The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-03-12

per has contained one Uniop sentiment
during the last six months. We h4ss fail
ed to nstice it, Nov, the editor III the
Glarion don write great deana9 that
= dos write l. rsu1aiy ai4atS his
keepers, (for Keepers 10 has, - very
lucid and entertaining. For instance, in .
recent article on the war, he says:
The time to quit has arrived. There
oan b no saestiSn BIT that ve had heAler
quit. Il q useless . 30 any further With.
This war To-day the rebellion Is strong
er than at any previous tifne.r On care
full measuremsnta NE have gained just
three feet ON she ,rsbellion in eighteen
months. Il Is an Abolition crusade.-
This Administration is totally played
out and disgraced."
g That's aspesimen of one o. the editors
best efforts, and IL the product 81 the
combined talents Of Protsus and our man.
y Country Treasurer. Now If we have
kept half way up with the history Of this
rebellion, we conclude the Government
has gained tribe more than "thres fest
in eighteen months" and that the I'D.
ninistration il not n near "plsysd OUT
~ those traitors hattsf themselves, or
would mako their resdsfs believe. 1.-THE
editor had spark u honesty, or wasless
stupid than an 80, no such articles would
appear in his psper. Every intelligent
reader must ksew that sinoe <hs rebellion
began, our army hos gone up from shout
$4,000 to 1000, 900. Ill splsndidly srmed
Aod equipped, and our navy from lsssI
than loo vessels to shout 500, carrying
about 5000 guns. The vast sums necee-
ssry to raise. organize, eqsip and maintain
this immense force, have been raised with
oot borrowing one dollar from any foreign
nation, and still she Government II not |
g played out, Absss ., 600 miles Of sea
coast, h ths posssssion Of the rebels when
ibis Administzatien eans into power,
have been reclaimed to the Government,
md are now held BY ~. The Nissisip- |
pi river from Cairo to New Orlears q the
beginning Of the war was entirely h the
hands Of the insurgents ; now We hold it |
Ill except at two points. Not city or
river can the editor of the Clarion point
10 a. a conquest for his rebel friends
IN this war. Not fort il now in their
possession which they did not control
from the first They hsve lost many and
gained none. The Administration ID not |
Z playe, out. rand in spite Of allthat such
SLOWS aisy say. intelligent men must
ldmil tbs, our aarIal record OF the last
7wo years will compare gloriously with
hat of any other nation, ancientur mod
'rn. But let such fellows 60 onin their
mad and wicked course, for the time is
'rief when the gates Of day will be thrown
ride open, and the sun Of national unity
md peace, arrayed in glories unmatched
y the highest splendors Of the past, win
,egin anew his princely course, and carry
be brilliancy of his rays Of liberty and Of
reedom into all the benighted corners Of
'ur beloved country. This rebellion viii
" put dewn, the shackels viii be loosed
rom the forms Of humanity, rebels will
link away from the hce Of al honest
people, the Unitsd States will take her
'osition among the Powers YasE satiou,
md /" the recording angel will inscribe it
n Gods eternal archives" The new
lraua of mans political redemption win
'e witnessed by the audience Of the
vorld; the press will glow with enthusi-
sm, and the procession of nations march
n grand ovation under tho worlds new
lag, to the music Of universal freedom
nd regeneratsd man.
Soar CasEK.
March 8, 1865.
~ Take away my 6rst lstter-taksI