The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-07-02
THE GATE CITY.

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In speaking Of Mr.. Spence, of Liver
pool, oss commercial agent 10 that city,
We ssid be had his syPointmsat from The
"Stass D. asnt" We were awsre
that it was Ut least through that depart.
mena suah thiass are dons. and in Noes
Inmates furnishes 70 Congress "for sppro.
pdstlCps Sqwfsd by the Deppssxept 81
State for six months ending December 81. .
1863" We find All item of 50, 100 (paya-
bic IN gold) "for salaries Of sonsas and
commercial agents This estimate is
signed by Dir. Benjamin, Secretary. Of
State. tt3~s @ ts@-e'f stE W,
Mr. Spence, however, has written q
book-Abefors his pp0ntneat---asd Alet-
ter since--which have caused many per-
sons 70 be extremely Hisicontsnt at this
Coufederscy givipg the sanction ef any
official position whatever to person who
gives US 70 damaging an advocacy 10 Eng
land, and who Ii generally accepted 10
that country as our authorized champion.
Apparently those who were supposed u
have appointed this uan. are DESTROYS
I" get r'd Of the responsibility they are
ashamed o! him, perhaps; and, according
ly. the Sentinel, which seems TO be the
Organ" Of the Department. of State,
bids 10 Observe that IL was Mr.. Mem
mingsr who appointed Spence; that il
was 90 the Recommendation Of Dir. Ma
sra, cad that Oh this appears BY an in
tercepted letter Of Mr. Aemminger 10 Mr.
Mason, in which hesays: al have sp-
pointed him." We take the CORRECTION
and givc the stste Department the full
benefit Of IL. Yet, after all, The appoint
n'ents OF consuls and commercial agents,
provided for by law, are msds, like other
appointments, ,hsoogh the appropriate de-
partment; and 6uding the appropriation
70 pay them called for by Mr.. Benjxmin
under the head Of Department OF Stats.
We not unnAtura.ly used the expression
--sps-king loosely. however--that Mr..
Spence Lad been appointed by that de.
partmen.
IL this gentleman were nothing more or
other than commercial agent. doing Il.
nanc'ai business for Us In Liverpool, it
would signiiy little VIVA. hls private opiu-
ions might be- bat he is more, sad bis
opinions arc not private. lie has pub
iished book advocating the recogsinen
u the Confedcracy, aud demonstrating,
very we'll too, the tight OF accession. Fur
Their, he has the enfr,s ofthe Times news
paper. which IS considered 10 the coun-
try IA be great matter, and has aavoca.
tlz us.xt "A.
has come to be accepted ~ our champion
10 England, aud has championship is sup
posed % be SANCTIONED by Ms, on scooun
of his having been rewarded for il with
40 etic'ai appointment Thus. as We
lava shown. the serssus adinissious he
makes against US are taken ms our admis-
s.sus, especially, :. there il no otici.l d,s
avowal Of them. either by MIR. Mason or
even BY the Index.
These admissions amoaat 70 this: That
slavery ~ ''morai evil, = that II ought
to be abolished; Itat the independence Of
The CSut derscy ought to acknosledged,
because thst Is the ~sy 70 inssre the uIti-
mate extinction 81 slavery; and especially
that '.it will be clearly allowable t. our
fthe Epghsh) Government to decline TO
acknowledge their independence without
express conditions on the subject OF slave
ry" Next. the same Spence, 10 letter
to Mr. Patterson. of the Liverpool Board
Of fnde., which we reprinted some u me
sgo) said this, speaking of his aforesaid
work:
lyon will find that held, as | nov
hold slavery TO be no, only a ..grrat NOR.
al wrong repugnans to tho age We live
In. bat also mos. injurious to the white
people Of the Soath, especially the work
ing class. ] then held, ash do now, that
the independence Of the S.uth would in
eyitaby end slavery under the force Of
public opininn"
, And the letter enas with Suggestions
that the powsr III graut,ng or withholding
recognition Is y power which the British
Government might e6rctuslly use to the
extirpaiiun Of this evil.
Dir. Mason n in L,sdou. He hss not
10 any way repudisted tina sudscious pre-
tension --tha, England, as = price OF our
recognition may properly exact oondilions
by which ws ars 70 coademn and stultify
ourselves, and admit the right Of fore,xn
powers to interpose in our domestic con-
cern- The Index. which is understood
to represent our Government in a sort Of
quu-i ofi,iai way IN Loudon, has been
equally silent ESQ far as we know upon
this important point. We sinesrely trust
j, Is not considered .'poiilc" taencourage
this dslusirn in the English mind by way
at disposihg them To consent TO recog-
nizs US. There would be both ,hunilia
tioa and bad faith iu this and, in the
ond, bad policy. too. There is no need
that we should use any mean artifice or
sanction any misrepresentation in order
TO win our absolute independence We
are DOT 80 weak, not so poor, in means or
ip-spis't, that We should stooy to. soothe
tie pre- JUDGE OF Exeter Hall BY this vol
uniary aud gratnitous abasemant. The
Confederecy j. pot, aud alust not be, and
shall not be, an humble bsggar at EGG.
lands gate. saying, 81 have stunned against
Heaven aud before thee; correct and
chss,ise me ~ thou wilt, only look down
with compassion on tho low estate of thine
handmaiden. Great Britain, be merc,fa