The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-07-18
THE GATE CITY.



The Toronto Globe is the leading Lii
eral journal in the Canadas, and by fl
the most widely circulated of any BIRTHS
American sheet. 1t has been steadil
fair if not positively friendly to the Union
while it's conservative" rivals are openl
martial to the seccssionists The follow
ing is the Globes comment on our recen
battles
We hook upon the events of the las
few days as certain to cause the prolonga
ton of the war for some months. The
South will have increased courage to re-
at. the North will need a greater mum
l.gr oi mcu, who esaHut be drilled in q
day nor month. Thousands Of live.
must be sacrificed, because the Washing.
ton authorities did not appreciate the sit.
nation. 1t is the old mistake of civilians
directing military operations at distance.
Can it be wondered, as the prospect OF
the cnd of the rebellion becomes more re-
mote, as it becomes clearer, that more,
and still more Northern men will perish
ere The great fight against slavery can be
successfully concluded, that the Ameri-
can people turn with greater liking /, a
trcnchant weapon which they have within
their reach, but hitherto have not used
1t is one of the most extraordinary proofs
Of the force of an idea, that the Northern
people have not long ere this insisted on
slaves being enlisted in their cause.
Thav hn yn haay fn1I 80 Il ~
realms of slavery is sacred soil, not to be
profaned by Northern foot, that they can
not rid themselves. of the idea, even when
they are at deadly war with those who in
culcated it. The North could enrol 100.
QUO eolored Hen To work aud fight f.,
them, men who know the country. who
can endure the climate better than the
Southern white, who would fight with
desperation, feeling that victory would
bring freedom, and defeat death. Yet
they are not enrolled. The North has
not yet forgotten the crack Of the slave
holders whip in Congress. Surprising
England engaged in life and death strug-
gle with the United States, how long
would she neglect the opportunity Of Sc
curing the cooperation of the slaves p
Not an hour. She would hold that mill
lary policy and humanitarian motives
combined 10 make such u movement ad-
sisable. Why should not the North
ndopt 1t? We deny altogether that i,
would lead to rapine. We believe tina,
the blacks would be submissive and docile
to their officers, and not SO likely to raw.
age and murder as white soldiers. Lei
the Generals in command of the yariou.
armies along the shores of the Gulf, pro
claim liberty to all slaves who will ioir
the standard let them be drilled ant
armed, and used along with white troops
so that they may be under control unt
discipline il fully established. At til,
close OF the war, large portion of the
able bodied men would be free, and the
slavery question would have received its
solution, Already Gen. Hunter has Ia,
ken 1000 colored men into his army
and has drilled them. His action Ina.
been approved of by the House of Rep
resentatives, after long debate, and hi
policy will probably be adopted on a lar
ger scale at no distant day. Emancipa
ton advances with every months resist
ance of the slave power. If Mr.. Dayi
holds out another year, there will not b
slave left In the States at the end o
1863.