The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-12-17
Warrington Correspond ence.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9th, 1861

ing the session, is hard TO tell The
President recommends nothing-leaves
all To Congress. The most radical mem
beers say that he feels and sympathizes
with them and their policy. On the 9th
er hand, the Star says that he stands on
the conservative platform in other words,
he wants to conduct the war on the plan
that Will hurt no one Keep the traitors
IN office and ignore friends. There is
great danger Of serious disagreement
amongst our friends One class will in
slst on general emancipation act, while
others will stick by slavery. Ii is truly
strange to see the reverence held for sla-
very by some good and intelligent men.
Jim Lane truly said in his late speech
here, that the reverence for slavery was
above that for the Bible. Said Lane
GU can discuss the principles of the
Bible. but slavery is too sacred for discus.
sion. | would not lcgislate about it, fur
Their than to make it n criminal oflense for
any of our soldiers to act as negro-catch-
ers. Let the motto be that of one of our
Iowa colonies. Said he-"Arrest no run
away negro; allow no military officer TO
take one from your lines; | will do
and | want you to do what a southern
gentleman will do, but will be id
IT | will do or allow you to do what he
makes his dogs do J" Let Congress pass
an act conhscating all the property of
rebels; let the army use what they need
and let the balance 90 where it pleases
so that the traitor does not Get it. Every
man of sense knows that wherever the
army goes on this principle, slavery will
be wiped out or so crippled that it will be
harmless. Let the rebels so understand
this question, and they will never let the
army 60 into the Cotton States. 1t an
pears to me one of the simplest questions
in the world rebels have no rights under
the laws they repudiate
The Senate will not confirm the ap-
pointment Of any Generals who have de.
voted their energies to the catching of the
slaves of rebels
There Is strange state of things here
at tins time. Jim Lane and Loveioy
speak fra(fhe same stand with Critten-
den as loving as brothers. Greeley, Ward
Beecher, Cheeyer and Wendell Phillips
arr invited, and expected To deliver n
course of lectures this winter in Wash
ington. In the street speeches, the more
radical the harangue, the more vociferous
the applause. correspondent in the
Star few evenings since, took issue with
some Of the radical speeches, but he sign
ed himself "Ant- Slavery So odious
has become the system to the masses here
that no one dare avow himselfin favor Oh
slavery Yet strange TO say. under the
new rule adopted by the present Admin
lstration, every colored person, no matter
how intelligent or how respectable, has to
get pass to 20 home if out after nine
q clock. Aud all who come here, no mat
ter how they get here, if they have ne
master With them, are taken up and pu
IN loathsome dungeon, with yermir
aud hlth, and there kept until the ex.
pense eats them mp, when they are solo
into slavery to pay the expense Of thei,
captivity. Every Department is now full
ofsecessionlsis. jim Green appears to b,
fayorite with our leading men. Yot
ask why is this So 1t is reverence 70,
slavery that has so blunted the mind
We all naturally look up to those in pow
er, and TO wealth, especially if that wealth
~ In human beings. This rebellion is
rebellion for slavery All know this, n,
matter how many resolves and speeches
may be made TO the contrary The slave
rebel leaders want stronger government
One similar to that Of South Carolina -
The northern sympathizers with the re
hellion are apes cf The southern ar;s.o
crats-they want stronger government. -
And the men here who yet the ear Of the
President and the Departments are not ],
tue masses; they are mainly Of the would
be aristocracy, and unfortunately to,
many men who are promoted by the PEG
.9@ pie lose their common sense If they eve,
had any when they get 10 Washington
Jim Green, who is we'll known to be /;
traitor, can get an audience with III,
President or any Of the heads of the DE
martinez L. any dag NJ LIZ. - M.