The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-13
~ Tho Loaisvile Journal 10 speaking
OF the present status Of Kentucky, SAYS

Of the present status Of Kentucky, says !:
ssThe question nov 10 NOT how shall =
save slavery. but how shall We raise on
bread and bake il after We have raised it
Where shall We get labor? We have 20,
neither slavery nor freedom; Va hay,
none Of the benefits Of either system O
labor, but are suffering the disad dgautseea
of both. is the midst of the demofalizatiof
aud anarchy y~si-s. prevails around .us.-
Shall We let events take their course, and
without effort drift with tho stream and
land wherever our unguided bark may
bring up? Is this the part Of wisdom, Of
statesmansh,p, OF, better than either, OF
common sense? No one can assert it,
We say again, let us meet this question
practically; lay aside prejudices aud look
to our selfinterests."
And for relief the. journal looks to the
abolition Of slavery. But isn't il strange
that in an old and populous State, abound
irg in material resources, with rich 6elds
and soil of unparalleled prodactivepess,
and having al The elements Of wealth,
the questions OF the Joagnal should ever
be applicable! "How shall We raise our
bread and bake it after we have raised it !?
Where shall We get laborr' Aud It is I
great State that asks the question. Iowa
is free State, and much younger than
Kentucky. She has sent probably much
larger per cents Of her male population to
the war than has Kentucky. and yet her
industry has not been paralysad nor her
resources crippled by the war.
A writer in the Des Moines Register.
speskiug of Iowa. says. s.Indiana in
creased her wheat production from fifteen
millions in 1859, to more than twenty 10
1868. And cur area Of improved lands
in Iowa from less than 500, 600 in 1859,
to 400. 900 in 1869. and 1900. 900 in
1868, notwithstanding The drain upon our
active industry. Our coal mines pro-
duced but 72,500 bushels in 1860, and
9ol a5s bushels in 1868. The earnings
Of cur railroads in 1868. we're 81, 570,-
5t65 S. against 81, log, BAG 81 in 1862, an
increase of nearly 40 per cent. in twelve
months Of war.'
What makes the difference between
Iowa and Kentucky Slavery. Nothing
but the incubus Of that institution could
have reduced Kentucky to the condition
Of helplessness shuwn in the above ex.
tract from the Journal Wealth and
prosperity and greatness are ahead of
Kentucky, but il is only in the Path Of
freedom Sbo must enfranehisc herself
from bonds age.
Kentucky will accept freedom now.
But slavery 10 like lshmael, in that lie
hand is against every one. The Consti-
tuition Of the State ,rammels her action.
Slaves may be emancipated, hut by posi-
tive law the person emancipated must
leave the State within twenty days. Nor
cln the State Constitution be amended
unless the amendment is proposed 10 the
first twenty days of a new session of the
Legislature. and thus change is psecluded
before December, 1864. Meanwhile,
Kentucky wishes the compensated labor
OF her enamel pated slaves As free by
the act OF tue master, the Constitution
drives them from the State. Slaves, they
won't remain, for freedom is in the army
end all around them, and the negroes
seek il unless the matters bring it Il
them: In this dilemma It remains to bs
seen what the action of that State vii
be. One result is sure. Slavery per
ishes there as elsewhere throughout th.
country.
%Adlutaht General Baker wishes tc
obtin information concerning VIM. O
Jones, company L. 35li Iowa Infantry
wounded at Lovejoy's Station, Georgia
Last heard from atAtlanta. where he ha,
prrcured rass tn come Earfb An,