The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-08-09

every Monday ~ this Office, Ia enc sf tho oll4s,
papers In lows, and has widely e1tsndea sisca,
lation throughca the Des Moint. Valley ,EorSA.
srn Missouri, and Western Illinois.
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u Trs1naas a asna saou
Al admit, Who know aoyth.ng about il,
thu. there il : strong loyal sentiment ia the
6aaiA II favor ii the Union, notwishssand-
ing she general outward manifestations are
oil the ether wey. A thoroughly systemasi-
ned long standing secret aseociation sudden
~ ssssed che reins Of Government 10 the
South, and BY appealing to tho prejadioes
ana fears OF the people, carried everything
before them Thousands Of men, who have
sinos made their way back to their native
North, yielded For the time TO the violence
OF the surge, and protested 10 be - fierce
secessicpisss as any Of those ssto the manner
bovn,' And on oil hands there vas the sp-
PesfsBce Of entire unanimity in favor Of se-
cession and revolution, and then laws were
passed to punish the opponents OF revolution,
20 thst none dare spesk ont in the Cotton
sStstes-wbilc even in the border Slave
States the strong ties Of consequently, mu-
tual interests, and common passions and
prejadicss arrayed most OF the wealthy and
influential on the side Of their Southern
.ssethres, and even 10 Kentucky and Missouri
where the majority Of numbers 10 very large
for she Union, the prepondersncs Of ioau-
enee and activity 10 With the sscessiopists.
But Notwithstanding oil appearances to
the contrary, there 10 : strong Union septi-
oeat stih existing in tho Sostb, which will
take the earliest favorable opportunity OF
making itself felt. The secession leaders
ars conscious Of this fact, and their mea-
Ysurss are directed TO crushing out this feel
ing BY Gil possible appliances. The Rich
mond Examiner, one Of their leading or
gsas, says: 8 s So i
sit 10 not pretended that shs proportion Of
submissionists 10 ~ great in every part Oh
Virginia - il i 10 those parts 10 which the
enemy has established himself; hut sobuis. |
sion 10 = quality which assimmiates its pos
ssssors ~hcreveF they are TO be found. lite |
traits are the sams in Fairfax, ~ Alexan-
dria, in Msrtinshurg and In Wheeling. They
would be the anna in Richmond, s4austes,
and Fredericksburg, il only tho enemy would
she~ himself 10 force to draw him out.
"The presence Of this treacherous senti-
ment every where in our community makes it
donbsy Important to cvery true man that be
should put forth his sheie energy 10 resist
ine the advance Of the enemy"
And again the editor asserts and argues
Loyal as tho great macs OF our peorle
are TO the cause in which they have 30 zeal
oosiy enlisted, there IL yet no doubt that the
oouth - more rife with treason to her own
Independence and honor than any commu.
NIFTY that ever before engaged in struggle
with an adversary.
There 10 slso lurking 10 the Southern
community deep seated aversion to slavery.
All this class OF people in our community |
persist In looking upon. our struggle with the |
North 40 nothing but a struggle hetween the |
non stakeholder upon the ISSUE OF the right. |
ennsness at the slave institution. The fact
IL, that the struggle il but contest for the
mastery between two naturally hostile races
OF men. The war 10 war Of races
THr FARE NkoRors OF TESSEs.rs 70 su
isPssstED.-Ths Legislature Of Tennessee
nas raessd On sst s'fcr the relief on volun-
tcsrs'', which authorizes the Governor to in
Press into the army oil tbs FREQ negroes Of
snat State, between the ages Of fifteen and
NIFTY years, being sound in mind and bodv.
Ihese "seinatecss" ars 30 performs suoA me.
Dial service in the camp m msy be required,
sod to reesive therefor regular rationa. With
s'kps doilafs per nossh as wages.-Ex.
How long IL our Government going to con.
time 90 eousamish as to reserve the exclusive
honor OF fighting the chivalry with their Ia.
dian Allies, free negroes and slaves 10 the
rhife men q the North? Would il be any.
thing but fair and polite to let ths solorsd
men Of the North take hand 10 this Aeht
against their colored brethren Of the South
Hhils We 4ia whipping ous our white bre,h.
rem In the same region And If the arsto-
crais and democrats Of the South think that
free negroes snd slaves are good enough to
hight fankees, Why should We endorse tina,
opinion BY reservipg the proud distinction
OF lighting their negroes to our own white
men and refuse TO allow our dsskies 10 mix
10 The sght2
fsrss Cavalry Regiment.
The 6sld officers Of this regiment sworn 10
u this time are az follows:
z. 9. Moss, Lieut.. Colonel. s.
u. u. Heath, Atjntant,
Robert q. Kendall, Quartsrmsster.
DAVID Y. Mcintyre, Sergeant Major.
a. ". Cuuningham, Chief Bur,er.