The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-08-14
OR SECRET TREA.
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'trality Is hate the aid withhald

"Nsntfalhy 10 hate the aid withhald
Filings its large balance la the adverse seals."
Man is acknowledged IS . strange
creature, capable and guilty Of The most
'ludicrous monstrosity. For proof Of the
assertion, it ia,only necessary to turn to
those Of our own scquaintAucs who claim
TO be neutral in this war. They claim 10
possess stoical indifference rs to which
side is successful IN the great struggle
now pending. If this b. the case, tbs,
man viii not spend time to read the re-
port Of eug,gsmsntS; he viii nss b. found
urging the merits Of the question pro or
con; hs- will not express sympathy on
either side; he will not take notice Of
snernities committed. or plsns Of opera
tious adopted. Can any ono believe that
such person lives! The guise is too
transparent. The man who claims to be
neutral must necessarily b secret trait
or, otherwise hs must be On exception to
oil hanaa kind. Was th~e thisling,
residing man 10 this country who did not
have bias for one or the other, when
England and France vers at var with
Rsssia! Did mot al have choice Be-
tween the Unitsd States and Mexico p
Il is useless to compare. for NJ can
scarcely zee dog 6ght without wishing
one Of them would whip. 1t is contrary
to every principle in hunan nature for one
70 witssss contest without feeling him
sslf prejudieed on one side Or tho other
II then . man cannot be neutral, it be-
comes AZ to look for the real cause Of this
claim. The poet Ays,
avios is noustsr Of such frightfal main
That 10 be hated needs but to be sssa"
In this article the writer 5ut hopes he
may no. say any ything uaDsesssarily to
wound the feelings Of sny. but does not
expect to withhold the truth on that nc.
count. Previous to the fall Of Sumter,
Democrats throughout the North opposed
coercion, hoping that compromise might
be Effected Bat when the kpell of war
was sounded, when q band OF seventy
men were forced to surrender to the reb-
el hosts numbering thonsa nds, the loyal
Democrats saw only war. At this time
the openly disloyal begsn to talk treason,
and the secret traitors beganto claim that
they were neutral. Professor Of neutral.
ity. is not this the case with you? Did
not you feel chagrinsd at the defeat of ou,
party, and in consequence feel soured to-
ward the Administration 7 This, with
some seems to have become mania.-
Fit has grown upon them, until, like the
green eyed monster, jealousy, it make,
the food it feeds upon. Do you say thi,
is misjudging you! Is it7 Well let u,
examine. You said first, speaking Il
those who we're in favor of carrying on th,
war, gov cannot conquer the South ther
you will divide the North BY supprsssinl
pspen.; yos win ruin our liberties by ar
4 bitrary arrests you have made il inpos
sibIs to reconstruct the Union by adopt
ing the transcription yos have outr,gst
q Christias people BY snlistiDg negroes
yos can never snforcs the o0nsoriptiol
act Why. let me ask, do you make us'
Of the pronoun yos instead I've? Doe
it not show that You ara not in sympath
with those you addresa' You are no
then with No in sentiment, and in conss
qusncs are against rs, for you publclil.
declare that We cannot carry out on
measures. Then you strsngthe~ tA
hands Of these who are more open enc
mics. In the second place You have new
er found fault with the Confsdsrscy.-
You ses no marks Of horror or outrage il
the dasliBg sin Of secession. Ill goe
smoothly there. If they kill tive thous
and negroes 1t Brashear City, it is a
right, they were provsksd 70 II. If the
send . Morgan into Ohio and Indiana.
10 only just retaliation. But when tn
Union army destroys the means of sus
tanning the rebellion, then are you alarm
u with fear depicted on every feature
you raiss your hands in holy horror m
cry out, the country 10 ruined. Ye ger
, GRAFTON Of vipers. Why did you not speak th
truth. and ssy that such policy was ruiz
ing the Confsderacyy To the army "
cannot hold man guiltlen who says he
neutral.
Well spoke the heart SO tried by WOO,
That there are hours whom LEFT despairing long
Each locker on appears 3 foe,
For hate can scarce do worse than no compassit
show.
While We are riaking all We have, an
our lives and health to suppress this 5
cursed rebellion, we cannot tanely bros
ha 49,. H. L. al. L..