The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-04-22
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10 IHK EDITOR GATE CIrY :--
Hr. Editor. in reading, the other day,
the book vritten BY VIM. Howard Rus
sell, correspondent Of the London Times.
entitled any Diary, North and sonlh, !"
was much strurk with the styls and
manner Of the work, and the sy idsnt lean
ing or bias which the writer seems to have
towards the South and the Sou thsrn cause.
and the evident unfairness and prejudice
with which be judges everything North
eFn, or ~ supporting the Government Of
the United States. Yet even in ths.
book, there are ga few grains OF truth, :"
which i would Be well for all lovers OF
Republican Institutions, and the Rights
OF han. 70 ponder over ana consider we'll
Mr.. Russell seems 10 have been dc
lighted with the aristocratic feeling wbicL
he foupd 70 generally pervsding all the
leading ciaeses Of The rebels, and rejoiees
at the denunciationl aa,l opposition which
be found among .len to the "uuiversal
suffrage and Democratic feeling" Of the
Northern people, and evidently relsses
with great gusto, and doubtless with the
design Of "tickIinR the ears" Of his aris-
tocratic friends in England, the rcsul, of
two or three conversations which he had
with the principal rebels South. For ex.
ample, chap. Is, April 18th, 1861 AT
dinner party given by Mr.. Runeh, the
British Consul .. Charleston, South Car
olina, where some six or sssen leading
citizens met him. he says, "they were all
secesh but one Pettigrew, witty old law .
yer. who has abce 10 is bonnet" on tho
question Of che Union. AL Others exbib-
'tcd proper arissocraiic feeling" de-
Again, cropping out Of the dead level OF
hate to the Yankees, gives its climax, in
the profession from nearly every one ef
the gsertss that be 'wou'd prefer to re
turn to the British rule, to any reunion
with New England"
What do our Irish sfrieAds 4hink sof
thsty Would they prefer are,urn to
British rule rather than see our beloved
Union again restored? If they would
then is the opposition Of many of them
to the Government of4br Uoiied Sta ates
quite consistent, and sc can understand
their position. But if they prefer the
Union TO British rule, then how can any
OF them for one moment, lend aid. com
fort or sympathy TO rebels in arms for the
destruction Of the Uuiony Let no Irish
man astter himself that by aiding and as
sisting the slave Democracy or Copper
heads, hs issnot aiding and assisting the
rebels to bring him again under British
rule, or something still worse. BY the
grave Of Emmett. he Il false 70 his G. oun-
Iy, to his God and to humanity.
Again; Mr.. Russell, in the same chap
ter and at the same party, says 81 was
asked to get one Of the British Princes to
rule over them" Oh yes! The rebels
would prefer . king to reign over them,
and then the owner Of slaves and Of acres
would be Dukes, Mafquises, Earls and
the "poor whites would be obliged to be
hswers Of wood and drawers .. water to
the privileged classes. all their rights as
freemen, voters and American citizens
swallowed up BY these greedy aristocrats
who would fatten in the fair fields and
rich meadows Of the land, and leave Pat
rick, Mike. Murphy aud Herman '',o fat
ten on the moor
How doyou like the picture my friendsy
Ny Lord Duke JEFF. Davis. Marquis Of
II Mississippi, Earl Judah Berjauia Losa
OF Louisiana, an so on. till the names OF
the chiefs Of rebeldom are filed, and
then tsli pe vhst ths poor working u,e n,
that class that has been styled, aud truth
fully too, the sovereigns of America are to
doY A.AT. l2
Again. to quote from my Diary. Chap.
50, 18th june, 1861. Mr.. Russell had
conversation. on the cars from Memphi.
TO Humboldt, with one of the leaders of
the Soutl.ern party, ~ which As n u, II
spoke to him Of the hwlsssnea. ana srime
in Mississippi and the brutal shootings
and stabbings which disgraced it and 9TH
er Southern States. all Of which was ad-
mitted as true 'bu,," said he, "whcn
the war is over, and we have started the
confcderacy all fair, we are quite deter
mined to take the law into our own hands.
snd the FIRST remedy ipr the. condition Of
affairs. which We aii lament, will be to
con6ne the suffrage Cor privilege of vo
tiuge to native born Americans, and ID
get rid Of the infamous, scouudfel'y for.
signes, who over-rule US in our country. /"
"But are not many regiments of Irish
and GsrDaas nos 6shtiog for your And
will these foreigners who have taken ur
arms IN your cause be content to receive
~ the result of,heir success, an ipferio,
position, politically. to that vh;oh a..