The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-04-30
q .eccn Of mai. Gen. Wool.

NJ. Z. Church:
Many may remember that on the 9th
of December. 1860, / wrote to the Score
tary Of State urging him to use his infu-
enoe With Mr.. Buchanan TO prevent
civil war. In that letter l assigned my
reasons at full length; and among other
things mentioned that if civil war took
place it would not fail to call forth all the
baser passions Of the human heart. follow
ed by pestilence, famine and desolation.
| believe every word of that letter has al
ready been fulfilled. What are we con-
tending for at this present moment Be-
fore the war man could walk abroad in
his own majesty, and there was none to
make him afraid. As friend said Just
now, stlf he had not been guilty of crime,
he would not have known that he had
government. He could start at Maine and
20 to W ashington territory, and there was
none to ask him why he did SO. The in
stitutions of our country allowed him to
exercise every faculty, and what has been
the resulte Before this rebellion took
place every sea and every ocean was WIFI
tened with the commerce of our country,
and if we did not command the admira-
ton We did the respect OF the world. Ev-
cry town, city and hamlet throughout
the land was growing rich as If by magic,
and no part OF the country was as pros
porous as the South. How is 1t nowf The
South without cause or justification thot
proper to declare its intention and it's will
to separate from us for nothing under
heaven but to crafty ambition and 10 es-
tablish a slave republic, for the extension
of slavery and to open the slave trade
That is the cause, and nothing more or
less than that; and if had the time for
1 ~eala ret aetaits this audience after the
eloquent speeches they have heard, by
talking in my plain way to them, ] could
prove it. ] merely observe that We are
fighting for liberty.
imagine that you only want to know
my opipion on the subject OF this nefarlous
rebellion am for never halting. have
never altered since | wrote that letter to
Secretary Cass. | never will be satisfied
with anything short of the restoration of
this Union. II we fail in that, it is rui
to all Of us, and where shall we have the
dividing lincy There are some who cry
'peace" when there is no peace. IL is no
matter where you draw the dividing line,
whether along North Carolina, Virginia
or Delaware, the Northwest must have ar
outlet, and it must have the Mississippi
If we make peace and divide the country,
we lose the Northwest and California, and
then what is left? Indiana, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey, New York
and the Eastern States. Well, are you
certain that they will form republic, or
that they would consent to form gov
ernmcpt for themselves The other day
some q them said that they we're deter
mined to put the Eastern States out in
the cold That would be like cutting off
the right arm. A voice--''and putting
out the right eye.") merely mentioned
these things to show that probably in form
ing "a government they would be cutting
their own Threats before they got through
SO am for keeping the country togeth-
er. Nothing will save us but that; for if
one government We may have thirty-four
before we get through / simply make
this declaration to you. / am opposed to
all separation. lam opposed to all COM
promises. ! am opposed to any lines of
demarcation, and will never be satisfied
short Of the country. the whole country,
aud nothing but the country.
Insurrcction as weapon OF war.
The London Army and Navy Gazette,
edited BY William IL. Russell, thus effect
uAlly disposes of the cutlery of rebel sym
pathizers abroad in reference to the Gin
humanity of employing negroes in the
service Of the nation:
There is journal in this metropolis
which 10 the reputed organ of the Confed-
crate States. AT all events, the paper
has decided Southern proclivi,ies. In
the last number il is asserted that civil.
lied nations will think death by powder
and ball 'is too respectable for men guilty
OF all attempt TO inclte an inferior race TO
instruction The allusion arises from
report that a Federal officer of q GER
tain negro regiment, which is said to
have been taken In Florida, had been SEN
fenced to be shot This passage is one
oil many proofs that the Americans can.
not comprehend the feelings of this coun-
uy-lt may be OF any other-regaI riding
the war. The uprising of a portion OF an
enemy's subjects, inferior or superior in
race, Is desirable object to effect--it is
quite ! legitimate operation of war. If
ufeae britain were engaged in war with
France. nothing would be more natural
than lor our enemy to excite Hindoo.
Aussulman or Arab to revolt. No rule
OF warfare would permit us to treat Off
CEN engaged in that service otherwise
than a. men conducting legitimate oper-
alion. IL Is necessary evil of war, in
which ersileinsurrectlon may be invoked
by an Invader, TO increase the ordinary
horrors and eaiamties of hostile occupa-
uon' When some years ago Southern
statesmen, insoient and aggressive, threat
enea us country with war, it was re-.
marked over and over again, in British
janfnats, that the despatch of some Of our
. "et. Andian regiments to Louisiana or
s"o eafoiihas might be one of the most
loin',oanle agencies to which even our
DUHiss,ent power could resort. Our
sou' h Trends must carry the whole
sn' VI s6Fery on their shoulders, in