The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-01-22

strong note to the Emperor OF France pro
testing against the extensive occupation o
Syria by French troops. No reply had ye
been received.
Message or GOV. Yates.
We give brief extract or two from th
eloquent inaugural of the gallant Yates, o.
Illinois, who, like our President elect, is
native Of Kentucky:
/ II, wcaried by the persistent clamors ant
panics accompanying these eeaseless threat,
Of secession, any good citizen has suffered
himself to entertain d thought that the peac,
and unity OF the nation might be promoted
| by the withdrawal OF the dissatisfied State o,
States, let him remember that this Union ii
an Inheritance from our fathers, to be trans
mitted by us to our posterty, and that the
great hope Of d0wn-troddsn humanity
throughout the world is in its permanence.
| let us never forget the solemn warnings OF
the Father Of bis Country, that eve should
accustom ourselves t. think and speak Of the
| Union as the palladium Of our political safe
| ty and prosperity, misunderstanding whatever
may suggest even n suspicion that it can, in
| any event, be abandoned"
| So deeply impressed were jackson, WEB.
ster and Clay, with the conviction that the
durability and efficiency OF our free insttu-
union, shat they have left. upon manv page
OF the national history, most eloquent warn
ipgs that the thought, even, that the Union
could be dissolved, was never to be enter
tanned. The veteran Cass has said that the
man '.who believed this Union could be broe
ken up without bood-hed, has Lad history
to little purpose" As we love our CONNIE 81
country IN oil its partp, AMI with all its bless
ngs Of climates and cultures, its In mountains,
valleys and streams; "a we cherish its history,
and the memory Of the worlds only Wash
Ingt0n; a. We love the grand old flag, "sign
OF the free hearts only hoWe," that 10 cheered
and hailed on every sea and haven Of the
world, let Us swear that it's glories shall new
or be dimmed that there shall be no seces-
sion, no disunlon-and that the American
people shall be enc and united, now and for
ever.
| believe and trust i. is to be the mission
of those to whom the people have lately com
mttei, for period, the interests OF this ma
ton, to administer public affairs upon the
theory of lHE PgRPEgUiTY OF THE cossrIrU
TON, AND THE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED IN
DER IT.
AS to compromise, II it means that We
must outrage the sentiment of the civilized
world by conceding that slavery is blessing
that W. must love and praise it-that We
NAV not hope for its ultimate extinction
that il may 20 into tho free Territories, un-
der the protection OF the CONSTITUTIONAL
these are the grounds upon which the diff
cu,ies are to be settled then they never will
be settled. Plainness and truth require us
TO say that tho only pncifcation to which the
people of this State could accede, would be
upon the principles upon which Mr.. Lincoln
VAS elected: that the Constitution must be
obeyed, Us it is !; all its provisions enforced.
according TO a fair and honest interpr citation
Of its meaning; and that slavery is local
and State institution, and nothing else.
South Carolina, however, claims the rigb.
70 the forts Of the United States, and to col
lcct revenue from imports. Now to open the
ports Of Charleston to FREQ trade, is to open
the whole country to free trade. Merchan
disc once in the Union can be transported TO
any part IF the Republic. If South Caroli.
na can open one port, she can nil, and che is
not only sovereign at home but throughout
the nation, position not soon TO be oonce-
ded 10 State VIII eli has not 80 many white
inhabitants as one Of the Congressional Dis ).
tricts in tho State of Illinois. Now il South
~
stupendons madness of resisting the United
States officers IN the collection OF the revenue.
can there be any doubf that the Government
will have to use ~ much force as is necessary
10 execute these laws. II General Washing
ton at the head Of the Z. S. army, in ,96.
put down the Pennsylv apia whisky rebellion;
II General jackson, in 80, quclled resistance
20 law by bis proclaim ton Of force; If Mr..
Fillmore executed the fugitive slave Law at
the point OF the bayanet IN the streets of
Boston If Mr.. Buchanan, in 1859, called ont
the u. ). army to put down the seizure Of
the arsenal at Unrper'u Ferry, what shall be
done with those who deiantlv obstruct the
execution Of the laws ut CHAR lesion? Ii the
laws are not executed then the Governments
10 failure.
As to our own State, We are closely allied
in origin, in kindred, in sympathy, in inter
est, in civilization and in destiny. with many
OF tie host Of both tho slave and the free
States, and though Young 10 years we have
learned 70 be pr1ui Of our origin, and Of
our neighbors, and OF our sister States. No
State has entered into the recent political
campaign with more intense partisan preiu-
dices and zeal than our own. Each opposing
party nominated for the Presidency the fa :
vorite son not only OF the State, but OF the
Northwest. We fought the canvass through
20 the hit; but the moment the contest was
decided, the world was mt loss to know
which most to admire, the exuberant Joy Of
the gictors, or the admirable gaIantry, grace
and dignity OF tho unsuccessful party. We
have put one Of our champions into the
Presidency, the other still stands in the SEN
ate, places almost equal for usefulness !:
snHt a4. III L
and good to his country and the world, time
will decide. We will believe that neither
will prove coward in tho fight, or traitor 10
the cause. On the question Of the Union Of
these States they and all our people will be
q unit. The foot uf thu traitor has never OF