The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-12
KEOKUK:
TUESDAY, JANUARY Is
ANOTHER ELOQUENT DEFRuCR
OF THE UNtONs


- 3&AA OOAOMe
Mr.. Leatham, member Of the British
Parliament for the borough Of HIDDEN
held, addressed his constituents on the
9th instant, and in the course of his re-
marks said, on the subject OF our war
"On previous occasion / remember
stating that / considered the var IN An
erica one not 90 mcch Of ersst aid deci-
sivs battles . Of siegs ard blosksds. The
Federal ar1s Aase bsen crowned with sue
CESS % Ussess which those Wno spok.
with theersatsss oosadsace year ago
could soarcsly have vsptured to predict.
The conquest of the whole Mississippi
las cleft the Confederacy asunder. 1t
bas shorn It Of halt its strength; it has
oooped up the rebellion in one corner of
America; it has exposed to certain and
easy subjugation the vast States of Ar
kansas, Texas and Louisiana it has de.
dicoted anew to progress and freedom its
vast territories stretching westward to
the oceanv-the illimitable area over which
In the programme of secession, slavery
was to have extended---and it il one OF the
most odious necessities of that great crime,
that it must forever spread or perish
Hear 1t has secured to the Union
this vast growing ground OF the American
empire, out of which States as great and
populous as the Kingdoms of Europe are
destined to arise; and, finally. it has
propitiated the West, and by insuring .
highway for her commerce, and binding
up her mighty fortunes with those of the
East. has arrested the last great peril
which still MANAGED the Republic.
80 RAY OR HOPE FOR THE REBELS.
but these operations lhave likewise
pierced the Confederacy to the heart. The
position which the Federals have taken
up at Chattanooga, and from which mani
testify no effort of the Confederates can
dislodge them, will enable them to prey
upon the vitals of the rebellion. Des-
perate, indeed, is the plight to which that
ruined cause is now reduced Thanks to
the hrmness of the British Government
i hear ALL hopes of European aid with.
drawn; the steam rams safely seized
which were TO have raised the blockade
= cheers mutiny and treason in the
camps at home Alabama and Georgia
full of disaffection North Carolina al
most in open revolt; Kentucky gone;
Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas going;
half Tennessee gone; half Virginia goue;
Maryland gone; New Orleans, the great
est city in the Coufederacy, 10 the hands
Of its enemies; Charleston, the cradle of
the rebellion, bombarded; Richmond 10
danger, starvation everywhere and gold
and credit nowhere chesrs]; the paper
dollar worth just as many pence as it pur-
ports to be worth shillings; theremaining
sustenance of the people in the hands o!
gamblers and sharpers; immense hostile
armies advancing from every ,ide, and
one after another, those mill.
'ary positions which must eventually
command The whole country; the rtppb.
lI'.n 'srs triumphant, and thai BY vast
n'lorI'le', oil over the North cheers
the hope ola prO.sAvsry and Democratic
President, that last among the many
false hopes of secession. thus effectuaIly
taken away; the courage and determine
ton OF the North rising from day to day
IN proportion as they see the struggling
Of their victim growing feebler and Amt
sr-where il there in oil this single raw
Of hope for the South or single drop OF
for their abettors in this coun.
tryy
Blind indeed must be the man who has
carefully watched, or pretended 10 watch.
ne progress OF events during the past
'ear, and whatever may be his desires or
9rediisctions, has not been forced to the
'onviction that the great end is coming
naniuiiy struggled against, again and re-
arded, at times apparently almost arrest
'd-but still coming, like the sure march
# destiny or the memorable Nemesis of .
rhine.
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY NOT FAILURE
Had this rebellion prospered-had
AMERICA snconmbed--hads she shrank from
er terrible responsibilities she per
lifted her flag and her laws to be trampled II
the mire, advantage would have been
ken OF her fsebleness, her puainanimity
nd her failure to roll back the tide of
berty al ever the world. TC6eers. W.
aould have been told tina. q State .b;eh
admits to its own dismem berment. VIII ;
'mmenoes its own dissolution, >. ID -;sh
,orm Of government which o.rleys With
beliion, that that Stat, ia p.rar,hn
= !. 10 'ne g'sst-c, immunity Of nations.
.''sl 'has .orm Of government had b
rie'ted u-e respecs and confidence ~
!. Cheer ] This rebellion
halohsd when the
he.r rause ds |
,r- :. was scarce
exultation Of those
Is not that of the people
ping 70 the instant conclusion that il
must prospsr-knsw no bounds. We
were told that sthe American bubble had
burst [hear, and laughter !; that the Re-
public was rope Of sand that the great
experiment had failed. We were told
also to lift our eyes, aud to witness the
wrath of Heaven descending upon peo-
ME vho had dared 10 flourish without