The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-04-25
LETTER FROM .s0OCAsIONAL.s
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WAsHINGroE, April 10, 1868. 81
l find the English journals discussing
the future Of the African race, as affected
by the war. The London Times, which
never ceased in the days of peace to re.
vile Amefsca for the crime OF slavery 10
now slaveryis ablest and most audacious
defender. This strange exhibition of
feeling '> one of the most extraordinary
Tha Is of the war. can easily imagine
an Englishman who wishes for the sue
cess of the South and the dissolution of
the Union, believeing that slavery would
perish with the Union. can imagine
an Englishman acting in harmony with
the South, hoping thereby to break down
the power of the Republic, and thus res
cue the free North frem the tyranny of
Southern domination. ] can imagine any
possible reason for friendship to the South
but tha, assigned by the Times. To de-
/ feud the cause of the South ia nothing
m ore than to defend treason; but TO
strengthen that defense by becoming the
friend and eulogist of system that is re-
voting to every instinct of humanity, is
no, be described The argument Of the
E5g,ish newspaper is repeated by the dis.
. loyal press of the North and South. -
The war Is made 1einvoIve only the ques-
ton Of s'cv S. The people are continn.
ally tald {. look upon the negro as rival;
anc, eny; the cause of all their trouble
an offensive, disagrecable, half-brutish be.
ing, who has left happy home in the
/ South to create mischief 10 he North BY
/ taking away from the laborer his means Of
life. The negro is constantly used 10 Gre
ate Generalization and disgust among
| those who do not think. You remember
the appalling riot in Detroit, and the
brutal outbreaks we occasioniy SEQ in New
| York and other Northern cities. Recall
ing the coarse and ungrateful speech of
General Patterson last summer, and the
studied tone Of the Democratic journals
4ad LEADERS,, | have 10 doubt that 1t is
I their intention to intisuie de minds Of the
people into condition q: anarehv and
madness. Democratic pUl.tiei VA have
signalzcd themselves by Offering petitions
( for the Punishment aud the prohibition OF
/ the negroes now in yolr State and in 9th.
! er States, and create constant irritation by
/ the discussion of impossible problems. 10
which the social condition of the whites
is disadvantag-ously compared with that
of the negro. Without pursuing this sub.
ject--for my object this morning. is sim.
ply to point out the follies and wickcdness
of others, aud give no argument of my
own--there can be no greater crime than
this efIrt to array race against
race. The leaders do not suffer.
| They summon the storm and fly from it,
like the fierce and cowardly leaders ofthe
Jacobins, who made the people dunk
with wine and gunpowder, and, throwing
open the doors of the prisons, left the
poor victims TO the pixies aud poignards of
I the mo-. while they 4 ! tcra7clvcs from
a stn4yanre that y, have returned
With the returning tide OF popular passion
This negro question is one that must set
tie itself The laws of Nature. society,
political economy, supply aud demand,
will govern and decide IT, II IS but an
| incident of the war. The President pub.
lished his proclamation Of Emancipation
just As he published his proclamations
establishing the blockade and preventing
intercourse with the Southern States. 1t
was war measure, aud thus far slavery
has onlysperished by the natural effect Of
the war. The Southern people have made
it the foundation of strength and power.
and ss the war upon their strength ard
power, We end slavery in the range Of our
cannon-b balls. When English writer's.
therefore, attempt to prejudice our cause
by representing the negro as the victim
of Northern rapacity and heartlcssness.
and the peHeerAtic leaders appeal to the
b sest passions of men to excite vengeance
aud massacree, they are not only guilty Of
wrong to this country but to an humble
and helpless race.
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