The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-07-25
Den effts OF the War.

Earthquakes shake down rotten, poorly. built,
i'll founded structures; and stronger and
more ssable ones rise 10 their stead. The
right stands more secure after ii has tri-
umphed ever violence and wrong. 10 the
light OF history, it may be questioned il there
ever vas political CONFUSION, . shock Of
nations, which, whatever its immediate evils,
Was pot. ultimately and on the whole, ben.
eht TO mankind. Especially il this true Of
conflicts waeed around some grand vital
principle. The liberties OF the world have
been won through the carnage Of thousands
OF battle fields, and many more such oon-
hicts may lie this side OF the universal tri-
soph OF frsed dom. The sword and cannon.
says GaribaIdi, must open the way.
Our own war j. doing ito work. Finance
!" being schooled and renovated. Banks
without real carissl- banks built on State
Indebtedness, absurdly making debt their
eapital--ase blown up and while the peo-
pie for the time sussr, paying the penslty Of
their own legislative folly, We are al learn :
ing Lessons Of financial wisdom that will do
/ 10 Roodin time to come.
And already We see 10 this national strup.
gle, the intellectual life OF The nation 10 slim
uiased. The currents Of thought, while they
rash more fssioosly through tho brain and
heart OF society, reach end circulate 10 the
more torpid and sluggish extrsmities. The
mind Of the nation Is reversed az never be-
fore since The days Of sc. From the sea.
board 70 the Rocky Mountains, and on to
tho Pacific, every mothers son and dauph.e,
waits to hear the news, and II unable TO read
pants to possess the key Of knowledge. And
though the schoolmnster may, Just now
eeve taken up the muskst or The pillow, there
10 preparing an increased demand for, and
truer valuation Of bis services.
Bet the muscular, animal life Of the ma
aon 70 about to reap still lager benefit
Muscle has been under par. Brain has bees
appreciated. Americans were losing sish,
OF the idea that brain and stomach and mus.
ole are kind OF trinity Of manhood that no
man 10 a complete man without them ALL,
They we're overlooking the fact that human
osvai'er cannot make long fcsnpaign ia
TINS lie without good horse, we'll cared
Tor, under him, and that powerfu ma chinery
VII not work we'll and long IN poor frail
/, eolncc. Labor, actual muscular toll, the
only possible road to muscular development.
and physical manhood, Vas uneenteeI and
unpopular. Soft feminine hands, q pale in.
3 seiieotual risage, an etherealised, shade ~
human outline, scarcely casting . shadow in
the sunshine, Was becoming the accepted
pattern OF man. In door avocstions. and
sedensAry FRAMEWORK, were the only thing
proper for gentleman. With the ladies
we intend, Of course, pothing disrespectful
-. &C.. =. sacaad, .ana4a, wetkies isaiyiaS
~, an actual laborer, man Of wsll.tilled
serss ADD well-knt muscles, was altog ether
Out OF caste j; while your dapper young gem.
compound Of fine broad. cloth, spindlinr
anatomy, nesgre muscle, and feminine sem
oiance, whose nsnliness consisted solely In
cloth pantsioens and an elegsns moussache
shis vas their ideal man and hero. But war
- ohapging the programme. Muscle and
pbysical manhood, power Of bodily labor
snd end urapoe, these, rs essential elements
OF the soldier, have risen in market, while
masculine efhminscy il below par asd fall
ing. Hence, greater popularity await,
al those athletic sports, and muscle making
avesstiens, which revive and msiptaia IN.
tion'r physical strength, and underlis il.
hope OF any and every kind Of progress. Il
will be no ,rifing bene6:, IL this var belp ID
arrest the physical degenerssy Of our native
population. and to bring into higher and
jusssr estimation, physical power, develop.
ment, and maniiness.
10 still another way the nation will rear
advantage. The tbroes Of an insect are the
natural process by which 1t bursts from It,
lower life into higher and more perfect ex
isteDce. A fever, to diseased man Of great
vitality. IL the struggle and often the Fri
umpb OF the vital principle, overcoming the
disease, and the man rises to more perfect
and vigorous health. And wsr, like tina,
We are nov wsgiDg, il means in our bis
eory to . stronger and truer national life
Every voluntarily united nation has crystal
tssd around some great truth or idea. A
tr0e nationality 10 always animated BY some
grand vital principle. 10 our country, this
ides and principle il the right Of oonstitu-
tioDal majority Of free people to govern
she country 10 constitutional way. Agains.
shis right and principle there has risen up q
minority, . 'slsvebolding olgarchy"-as
Rnsssll ealIs thoh-which, usurping all pow
Or and crashing down all liberty At home,
seeks to subvsrt the rule OF constitutions
nsjoFity, BY secession, rebellion and war
The vital principle Of our national life ID