The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-07-27
Fer tie Gaissi.
The 0roas Question at Issue.

iact, which, as is not surprising, Is coh-
s,rain!nr the attention ofyoar readers ane;
ot our fellow citizens generally. OF course
| allude to the organization Of the new ter
ritoriss; and though i might seem that
scarcely inspiration itself could throw any
new Ngh, upon a matter 50 often and re-
Gently discussed, there would seem - be 10
imarapsieiy III saying tow words Tor N"
consideration 81 those who art Ut our par
leu.ar yielnsSe; fos though tho facts con
nected Nth the subject, have national ie-
lu,ionshia, they have 1t lhe sarie tine Is,
lationship which j. very interesting 'o
,lIe laople Vi this STATE and Reishs'r-
hood
The question, reduced 10 its simplcHt
terms, is, whether slavery shall be permit
ted 10 exist in Kansas and Nebraska. do
net intend 10 arru, the eonsti,u,ionality or
the reverse ofthc Missouri omrrumlsc. I@ill
no, insul; The der=tandings of your readers
hv such an Undertaking. Bnt ! do intend
to appeal to the common sense Of all prac-
teal men and the patriotic sense Of all re-
publieans.
To come then ut once u the matter
the compact, the bargain. the agreement,
or whatever YOU may choose to call It'd
vil,nq the LOUISIANA purchase between the
slave holding and Notwithstanding States
According to this compact or agreement,
tha, par, Of the territory yielded 70 The pro-
slavery sentiment, has been settled ami or
eanized as slaveholding States: that part Of
the territory gwen to the anti-slavety SEN
timent OF the country, has been held III
,rg4, by the Congress. fur the formation OF
n-slaseholding States.
This i astatemen, OF facts, which ! presume,
vii not be denied BY any man who has IN
telligenee enough to know the truth, and
eandor enough to acknowledge il, These
facts then being 50, what are the reasons
that this territory, guaranteed to freedom,
and for the occupation Of which By frermea,
fall consideration has been gwen, accept
ed and enjoyed, should nov be yielded to
the desires of those who wish TO extend the
area of slavery, and consequently to
increase the political power Of slave hold
erst
appealto my fellow citizens Of every
party, If the experiment D. SLAYER. as deyel-
opel in the slayeholding States. has been OF
such character, - to induce them + de-
sire the fastening Of thar Institution upon a
soil where hitherto !, has n1t legally exist
ed, where according to constitutional COM
pact il ought not to exist, and where, i!
there be ans virtue in majority 81 treeHeR,
Il will never haze permanent abiding
place!
care not n9w Is g into 4 detail Of sta
t.s.ics 10 shox the retreg-cssion OF the slave
States, as compared With those States where
that institution has never existed, 81 With
those States which were long ego wise
enough TO abolish it Ingain appeal to tho
memories of those who know that, mean az
poor ,otit4 man." il properb IN the slave
States: and also appeal to the knowledge
Of those who are aware that slaseholding
stare u no plate iiisrugtutlt " "a" r--irSs
forced 70 labor. has pcide and ambition
enough 10 desire his own asPectab.lity and
manhood. II is consequence Of slavery,
that labor is regarded as degradation, ]
care not ii the fact b. dcnied,-it is true
American citizens who move out Of the
slave States, and foreign immigrants who
refuse to move into them, are witnesses to
its ,ru,h,-and to them am willing 70 leara
the correctness q my statement
These facts then being 50, ar the clti-
gems of Iowa willing that slaserg should be
established in the country between them
and the Rocky Mountains and that tn re
should be there allowed another nursery for
the growth Of an aristocratic minority, which
shail q ntrol d In the Old slave States, a
majority ef black slaves and pauPer whites!
There il no sense in allowing ourselves
10 be deluded by names. This talk abon'
popular sovereignty, as put forth by the
Douglasitos, is the merest sham. TIL 4
purpose and wish OF the authors and defend
ers Of the Douglas bal, il. that the Propa
gand.ts Of slavery may have an opportunity
of extending system which they are prlj
udced or ianatical enough to call the COZ
ner stone Of republican Institutions. TIL
limsy veal which had been drawn over thl
matter has been rent by the meetings recent
+ r. held Oh the Missouri frontier, the proceed
ings Of which have been published III th'
papers Of s. Louis and other cities. II i
already shown, that under the auspices 0
the Douglas bill, the friends Of slavery ar
acting with their accustomed prolnptitnd
and speaking. with their accustomed AFRO
gsnca, il remains to be shown whether
majority Of frcemen will permit tlli. conspi
racy against truth and good faith to be sue
eessful.
The present letter is sufficiently long
In your next paper, with your permission,
will say something Of those politicians il
our own State, who urc striving to deiua
themselves aud their listeners, by arguin
that the Missouri compromise Was unconsti
tulional, aud that the opening Of Nrbrasll
and Kansas tothc t,luy and establishment