The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-06-18
-kEOKUK. IOWA: THURSDAY, JUNE l8 1863

80 long as the STAKEHOLDER was content Il
keep the restitution In his own territory
II didn't bccome an element OF alarm {,
either section Of the country but ther,
came up. as long ago as the nuli cato,
times OF Calhoun, the idea that slavery Wa,
to be made the balance Of political powe,
10 this country. IL WIS contended on III,
| part Of Southern Statesmen, that whenev
era free State should be admitted into
this Union, q slave State should entsr ri
~ usms time-sbat in Cosgrsss free and
slave 6tatss ware 70 be represented equal
ly. WAsw1 spest Of slavery 10 this con
nection, ! desire TO I've understood az
speaking of II III its political character
and not ~ domestic institut.oe.
Nov ws come to inquire what is the
great cause and coatroninR spirit Of thin
rebellion with which the country is nov
concerned? II W wosDd look to the end
vs osst 6rst End the beginning Two
causes have produced this ssass Of things,
and II any esotlsnss Ia THE assembly
lmagines these causes have Suddenly been
spsNKnpcU this ssuntey, he has not bsep
good political student AZ the time in
which be lived. The 6rst Of these csusss
vas the inordiaats sbuss for political pow
~ And 6odsiastioo oosAs par. Of the South
ern Leaders and the second was the de-.
termination to make the political chsrac-
Ter of slavery ths balsaoisg pS~ss ia he
Slatiea. . IhssS two shisgs kve Aprseipi-
tated the rebellion they have been the
oAeeas wUvkiDg fos ! lous period of time
toward this result II a msn OF even or
dinary capacity had stood on the pave
msnts in Cincinnati during the sitting Of
the convention which nominated M. Bu-
chanan, and failed 10 see these elements
at work. he must have been as blind as
mole. At that time, and for years before
It, this rebellion was determined upon -
IL was no saddeu movement of the South,
erners. The FIRST l,sdipg motive wss an
ascendsncy 10 the control or the Govern.
ment of the country. With thar subor
dinates, they made the institution Of
slavery the means by which to secure it.
We are told that sectional elections
have produced this state Of lhiug~. Ny
friends, we have not had an election in
THIS coanir) that has not had these ele.
ments in il, excepting one, perhaps-tha,
OF ls4O: for know, TO nv deep ohsgrin
that IN every instance where the Demo
cratic rarty have taken successful part
IN The elections OF the country. they have
been compelled To 20 to the Southern
States for their man. or take man which
those Sjuthrrn politicians had bound
hand aud foot before lis noa,ination. -
lGreat applause. When you come dow n
TO The election OF 1850, which is said to
have been sectional in its character,
wiit show that the election Of Mr.. Lincoln
had no more TO do with the inauguration
Of this rebellion thsp would an sct Of the
Chinese Emperor in his kingdom have
done. That 1t was issued rs pretext,
will admit, but that il was q moving cause,
| deny. These t..ing. have been grsdu-
ally working To their issue i,ir wears The
Southern politicians saw what every Que
else has seen, that On accouu, OF the in.
stitutlon OF slavery, the political power OF
the Government was passing ou. of their
hands. They found out long ago, wha,
the world could have told them much
SOONER, shst oivilxauoa and material prus
perity could not 10 hand in hand with
slavery; they found that. BY the Lawn ot
popahtion, while they we're losing in THEN
p..litlcal character and strength, tht viz
yin soil of this great Northwest was BE-
ins occupied With . hardy and thrift,
people, Who we're not only extending III.
ares Of freedom. but what they dislike
more than au else, extending the area o
votes; that the time Vas not far d.sean
when the States north Of Aasoa and DIX
on's Line would control the destinies o
this country. What WIS to bs done p
Then came up the dogma shst slsvery
must be the balance wheel in tho Govern
nens, and regulate the admission Of free
States into the Union. They therefore
said 70 the North, you must adopt Tie
rule that slavery shall 60 hand 10 hand
With freedom. IN order to preserve the
equilibrium Of power. Well, the Demo.
cratic party had shouldsrsd grsat many
things in us time, Itl. - ase steamboat
expression We used 70 employ under such
circumstances, they literally loaded u.
do~n to the gpards-they gave US, rs ,
Virginian would say, more than We could
tote What MAS Me result? We strur
eled under it ~ long as We could, bu1
when they piled on this additional amou,.1
| the Denocrstic resolution It4ggsred i
it. They of the South said, it Is either
that or we will secede and dissolve III,
Union. ! stood npon the pavement il
Cincinnati whom Buehanan WIS nomina
ted, and every fvs aiautes heard .ha
threat from some Southern nsbob: Yo,
are bcund to take this thing, or We will
ssccdc. Well, they patched up anolhe
4 compromise and nominated Buchanan
ssd ne vonld have been wise nisu VII
could have foretold the reault.
| Four years Of another Democratic ad
mlnistration rolled on, Southern men hs,
got bond and security for another fau
| years; bat they we're pref sure il coul,
not DO obtained az gain, for there was no
body that would give il. During tha
administration il is notorious fact tina
men we're. called into the Cabinet from tn
Southern States who made ,hen,selvs
basy ~ bees preparing for this eo., ,atct.--
Il The Secretary of the = avy SEN forth Al
the ships of the Aeet to far distant seas
4 whence they could not be recalled sbos
nj NJ q Il .