The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-08-04
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The following is the conclusion of !
communication for the papers over tho
signature Of Lsonidas Metcalfe, SON Of
the famous old stone Hammer Mctcalfs Of
164O fame.
That spirit of fillibustering and robbinp
of our neighbors was urged on by the
same party, who now sympathise with the
rebels, and are now, making war on our
country, and a year ago you could hear
nothing else but niger, niger. They
made war uron nnf own country az un-
Justly IS they did upon Cuba and for the
same purpose, TO conquer balance Of
power Tor the negro owner, and ct time
when their negro property was protected
by the strongest laws that could be de-
vised, and when no one was disturbing
their rights III the negro or any other
property. Now some Of the same men
who were foremost in the negro cry are
trying to deny that niger has anything
to do With this war. Don't let them slip
out in that way. Can't you all remember
one year back ? Can they now make you
believe that you were asleep, and dreamed
al that! Ifhere had been no niger, d.ere
tconfd hare been no uar. Niger has been
the pretext TO ride into Office on for long
years. They have cried nigger and Abo-
litionist ever since / can remember. 70
carry any point. and the same cry was
gotten up this time to create war.
Thirty years ago they attempted to get
up = war upon the tariff, but the public
pulse would NOT ribiatc to that call. But
now they want a war, and all they have
70 do is to cry out, 'Nigger in DANGER
and just see what terrible conflict fol-
lows. In the face Of Ill this, will any
sane man believe the negro had nothing
to do with the warf Nov, fellow citi-
Gems, which 10 the best for us--shall We
60 on destroying our own race, killing,
staying, devastating; or shall We remove
the cause Of the war and quit this wicked
work, and return to the pursuits of peace
and pleasure, and meet again in quiet our
dear ones at home. sweet home? All.
but they tell you that it 10 better for the
negro that he remain as he is. Well, I
grant ii; butts itbstter for usg Had we
better do that which l. better for ufseor
that which is better for the negroi Isit
al tae aim and object Of our lives to take
Gars of the negro? Must the peace 81
Sally and the children, their welfare and
their happiness be sacrificed, they turned
loose, widowed and impov erished orphans,
that it may be better for the negrog-
Twenty thousand Of our own race were
killed the other day at Richmond, and .
hundred thousand more have died and
been slain in this war. Weeping and
mourning now 6h your land--what for?-
IN order that it may be better for the
negro. You arc NOT called upon to sacri-
fce anything, You are not asked to rive
them away, but " take INA pay Tor them.
They are Of no profit to us in Kentucky.
The money they would bring-yes. Tie
interest on twill do more labor than
they do. We loose nothing BY the sale !;
then, Why not remove the cause of the
quarrel and quit killing one another /? n.
was born : slave owner, and am now
slave owner, and hare been = pro-slayerv
man until SEQ plainly that my country
is in. danger from that institution. NJ
country first. !, for one, an wiling u
sacrifice my negroes without compsnsa.