The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-03
"AL0NE IN THIS wAR.n

| ALVNE IN This WABess
The Richmond Dispsteh, in q mos,
lugubrious editorial, bewaiIs the lack Of
sympathy and support for the Confederate
Government on the part Of the nations Of
the earth. Slavery, it asserts, is the cause
of this coldness on the part Of the people
of Europe, and Jet it insists that the
Confedeney cannot yield jot or title to
the prejudices which prevail on that SUBJ
ject, and they must look to an increase Of
slaves in the future by direct importa-
tions from Afrios, rather than to any
amelioraton or eircumscription Of the
traffic.
The Confederacy is alone in this war,
and alone, too, in the hateful motives Of
slave propagandism which prompted and
sustain it. Everywhere else throughout
the civilized world the principles Of
christianity and the sentiments Of human
ity have found lodgment in the hearts
and consciences of the people. and have
arrayed them against this monstrous crime
against the rights Of man and the laws of
God
While remnants of this old heatben
bsrbarism still liDger 10 some of the Span.
sh and Portuguese colonies of the New
World-a tolerated bu, acknowledged evil
lit is in the Rebel States Of our Union
alone that slavery has been proclaimed a
blessing and constituted the "corner stone"
Of the political and social fabric. While
the principles Of the gospel have penetrs-
ted and moulded the political and social
elements Of christendom, and brough.
emancipation and freedom to millions
held in bondage during the darkness of
heathenism. the Southern Confederacy
stands alone amongst civilized people,
and import their principles as they pro-
pose to import their laborers, from the
wilds Of Africa.
So long as civilization and christianity
prevails on the earth and just and holy
God reigns in Heaven, we trust the
Southern Confederacy viii alone furnish
the only example in christendom Of =
people 30 lost to reason, religion and hu-
nanity as to wage war for the propagation
Of human bondage. And God grant that
the day may not be distant when there
shall no longer be found even across the
water heartless ris.ocracy to aympathise
with the wretched violators Of human aud
divine laws in their Internal efforts to
extend and perpe,uate this "sum Of all
villainies" at such fearful cost of human
life.
But let US not forget the editorial of
the Richmond Dispatch, while we pray
that it may forever remain alone in the
inefabls vickedness which marks the
motive and the progress Of this nefarious
Rebellion
tfIt is vain to tell us that the English
people, or the French people, or any other
people. sre in our favor. If such be the
fact, their love is of the coolest and most
abstract description which i: is possible to
conceive. 1t consists not in outward
symptoms, but is confined to their own
bcsoms. They are too bashful to afford
the least tangible evidence. 1t is SO 40
struse that it would require . mathemati-
cian to calculate it.
We are alone in this war. Would that
We could say that the other nations Of the
earth were even neutral. That they all
profess to be so is true enough; but there
is not one of them whose neutrality
weighs not heavily upon us, while it is
altogether in favor of our enemies.
We are, we repeat, alone in this war.
The rest of the world is not orly not for
us, but it is positive against US. There is
no port in the world into which our
cruisers can conduct and dispose OF a
prize. There is no shipyard in which we
can build ship. There is no country
from which we can expect recruit If
the characteristic cupidily Of English
m nufacturers compels their government
to permit US TO buy arms and clothing at
their establishments. it is because it a.
ways entertains . lively hope that they
may be captured before they reach our
shores. Engaged in desperate struggle
for our very existence With IN enemy
three times as numerous as ourselves, acd
ten times as we'll provided with all the
materials of war, We are cut off from all
hope save in our own exertions.''