The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-14

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/ We have heard of The golden ase, che
iron age, aud the, .Age .of, bna. This
must certainly be the age Of humbsggery.
And among all The bumbugs ~ the day,
90 prolific Of such, one Of the grsndest Is
this busiasss Of Misunderstanding We
do not refer to the illicit, -olsadsssioe trade
with the enemy. csrricd ON Through the
lines comfortably, 10 violation Of law, by
the petty contrabandist and smugeler,
with his pack on his shopldersy Who takes
sn chances and runs oil risks, with no
other object In view but the makisg of
money. But We speak Of that more %.
tsntatious and pretentious business of do
Ing the Confcdcracy vast service, ~
tripmphantly bringing into port . million
dollars cargo Of fslkee-British goods,
sludinga whole feet Of blockaders With
m ease that h astonishing 10 aimplc speo-
pie, making trips with frequency. ,cslsrity
and certainty, taking out cotton, tobacco
and naval stores, 20 much needed BY the
snemy, and bringing back goods thai might
be done without, except, perhaps, Ipsdi-
cines, nsver bringing food, end always
getting caught when there are guns, or
powder, or mnaitions Of war aboard.
Now, what is the good Of oil this -
Are ~ our people sbecemisg d1gysted
with fAls round .sbsst ~syof SsdiaE Nth
the public enemy, and then Boosting Of it
- a great sdvanngs To-. ths acoantry,
when. 10 Ftroth. II h only an advantage 10
. few Individual The Government de.
riys hslf ] millioa. mapstfsps I million
OF dollars--which Is not q drop in the
buckst--from this trade in Essseu goods,
4 few make fortunes. small number find
this the opportunity for luxurious iadsl-
Gsacc, whAs the trade Is positively Win
out benefit TO nine-tenths Of the people
Nov, II these Notwithstanding steamers
brought arms and Government slores. food
and the necezsAry material for cosanon
clothing, or machinery for production.
they would confer national benefits, and
might, properly enough, be winked at, al
though their cargoes came from the Yam
KEGS, and are paid for in such Of our pro-
ducts ~ the enemy can cot we'll dispense
With.
While We wsnt such articles, come from
What source they may. and pal for even
Ia that which gives the enemy vitality. yet
We can certainly get on very well without
the great bulk Of the blockade cargoes.-
Z We cannot dispense with shoes, and abso.
lutely necessary clothing. but We can do
without silks and broadclo,hs, sdsmantine
'csndIes and Windsor soap. sherry and
Champagne, Sprsgue's prints and Ohio
cheese. And We ought 70 be encourages
20 dispense with non-esscntials, bocaus.
that will have good effect on the enc
my, III exhibiting our hardwood and en-
duranee Ut privsiion, N order 10 win on
independence of them and, besides. tn,
cultivation OF manly virtues, frugality
self-dependence, and abstinence, copduee'
ia the formation Of desirable nationa
character Not only is this importation
Of goods through q sham blockade
which foreign nations, however, eapnot b
made TO believe is a sham--in the name
praete-d for the last SIX monlhs, aud o
such goods as make three-fourths of a
the cargoes. Without bene6, To the coun
try, but it is productive OF positive esi
1t keeps up and encourages our desire 70
luxury and display, and fosters rivalry i
show AID money spending. nj tims whs
all should set an example of stern virtue
1t gives an unnecessarily large fctitiou
value to gold, usually accepted as tn
stsndsrd Of currency; it produces trade
even In tia cnemy's paper currency
smong us at home; and it de.ers the ia
vestment Of capi'al rerma emily, in thos
branches OF bassness, trade and manufac
ture which are so essential to our we'll b,
ing now and our real Independence in 4
The failure. And 70, in every visw Of u
case, We think II is become time that III
Yankee humhug Of blockade runniu
were once for 4l exploded. ~
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