The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-03-26
Facsle.s Oppo.i.ion az the Nor.h

IN. I. Tribune.
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Facsisus Opposition NJ the North.
In the history Of our Republic, there never
has been time when union Of the masses
for the maintenance Of the Constitution and
the enforcement Of tho laws was more desi-
rabls and necessary than at the present. In
bis various speeches on the route to Wash.
ington, Mr.. Lincoln sought to impress this
truth upon the minds Of the people who heard
him. While be avowed to them bis inten.
ton to enforce the laws and maintain the
Constitution inviolate, he At the same time
assured them that without their co-opera-
tion it would be impossible for him to sue
coed.
The secession Of the cotton States, and the
formation Of a separate Republic antagonis-
tic TO the Union, it might be supposed would
have the effect to unite all OF the opposing
interests Of the North into one party, having
for ito object the preservation OF the Union.
Such, however, has not been the case, and
We have the melancholy spectacle presented
this day OF an antagonism to the avowed in
tention Of the President, by the Democratic
leaders and organs OF the North 10 the effort
to revive their party, that threatens to whelm
the country in ruin. Party considerations
with them have risen superior TO love OF
country. and they either fail to or will not
see that the tendency OF the course they are
pursuing to thwart the efforts Of the Admin
istration, 10 to dissolve the Union.
Against an united North the Southern Con-
federacy would be powerless; but il We are
to be divided among ourselves, and traitors
are to promulge their reasonable doctrines
unrestrained, and clamor for an amen dment
to the Constitution comforting greater power
upon the South, who can predict the result
Untrammeled, the President, with the emf
nent men be has called around him - bis
constitutional advisers, may succeed in gui-
ding the ship Of state safely amid the rocks
and shoals that threaten it; but, il hampered
and opposed OF every turn, the unoertaking
will be periobs, and may involve us oil in
one common ruin. Yet We look with fond
hope to the sagacty OF those noble men to
rescue our Government from . more fearful
position than it has ever been placed 10 since
iss founders bequeathed it TO Us as the rich
est legacy that ever descended to people
Davenport Gag.
Statistics OF Mormon Population.
Tho Valley Tan copies the following sta
tistics Of Mormon population:
The population OF Mormons in the United
States and British dominions in 1855 was not
less than 65, 900, Of which $4,000 were resi-
dents 10 Utah, 5000 10 New York State, f.
900 10 California, 5000 10 Nova Scotia and
in the Canadas, and 5000 in South Ameri-
on. In Europe there were &c, 200, Of which
%. ZOO were in Great Britain and ireland,
5000 in Scandinavia, 1000 in Germany,
Switzerland end France, and the rest Of Eu.
rope 200 10 Australia and Polynesia, q.
400; 10 Africa, 100; and on travel, $500.
To these, II We add the different branches,
including Ssrengities, Rigdonites and White
| ties, tho whole scot was not less than 1885,
600. 10 1857 there appears to have been .
decrease IN the population OF Utah, the num-
Der being only 81 1922, Of which 5000 were
children, about 1000 women, and IL 900
men capable Of bearing arms. There are
2,o88 men with eight or moro wives; OF
these, Is have more than nine wives; 1870
men with Eve wives, 100 with four wives,
and 2,506 with more than one wife. Reca-
pitulasion-4 GIT men with about 1850
| wives.
oSsicS SzS1is1 IN Tn1 S.UIaHks Cos
rEDERACY.-One OF the many clerks whc
resigned their Offices here from sspatriotic'
motives, and went to Montgomery TO tende,
their services to the Southern Cenfederacy
has written to bis friends here that that Gov
ernment 10 $40 great shakes" altar ell. III
and bis compatriot applied for of6ce, and dit
not got anything but vague promise. Il
says that there are Eve times ~ many appli
;ants for Office there under the Southern EN-
bryo Government as there are here, and tha
]. the town 10 30 bssieged BY this class Of per
sons that the hotels charge three dollars an
/. half per day. lie will return in : day o
two. The rush for Army and Navy com
!. mssloners is unparalleled, and the town j
actually overrun BY ofiee-seekers but th
: offers OF men for the ranks Of the army ar
nroportiona1ely small.-[Wash. Cor. n. J
Times.
GTThe Louisville Courier says the tota
number Of hogs packed around tho Fall
: this season, ~ shown BY the books OF tn
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