The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-08-22


God speed; and tho ladies' God bless them
were to be seen from nsanly every balcony
Of window, waving handksrShiefs Or flags,
giving expression 30 The deep interest they
feel IN this our CON mon oausA d.
p. S.--SuLPHuR SPRINGS, Saturday Morn
iDg.--We arrived here during tho night, and
are now carrying our equipage onto the
Iron MoustAin Road, but presume will not
ret avay before the middle OF the afternoo on.
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Letter OF Senator Gssmes.
BUnLINoroN, Aug. 18th, 1861.
GarrLsnEs have received your favor Of
the 18th inst, 10 which gen congratulate me
upon ny retnrn 10 the Sssts and invite me
to address tbs people Of this city, at such
time and plsse ~ may designate, on the
important questions now before the country
involving the existence Of the Government.
appreciate, ~ | ought, tho kind feeling
that prompted this invitation and return you
my sincere thanks for il. | would address
you Ut any time 1t any place, II | supposed
could communicate particle OF inforna-
ton not already in the possession or within
tho reach OF every citizeo OF the State. |
could emily cay in many words, what now
say in = few, that 10 seems to me that there
10 no safe saternative before N, but to give
a.hrm and ardent support TO the Government
in its attempt to put down lisDnrreetion and
rebellion. More than any State ir this Con-
federscy, Iowa should resist the pretended
right OF State to seeeds from is. Our pc.
sition in the centre Of the continent, without
foreign commerce, dependent upon other
States for our mArksts and for our means
for transportation to reach them, would
soon, II the right 20 destroy the Union BY
the secession OF the States be CON cedsd, place
% 10 the character Of dependent and con.
quersd province. We need, and must have,
1t whstsser cost, . permanent Government
and unrcstricted access to the Atlantic ocean
and the. Gulf Of MAxioo. There must be no
foreign soil hstussa a. and OR narksss.
Al one OF the Repr esentatives Of lows 10
the Federal Congress, l have sought to give
expression by my votes TO what | believed
to be the opinions of the people OF the State,
and have snifsrUly votsd ~ chs men, money,
ships, and supplies that were asked for. ln
doing 90, 1 have not only expressed what |
believed to bsthsif wishes, but have acted
upon my own convictions Of duty. | shall
contiDss 10 10 90 until this snhoiy var shsh
be brought to : successful conclusion.
The public debt thst this var will impose
upon Us will appal 90 mo asd psrhsps damp
en- the patriotism Of some. Moot erroneous
impressions, however, seem to prevail As TO
the magnitude Of our present indebtedness,
| and that which 20 are likely 10 create. The
entire public indebtedness OF this country
on the 9th inst., the day Congress adjourned
vas Sill ,O00, 900, most OF which was TO-.
herted from the preceding Administration,
and the estimated expenses for the next year
for military, naval, and civil purposes, were
less than $500, 0C0, O00-less than the annual
expenses Of Great Britain in time OF pro
found peace. In connection with the agere
gate OF these two sums, let % remenber that
England paid eight thousand Eve hundred
millions Of dollars to carry on Der wars with
the first Napoleon. She vas conteDding for
commercial rights, and the result showed
that her money was we'll expended. We are
not only contending for our commercial
rights, but We seek to uphold and perpetu
ate the bost Government ever known among
men.
Foreigners call US, with great truth, the
most impatient people on the earth. This
natural impotence IL greatly increased BY
our present troubles. We oil want peace re
stored and business revived, and most Of o.
believe that permanent peace can only be
established by the victorious af@s Of eur
soldiers. Our anxieties 10 this regard are
very liable 70 do as great injustice 30 the
Government and TO ourselves also. We
c!amor for victories, forgetting that the most
thorough preparation 10 necessary TO achieve
them. We forget the condition Of the coun-
try -four months ago, and ask that that shall
be done in week which requires montbs Of
Ardouus labor to perform. Very few fully
appreciate the dilhculsies BY which the Pres
idens found himself surrounded, when hs 20
sumed power on the 4sh Of March last.--
Many OF the Executive Departments had 70.
GENTLY been under tho control Of traitors.
The army had been dispersed and democrat
ised, and many Of tho most trusted and
prominent officers were dislayal. Our vsssels
Of var we're scattered upon foreign and rs.
mote stations. The Departments were full
| Of spice add traitors. Tho public armorioa
had been plandersd and theiP contents deIiv.
cred to tho rebels. The Presidents wss With
ont an army, without . navy, without arml
and mun',ions Of var, snd with enemies
within and without. ln this oondition oil
thpRs, and after an almost uninterrupted
peace Of fifty ysars, he was called upon "a
organise il feu weeks i've armies, eash oil
them larger than any that had ever been mar.
sbaled on this continent, and to improsise Z
navy With which TO blockade coast greater
In extent than that which England was ana.
BILE toblockade with more thsn lous hundred
vessels of war 10 1924. That shsrs hsva
been mistakes committed il the selection Of
agents and o6cers cannot ~ denied, haI
that there has ben any isek ~ 4nsEav o. oil
devotion 80 the aauss of ths soassFy, i seso,
30 me that no fair nsa who examines sha
subject will asses& Few psrsoss .conprsbsnd
oil The lsbsr, 1hstims ssd psfplsxities ID
volved in fusniehink slothisg, sfms, trans
portaafoa STORES and pay fof four handrsd
and Afty tho6sA0d nen, and il purchasing
OF building, manning, srming and equipsal
4 TOO hundred vsssslA Of var BY Govern
mens .EAose srs4is was inpairsd, whsss assG
orise had been destroyed, and whose nssi.
tionD Of usr had bssn stolen. and TO do al