The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-12-19
THE GATE CITY.
KEO II X:
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10.
- The gist of all our recent national

partially CLEANED from the above extract
That is, q set of men in the North, have
assumed for themselves that they are the
peculiar instruments OF the Lord, through
when Gods will is to be executed in
Kidding the country Of the sin Of slavery,
having in their van minds at least, FIRST
determined and settled the question that
African slavery in the United States is
the greatest OF all sins, and the mort ac-
cursed of all evils on Gods footstool.-
keokuk Constitution.
That seems to us a very shallow view
OF the question. 1t strikes us that the
war grows out Of slavery itself, out of the
violation of the laws of God and the rights
of man inherent in the slave system
The laws of God either natural or NOR
nj cannot be violated with impunity.-
Disturbance and calamity, retribution and
suffering result as natural and inevitable
consequences, from the violation of these
laws. Slavery, while it degrades the
blacks demoralizes the whites, renders
them selfish, proud, ambitious and re-
CARELESS of the rights of others. In the
place of the law of the land, the will of
the STAKEHOLDER and the interests Of his
class become his sole rule of action. The
system Of slavery is at war with the prin-
ciples Of freedom, t is felt to be so by the
shareholders, and In their hatred and fear
of the masses Of the people, the ssmud-
sllis" of society, they seek to establish an
independent oligarchy Of shareholders,
based on the g corner stone" of slavery,
and removed from the influence and con.
troll Of the popular elections, where the
"mud sills = are ever on the side of free
dom and democracy.
The slave oligarchy attempted to estab-
lish its independence thirty years ago, BY
the nullifcation revolt. Fooled in that, a.
predicted by Gen. Jackson, they rallied
in an effort to unite the South and FIRE
the Southern heart on the negro qus-
ton. And again ten yearsago they strove
under JEFF Davis, their present leader, To
organize rebellion of the Cotton States
on the California question And having
been circumvented second time, their
third attempt on the Kansas question was
met by an organization of the Republic
can party, whose real and declared aim and
purpose vas simply to prevent the extern
sion of the curse and blight of slavery,
over the free territories of the Union.
This reasonable and revolutionary
slave oligarchy seized upon,the fact of the
success Of the Republican party, by a
constitutional election, to repudiate the
Constitution and the Union and to de-
clare their independence and establish a
slaveholding empire.
That the views of the Republican par
ty were no ways new, peculiar or fanatic
al may be made clear to the dullest CON-
prehension. They are in consonance
with the sentiments of modern christen
dom, and are sanctioned by the recorded
opinions of the best and most enlighten-
men Of our country as well as 10 Europe,
and by men of the South as well as Of The
North. In proof of the positions taken
in the above brief editorial remarks
We quote some of the most dis
7shed men of America.
Rennh,. ell known that the position of the
,ansio, - - party in opposition to the e1.
EIDE. = Was based on the prec.
from 81 ~. the ordnance --,na,nc shaver,
from the northwestern terTitooff, ~,
early days of the Republic, and the fro
quent application of the same propisio
In the admission of new States since
Daniel Webster. Henry Clay and Thorn
as Il. Benton, within dozen years pas,
expressly and emphatically declared tha
they never would, under any circumstau
We 49, for the ADMISSION or slavery n,
territory free Som the curse. The p.
publican party held IT,. they and N
Fathers ofthe Republic were rle,.. ~
followed in their footsteps.
ooi. Mason, one Of the distinguish
men Of the Revolution, and member
The constitutional Convention, from Vi;
glnia, said
States spne question not the import,
and manufactures The poor d1s.,s T Hsaa
whites. shp slaves They p,evssf e eniSra,ion =
Thev nroane 49, enrich and strengthen : count ;
49, Saas we most perhicious eject on r.nna
sslns Trr % slaves born petty ,yran tn,
As nations cafInot be rev saa .Avkh on couhrR
world they must be 10 MAS. f Nv ~ 20 .ne ne
tsa.as ~ Causes AAs EFFECTS, rRoy1ns.r. -