The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-18

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a9s of 'ohfissian iight; thuak 0od ssas-
not b ovsrsopersenqse eggFeet peYe9
which, by solemn covenants, have brand
ed slavery. ahall forget their vows, while
England, tie declared protectress 81 the
African fice, sdd Frlh0e, shs aAsolSrsd'
champion of s'ideas," both break away
from The irresistible logic Of their history
aud turn their backs upon the past
Vain Is honor, vain Il human con6dcncS,
if those nations at moment 81 high d.
" can thas ienobly fail. "Rsnoun ard
grace is dead" Like the other objection
this is Of fact also; fol, il is founded "a
the character Of the slave4mongef prete4-
sion clsimipg fseoenitios. all Of which y
. fact. Perhaps it may Be said that /
is ! question Of policy, butt is Of policy
which ought to be beyond question, II The
fact be established. Something more b
necessary than that the new power shall
be de Jacto iodspendent. It must be de-
Jdeso ct to be independent and from the
nature Of the case every nation will judge
of this fitness a. fact. In undertaking
70 acknowledges . net power, you prochim
its fitness for Welcome and association in
tho Family of Nations. Can England
put forth such proclamation in favor Of
the whippers of women and the sellers Of
children? Can France permit Loais Ma
poleon to put forth such proclamationf
And here, on the threshold Of this ei-
quiry, the true state Of the question mubt
not be forgotten. II 10 not whether old
and existing relations shall be continued
with power which permits slavery; but
whether relations shall be begun with =
new power, which, not merely permits
slavery, but builds it's whole intolsra5ll y
pretention upon this barbarism. tNo ne n
Slave State" 10 a watehvord with which
We srs already familiar; but even this cry
does not reveal the full opposition to this
new revolt against civilization: for even
if disposed to admit . new slave state,
there must be, among men Who have NOT
yet lost al sense OF decsncy, an undying
resis lance to the admission Of new slave
power, having such An unquestioned
origin and such 40 unquestioned purpose
as that which now Aaunts in piracy and
blood before the civilized world. seeking
recognition for its criminal chimera.+
Here is nothing for nice cauistry. Duty
is ~ plain IS the moral law or the multi
plication table.
Look for . moment atthe unprecsdent-
ed character Of this pretension A Pres
ident had been elected By the people, in
the autumn Of 1860. who was known TO
be against the extension OF slavery. This
was all. He had not yet entered upon
the performance of his duties. But the
slavsmongers saw that slavery at home
must suffer under this popular judgment
against it's extension. and they rebelied
Under this inspiration State after State
pretended to withdraw from the Union
and TO construct new Confeder,cy, whdse
"corner- stone" was slavery. A coustith
tion was adopted, which declared in thes
words:
l. "No law denying or impairing the
right of property in negro slaves shall b
passed )" and (2) Tin all territory, aetna
or acquired. the institution of negro sla1 e
~, ~ it now exists in the Confederat.
States, shall be recognized and protected
by Congress and the Territorial Govern
ment." Do not start. These are the au
thentic words Of the text. You will find
them in the Constitution.
Such was the unalterable fabric of til.
new Government. Nor was there any
doubt or hesitation 10 proclaiming its dis
tinctive character. It's Vice President
MIR. Stephens, who thus far had been 70.
marked for bis moderation on slavery
as if smitten with diabolic light, under
took to explain and vindicate the Msgns
Charta just adopted. His words are al
ready familiar !. but they cannot be omit
ted in an accurats statement of the caae
"The new constitution" he said, has pul
at rest forever all the agitating questions
relating to our peculiar institutions, Afri.
can slavery, a. it exists among u.s.
which he proceeds to declare "was the
immediate cause Of The late rupture and
present reyplution. The Vice Pres.
ident then announced unequivocalIy thu
change that had taken place. Admitting
that sit was the prevailing idea Of the
leading statesmen ct the Foundations Of the
old constitution that the euslavemeat Of
the African was wrong in principle, social.
~. morally and politically. and that it Va,
violation Of the laws of nature" he de.
nounces this idea as .'fundamentallv
wrong" and pfoclaims the new govern.
ment ~ founded apoa exactly the oppo,
site idea" There was no Disguise. aIu
foundations" he avows, are laid, its cor.
ner-stone rests upon the great truth, that
the negro is not equal to the white m1n
that slavery, snbordinatioa TO the sups.