The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-03-28

for thirty years, and you have now REBEL
cd and driven them out. Applause.
Thus you are rebel camp. The ques-
| ton Of the hour is whether you have the
ability-whethsr you have the knowledge
of Government-whichw will enable you
to take the helm
The first line Of the Presidents Mess
age recognizes the crisis. 1t says in eff
feet: Gentlemen of the Border States,
release your slaves; we will pay you for
them. The Constitution, in peace, gives
him no warrant; the Constitution in war
gives him absolute warrant. even to pour
out the Treasury of the United States at
the feet of Kentucky. He recognizes
| the fact that in war the Constitution is
the root of the power of Government,
but that its branches spread beyond all
constitutional limits. That when the
emergency Of the State requires it he can
do anything. He can interfere with
sfavery to any extent. He can trample
it under his feet, or he can put it out.
The President in his message has OPP
ened the door Of emancipation a foot, and
if he hold out and continues in the right,
soon / will be able to drive right through,
with a coach and six, and William Lloyd
Garrison as driver. That is, the Presi-
dent recognizes what l believe to be the
constitutional right of the Government, to
do anything to save the State He re-
cognizes the right to throw cargo over
board to save the ship. In other words,
it was heretofore believed that he hadn't
emigrated from Kentucky, that he hadn't
got his eyes opened yet, and wider than
would enable him to see the limits Of the
State of Kentucky alone. The message
proves that he takes in the whole Union,
and he sees the necessity of the hour. In
other words, be lays himself open to the
suspicion of saying: "Gentlemen it may
be possible that We cannot conquer with
the cannon. we shall have TO conquer
with emancipation applause j and 1,
Abraham Llncoln, announce that if that
exigency comes upon me | am ready to
adopt it." (Applause.) He treads as far
on the thin ice as he darcs to- Let us
assure him that the ice is thick, and bid
him go ahead. have travelled through
the cities of the North, and find there is
from Democrat, from 0ld-Line- Wing,
from Bell and Everett, and from Repub.
licsns, the same welcome of the Presi-
dents Message.
| value tie message, not because Mr..
Abraham Lincoln speaks, for he can
neither preserve slavery or kill it. 1t does
not lie in the power of any single ind-
vidual TO do either 1t lies in the Gov
eminent, in the public. He is nothing
without the approval and support of the
public. What desire is, to impress you
with deep conviction of the response
bility which rests upon you as a part of
the 10, 000,O00 You cannot expect the
President to do this work alone. We are
his right hand and his left How much
will you do? He has come out from the
Cabinet and held out his hand. To how
much will the people respond ? /, for one,
say, $50 on, old man, am with you
THE SCHEME OF TUE SHAREHOLDERS.
1t was originally designed by the rebel
leaders to be in Washington about the 4th
of March, in order to prevent the inaugu.
ration Of Lincoln, to be President of the
United States, and to claim recognition
as such. Their object was not to dissolve
the Union, but to control it To leave
our little New England out in the cold,
and to mold the rest of the Union SO as to
protect the institution of slavery.
When Kentucky and Tennessee said,
We would like to 60 North, what did
Davis say Why, you can't go; we want
you What is this an exhibition of?
Why, of their so called State sovereign
/ y. If South Carolina has right to go
South, why has notKentucky right to 60
North !? But the real meaning is. that they
were trying to fortify an idea-trying to
defend an institution; they wanted that
power, and Kentucky couldn't go. Be
lieve me. this is not secession movement
but conspiracy.
THE GREAT ISSUE OF THE DAY.
What believe is on trial to-day is the
effort of our fathers TO have aristocracy
and democracy dwell together 10 the I'm
tied States. | believe they tried TO mold
into one democracy an alien institution,
and, for one, thank God that 1861 comes
up to the record and says it is failure
(appAuse that the slave clauses of the
Constitution are buried beyond resurrec-
| tion- I do net balieye, however, that it
is an experiment, / believe it is done aud
settled. And il seems to me, as slavery
began this WARRIOR without slavery it
could never have been-thc Government
has right, through the rebellion. to
smite slavery to the dust. / want il done.
] don't care what is the method. Loud
applause.)
thank God, he created Beauregard,
(if he did. I thank every South Carol
inian who has como up to the southern
bank Of the Potomac, because, in my
view. they have given the Government .