The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-11-21

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men Of reflection, u homo and abroad, that
Immediately aAss H. cleseof -. extenl
sive, bloody, and sxhsasting conflict in shs
field, and while . political conflict s.ill nees
with great intsnIiv through the land, The g.
nancial condition efsas Government 10 con.
stantly and rapidly improving. The history
of the world sxAi6its nothing ike il, and /,
puzzles statsspsn cd fssnciers 70 oourrs.
bend and b11ses IN their styorts % .ccoup,
for it, BY the lishss of former experience.
Nevertheless the fact remains, and thu ev;
dsncss Of isetsssing psoeperity, md Il ai
minishing National debt and Gradual an.
proach to specie basis are visible on every
hand.
Everybody Looked for . great decline in
business, for collapse in financial matters.
for an increasein the public debt, Tor univer.
sal disturbance and embarrassment, and f,
rapid. CONTRACTION in the development Of
the resources of the country, upon The cee,..
hon of hoanlities' On the contrary, We have
witnessed nothing Of the kind, but .he tide a
universal prosperity has flowed on in brad.
er and deeper current. and mAnufsctures
agricultural productions, and merch.nd;s. Of
Gil kinds have increased, and businss. has
nourished IN = noak sastoqishius manner.
Railroads and otAet inpto vements are being
constructed IN greater numbers, on more NJ
gantic scale, and With. greater rspidi.y than
ever before in the history of this country. or
any other country on the face Of The earth.
Ihis Prosperons condition of the country
is the natural outsrowth of the character OF
the American people, their equality Of poli.-
ical rights, and the general and equal interest
which the people Ill fsel in the counsr, and
in the velisre q the Govsrnnent Il il o~>
'ns TO the equal chances Of I'll, under inst and
eqaallAwA and oar Rspubhcsn and Deuocra..
&c institutions aud habits, which recognise NO
htled sristocDcy, and no rulers governing the
people BY prsscriptive and indeSeasibls right.
II 10 because our Government ID peoples
Govsrnmsnt. A Government for the people
and BY the people, and IN which BY il very
fundamental theory, Ill have equal right, and
an equal interest, constitutes ths new condi,
ton, which exhibits prosperity here, when
under the old systems poverty and ruin were
antici. ate. Our Republican institutions,
the iis.ligence. enterprise and saneuiue
b mess anuniversal ingenuity Of our
population, and the immense resources Of our
vide spread country, are the elements which
are now In operation to create that uaprec,
dentsd financial prosperity Of the Govern
lnent ana the people, which so astonishes the
statesmen OF the Old World.
But while this state of things arouses the
attention and excites the wonder of mankind
the fact that this prosperity is confined to one.
bait OF the United States il equally sisui6.
cant. Why are not the people Of the SoutL
prnspering, as we'll as the people Of IN.
North But very small portion, Of tbe
widely extended region Of the South. 49,
desola'ed by war. Not certainly sutieiep,
proportion Of it to have made any very urea,
difference in the estimate Of the eeperni -
gregase. MOI The South waa pros,ra,.d and |
It's business destroyed, ard its prosperity ru
med IN consequence Of the peculiar devel- |
opment OF ils political and social orrapi,..
non, u was no, . Republican society. i'm.
eued by the principles of liberty aud ecu a,
rights. The fundamental prsscisles of r..
institutions had been perverted, aud practi,
cally ignored, and an aristocracy bnd been
exalted into power, aud r,led v;,h
a 'yranical sceptre ,,ver tn. mass.
es of the p,~onle. bond and
''ee' 'ucn >ciety does not rea Oily
'eeupe'a'e Nd - recover from the effects Of
war ou' troops and languishes and nurses its
Ills and eherishes its disconten,s, and re-
mains 10 just such nerveless and hopeless
condition after the exhaustion o! war, as has
been 30 often observed in the old world un-
der similar circumstances.
How much better for our country, If the
entire land, as well ~ the universal body of
the people, we're like the people of the North.
Then we should be prosperous throughout the
entire extent Of the country, and the South
would add . moiety to the general wealth and
advancement of the country, to push us for
ward in the path Of greatness, instead OF
hanging as Q weight about our neck to drag
us down.
And yet, in view of these indisputable facts
and principles, . very large portion Of the
people of the North, in the mere madness 0,
prejudice and political luminosity, are seeking
to continue the condition of society which
has been 20 great curse to the South and To
the entire country. They insist that aristoc.
rscy shall still be sustained and fostered in
the Sou.h. That half the people shall have
no rights which the other half are bound to
respect; and that proud and lazy aristocra.
cy shall be upheld in their claim of superior.
''mudsills /" Of the North. And that thu.
shall be perpetuated an imbecile and
worthless society, where labor is de
spised by one portion Of the people
and all inducement to labor and enterprise
takeE away from another portion by the utter
denial Of eqaal rights or personal interest in
the Government under which they live.
All we need, to render this Government. per-
msnently the best and most prosperous in
tbs world, and the people thereof the freeesi,
hsppiest, aud mos, intelligent, is to assimi-
late iae state Of society in the South - neal
as practicable to that Of the North. Sc,
cure equal rights, freedom Of speech and Of
theprsss, universal common school educs.
ton, ands general diffusion Of the Gospel
IN the South, and this assimilation will even-
sualiy be partially effected. Then we shall
present 20 the world the spectacle Of . PEG,
pie taly under the influence Of the principles
spon which our Republican Government i,
founded. And then will free Institutions, AID
the rights aud liberties Of mankind, be vindi.
Gated and honorrd the world over.