The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-12-22
THE GATE CITY
HOND4T ], DECEMBER ~.


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the Yorkshire Eng, Gazette, containing
m editorial on the famous topic Ameri
ca, q column and half in length, which
betrays more ignorance in regard Il
American affairs than any habitualfy hall
starved operative ought to be guilty of,
and tells more lies thxnihe London Times
could well Invent.
1t commences BY saying that the author
tiles Of Kentucky are instituting proceed
ings which are the "yaunt courier" what
French y of declaration of secession by
that State and Tennessee. It states that
our reverses were attributable to our
''cruelty. dishonesty and thirst for blood"
and that victory left US when we "adopt.
ed con6scation. and appAuded Butler in
treating New Orleans ~ town Of pros
titutss and serfs" These assumed facts
exhibit profound knowledge of the deal
ings of providence with wicked and per-
verse generation. The barbarism of sla-
very, and the notorious ANAL gamation OF
the white and black races in the Southern
States, are silently ignored by this very
modest and impartial sheet. 1t then goes
on to prophecy that all the Border South
ern States will join Seceasia md We shall
be obliged TO 4givc up the infamous con-
test and spend the next fifty years in re-
deeming its consequence What )
glorious consunnatiou for English man
ufacturers, and johnny Buil in general
The conclusion Of the whole matter
thereupon becomes plain. "Surely," it
says, it is now time for NE to acknowl-
edge the Southern Confederacy and it
shows the tip Of the claw Of the lion by
subjoining with whom we hope soon to
have close relations Of trade and amity.,'.
1t then shows its humanity and big
soul-edness BY stating that England should
acknowledge the independence Of the
South, not solely for Lancashire but !" for
the sake OF Lancashire and the Americans
both North and South" sea
1t not only possesses prophetic ken,
but draws its conclusions from stubborn
facts aud inevitable history. 1t says:
Let us briefly review the past. Ate,
a tediously protracted war Of eighteen
months, the Federal Government have
failed in making the slightest impression
on their resolute opponents.
This thing of impenetnbiliiy of the
Confederacy will be news to most per-
sons who have kept up with the history of
the war. 1t is known that the long ma
tured plans Of the rebels, The robbery of
Government arms, and the scattering of
our meagre Government forces to the four
corners of the earth, gave the South in
the onset great advantage in military
point of view over the North. But in
how short time did the thousands of the
Northern sons Of liberty rally to the de-
fence of the Government A navy was
built In an almost incredibly short length
of time. which even now bids fair to rob
old England of her proud title Of Mistress
OF the Seas" Let us see now If any s.im-
preston" has been made. The Border
Slave States which we're rampant with
treason are preserved by military force
The whole sea and gulf coast from Balti-
more to Galveston, with . very few ex-
ceptlons are at the mercy and in the DOW.
er Of the navy. A large number of forts
stolen from the Government, have been
retaken. Our armies in the West have
penetrated the very heart of that part Of
Sscessia lying 10 the Mississippi Valley
and along the Gulf of Mexico. Our gun.
boats have "cleaned out" nearly all the
nayigable rivers, while the rebels have
been cut off from all commercial counec.
ton with the rest Of the world and re-
duced to the greatest vaat. We have IN
impression that the rebels and one other
nation, at least, have been !" impressed !"
with the power of the Government. ts
The article next goes o. to show, In AZ
exaggerated manner. how much grest~
were the strength and the resource. OF
the North over the South. As an in.
stance, showing its acquaintance with
American statistics, it says:
Numerically, the population of the
south stood To that Of the North, in the
relation Of one to Eve.
Really, if all its assumptions were true,
its deduction of Norther ;n,hac;h,,, T.