The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-19

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musclo Of The oorptry-sheald b etimi-
natal ennm the fehtin9 population and
rsady1o tntss advantage for themae!yse
n an sppostsnity was Afforded tqeMkof
runuiue sway; how could Ad1nmuy |
3 cirss nsoaoos1 fight again6 - nsiA-
borise eouatxy where every wo1king I'm |
was lohtisr for his country { HSw sDtd I
the ons have chance of succeeding. even
il left to physical force. without the moral
considerations to which have referred.
This - the ss8aitiSx u which Ne swc1
sections Of the United States are now
placed. In the one case you have honor
eiven to industry; labor D held 70 honor.
What do NO hear !! Hsvs Ne not Asart
by way Of reproach BY some people who
fanoied themselves in alliance with our |
misconceptions Of our writer's VINO
wish to be supposed they are theusslvss
of the aristocratic order - as . stigma
against the North, that then President
was once rail-splitter ? [Chesrs. But
Why is that rail-splitter elevated TO Be
President Of the United States? Becsuse
labor il held 10 honor in the United
States. [Cheers.] 1XgTkTrT
ARIsTocRACY AGAINST DEMOCRACY.
With such conflict going on. and with
such result ~ feel no doubt will fol-
low, is it fair to speak Of such ) contest
as that and say that it is = struggle for
empire on one side, and for Independence
on the other / say it is an arlstocratic
rebellion against democratic govern
ment. [Appiause. That 10 the title |
would give to it. In all history, when
you have had the aristocrscy pitted
agains. the people in physical force and
conflict, the aristocracy has always gone
down under the heavy blows of the de-
mocracy. Hear, hear When l speak
thus let nobody say / am therefore indif-
ferent to the progress of misery and de-
vsstation and ruin aud bloodshed that u
now going on. No; my indignation
against the South, is that they fred the
FIRST shot and made themselves response
BILE for these results. l take, probably, .
stronger view than mos. people Of this
eountry--and certainly stronger view
than anybody in America-of the vast
sacrifices of life and of economical comfort
and resources which must follow to the
North from this struggle. They are
mistaken If they think they can carry on
civil war life this, drawing . million OF
men from productive industry to be en-
gagged in the processes Of destruotion--to
spend two or three hundred millions ster-
hng-they are deluded ii they think they
, eau carry on a war like that without ter
rible collapse, sooner or later, and dread
full prostration in every part of the COM
munity. IHeaE, hear. That being so,
makes me still more intolerant of the
cause. But Of the result have no more
doubt than Of any subject which lies in
the future.
, TIE UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN GOV
Now | would ask you why do some
: people wish the United States should be
, cut in two! They think i, desirable il
: should be weakened VIII that view
, bear discussion for moment l hold
J not. Lam of the opinion which our states
, m.p were in the time Of Canning, who
, thought it Desirable for Europe that Amer
/. lea should be strong. because it would
thereby prevent European powers from
. interfering in American affairs, Tha
7 has been The case hitherto. That coun
: try has prospered, and it has never come
+. to interfere with European politics, willis
it has kept European governments from
r interfering in other American States which
, have been lees prosperous or less orderly
3 than the United States. What has fol
lowed of this disruption? You have
France going into Mexico and Spain te
Q St. Domingo. There are horrors unut
$ terable going on in st. Domingo, becaus,
Spain has invaded that country hear
i, hear with view OF conquest. Ane
: the French Emperor has embarksd on (.
career in Mexico which will only char
y acterize as the greatest mistake he ha,
r. ever made. Loud applause.
: Those enterprises never would hav,
Q been undertaken ii the United States has
not boen in this difficulty, and it is tn,
Q least creditable part of these enterprise
o that they have been undertaken becaus
: America was weak Hear, hear.
: only required that the North should hay
Q been little weaker to have enabled thos,
e silly people who are going about the coun
. try to have carried their project, and t.
h have itduced England and France to in
p terfere 70 settle the rebellion. [Hear.
0 is that desifablei [Cheers.l Don't yol
! think We have enough to do at home D,
t you suppose that Europe has SO little t,
i do that she can afford to cross over /,
America TO set that country in order?
TIE EUROPEAN CONGRESS.
f What Is the meaning of the utterance
e We have heard lately from the Frencl
y Emperor with regard to the project for
n European Congress ? The arrangement,
= OF the treaty OF Vienna-to use the EN-
n peror's own words--ars "torn to tstters. !
/? That is not consolatory thought for d
d who have fought for many years and hav
d. spent thousand millions in that war. an,
d now we are told that the treaty for whicl
: We fought has been torn to tatters. A
d all events, We take this to mean that Eu
l. rope has enough to do al home withou
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