The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-20

ternine on what principles it shall be con-
Quoted. And well and faithfully have
the last Congress performed their duty
in this respect. Let, therefore, the young
man who is anxious to assist the govern
ment in its hour of peril, 20 boldly forth
to the field no danger that he will have
his life worked out in malarious swamps,
while acclimated tegrocs are on hand
ready to perform that labor Such help
will no longer be refused lest such en-
ployn.eht oil it be disiasteful to the south
ern aristocracy. He need no longer fear
that his noble calling as soldier will be
degraded TO the catching of negroes for
nabobs, that they may with greater sccu,
rity devote themselves to fighting US in
the field. The property of these aristo-
Gratis now stands condemned and forfeited
to the United States.
These things, now, are put under the
stern guardianship of legislation, and they
are fixed laws of The land, no longer su =
ject to be modified by Generals or Prcsi-
dent. Also The san.c class of men are by
the same high power decreed to be free.
Therefore, at length we have policy that
there is no power short of that of Con-
gress can set aside. | have no doubt it
will be the pleasure of the President, as
it will be his stern duty, to see that these
| laws are executed to the letter But
whether il is his pleasure or not, there ID
no dispensing power under our institu-
tions. and every magistrate who is charg.
ed with the execution of the law must
answer at his peril.
War, then, Is now to commence IN earn
est, and it will be found tina. the REBEL
will go down before the stern power oi
the general government. bow having .
policy and bent upon the destruction OF
its adversary, like infancy in the hands
of giant One thing more We may be
compelled to, before the controversy shall
finally end, the announcement Of the great
truth whose moral power would be great
er than that of 30O, 900 men, and | hope
I il may be borne upon the bayonets Of cul
| soldiers as they march, and constitute
their bsttlecry when they encounter the
foe. tha. is, /" Liberty and protection to al
men who sustain the institutions of Wash.
ington and the fathers of the Constitution,
and death and destruction to all who seek
i their overthrow
Therefore, with one accord, let US "pro-
| claim liberty throughout the land. to all
the Inhabitants thereof" and thus, hav.
ing placed the Almighty uumistakably up,
| on our side, let US 20 forth 10 execute se-
we're and speedy judgment on all those
miscreants who would destroy the only
free and equitable government on the face
| of the earth, that they may erect fright
ful desl otism upon IFS ruins, and then let
us have sharp eye for the sympathisine
dcspots abroad, who Lave shown Tint tur
safety can consist only in then run. / e
government will surely triumph osri IA
its, foes, and, divested of all ti.-t weight
of iniquity which has been our humllla-
tion at home and scandal abroad. will rise
from then troubles, like the tabled Pho.
nix, thousand times more powerful and
glorious tl.an before. Whatever young
man shall fail to participate actively in
this controversy, will have cause TO regre,
it to the last day of his lille, as such op
portunilies only come with centuries.
Very truly yours, b. +. WADE.