Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-24

The Buffale9 onmerrisl Adverfisw, ana
other papers cupyiag ,ipilas pglidcai
vsi,ioH af51Gng tsconsiGer thatthere is
neither danger nor probability that Kansas
win be a Slave State, come to the comfort-
aba .conclusion that the mission Of the Re-
publican party il already accomplished. and
bAA& the country has nm further need for its
services. Ii would no doubt be very agree.
able to the, feelings Of large number Of
Slavery ADVOCATED AID sllce-seekers if the
!, Repaslican forces were disbanded; but if IT
we're reduced to certainty that Kansas
Z Hoald be no further molested by the gsres-
sions of the slave power. we would still De
Of opinion that the men composing the
] Aepubiicsa party in Ohio, Massachusetts.
md other States, are Is capsule Of selecting
olscers to administer The affairs Of those
States, and as much entitled to have their
epiaions properly reflected in the admins
tration Of the general government. as the
men Of any other party, and the, more SO, as
1 sAey happen II the present time to be more
asmesous than any other single party in the
country.
- But though the mere organization Of the
Republican party has already operated favor
ably for the cause Of freedom in kansas, If
would be evidence of very little ssgaciy it
the promoters Of that organization were to
be satisfied with tha, linking Of success. and
10 retire from the 6eid not only before the
contes, had fairly commenced, but when all
the signs promise them full and pernan,
nent triumph. The exclusion of slavery from
Kansas il not the sole object OF the Repub-
lican organization, and even that object is
not yet accomplished. The restoration OF
the Missouri compromise is not the sole OBJ
iect of the Republican party, and even that
& compromise 10 not yet restored Though
the Republican party has frequently and
explicitly disclaimed any right, desire or
intention to interfere with slavery where it
cons,itutionally exists, ills its right and it
il its intention to resist the aggressions of
the slavery propagandists. and to rescue the
general government from it's present posi-
ton Is facile but powerful instrument for
accomplishing the designs of those prop
assndisss The following extract from
oenator Stewards late speech at Albany,
gives come idea Of the nature Of the aggres
SONS, from which it 10 the mission of the
Republican party to deliver the country
II do not ttop to siigmatize or even to
characterize these aggressions. or what
use would il be to charge perhdy when the
Losses we deplore have resulted from our
osn imbecility and cowardicei do not
dwell a. others SO often and SO justly d. up
on the atrocious usurpation OF the govern
mept Il Kansas by the Shareholders Of Mis-
souri,, nor even on the barbarous and tyran-
nical code which they have established to
stihe Freedom in thatTerritory, nor even yet
Of he President with the usurpers. Nor will
I draw into this picture, already too darby
shaded, the personal humiliations which
daily come home to yourselves in the con-
duct of your own affairs. You are com
manded by an unconstitutional law OF Con-
aress to seize and deliver up 10 the members
OF thai privileged class their fugitive slaves,
under pain of aprisonment and forfeiture
ofyour estates. You may not interpose be-
etween the armed stakeholder and the wound
ed slave, to prevent his being murdered,
without coming under arrest for treason,
nor NAV YOU cover his naked and lacerated
limbs except BY stealth. You have fought
twenty wears and with but partial success
for the constitutional right to lay your re-
monstrance s on the table Of Congress. You
NAV not tell the freed slave who reaches
your border that he is free, without being
seized by Federal court and condemned,
without trial or even an accusation, to an
imprisonme nt.without bail or mainprze, and
without limitation Of sentence. Your rep
resentstiyes in either house of Congress
must speak with bated breath and humbled
countenance in presence OF the represent
stives of .he privileged class, lest justice be
denied to your old soldiers when they claim
their pensions, or TO your laborers when
they claim the performance Of their con.
tracts with the Government. The President
of the United States is reduced to the posi-
ton Of deputy Of the privileged class,
emptying the treasury and marshaiing bat.
tslious and ships -of-war to dragoon you into
the execution Of the Fugitive Slave Law on
the one hand, while he removes governors
and Judges at their command who attempt
70 maintain lawful and cons iitutional resist
ance aQsinst them in the territory of Kan
sas. The Vice President of the United
States and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives are safe men whom the
privileged class can trust in every case.
The care Of the judiciary of the territories
snd even of the foreign relations is intrust-
ed in either house to assured supporters Of
thaf class. Protection 10 denied ~ your wool
while it is freely given to the Shareholders
sugar Millions of acres Of the public do
main are freely given to Alabama for rail-
rosds and even a. gratuities, while not
dollar can be obtained TO remove the rocks
OF Hell-gats and the sands Of the Over
siaueh, or the bars in Lake st. Clsir or in
the mouths Of your lake harbors. Canada.
lyiaq I'll along your northern borders, must
not even be looked upon lest you may Ius.
sftsr II, while millions upon millions are
lsvishedin war and diplomacy to annex and
spread Slavery over Louisians, Florida,
Texas, Mexico, Cuba and Central America
Your liberty ofspeech, where is ii. You may
not, without severe rebuke, speak ofdespot-,
ism ID foreign lnnds, les. the slave oyerhea,
you on the plantations of the privileged
ciass, or the foreign despot visit them, 10
retaliation, for your unavaiiing sympathy.
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