The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-22

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much 70 th- southern % 10 the northern men, az
ought TO be free 70 settlements By them with ihe
property IS to any citizen Of the Cniiad States n
true principle, air. conceive 10 be this: the publ
land ss property VIII s-ever il lies belongs 70 tie Gen
eral Covcrimet nnd Is the cornnan pro9ery Of al
e be used, enoyed and appr9priatsd IN sneorea
ie State Of Illinois this municipal law-inaking powe
resides i. the state Governments il The IefIiores
resides In the General Goveram ent; but III botr ~
supreme, and IS always 70 he Distinguished from "a
ownership If the soil l. makes difference taat "
supreme municipal power ard the oFn ;rship OF u
soil Is lodged IN ihe same ndiviinal, IS The case I
The Territories. They essentially dittine an
must forever remain The one relates t1pfopsrt
The other 10 individuals and me one IS subordinate to
and under the control Of the otAer.''
There is another view Of this matter which hthi
quite conclusive. Slavery. by the decision of the 81
! premc Court Of the United States, IS 3 nunicpa
laws
/ Sir, the gentleman is right when hi
. says:
Whatever may b. the sentiments Of the NORTH t
the extension Of slavery. majority there are wilif.
aud read 10 do al that may become them to preserve
and enforee the constitutional guarantees which, a
Shareholders, We claim a. their hands,
IL behalf Of the State that have the hof
or, in part, to represent, feel proud in say
ing upon this floor, that our people have
and will stand BY the constitutional right:
OF the slave States.
Sir, the people Of Iowa, without distinc-
ton Of party were prompt to endorse and
!, aequiesce i'll the Compromise measures ot
i 1850. On those measures they were
ready TO support the Administration Of Mil
lard Fillmore, believing, with him, that they
were ''required by the circumstances and
condition OF the country" that the were
Unnecessary to allay aspcrities and animosi-
ties that were rapidly alternating one section
for another, and destroying those fraternal
sentiments which are the strongest supports
Of the Constitution. They responded,
warmly and earnestly. to the eloquent ap-
peal in his first annual message; snd, as a
part OF that "Amerlcan people" to whom il
was addressed, they were "ready to rebuke
any attempt to violate the integrity Of the
Union, to disturb the compromises on
which it is based, or 10 resist the laws which
have been enacted under its authority
But, sir, the citizens Of Iowa respond to the
sentiments of President Fillmore in their
full extent. With him, they regard these
measures as settlement in principle and
substance-a final settiement-ot the danger
Gus and exciting subjects which they en-
/ braced. His policy was so Just, so patriotic,
50 wise, thatit overrode all sectional leagues
and all party organizations. itcommcnded
itself SO strongly to the good sense and
good faeling Of the American people that no
party could stand up aganstlt The strong
and manly announcement of that policy as
/ first authoritative declardliotn UrT, B5"e .iha'
party, as the basis Of political action or rela-
tions; and it was hailed with such general
! Joy and praise by the unswayed and inda-
pendant masses from Maine to Culitor-
mia, from the Carolnas to the frontiers o!
the Northwest, that event the Democratic
convention at Baltimore was compelled
to give in their reluctant adhesion. Yes
! sir, with majority in that body OF com
i bined FIRE eaters aud Tree-soiers, they were
compelled. from Difference TO the evident
i and unmistakable sentiment Of the Ameri-
! can people, to uGopt and endorse that poll
cv OF President Filimore-not sincerely
as The subsequent history OF the party shows
I not sincerely, as the appointments Of tbs
new Pres lent from the ranks of those very
extremists demonstrate, not sincerely, as
the extraordinary movement made else
! where bv d distinguished citizen Of Illinois
sustained and backed, as il is believed TO be
/ bv the Executive, furnishes abundant and
inclusive e,i Hence. Andyst we are toll
upon this floor, both by gentlemen within
political organization and "outslhc.s, that
the great national Wing party has become
abolitionzed. and souther Wings are appeal
ed to and threatened with southern thunder
Iifthev do not abandon their northern al
lies.
Sir, again repeat that Wing Pfcsi-
dent gave the first official erdo.se ment Of
the compromise measures Of 1850, and de-
clared them faality. The national Wing
party endorsed md those compron
ise measures a finality; and, sir, that party
as party. have religiously adhered to the
policy. And l fearlrssly assert that you
cannot point out the first act of the natlona
Wing party where it rcpudiated a comprom
tise, or tolerated the agitation Of the slave
question.
Sir. the policy of President Fillmore was
policy of pacitication, and produced the
most fortunate results throughout the coun
try. Such were those results, that he
might well congratulate Congress and the
people. as he does in his last annual mes
sage. on the general acquiescence which
had been exhibited, and the spirit of concil
iation which had been induced in all parts
Of the country. Well might he say that ne
!. adhered TO his recommendation OF the pre-
7 vious year-to abide by the compromise
measures as Raal adius tment. And vel
would it have been, sir, if the present adj
ninistration, in this respect as we'll as some
others, had followed in the footsteps OF ITS
predecessor But when politicians saw az
! i,ators and sectionaists figuring in the high
est places, and the moderate and nationa
, men of the party passed by without consId
Grafton, they might well enough think tina
twas worth while to play the old game
over arain, and renew that warfare OF sec
tionalism and faction which has been OF Late
,, , wears the curse of the Republic. Satan, i
(. iis said, fishes most successfully in troubled
waters Il is 50 much easier Tor politician
to agitate on prcjudces than to rcpose up
on a principle, that we cannot often hops
to find Chief Magistrate with the selt-de
Il NAL and self-control Of President Fillmore
e and willing, like him, to repudlate seeliona
i and faclous alliances from sentiment o
national Loyalty and OF allegiance to tn
? Federal Union 1t was their respect 10
il this sentiment in that .ingle-hearted ant
natriotic man, and their conviction that II
shonld be cherished and encouraged IN ev
erv American heart, that induced the hug
n Of Iowa 10 adhere 10 Mr.. Fillmore in tn
National Convention, with the same tlrn
i, ness that h G had manifested IN his adhef
G ance TO the measures Of compromise. II
I. is now. sir, in retirement, with no power U
r WELD. and no honors TO bestoW; but the de
i monstrations Of gratitude and affection tina
/. have been showered upon him, on his rccer
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