The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-05-30
n SeMsible view OF the AubJsct.
From the London Nsws, May 10.


II remains to be seen what effect will be
produced upon the seceesi0nists BY their dis
covery that the North can and will 6ebt.-
Hitherto they have simply and sincerely be-
lleved that iD warfare the game would be
their own. They have throughout assumed,
without misgiving, that the Northern men
have not pluck, or endurance, or martial
spirit, or any soul Of antagonism in them.-
lf this appears too absurd for belief, let it
be remembered that tho Seceseionists are
not without warrant for q part Of their as
sumption, and that their own position 40
counts for the rest. We must remember the
political submissiveness OF the free States
for long course Of years. submissiveness
which tho South has only erred IN ascrbipg
TO the wrong sort OF cowardice. We must
remember, too, that the Southern people
have all their lives seen work done only BY
slaves, 80 that they naturally conceive that
oil who work are slaves. ANY miserable fell
low who earns bis bread by toll in their re.
gion is lower in their eyes than tho negroes,
and he 10 usually ~ degraded in fact 40 be
appears to them. Their notion 10 that the
North 10 peopled with degraded white work
ers like these, and they have never formed
the conception Of bands OF citizens like the
fishermen Of Marbiehead, and the quarrymea
Of Quincy, and the farmers Of New York
men OF valor and patriotism, leaving their
boats on shore, and the pick 10 the rock, and
the pillow 10 the field, to save the Republic
from receiving ans harm. little time will
show what the Secessionists think Of the I'M.
expected enemy they have chosen to bring
down upon themselves.
The Northern men ought, at the same time
10 feel that this war il their retribution for
politcat onfaithfulness. They have chosen
to be ill-represented in the government; to
be rGr -essct ~ Her r-rurrg; 20 SUD
init TO the disgrace OF political subserviepcv ;
and to postpone their popular governme nt to
the aristocratic assumptions of . section of
the Union which has never been really repub-
loan. They are nov undergoing the retri
button OF their sin. We cannot Join in anv
| ordinations about the unexpected and as
topishing character OF the convulsion for
| % Lord Palmerston says, any one with com
mon foresight must have expected it. MOI
can we join in any cry about the holriblepes.
| and incredible dreadfuiness Of the issue oil
this long controversy. Wesympathixe rath.
GO With tho solemn JOY of tho Free States
| Sho feel, even It this hour OF crisis. tina
there - something more precious to . self
ruling people than "blood and treasure. -
We congratulate them on having 1T las
thrown Of their burden Of iniqui,y, and founs
themselves free to assert their old liberties
and recover the esteem Of the beet part O
the world. They will show us now, at last
what popular self government IL. The crisi
, brings out it's virtue in fostering love O
country, and capacity for self sacrifice an,
union OF heart and hand on great occasions
These men have country and . polity whic
! they can fight and die for. The time past Il
Which a miserable vice in their polisy dem or
al,Sed and dishesrtened them, will be lee
son for the future and this season OF re,ri
button and emancipation onoe over, the
may start afresh, and show the world VIA
! popular government may DO and do, whe
freed from tho curse of comptlcity with tn
grossess tyranny which man can exercis
over man.