The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-11-18
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secession would terrify the North ant
preve ut any interference with their at
tempt to destroy the Government, th,
Southern chivalry precipitated rebellion
and civil war upon the country. They
had long ruled the nation. They had
demanded and the North had granted
So atject had been the free States in their
submission to Southern demands that the
knights OF the whip thought the man
hood of our people was gone. They
sang out, far and loud, their noted boast
of the ability of one of the knights to
whip FIVE Northern mudsils. They kin
died fires they little suspected when they
struck at Sumter. They found that par
ricidal stroke had nerved the arms of the
masses of the loyal States with strength,
and fired their hearts With an earnest de-
termination of which they were thought
incapable. Sill they deemed the general
rush to arms in the North, a, the COM
nlencement of the war, a mere spasmodic
burst of passion; that there would be no
long sustained effJrt to thwart their wish
es. Hence they sent our authorities no
tice of the commencement Of hostilites
in dogeerel rhyme. aud hsralded their
determination to march their victorious
forces to Philadelphia and New York.
More than three years of war we have
had now, and we leave it to our readers
to think bow many Of these boasts of the
chivalry they have made good. Our
most sigGal victories have been won in
repeling futile rebel efforts to penetrate
with their armies into the free States.
Defeated in this boasted purpose, defeat
ed repeatedly upon their own soil, great
part of their territory surrendered to our
victorious arms, their ports sealed by the
vigilance and frowning guns of our strong
keeled and irou clad navy, the existence
of their Confederacy dependent upon
holding very few points, with our STEEL
fronten soldiery closing around the life Of
the rebellion with crushing force and
unerring certainty of result, surely the
chivalry are being brought to grief.
Their grief is the more noticeable by the
questions which have come before the
rebel Congress in the session just COM
menced. To make a worthless currency
good s the call upon rebel legislators, a
demand vainer and harder than was that
of Pharaoh to Israel's children to make
bricks without stiaw, and task for
which the genius of Richelieu must prove
inadequate. But it is the srming of the
slaves that stirs up the cbivalry. That
these naughty braggirts, with their con-
tempt of "the greasy mechanics of the
free States, with their boosted superior
courage, who seeded in assumed defense
of their right to hold these slaves, should
be compelled to use them to aid in the
vain attempt to shield and save them
selves from complete cleaning out by
the said ''greasy mechanics" who com
pose the armies of the Union, is a humil-
iation deep aud bitter.
EEThe Chicago Times and the New
York World, the organs of the eastern
and western Copperheads, are as bitter as
ever against the Administration and its
policy in face Of the reelection of Abra.
ham Lincoln and the endorsement of his
policy by the largest popular majority ever
cast for President in this country.
Acquiescence in the decision of the ms
jority, respect for the expressed will o.
the people, support of the government il
time of war are cardinal principles of tru,
Democracy. And the factious and bite
opposition of these semi-organs Of JEFF
Davis and their utter contempt of tn,
will of the majority SO recently expressed
renders it clear that they are the mer
factious advocates of miserable minori
ty of partisan Office seekers who cloal
their aristocratic selishness under th
mantle of Democracy.
~Two years ago Hon. J B. Grinnel
lacked several hundred votes of an elec
tion by the home vote. but at the recer
election he had majority of nearly 4 90
on the home vote.
E The Administration will have
much stronger backing during its nes
term than it has had daring the presen
1t will have very decided majority i
Congress; and in every State except Ne
Jersey and Kentucky the Governors an
Legislatures will be in sympathy wit
the President. The loyal North ",
never 80 nearly unit as now, except q
the day when the news Of the attack a
Fort Sumter was proclaimed.
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the north of England. At Manchest
it lasted two seconds. and was accomp
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