The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-05-24

hmeTtcAn commerce ana War.
AS successive mails reach our shores
from the American continent, we Deek
anxiousiy for symptoms Of the termina.
ton, or At least Of the beginning of the
end of that great quarrel which has pu,
republican institutions on their trial, and
caused . fearful amount Of misery in our
own Industrial ranks Of one thing we
may be certain, and that is, that society
based upon the brutal and brutalizinc
cryNe Of slave holding cannot possibly en-
dure the prolonged shocks Of war, and
that. whatever may be the political fate of
the Southern States, the inexorable laws
of nature and m enteral Providence have
decrced the crash and downfall Of thei,
atrocious institution, and the ruin OF all
those hopes SO bIasphemously based upon
The most fragrant outrage of Divine and
human law. For some time past tho cur
rent Of success has run with steadiness in
favour of the North. and while victory
has crowned their exertione in the fisld,
the public opinion Of Europe has noted
with appreciation the indications of de-
termination to make the abolition Of sIa-
yery the result Of the war. From the re-
cent votes Of the American Parliament
We may anticipate the speedy extinction
of slavery in Columbia, [,nesning the Dis
triet Of Columbia J while Commit
tee Of Iaqairy has been appointed TO oon-
slider what plan can be devised for the
gradual emancipation OF the African race
IN various other States. These facts may
answer the enquiry 70 often put, as to the
comparative merits Of the two parties in
the strife aud if, when the time comes
for President Lincoln to resign his pow
er, he csn point 10 the progressive re-
moval Of the great blot and stain upon
American institutions, the fine gentlemen
who have sneered ut him as on s.ex-rail-
splitter" and ''ex-bargse, may have TO
seek another object for their witless
jokes.
AT present the belligerent parties have
good weather for fighting purposes, but in
another month or six weeks many DOR
tions Of the Southern territory will be oc-
eHpted By forces more dreadful than an
armed host, and the arrows Of pestilence
Aa0sGA SAaA kuC IInC OAikS. TUE
the Gaai result Of the conflict il may mat
ter little whether more or less is done dur
ing the present campaign; but, for the
sake Of oil parties ourselves included -
We want to soc revival Of industry, and
: terWination Of that deplorahle opprss-
sion which weighs down our trade. Were
the war to stop during the present year
the Chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee estimates that the National
Debt would amount to twelve hundred
millions Of dollars--a pretty sum to pay
as only part of the cost Of man -saeal- |
ing, and the temporary enjoyment Of its
illicit gains. In the South the distress
lis dirs; but notwithstanding the numer-
ous failures, and the loss oi particular
kinds Of business which have afflicted
the North, We do not hear Of anything
approaching to the suffering which the
|misgovernment Of George Ill. and Wm.
Pitt occasionsd to the English people
Through political blunders aud expensive
wars. The probability il, that nsxt year |
will witness = hsalah5 revival of the
Northern trade, and VIII also find al CON-