The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-01-05

do scd with an immortal aonl, to the status
OF the brute.
Cd, II subjects its victim to tho absolute
control Of his master in nil respects.
Sd, 1t deprives him Of wages for his toll
and the right to acquire property, which are
inalenable.
4th, It deprives him Of bis equal right to
resist oppression.
5th, 1t deprives him Of freedom, Of CON-
science and Of speech.
9th, Because the slave is adjudged chat
tie, liable TO be sold at any moment az a
horse or bale OF cotton and separated from
his wife and children.
give only the bare bones of my argument,
but put them together, and add facts Of your
own personal knowledge, and what fright.
full skeleton have you before you! Think
you that these things can exist; that four
millions OF human beings can thus be held
in cruel bondage, and the judgments OF q
righteous God not sooner or later como upon
us2 And yet there arc thousands ut the
Soath-some even at the North-who are
advocates OF such an institutioD--some bear
ing the sanity garbs Of Christianity-who
excuse it; and, worse than nil, some of nv
brothers in the ministry, who. from the sa-
cred desks, attempt to find justification for
this m onstro Gus iniqui.y from the Holy Bible.
and, with impious blasphemy, dare invoke
Heavens blessing upon it ----
tell you, that yonder sun, in bis course
of six thousand years, has not looked down
On anything 80 base 80 scenes but recently
enacted in our Southern States. There,
men, to uphold this cursed institution, have
assembled in counsel and plotted against the
Union, and as they see the storms arise and
the angry waves Of faction dash against the
fabric Of our Constitution, they join 10 tho
devils dance and shout aloud with fiendish
Joy! Oh, my friends! let NJ pray God to
turn their counsels to nsnght; to abolish this
great sin in the land, and TO let the bond 90
free. Let US come before Him with fasting
and humiliation; let the temple of liberty be
draped with mourning and every American
face crimson with shame let rs then acquit
ourselves az men, and as Christians, and -
patriotic mako no concessions to wrong-no
compromise with sin--but stand 6rm to our
principles and ready to maintain them, il
need be, to the death!
American Improv emo nts In surgery.
From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New
York Cityl
Probably no diseases have been so ineffect-
| lively and unsatisfactory treated rs those
| attacking the spine, the hip and the knee,
the reason being found in the fact that but
| little has been accurately known Of the real
nature, progress and cause OF these msladies.
| A recent discovery, has, however, thrown
considerablc light on these subjects, and
promises to be Of considerable use in the
treatment Of large class OF sufferers. Dr.
/ II. q. Davis, physician of this city, 10 the
author OF this discovery. From researches
and Investigations prosecuted during many
/ years, he HAS found that wherever any joint
whatever 10 stiffened from any cause, and the
ends Of the bones are closely prsssed togeth-
or by muscular action, q very small area Of
each articular surface receives the whole
pressure, and by the action OF . well known
law, this pressure produces waste, FIRST de-
ssroying the cartilage and then attacking the
heads OF the bone beneath. The area OF
pressure being thus gradually enlarged, the
destruction OF the bone spreads, until at
length the case becomes desperate. The
point originally decayod has extended and
spread and decpcncd, and nov an operation
il indispensable, tho limb being perhaps in
evitably sacri6ced, and the life Of the patient
placed in jeopardy. Now, it - evident that
a., according to these statements, the whole
mischief results from the continued muscular
pressure on the joint, the first and chief OBJ
ject must be to remove this pressure, and TO
relax, for q considerable period, tho muscles
producing it. The simple apparatus which
DIR. Davis has devised for this purpose has
J been exhibited before the New York Acad.
envy Of Medicine and the Mpdlco Chrurgical
College. We learn that it has also been
adopted by DIR. Buck in the New York Hos.
pital, and with more or less modification BY
DIR. Sayre and other eminent supgec MS. In
results are stated to be very satisfactory.
These instruments, still further improved
by Mr.. Chas. Schleiffar.h, Of St. Louis, n,
in use by two Of DR.. Sanford's patients, viii
] the most beneficial results.
We have seen tho instruments above de
scribed, and advise any person who may b,
interested 10 the matter to call at Dr.. San
ford's Office, and examine for himself.
gT-In 1850, after the passage Of th
. Compromise measures, Henry Clay wrote a
follows:
"suppose We should be disappointed, an
the standard should be raised OF resistanc
to the Union, the Constitution and the Laws
. what 10 to be done2 There can DO but on
!, possible answer the power, tho authority
and the dignity Of the Government ought +
be maintained and resistance put down 4
every hazard. The mo
Q ment daring hand 10 raised to resist, b
force, tho execution Of tho laws, the dut
= Of enforcing them arises, and il the con1ie
which may ensue should lead to civil Wal
the resisting party having begun il, will b
: responsible for al tho consequences"
i How different this from the language Q
d the sworn defenders Of the Constitution On
i the Union now 10 tho soats Of power I
Warrington! Buchanan weeps in privas
with terror lest be should be assassinated
I the emissaries Of Southern treason, and pre-
g poses 30 surrender 80 them tho forts. withou