The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-03-14
THE GATE CITY.
Rebel ssnsimanfa.


The Richmond Enquirer Of a recent
date says:
Nov, a. to the distinguished citi-
nan snd his Northwestern canard--one
Is tempted to wish that all the reliable
gentlemen and intelligent ladies' we're IN
! CAstls 4Thuuder.l No more inasudent
nonsenss has yet appeared than that
which they have sent us from Mobile this
time. TWAAH kOl6 inf3sud, N to know.
that some Of the North western State, are
yery pPk, Of tAb war, heartily disa3sctsd
70 the Washington Government, strongly
disposed 70 sneak out Of the debt theT
nave incurred, and to ask alliance, or
even union, with the Confederacy, If
agreeable This is q wholesome state OF
feeling, and must produce its fruits Of
'disorganizalon and encouragement in
the Northwestern troops. But let M not
mistake The matter. No one of those
States has YET pronounced itself in this
senss. though some stump orators have.
When they do tsks such action--thss is.
when their Legislatures and Governors
secrsdit commissioners 70 Richmond for
any such purpose, no doubt they will be
received and answered according to the
nature oftheir proposal. We presume
they will be told that the first thing they
have to do 10 to call back their forces to
their own country, and then We viii be
wiling to make treaties with them, but
that ~ 10 UNION With the Csufsderscy,
under the told flag. or any Other, they
sszne two years too late. Two wears,
and An abyss Of horror and hatred, and
the blood Of eur slaughtered brothers cry
Ing aloud from the ground, I'll prohibit
that impious union. If they repudiate
the debt they have contracted, aud aban-
don the Government they have establish
cd, and recant vows, and break pledges,
and eat dirt, it ia well; we shall be
charmed the movement will suit usper-
fectly and, although " shall not ex- /
actly respect the actors 10 that affair, yet
We shall not he unwilling 70 trade with
them-holdiDg our noses littls-and TO
show them all the suitable civilities--but
ct proper distance.
"BsfoFs those authorized commission
ers are despatched, however, We take the
liberty OF recommending to all our gen.
erals and military authorities, that II any
distinguished citizens come prowling
about our ines, purporting TO be North.
western commissioners. they arrest those
persons and send them on to Geo. Win
der. Let them look sharp after reliable
gentlemen, and overhaul intelligent Ia
dies. Otherwise, where is the use of
Castle Thunder +?
"fhe moral Of all this. the lesson we
have to learn from oil the rumors, both
of Preach mediation and Of n orthwestcrn
revolution, is, that now-now more than
ever--our army should be kept full, and
strong, ind ready. Believe il, soldiers,
you are our only friends. 1t is on your
style Of diplomacy We rely. That was
stasesmaniike stroke.o of policy you made
1t fredericksburg You wrote m able
state paper at Murfreesboro. and We de- |
fy the world to produce nobler official |
memorandum than you edited on the |
bills OF yicksburg.
"If Europe makes overtures 81 friend |
ship; if the great Northwest comes
crawling to our feet, it 10 because you |
stand there, Confederate soldiers, under |
your glorious battls-6Ag, and defy oil The |
ends Of the earth TO haul it down"