The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-07-14
Meeting at -. Louis.
There wAss { tSemsndoss outpouring of

E"ADCsP3hOu meeinB AZ ~. LOuis.
There wss 1 t,ensndoss oxtpouring pf
the loyal people Of 81. Louis at the meet
ing held one evening last week, and
strong resolutions were adopted in con-
demsation Of the action Of the recent
Convention
We make an extract or two from the
speech Of Mr.. Drake. He said, ~ ntt.
''fBut not 20, not 20, for that cap-sh eaf
Of their vosk, = kiCh, fpm ~ dAts Of the
ordinances, t1empts siaves from an taxa
tion rtropxh st future time. The mas;
tsr may bold the slave, and profit by, live
upon, luxuriAte in the ayaik of his labor,
with the prevention Of tho Stae. and
every beos6s that taxation IL designed TO
procure, bat not cent Of tax is be to
pay upon his slayel The owner Of
house which msy be destroyed by tenn
pest or IRE at any moment; the owner Of
horses or esttls, which ars his means Of
living. and which may die ct any time,
must pay fsx upon bic house, horses and
cattle, just as if they we're to be bis always;
but the slave owner 10 TO pay none upon
his slave, because, seven years hence. the
slave 10 10 be trsnsmutcd into ser vant.
The white lsborer is TO be taxed out OF
bis hard-earnsd pittance. but the prof,
from slsye labor is to be diminished by
tAxauss never . single coat The very
Institution which has blasted Missouri is
TO be Aensek,vth her en.sxed pet! Prop
erty assessed iB 1860 at some ffty mill
lions Of dollars, and even now, in the
midss Of war, claimed by slave holders
when they would portray the wrong TO
them Of Emancipation to be worth that
amount, is withdrawn from taxation, and
the deficiency Of revenus consequent
thereon is Ia be made up by Increased
levy upon oil other property and oil voca-
tions. And, worst OF aIl. this immunity
is directly and almost wholly IN favor Of
rebels and rebel sympashizers; for it is to
such that the great mass of slaves in Mis-
souri belong What is this but = pre-
mium set upop slavery. . reward tender
edo cisloyslty. sop thrown to traitorsy
Did that Convention suppose that in this
exemption in favor of -shose who have
brought measureiess calamities upon Mis-
souri, they Represented her loyal peopisS
No, they know they did not But it was
a body bound by sssociaticn, feeling and
interest 10 slavery, and, trne to its in.
stincts, IL made this last grab in faver o1
an institution. which. if taxed to-day te
The full value of all the slaves in Missou.
ri, would NOT repay her Union men whs'
it has oost ihem 10 these two years of war
spoliation and death. Shame upon sucl
hesr,iess rspacity. Down with thai
which breeds it. Away with those xbs
@rBaii these her fseoRessi'sc s;s 5Rsi Gets H Of that
vention which demand special notice. Il
ever the rights of people were srampled
upon by their own servants, IL was b,
that body 10 is persistant refusal to ALLOW
the people of Missouri any voice in de
Gliding upon that Ordinance Of Emancipa
tion. II ever there vas measure which
should have been submitted TO yot'
of the people, it was that. If ever then
was body which should have asked 70
= popular vote upon its action. it wxs tha
Cony sntioa. Of oil the members there
: only eleven we're elected in this year
, aud ssren Of them voted against that o.
dinanceN In every way 10 my power
strovs 70 obssins vote Of the, people uF
on il, and 1t one time it was carried; bu
nights manipulation enabled the COT
. temners Of popular rights to triumph, an
t to send their edict abroad without Ii
: preaent possibility Of IN appeal to th
people against it. They were resolve
that the voice of the people should
D stifsd, and it was done! 1t is importal
: tha. the facts in this connection shou
n be exhibited circumstantiaily; and, lon
/ as 1 have already detained you, l b,
yosr attention while I ststs them, m
show you how and by whom the gag vi
q applied You are interested, especialt
in knowing how your own representatiy
o there stood ON shis subject.
al beg you TO notice by whom this W
done, and the spirit in which it was dos
Had you sat 10 the Convention, or. ~
- uessed its proceedings, yoa would In
seeu, 40 u'u, thae ~ wa SoAs~iseN
le a solid column of pro-savery men, W
N knew that they were called togsther
take the work of EMaacipation outof 4
= haaAs 81 tho people, and Who perform
tie job as completely ay if it had be
~ done BY . single man. 1t was . remsr
r ale featore of the session. that the pr
. slavery members took very little part
the debates: aud yet they moved as II il
70 peeled by single will. On the call
70 the ayes and nays, their names follow
ts in such uniform sequance together. u
in one could soon learn them and their
a. der by heart. It was as plain ~ dayli,
that no argument or appeal could distt
j" their fixed purpose 10 oousumnate Il
n object OF their convocatioD. They VI
at bound tog-iher by common and v
=. understood aim; aud when the vote
nc frs, Of tlieir number on the roll i
Y heard, you might asnaliy 'ksow how
~ rest would 60. And yet while thei
nj heard not Of any caucus held by tht
,st, nor do / suppose they held or nee
40. any. Each man knew whist wss to
i done. and he wandered not from the ?
.A' marked out for him. II was consoli
a