The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-08-23
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The wrongs and injuries which have
been neaped upon the poor non slavebold-
ing whites Of the South are too atroclous
and dabolicsl ever 70 be properly estifna-
ted. The evidence upon whIch this a..
sertion is Based stafes Us IN the face and
rings 10 our ears each successive day and
hour The great mass Ct the natfve Car
olibians we NOV meet with never owned
or held slave. aud yet, strange to say,
they and their ancestors have suffered
untold cruellies on account of the barbxr-
GUS ssstesu Siavshoadnlg has bee a Cam
fined to the few, aud yet its blis htiag
aud sceursed influences have fallen with
whitening aud crushing elect upon the
many ia sa assssi 81 ilsu ssfssatl,5.sss,.,...
Tae stakeholder, by his i'll -gotten pow
er has been enabled Tor many long years
to eojey thou ssnd peculiar privileges.
while the poor white nan and his family
have been ostracised,s scorued. desPised,
and practically reduced to a position worse
than serfdosn. To own a negro and live
upon his labor aud ioil, has for years been
abuut the only passport to q position Of
responsibility, All white men who never
owned and never expected to own a HUI.
man being as property, became subjects
of distrust on the part of this insolent
slave srlstocraey. The idea of admitting
these poor whites to terms Of political
aud social equality has been steadily
secuted with delision and disdain. ''Si'
We have been particularly struck with
this hatred aud contempt of the poor
white classes since the unfortunate falt Of
Plymouth aud the evacuation Of Wsshibg-
ton. As IL is we'll known, by these events,
bundfeds Of white men and their families
abandoned their humble homes, and fol-
lowing the stars and stripes, came with
in the Union lines The suffering and
destitulion which has followed has been
palpable and notorious. Many have gone
to premature graves for the want of care,
proper feod aud shelter During all the
trials tAron Oh which this unfortunate
people have passed, it is known that they
have been treated with shameful coolness
aud indifference by many of those who
still claim to be connected with the Of
er1ete slave aristocracy. Had it not been
fer Esrthera hbershsy, it is a startling
fact, that many more of tLese poor white
North ard;itraus'' Guild have become
tenants of the. grave. We do. not maze
these structures ss spply in iiscriminately
TO Southern residents, for there are hou-
oisble'and generous exUeP' eus, but it is
q very bad reflection that this feeling OF
contempt FOR suffering humanity should
prevail so widely among the former slave
holding classes.
All these facts and events, however,
combine to prove to the non slaveholdiug
whites that slavery has been the WORT
aud most implacable enemy that ever
crossed their pathway. .es.-..4
Ii they ever intend or expect to enjoy
the blessings righrtuIl. belonging to a
people living in Republican Cove nment,
they must arouse themselves from the
spirit OF lethargy which seems to have
hung over Them and their ancestors, like
a dark cloud, for ages past The time
for retribuiise and evenhaDtled justice
has come The manacles of the de>potic
stockholders are broken, and the long
abascd white masses will yet have an op.
portnnity to assert their absolute indepea-
dance