The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-03-17
From tho second Iowa.


FogT DosELsoS. Tenn, . p. M, March s.
Mn. Enron - Things tn this region nro very
quiet At present Troops are leaving daily for
hare gone 70 Fort Henry, thence trumor says) 70
be transported to Fiorencs, HlabamA- Our Brig
ade tLauman d y under sAarching orders, TO leave
tomorrow for tho Tsunsssss River.
The Cumberland Is vssy high and stiil rising.
About twenty steamers Per day, loaded with troops,
have passed up during the week. Everybody
thinks that something ia 70 b done shortly, though
all il conjecture a. to where the blow will fall.
Tbs large gups horn afe lAing dismountsd, and
the ammunition in the magazines carried out The
Fort will probably be abandoned. 1t Isl useless TO
keep troops here. ihe gsnboats will keep the
river open, like the Tennessecans, so far a. i
have been able to get acquainted with them, very
much. They are kind and afable, but very igno-
rant. ALAS p said one OF them, in speaking Of
the vast amount ofintelligene in the army, "Aas y
said he, with sigh, "yoa have free schools. -
"Ycs,' said !, "and trust my friend that before
many years youtoo will have free schools" "TAis
does mot look much like it," said he. l told him
that some great purihors--this
phatiealIy 10; that could calculate the in
Vulnerable advantages that would certainly aow
from it, / then went on 10 explain 10 him how
the entire Southern portion of the country had be-
come brutalired by slavcry--a system at war with
every principle Of justice; how it had corrupted
and debauched public opinion at the North and
rent asnnder every thing j. touched; how inconss-
tent il was To send missionaries abroad to educate
and chrstianizs the most degraded heather, Whit
the laws Of our own State forbade even the educa-
ton Of portion Of their inhabitants, and denied
them tho least recompense for their labors. He
acknowledged IT was wrong, but said the Institu-
ton upon them, and not how to escape
from it. ! told him this war was not aganYt
Slavery direct; that public opinion u this North
waa too grsstiy dehaached saa snefvAtsd by the
sophisms u political hacks aud pro-slavery pr.
rsrs4rs (not expounAersl Of serptnre to strike d.
rsety 1t II tha, !. would be killed. out under The
nane Of seeesss., not insanty psrhsps, bnt ev MT
ually esrtAiuly, and that the next generates would
b. asaa~sd OF their ia1hers becasse they had not
ling befsss sasiaken Il down. HI then nd that
g ID nj ut - ffAe nagroeal It tbs North,
the Aboiftfonists whom be had been led 10 believe
we're compound Of everything that is vile and
| unsarthly) and that there would be no safety in
the South II they free. "Ah, my friend" said
n perceive You have never bestowed much
thought upon this subject Henry Clay, whom
most Of you loved, wished it abolished il only be-
| ing question Of time with him told him that
the Eternal God was the most terrible Of Abolition
lists, shown by the rescue Of the Hebrews
from Egyptian bondage, and that most certainly
believed tina, that God had suffered our present
troubles 10 come upon punishment for, and
TO hasten the overthrow Of this cur great National
sin tina, tho barbarous systsm of selling the bus
band from the wife, and the parent from his child
would cease that,perni,tcd to have his little
cabin, and keep bis family together and paid
| small sum for his labors, the negro would do him
far more labor, las proved by the twenty odd
our Regiment have under the pay system,) and
would stick closely to the old homestead for no
race has larger home faculties .'Then." said T.
there will be no bone Of contention between u.s.
and will oil he friends again bat long as this
system exists. civilization viii war upon it, hu-
manity will cry out against IT, and you win have
continual trouble" CLEAN of light seemed to
break in upon his mind, and slight pallor gath
cred upon his countenance he turned to me In
the kindest manner and said "You may be right,
you may be right my friend This man was
Shareholder
was much amused at the reply Secesh Order
ly, In Tennessee regiment, gave little Captain
in our Regiment who tried to ingratate himself
by raging If he thought this was to put down
Slavery Old Lincoln might have his sword. The
Order ~ replied that he thought Slavery great
evil, and that circumstances had forced him into
arms against the Government couple of others
at ST. Louis said that some Of cur officers talked
Secession sentiments. On being asked what they
said replied that the officers said they would break
their swords before they would fight in war to
crush Slavery. What viii some Of the poor,
whining sycophants in Iowa, the Fort Mad
son Plaindealer, for instance, COPY of which
I saw lately, think of this. Secession is the To-
gtimate fruit of Slavery, and as long the latter
exists in the land the country will be in danger
from the former Then why do these miserable
Hermaphrodites whineand growl at those who wish
to sec the cause removed as soon as possible
Why don't they, like the notorious Jones Family,
come South If they wish give substantial aid to
the enemy / think If they were arrayed in ranks
against me, that could shoot them with far differ
ent feelings from those have in shooting the poor
Tennessecnns who don't know any better.
Some think the war win speedily close. / hope
and pray not until the Cotton States which first
went out and drove out the Border States may es
perence the effects Of devastating army 1t is
wrong that the Border States should suffer all.
III. s.
The Here ~ Manassas.