The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-10-10

other hand, could they have helped IT,
few Of the Northern men would nsve
been thorough in the work. "a Oo'n
sides, what the ancients termed Fate, ana
what we recognize As Providence has turn
ed, and is turning. to good account Oo'n
the noble and the contemptible elements
which either side presents The haugh-
~ arrogance of the stealing planter
has blinded him like hood upon hawk.
| He has rushed, like wild bull Of the
forest, full tilt at the train of civilization
that alarmed him by invading his savage
plains. A little sense, to see where the
world was going. and would 60, in spite
of his barbarian DESIRES little touch Of
human sympathy to make him feel the
bitter wrongs under which his bondsmen
groaned-these would have led him to a
ompromise and his hslf-hearted oppo-
nents, who, like their counterparts In
England. are very resigned to the suffer-
iugs of their neighbors. would have jump
ed at set,lementby which slavery would
have been indefinitely prolonged. Hap
PLY, the shareholders neck was stif1ened
and his heart was hardened, SO that his
craft failed, and his wicked devices are
now crashing about his own head. Pres
ident Lincoln would not raise a negro ar
my ell circumstances wrote the order FIR
him, and compelled the signature Of his
name. President Davis marshaied his
forces so we'll. and threw so much vigor
into the strife, as to make the negro the
inevitable ally of the Federal power, aud
an arbiter of the quarrel, instead Of the
mere species of property about which
it took place. Following the necessity of
employing black soldiers came another
great necessity--that Of claiming for
them practical equality with the whites.
Raised to the proud condition of soldiers
Of the Republic, shouldering the rifle as
willingly, meeting wounds and death as
bravely as the bravess white, all the forces
of the State we're, by moral compul-
sion, enlisted on their behalf; and Mr.
Lincoln. willingly as we believe. could do
no less than declare that it is the duty of
every Government to give protection to
its citizens, Of whatever class, color, or
condition, and "that the laws of nations
and the usages and customs of war, rs
carried on BY civilized powers, permit no
distinction as TO colour in the treatment
of prisoners of war;" and to add to this
plain statement, that "to sell or enslave
any captured person on account of his col
our is relapse into barbarism, and
crime against the civilization Of the age"
Never since America became the abode
of European races has the doctrine of hu-
man right and liberty been so effectually
proclaimed. The condition of military
relations are necessarily harsh, and
there can be little mercy in the jus
Nice of war but if war reprisals were de-
handed by the occasion they are needed
to curb the fury of the STAKEHOLDER, and
restrain the ungoverned ferocity of
his revenge. But for fear of conse-
sequences. there would be no end to the
horrible murder of negro prisoners, or OF
negroes suspected Of desiring to be free
This appalling career of crime had been
deliberately entered upon by Jefferson
Davis followers, who not only slaughter
ed wounded or captive negro soldiers, but
IN many cases seized free man of color
and sold them into slavery, from pure
hatred of the rising prospects of their
race. Now, these man-siealing tyrants
are told BY the ruler Of the conqueripg
North that justice knows no distinction
founded upon the color of the SKIN, but
will inexorably exact life for life, and
make the proudest white oppressor feel
that the poorest slave shall hereafter
stand as high a. he stands in the eye of
equal and most righteous law.
Let US now see what an undigni6ed
whining aud bowling the head Of the
man.stealers makes, as he contemplates
the effect of the liberation measures of
the North:
First comes tissue of ridiculous false
hood, and Davis pretends to tell .his sub
Jects what their enemy means by success
" His malignant rage" so says the slavery
Presidents last Proclamation, :" aims 1t
nothing less than the determination of
yourselves, your wives, and children -
and he describes the offer of freedom to
the negro as "debauching anipferior race,
hitherto contented, by promising the in
diligence OF the vilest passions as the
price of treachery Following this ex-
ploson of rabid rubbish is an offer which
proves the statement that desertion has
been very frequent from the Southern
rams. He promises general pardon and
amnesty to all officers and men who may
be absent without leave, and will return
within twenty days, and he piteously en-
treats the women of the Confederacy
not to shelter the runaways at home
MORE EVIDENCE OF VALLANpIGuAu,s
TREASON In speech at Gallipolis, Ohio
Sept. 2Sth, Gen. S. F. Carey mentioned