The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-09-08

JOHN BRIsHr is to vint this country by in
vitation of the President, who has placed q
United States steamer at the disposal of the
Great Commoner. Such visit, If he makes
it, will be an ovation that the kings, not of
empire, but of men, receive. In honoring
him our people viii honor themselves. There
will be no funkeyism, such as we were
treated to when the Prince of Wales visited
us. There was fortuitous title and rank by
birth. God has given to JoHS BRIGHT his
patent of nobility American kings ran
crazy after an English Prince. BRIGHT comes
to US sovereign of sovereigns-priacep
prsac,pi'ap'-a homo centenarfi 1t is the
title that brains and great heart, beating in
unison with the hearts of the masses. has
won. 1t will be an ovation to the man and
to popular right, not to cockneyism nor to
Lord PAlAERsToN, nor my Earl of Derby,
nor the present English Administration We
hope we shall not be treated to any sugar
plum diplomacy, nor after dinner benevo-
lence; that pursy officials of thoroughly
American cities will not benignantly attempt
TO resuscitate moribund national relation
siip, and fasten US to the leading strings of
mother England The United States are
the product of the Western hemisphere and
of English and Continental liberty. The
maternal relationship which gentlemen Of
white chokers and easy good natures are
prone to establish between England and the
United States, is not such as to make the
relative rights and duties Of the two govern.
ments different from those of other countries.
We can give JONI BRIGHT hearty welcome
to our shores not because he is an English
man, but because being an Englishman he is
the friend OF the people, champion OF free
dom, and has been just to u.s. We can to
BRiGHr thank the masses Of England in that
during our great struggle lust closed they
were just 10 themselves and Just to u.s. Had
GLADSTONE been Prime Minister we might
probably have further thanked the English
Administration IN that it also was just 10 us
But he not being so, we have no thanks TO
offer for the rule of PAINERsroS and R,s-
SELL Not even the amiability and erident
friendliness of NlcToRn can make us forget
fu or unmindful of the unfriendliness oil
those who shaped the pelicy oi her govern
meat
II was important to Us during the whole of
the late struggle that we should not be in
volved in strife with foreign powers. But
there is a difference between those who were
paSSIYe because they could not contriye q de-
cent pretext for interference and those who
were honestly and earnestly our friends
[ nder the former head we rank the English
aristocracy and the Administration qnder
the latter we recognize JONI BRIGHr. RiCH-
ARD CoBDES, JoHS STUART MILL, Professor
GoIDwIS, aaQ many warm fr.ends Of English
liberty and OF American institutions. As q
representative Of these. as representative also
of that class of English statesmen who since
the DAYS Of the First John have sought to
shield the English masses from the aggres-
sions of sovereign power, and for his great
abilities and exalted merits, the American
people will do well to give a warm welcome
to the national guest. dces he VISIT the United
State.