The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-06-17
.sRerfiAsSus Texas.

MRssRs EDTToRs;--In yeur issue Of the
4th instant, in an able editorial, entitled
1.-The Permanent Restoration Of the
Union, Gnd the following language
used in reference TO my adopted State:
land Teridipus Texas With he,
237 ,594 square fnslss OF territory, larger
than FIance, is it sssllys fatal and ine-
1dicsbie Mischief. that doubtful ma.
jority Of the 42l All white people, which
she bad by the census of 1860. are, in
noeulated with bad political notions and
bad political passionsy Is statesmanship
70 clean gone from this age aud country,
is the domination 80 complete of little
men, stuck in the rut of reconstructing
an efIete society. beyond which they can
see nothing, that tie case Of Texas is To be
given up as hopeless. In truth, it can
scarcely be said TO require wisdom, or
anything more than an abstinence from
acts Of absolute folly, TO make that mag
nifcent region not merely loyal itself, but
the guarantor and buttress OF the loyalty
OF the whole Southwest"
l. is not my purpose to defend the
State from the charge Of perfdy, for the
evidence is too positive and yoluminous,
admitting Of no other verdict than guilty.
deserving prompt and terrible punish
ment.
Texas, however, d not stamped with
that loathsome depravity, which marks
South Carolina, tho source Of all Ameri-
can maladies and national psstilsnoss. -
In Texas there has always been = smaior.
ity of Unien men; many OF them being
Internationally 50. which is rare ele-
ment.in tho land Of rebellion. Had Gen.
Twipgs delivered the military force In
der him 70 the Union men in Tsxss as
he promised, the Lone Star would vet
have been in the galaxy, Of which she was
formerly not the dimmest and SO soor,
as the GoveyAsnent can Agiv4 tie suffering
people Of that section ten Thousand men.
she will inStan1l5 Saisel The Did banner
aud pAssh shok 10 her ffst lese--thc
GoysEnnenta Of the United States.
Texas is popalAtsd With emigrants
from every chime snd OF every tongue, .
1najonty Of whom are heart and soul op-
posed 70 slavery, and especially slavery
which chsins the liberty Of vhita man,
and only allows them to speak when they
speak ior treason, and elamor for the pow
ers ofthe throne. Texas is destined "a
be among the FIRST Of the States that will
shake of the manacles, disenthrall hei
people and spread the banner of freedom
over her empire Of 337 ,504 square miles
of'territory. a'
Last winter contest arose in the Leg
islatprH concerning the apportionment lsv
Of 1860, which gave Northern Texas
majority IN both branches Of the I1eesla
ture, and who have always been nndel
the ban st sHsploisu, when sheir iuyait,
to slavery has come in question. -
The slave power of the 6tate. confinsi
to the Southern part. iptrqdpced !. ,bil
providing for Acha1es idthe NV by xhici
apportionments were msds,saakiag ssprs
sentation IN the basis of taxation, and NJ
population. The slaveholdefs said she,
paid the taxes, and that, they must hay,
the, power Of controAisgt % sfairs o
State. 6uch aconteAt VA never witaess
cd within the halls 81 the Capitol. Til,
slave tyranss frothed and fnned. ans
thrsatsasd; until bloodahed seemed ineY