Creator with certain
inalieDable rights" and II il, Of course, th.
disposition 70 give every human being the
rights that belong to bin. IL would wrong
no man; it wants simple Justice done in the
land and all injustice abolished. II wants
the sacred srights Of human nature" respect
cd every wbere. Il il the old love OF liberty,
| which cred the souls and nerved the arms OF
the Hollanders, the Puritans, the Covenant
| ers, the heroes OF tho revolutions. Adolf
tionism is nothing but this old Anglo Saxon
love Of liberty and Justice, exhibiting itself
IN this country In the form Of hostility to the
enslavement Of the colored race. Nov, We
say again, it is impossible for us to regard
this deep, intelligent. powerful, anti slavery
sentiment as hateful and dangerous thing.
1t 10 nothing OF the kind. II 10 not IN evil
at all, any more than the Christianity in
which it Is grounded. II any man will prove
it an evil, we will In the same way prove
Christianity an evil.
Now if these things are so, undenisbly,
We can not understand how this Abolition
ism 10 cb.rgeable with the responsibility for
the existing troablss; or how she desire and
effort to abolish injustice are iniquitous and
exeerable. Will some man snlighsen % ON
this pnintp IL ii wick ed to hate wick sdaess?
Is it working iniquisy to seek TO abolish in
iquiryp II seems clear that Ne muss End
some wicksdnsss or injustice or other to
charge the responsibility upon. Where 10
the thing at which We may cast stones? The
question which 10 lsmeabls-whsthe slave
~ or Aboli,ionism is-whioh 10 radily wrong
and iniquitousf The two contraries oan not
both be wrong in principle. II slavery be
right, then Abolitionism 10 wrong and the
root OF our troubles. But il liberty is q good.
IT there are ''rights Of human nature" then
the system that robs men OF those rights 10
IN injustice, and it 10 . righteous thing to
desire and seek its overthrow. II troubles
arise from the effort to effect ito overthrow
what thenp They are clearly chargeable
upon the Ubiquitous system which ought "a
be abolished, not upon the righteous endeav.
ors to abolish it. Further, they are only
relative evils-bssser than degrading sub
mission TO wrong and ito unresisted progress
Happy, were there no occasion for the agi.
itation-no organic injustice working agains,
liberty, humsnity and Christianity, and cor.
rupting the national mind and conscience. -
But a. slavery is, well that there 10 agit9.
tion against 1t. Asa colossal iniquity ex.
lists in the land, we'll that there 10 disposi-
tion to abolish Is, even ct the cost Of con.
6iot and sacrifice. As pro- slavery insur.
rsotion has lifted iss inpudent front sgains,
tho Government, veil that the sword !.
drawn to crush is out. Tho agitation, trouble,
war, are clearly necessity, and slavery il
responsible for the fact oil that necessity. II
rafian assaults you on the highway, then
| fighting in self defense 10 necessity on
your part, and il you kill the rufian his
blood 10 on bis own bead.
The doctrine Of submission to wrong an
der all circumstances for the sake OF peace
the doctrine that The trouble and blood
shed that may result from standing firmly
BY the right and resisting the wrong are
chargenble upon those who make snch re.
I sistancs-is doctrine which exoulpates oil
rufhans and pirates and despots. Ii 10 a
very 0ooeptable doctrine TO bad men. but
| which al good men must regard with abhor
renee. LrsssrY AMI UsIos.