The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-06-05

Fort LeavenWorLns KANSAS, June l..
DEAR GATE While South Carolina
will, By general consent, occupy 10 the
history Of this great rebellion the deepest
deep of infspys Kansas viii be elevated
to one of the highest inches in the temple
OF its fame. Calhoun, years ago, sowed
the seeds Of disintsgration in our fair Re-
public by his famous doctrine Of estate
Sovereignty" IN opposition tcvhat was
termed the "centralisssiop Of pOEer"
win the evident purpose Of enthroning
the God Of Slavery more firmly than
ever5--but though they terminated and
took good root in the Southern soil, they
were slow in coming to maturity, and the
destruction OF the Union and formation of
the "model slave republic seemed far Of.
The increase of slavery prerogatives. the
acquisition of slave territory South, and
the gradual conversion of free territories
into slave and their admission into the
Uussn - slave States we're spsxt in order.
Thep gAin Texas, they get . sli0s added
to Missouri by a compact which tbey arc
ready to break at any term. thsyget their
obnoxious Fugitive Slave Law and
then they lay violent hands on Kansas.
1t was this sttempt to impose slavery
by fraud and force upon Al unwilling peo-
pie tina, at length opened the eyes Of the
country to the aggressive policy of the
slave power, drove them from the ship Of
State which they were fast dragging into
the current Of an Irresistible and hated
despotism, and precipitatsd them before
they we're fairly ready into their long laid
scheme Of dissolution TO break The Union
into as many fragments rs there we're
States, which could be remouIded GDAheir
liking. Kansas of all the States Of the
free North best understood from expert
ence the character of the enemies of our
liberties and country. and knowing was
best prepared to opposethem successfully.
Whether they adopted open and honorable
warfare. or the sem'.savage lurking, rob-
bing and numbering style of the Border
Ruffians she was ready to meet them. The
liberty loving sons Of the East who had
come here to make this free home for
themselves and their children, had for
years braved and stood up against the
storm of their denomineering insolence and
cruel hate; they had consecrated this soil
with the blood Of fathers. husbands and
sons, and the tears Of mothers, wives and
daughters,--and at last they we're prepar-
ed for the tempest shock which was to
burst from the black portentous cloud SO
long gathering in the southern sky. This
they knew they must irmly oppose and
withstand. From her geographical posi-
ton Kansas must, in the event of the sue
cess Of the rebellion, become either slave
State, or II attached TO the Northes StAtes
be commercially ruined and tho theatre
of ever occurring hostilities. Hence the
explanation Of the interest she has taken
in the war. and the raiiying Of her sons to
the standard Of freedom, 20 that out of
population OF less than hundred thousand
soufs the thirtecnth regiment is nov Ia the
held. The inhumaa treatment in past
times, and the great issue which she feels
is at stake viii account for the sxoesse,
OF her soldieEy wherever they have oc.
cured, and The rigor of her treatment Of
rebels, and all who ere bound with them
in open and active sympathy.
Kansas troops have generally been very
poor picket guards for rich rebel estates,
and the policy Of carrying on the wr .by
mastery strokes ofinactivity and cousum-
mate strategy'-without hurting the enc
my-has received but little favor. Van
quish, eIpel or ex,ermiaate is the only
safe rule they have found for the treat
ment OF the enemy, until he mauifssts = =
entirely different animus from what he
has yet shown. Comparative force md
power is the argument appealed to, apd
IN this way alone is the question to be
argued out.
MAJOR General Blunt, commanding the
Kansas District, and who rose from the
position Oh private, is representative
mAn cnafiemsgbe is said to have had
4ooo Saxon prisoners executed in his
presence. because they would not sur.
reader up their leader but Blunt for real
crimes oil deepest dye would visitou enc
.'es with probably not more than . hun
ufsa'h part of that severity. The Gen.
.ersi, however, rules his distr;c, M, -;,h
cruelty Of heart Or purpose, but only with
that r'gor which he consider, tho s,;..n
siss eftAe times demand and will, in The
end. have caused the fewes, .,er;scs. :,
.li1e and property. A weak, sensitive
ovsT-humaas General will pursue . tam.
Porisisg policy, only sggsaysting and pro.