The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-16
THE GATE CITY
KEOKUks
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10.


The Rev. Baptist Noel, once ! clergy
man of the Church of England, and chap
lain to her Majesty. from which positions
be seeded to become n worthily illustri.
GUS in the ranks Of dissent, has just pub
lished book entitled "The Rebellion in
America" Of whose vigorous champion
ship Of the free cause the following 10 4
pointed example:
Some writer's deal with the United
States as flies with horse which has been
CALLED. The beauty, feetness, force, and
good temrer of the animal are nothing to
them. They are all eye for the sore
Pouncing on that, they suck, and suck
The sore is everything to them-food,
delight, triumph. So they suck on, and
by their hum and hutter call q swarm to
suck with them. Others are more like
mosquitoes. who only exist to sting
Whenever you hear their buzz. you may
be sure they are going to insert their ven-
ON somewhere. Sometimes a CORES
pendent, led by his principal, seems to
me like bulldog led by an ill-looking
owner. Both are bent on mischief; the
brute is never SO we'll pleased Is when he
can make his teeth meet 10 the flesh of
any one; and the master grins with ex.
ultation to see the proves of his dog
Hatred has been exalted since the begin.
ming of this American rebellion to an nm
usual eminence. We used to think it
one of the works Of the flesh which ex-
clude man from the favor Of God { GAL
v. 1920, and then we supposed that
charity was virtue. But all things are
lawful against the turbulent Democra-
cy." Hatred, therefore, is put by some
writer's in the place of Charity. Their
creed IN writing of the Yankees is
"Though / speak with the tongue of men
and angels, and have not hatred, l am be-
come as sounding brass or tukling SYM
bal" "Now, abideth knowledge, talent,
hatred, but the greatest of these is ha-
tred." The character Of Jesus was marked
by the Holy Spirit descending upon Him
10 the form of dove but the inspiration
OF these writer's, though they call them.
selves His disciples, would be rather SYM
bolized BY the vigor of the tiger or snake
10 endeavor 10 prove to them that the
people of the United States are az much
as ourselves intelligent, orderly, patri.
otto and humane, would be like irving to
prove to Herodias the excellence of John.
or to Caisphas the divine mission of Jesus.
1t you give them evidence that the slave.
holders are made by their system cruel.
selfish, imperious, and tyranuical, thew
do not seem to like them the less on that
account. Pharisees did not love Pbari.
sees the less because Jesus revealed that
they were like sepulchres, full of rotten.
ness underneath their gliding. Why
should the rotten dislike the rotten
should no more expect generosity
from such writer's than | should gentle
ness from boa. constructor, or fragrance
from common sewer. Even their char
ity has bitterness in it. If they deplore
the distress 10 Lancashire ihMthesdhan
they lament the blood shed in the Amer
lean war, it is to secure a triumpb To the
rebellion. But if any American meets
with this volume, let him be assured tina,
we are not all of this stamp in England
From Lord Russell down to the honest
weavers IN Lancashire, we wish we'll to
the United States and should it please
Uod to restore the Union, we shall rejoice
In their prosperity as sincerely as we do
IN our own. Leaving the flies to sueb
sores, and the mosquitoes to sting. we
shaIi thank God for his blessings 10
America, as we do for his goodness to
US.