The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-01-27
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depression from the positions which it
formerly held 1t has, also, in great
degree, lost its hold upon Northern poll.
tics and society. Once it had in the
North an immense army of editors, poll
ticians, doughfaces, including clergymep,
benevolent societies and Christian de-
nominations, who obeycd its behests and
trembled at its paroxysms OF wrath, and
were ready, at all times and before all the
world. to defend the system morally,
scripturally, historically, e,hnologically,
caniologically, politically, commercially,
phiiosophically-ready to show to dem
onstration, on the one hand that the curse
OF Noah upon Canaan contemplated the
everlasting servitude of the African race
in this country, that the DEGREES Of Provi-
ience necessitated 1t and the laws Of Mo-
ses justified it, and that therefore Slavery,
was Christian institution; and, on the
other, that the negroes were not real human
beings at all, but only cattle of the mon
key genus and therefore lawful merchan.
disc, (by the way, the only logical conelu-
sions FROM the assumed justice of Slavery
and, lastly, that if the negro was a hu-
man being and not baboob, his enslave-
men. was according to the Constitution
and the Dred Scott decision and there
fore justi6able, not to speak of other
"hideous monstrosities of iogic" achieved
by the degraded lickspittle Of the insti.u-
ton, 4Now where are its chivalrous de-
tenders of former days. Where the pow
crful party that once obeyed its nod Z
Where the valorous editors and preachers
who once wallowed in the ditch for the
sake of its favers Its few friends in Con-
gress and out are enough 10 ruin any in
stituton. 1t no longer represents the
nation in foreign courts, and its only rep
resentatives abroad are worthy children
of their mothers, serpent brood Of SER
pent stock. unmitigated scoundrels whom
The country disowns, and all true men
look upon as the disgrace of their name
and age. 1t is no longer all-powerful in
commerce but has thrown up the business
of money making, and is now handing
over to other communities hundreds of
millions 10 compel their cultivation OF
cotton and thus dry up the great source
Of its wealth and power. Moreover, it
has done the country the service Of call
ing into being an Administration which
does not stknewledge its supremacy, and
which it is compelling to use the powers
of the Government against the accursed
system itself. Finally, il has turned the
guns Of rebellion and treason against it,
own "powder magazine and We now wit
ness the edifying spectacle of the insan,
rebels, uncons ciously but hopelessly blaz
ing away with mortar and columbiad q,
the foundation Of their system and blow.
ing 10 pieces 'the corner stone of The
: highest civilization
1t Is unnecessary to go into details |,
rs clear that, from The first. Slavery ha.
been working on, step by step, towards
extinction. The end Of this process mus,
inevitably be reached sooner or later
This no one can doubt. There ID no oc.
casion for anxiety as to the issue Of the
struggle now going on. Ii the Govern.
meni triumphs, as it must. Slavery mus,
b. e1tingaished as the fnal result
Crushing out the Slavery rebellion will
re ult in crushing out slavery itself
Thus issue appears to us not only exceed
DINGHY to be desired, but absolutel,
necessary to the well-being of the nation
II therefore slavery perishes in the pro,
gress OF the war, BY all means let it perish
Let no one think of taking measures 70,
peserying the cancerous excrescence O,
the nation. The thing can not be done
The knife is already doing its work, ane
let It comfort timid souls that the work !,
likely to be carried forward and finished
with the Constitutional knife, operated b,
the army OF SIX hundred thousand, ae
eording TO the rules Of orthodox poli,ica
surgery. Save the nation and Govern
ment, We say, BY all means, and if doin,
this uproots aad extermiuat4s the cancer
as 10 ali probability it will, all the better
Who Will have any reason TO complaint
" bat aa isnhecile Is the man who fear
and deprccates such result What al
unauthorized fnoi the man ubo x,o,,l3 IL .