Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-09-11
CHANGE OF OPINION.
4, be admitted that il would have bee0

| 1fa be admitted TINT il would have bees
Improper 10 repeal the Missouri COMPROMISE
in 1880. we think lew candid and nielligen
people would contend that any changes har,
since occurred in the history OF the country
or any new facts been developed, by which
that DISASTROUS measure Gamble defended
Ifthere be such vi would ike to see then
stated. ECpl@Ricaardson, ofilinois, as is
well know n, swas the header oil the Nebras-
!! la forces in the House Of Representatives
and was the principal agent OF the Admins
! tsatiea in ioreing through the aaigateeus
| ami unpalatable enactment. Blu, in 1884,
/ in q speech on the Territorial question, ne
used The following language
@The time sir, has gone BY when slavery
can lie carried ana established n new coan-
,ries The split oil the are Is against lis
/ establishment"
.,Tte renrese natives from slavehaldlng
l sr,,es n,aiutain that hereyr Der flag floats
o,.oy territory IF tbs United States, and not
/ WITHIN the limits ii a sovereign State, The
/ Const.iutioa carries and protects slavery.
n his he tr,t>. any law passed hy Congress,
inpaifine d right thus secured, isnait and
VOID, aad the psoyiso. egs;ated or p4sSsa' =
powerless and harmless.
II 10 not, and cannot believe, tnat oaf
Constitution carries and protects slavery,
except in the States, nor do beheVe thst
its trainers intended that il should extend
this institution. bslieve il was formed
for higher end uabier purposes II was
formed 10 pYaserva forever UNION q t.i2se
States, 10 guard ana pratect each and.ey&fy
ei,iYen whose lot might be castfn Il, 10 ms
nersoa. property Gad conscience,
"Tnere Is one Idng taat Wish, tins
connection mr. Casrman, to say 10 the
rsatleraea from the South, and the North
ern Wings 1.-THE Bill Tor territorial govern
ments. silentpp tue subject Of slavery
shall he defeated, then am for bills with
the Wilmot proviso, in order 10 give g9y-
ernmeuts 10 the peopla in the territories.
& ~ helieve Congress- has fun power 70,
mass s4,.h laws as thew nav think proper
Tor the government alfie Territories. IheIe
sTe. e5as eqaen,iy, no constitutional Gitacui-
lies in nay road"
Col. Richardson could not to-day use
such language as his in Kansas, without
being denounced as an"abolitionist," and re-
ceiylar treatment similar to that which was
awarded TO our former feilow-citizen, Mr.
Butler. Plain men are certainly at loss
TO understand how e person who FIVE years
ago was ready to subscribe TO the doctrine
Of the Wilmot proviso, could have suisse
quently aud in so short time, become the
most incorporating supporter OF tue mea-
sure shich h4s opened the new territories
to the ingress Of slavery, and thus far, gwen
enc eli them 10 the exclusive coatrols The
wors. members Of the slavery pfopaganda.
But though il may be impossible to ascer-
tain and expose all The 5 eFet causes ofin-
diyiiual treachery and tergiversation. the
common sense OF the people teaches them
that the whole scheme sprung from political
corruption, and they will reward according
or their deeds, all who engaged in it, either
as authors or accessories.