The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-12-08

Of soldiers md sailors To man them. Who
thea would escape taxationy Who's
pockets wonld then be bcy ond the, reach
of the cdIecfor? And in sst sItion N all
chs, each Stat or associatinnSof HhtcA
| wpuia ~. sompelied to estabiish for hsslf
system Of foreign relations and diplen-
attic service, crowding the capitals on this
continent and the Courts of Europe at an
enormous expense, with third rate dema-
gogne ministers to keep up the semblance
Of sovereignty and independence. What
advantage could be gained by change
| to such a system Of small republics Alb
solutely nothing, but loss too great to
be at present computed.
"All the causes OF war usual among ma
lions would be multiplied here 10 exact
proportion TO the number OF the parties
interested, and no amount of industry or
| commerce could stand the exactions of
such internal wars. Ii we take the col
of Notifications, ornaments, navies, sea-
men and soldiers, which each new frag-
mentary republic shou'd lave to provide,
| we will find the sum total 80 vast as to
exceed the actual resources of the States
for generations to come. Indeed the gums
We are spending 10 put down this rebel
lion are nothing 10 comparison with those
which the new republics would have to
expend for .elf-defsnse if not for existence
itself Let us illustrate by an example.
Holland, or the Netherlands, has popu-
lstion of about two millions and halt, .
million or SO less than the State of New
York, but Its area is only abost one quar-
ter as great. Ii there is = country 10 the
world which deserves to be prosperous it
is Holland, noted for her bravery, her per-
severing industry, and her love of liberty.
Yet she has ever been the victim of am
bilious powers. Disseminated alike by
the ruthless Spaniards and the insurrec-
tion.ry French, she still staggcrs along
under debt of 500, goo 900, absolute
Iy the price of her efforts to maintain her
national life. Whist would Delaware, or
New Jersey. or Rhode Island, or any 9TH
er of the small States, with an area of less
than eleven thousand square miles, that
being the extent of the country Of the
Netherlands, what would they do with a
future debt of four hundred millions p
What would even our great Empire State
u with such debt, when ii -r ans un-
der one for thirty millions incnnrl for
public improvements, now making The
richest returns TO the treasury.
"But it may be said the separation Of
the Southern States viii not lead 10 any
divisions. He 10 no statesman who says
this. If the Southern States hold the
Gulf of Mexico as their share of the
plumber of our nationality, they hold the
navigation of the Mississippi, the Mis-
sourI, all their tributaries east and west,
and will even lap tbe Pacific Railroad it.
self The a.stern and northwestern
States will be compelled to form treaties
| for their own protection. with the soust.
ern Safes, to which New England eau
have no claim to be party, and against
which she will have no right to interfere.
"The day will come when divisions be-
tween the Eastern and Western States
will arise on various questions. perhaps
peculiar to New England, VIII New
York consent to pay bounty to the fish
ermen Of Cape Cod p
The InAtnn Massacres In Minnesota.
We make the following extract from
the abstract of the report ofthe Secretary
of the Interior
The report recites that most Of the Indi-
an tribes with which treaties have been
made excepting the tribes in Kansas J
have manifested q restless and turbulent
spirit, developed. in many instances, into
open hostilities.
The Indian county south OF Kansas. in
habitsd by the Cherokees, Chickauws,
Choctaws, and Seminoles, was occupied
by the insurgents very soon after the
commencement of the war. The Indians,
overawed by strong military force in
their midst, and seeing no prospect of aid
or protection from the troops of the Un-
tied States, renounced their allegiance to
| the Federal government. and made treaties
with the insurgent government. A large
number of the Indians were organized in-
to regiments and placed in the insurgent
army. A portion of them, who refused
to participate in this insurrectionary move
ment, attempted to resist it by force, but,
after two or three engagements, we're
driven from the country. About 1000,
including woman and children, fled 70
Kansas, and after great suffering were
saved from starvation by the Indian Bu-
/ reau. During the last Spring three regi-
nenss of the refugee Indians we're organ
lied under the directions of the War De-
partment, with the expectation that they
would be sent to the Indian country, and
be aided by such additional forces as
| would be sufficient to protect them in