The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-23

For two months or more Clagctt's Con-
stitution has abounded in daily fulmina-
lions OF abuse OF the editor of the Gate
City, and other Republicans whom he
chose To designate as ultra anti-slavery
men. He has charged the editor Of the
Gate City scores of times, rs an Adolf
zionist, the leader Of the Abolitionists, as
an amalgamationist, in favor of negro
equality, politically and socially, and has
even tried to make his readers believe
that the editor of the Gate City had hor-
rible penchant for kissing his colored
brethren and sisters.
1t seems now that he has exhausted his
powers OF invention and vituperation in
that direction. and yesterday lie took an.
other tack. He now charges us with
hypocrisy, with opposition to negro suf-
frage, with denying them political and social
rights and equality with white men. He
distinctly makes it a matter of complaint
against us personally, that we are not
practically an amalgamationist, nor an ad-
vocate of political or social equality of
negroes and white men We clip one par.
agraph from ciagett's editorial in which
he gives the lie to hundred Trades of
personal abuse which he has Illuminated
against US:
II the negro is The white mans eovai and IL am
BODIED within the words Of the Declaration OF indie.
penaenee, why did not you, James b Howell vote 10
strike the word white" ousof eur Con stitution ma
giye him equal political rights with The white citizen
~ Tue negro and the white man Of one nesh why
DO you refuse TO Associaie with him the family cir
eF II Is no excuse for You 10 say you have right
70 enoo.e yonr xsseciaiss We know certain coloTed
ste tn th- ey tn of food moral character and
as well educated yourself hut we do moi 0ud you
airing VI your protested principles towards them
either OF political social rights why do YOU moi
do unto these people you would have them do un 10
Fou' Why proscribs them on account Of color alone
Asto this new charge that Clagett makes,
we have simply to say, that when we in
est that every human being has an equal
right to liberty, to seek his own welfare
and to enjoy the fruits Of his own labor
with ourself, it don't follow that we there.
BY bind ourself to vote with, sleep with,
or eat with every such human being. 1t
does not follow because we believe that il
is wrong to hold certain human beings in
slavery, that we should therefore hold It
right tina. such human being should mar
~ into our family, or the families of our
friends. Equality of national, inherent,
tod-glren rights, does not imply eouali-
y in physical and mental capacities and
sndowments, nor political and social rights
or position. But the very fact that God
has endowed all men with certain eouaIi-
~ of rights, while he has made men to diff
ter in every other respect, furnishes a
natural basis for the absolute eaqul rights
and the unequal privileges and distinc-
tons which are visible in the social and
political world. God endows men with
d'rerse gifts in the world As well as in
the church, and the depelepement of these
differing capacities and natures, under
favorable or unfayorable outward coudi-
tons, tends to produce diversities in in
dlvlduals In communities and in races Of
mankind. Out of these differences spring
many political and social distinctions.
walch are more or less cherished by diff.
ferent nationalities by custom and preiu-
dice. How far these distinctions of 90.
,t'cal and social privilege may be RICH. or
wrong, is not now question Of pressing
Importance The great work required by
the Almighty Of this nation, is to yindi-
cate his primal law of human liberty and
safys II