The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-06-26
slavery Define d.

Slavery is, before everyl hing, the ne
CATION of the family. Nov man is en-.
lowed with an astonishing capacity for
suffering. He knows how to live unde,
ground or on the water an Indian in the
forest, Chlnaman IN his boat, a Laplaud
err in his darkness but oh condition o.
being able to say, My wife, my child. my
mother, my boat, my cabin. my TOOLS
The slave is without family; he is no,
sure OF keeping his wife o r of knowing
his father; his canoe is not his own, anC
when he lays his hand on his breast, h,
cannot say, "This skin is mine" Now
without these nights, the man is not 4
man, nature rs violated in is person.
Instead Of families, SLAYER Nv forms herds
1t pens up captives, unde the guard o.
jailors, in little corner of one of the
most magnificent lands of creation this
land will not be peopled For the rela.
ton OF brother to brother it substitutes
that OF drover 10 OK and m Aster to cattle,
tins land will not be civ lized. 1t in.
spires the races with mutu al horror and
aversion for each other; If ties are formed
between them they are crll hlnal; the two
races I'VE together without mingling; the
race Of heirs predestined to these coun,
tries will not be founded. We shall soc
the inferior race safer, re volt or submit,
never rise. become brutal zed, then die
out. We shall see the su o erior race grow
harde ned, become corrupt, become infat.
uated with crime. seek wealth therein,
prefea it to everything. an d & nd in j, de
basement, dishoncr, then ruin. On be-
ginning to write, | was nc we'd by the fate
of the oppressed, BY the Il Ate OF that un
happy race which has made the fortune
OF those who perpetuaie its misery; on
ending, | am seized with pity for the CD.
pressors, conJurs them TO have pity on
themselves, and pu, an 9 nd to their evil
doing.
Follow slavery under all ATTITUDES. in
sh regions, whatever the institutions, ma
tions, or creeds, everywhe re you find the
same origin, tho same pro gress, the same
law. the same result; Is mopotonous and
horrible as the life of tA c slaves. The
history OF slavery knows no change. /,
70 =" MI places, II mas Dee NJ every epoch
an obstacle 70 the system ATTIC peopliug Of
me Saf'h, an obstacle to the propagation
OF the gospel. an obstacle to the modes,
elevation Of the inferior races, an obstacle
to the progressive civilization of the an
perios races. The moralist calls il a crime
the historian aud economist scourpe i.
Cochin.
AN lNciDEsT.-The Indianspolis .Isur.
nal tells the following good story Of Peter
Apple
The following incident has been pela
seu 10 US ana Is vouchsd for by our in
formant: "Peter Apple, of Oakland. in
thus county, was lately teoruired for the
18th Indiana, and took part in the At.
.sup' 70 storm one q ID 9 Vicksburg bat
terHes. The rebel FIRE v az so destructiye
s n". oar !, army rscoiled. Apple. the "raw
w'' uiuh't see thf backward move
me ut and kept going ahe ad until he cam.
flght up to one Of the r bel oups. cauoh,
IT, " .he collar, and brought him
s;b' ,a oqr 'nes, sayi1g "Boys, Why
~. ,.u come on. 4 very fellow might
49,. ~ que we have heard of no
,aD;s as''as act oil bravf Fry than this little
"f 'Neh' since the war began"
m - 80. Mss Sea bolt. young wo-
A'o"n 70 .he maj prity of this con-
nv raa,,. .;1"'n me pas two years, more
a hIr "a 'nan oy acquaintance, end
lsadsnam sou career q, last Monday, by taking
80 Ic. que was 4 receemably Aban-