The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-01-28
IOWA LE0IsLATURR. i
Especial to the Hawk Eye
Des Noines. Jan. 25.

Especial to the Hswk-Eye.1
Des Moines, Jan. 25:
HousE.-A communication from tn
Governor in answer to 4 resolution of tn,
House asking the Cor. how regimenta
ofhcer were appointed, WAS received ant
read. The paper is an able one, citin,
the law Of Congress on the subject, ant
fully justifying the course. Ordered I.
be printed.
Also, resolution of the House, asking
how many acres Of railroad land had beer
certified to the Sec'y of the Interio
showing there has been 72O sections Ger
titled to the Dubuque and Pacific r. r..
BY the Governor and his predecessor, anc
the same amount to the Mississippi and
Missouri r. r. He has no ofIcial notice
Of the length Of the Burlington and Mo
Il. r., and has certified no land to that
company. Passed.
SENATE.-A resolution was presented
asking the attention of Congress to the
neglected condition of Iowa troops, and
their want Of more surgeons, nurses and
hospital stores.
Mr.. Hardie, Of Dubuque, presented q
petition forty feet in length, asking for the
repeal Of the prohibitory and to establish
license law.
Military Committee reported back De-
lsvy's resolution asking a reduction Of the
salaries of commissioned officers. abolish.
ing suffers, and all except one band to
each Brigade. 1t viii pass.
The Senate spent most of the time dis.
cussing the postmaster question for the
Assembly.
The Ways and Means Committee re-
ported back Senator Cues bill fixing ju-
ror's fees ut 81 25, and collecting s. costs
10 be paid by the losing party.
slavery ana tho war.
The war upon the South, which was
begun with the high-sounding pretext OF
devotion to the Stars and Stripes and at
tachinent 10 the Union, has degeuented
into blind, atrocious and fsnatical cru
SADIE against the institution of Slavery
The vulgar and blood-thirsty abohtiouism
of old John Brown, in all its unmitigated
brutality and vilIainy, 10 now rampant at
Washington. Eschewing all statesman.
ship, all the obligations Of the Constitu-
tioa, and all justice and humanity, the
Northern politicians have given themselves
up to the prosecution Of the crude schemes
Of the very canaille of abolitionism, and
in their blind rage level in indiscriminate
ruin the institutions and civilization Of
half continent, Iorleiting all claim 10
tie character Of statesmen, they have con-
verted themselves int horde Of vulgar
incendiaries, rs despicable 20 they are It
rocious and UNNECESSARILY wicked. From
henceforth all who sympathise with them,
who enlist in their armies, or in any way
lend them aid and comfort, become part
ners in their inexplieable guilt, and sink
themselves to the same depth of brutal
depravity.
The contrast between the enlightened,
humane and honorable policy of the South
aud that of the North. affords the .oost
striking proof of . h. aaumauizing and
uenencent Influences of Slavery. The
civilized nations of the world are begin
ming to open their eyes 10 the elevating
and salutary effects upon society of this
enaebling Institution, Theyfee a people
reared under its influences displaying in
the conduct of a war waged against them
with ,pnexampled atrocity and an utter dis.
regard of the rules of civilized warfare
Ill that Justice. humanity, magnanimity
moderation and stainless chivalry, which
enter into the highest type Of human civ
iiixation, in damaging contrast with tn,
low, vulgar and brutal atrocity Of their ad
versaries, which only finds parallel il
the 6epoJs of India and the Druses q
Syria, whose crimes against humanit,
have recently e1cited the adherence q
eli Christendom. These developments O
national character are causing the people
Of Europe to revise their notions on til.
subject Of Slavery. ~
The history Of the world n 169 chal
lenged to show nation which has reached
or long maintained high civilization
without Slavery, either absolute, as in tn.
South and other countries. or in modified
form, - in the present European systems
Of labor. A monotonous social level
without the subordination OF meaia
4 ss 70 one dominant and superior, is uni
formly attended with social degeneracy
und corruption and national weakness anc
degradation; IS witness the effeminat.
populations of India, and the degenerst.
North, which has not been able TO preserv.
it. virtue or freedom against the deteriora
sing influence of its false and defective 90
DIAL system.
The hostility Of the North against thu
South and Southern institution. is prompt
Cd By malignant envy Of the superior ad
vantages which the South enjoys as tn
trssalts Of slavery This atrocious war i
the offspring ofmalignant jealousy in tn
Northern mind Of the superior proves
Ipsssperity and happiness Of the Southern