The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-04-08

|, DAN. v0OnHRRs IN RICaMoND.
I Some weeks ago Dan. Voorhees,, n
leading Copperhead member from Indi
na, ,issd = sfass frisnd of Vallnu1igham
mads . speech in Congress which ws
} extensively published in the South .
we'll IS in the North. In that speech h
T said svsrythipg thai it ~as osssble =
conceive against our Government. and il
that Argument. Of course, did al that i
~ psssibls fef hin y do 70 StfssseAs
the resolution Of the rebels in their re.
sistance 10 --the Government He de-
nOunced tho 6overnment as corrupt Anl
tyrsnnical ~ sud Ill precedent; stigma
tizsd it as ussrpation and despotisn
asserted that the liberties Of the country
were utterly lost. and that 4hsse never
wm n ssxsnple in history in which .
people had recovered their lost liberties.
If such is indeed the condition Of the
United Etatss, Of course there Is little In
dsosment held ont to The people cfv the
South to return to their allegiance, and
there is indeed ample justification in their
continued resistance to such corrupt
and asurping despotism as prevails in the
loyal States. according to Copperhead
authority.
And 50 the paperr and the people of
the South regard the matter, and relying
upon the word Of Dan. Voorhees, and his
and his Copperhead confreres for the
character Of the Government, they are
stimulated to fercer and more end uring
resistance Of its authority.
We make IN extract from the Rich
mond Whig of March 10th, which will
show the effect of copperhead speeches on
the rebels in arms. ard satisfy our readers
of tho common and mutual hostility cher
ished by the copperheads of the North
and their ''erring brethren" Of the South
against the Government. Indeed, the
only difference discoverable is, that while
the rebels have the pluck to 6ght opesly
against the Government, the copperheads
take the safer but equally malignant
course Of Kissing their hostility and rem
dering such aid and comfort ~ thsy safely
dare to their fighting brethren down in
Dixie.
The Whig draws comfort from voor-
hees after the following fashion:
Mr.. Voorhees,, Of Indiana, 10 . repent
speech in the United States House of
Representatives, reminded his hearers of
a fact which history has demonstrated,
but which appears to be always forgotten
at the very moment when it ought to
yield the most impressive lessons. He
said that Liberty, once lost. has never,
in the history of the world. been rcgained
by the same people," It is useless to
attempt TO account for this phenomenon,
with any view Of removing il causes.-
The fact remains indisputable.
| II then, history teaches Us any lesson
at ALL It is that no people, ct to enjoy
liberty, has ever lost it. When MI.
Voorhees, said tbst his countrymen exhibit
the spectacle Of . dying people be left us
the inference that they are people not
fit to live-that if they have lost their
liberty, they are no longer worthy to en-
joy it, or capable of winning it back
Mr.. Voorhees, is right. His speech reite-
rates oil that the Southern people have
asserted Of the conversion of the North
into a consolidated despolism: Of the an
initiation Of the rights of States; of the
destruction of all the principles on which
their republican system was supposed to
be founded.
II any justification were needed for
the course OF the Gouth in separating
from the North, il would g furnished by
the cotemporaneoos history Of The United
States. The causes which lsd Is $3.50
sion were strong enough . constitats m
ample reason; but the causes which Tor
bid reconstruction are Infinitely stronger.
II the Yankees, before the war, had
shown themselves ct to be our assoc iates.
the traits that they have developed since
the war prove that they are far more ct
10 be our masters. If We were willing
to live in Union with the Yankees when
they still claimed to be free people, it
must be absolutely impossible tor US 10
return to them when they have become
the voluntary SUBJECTS OF coutemptible
but relentless despot. We refused to be
their fellow-citizens we can never con-
sent to become their fellow. slaves. i.s
/ Yet Mr.. Voorhees,. representing those
who claim to be the "peace party'i Of the
North, the old Democracy, the peculiar
friends Of the South, warns rs, with .
delightful simplicity, not to look forward
to separation and independence. He
commences BY saying that . nation
whioA once loses its liberty nevsr fegsinl
lit. He proves. that the Yanksss have
lost their liberty, and then sars that tbe
next Presidential election will s.put "a
end to the war and death, and bring !
constitutional Union Of the States. liz
says that the Consultation 10 ovsrthrowp
that Justice is annihilsted, that the guar.
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