Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-09-01
TRUE coxsxRyAr1sE,

The following is the portion OF an article
entitled True Conservatism which We end
in the Bos,sn Atlas. II has the ciearness
and force Of expression which are dis,in.
gushing characteristics Of that journal; as
whatever fault some people may bedisposed
TO end with il. none can complain that they
are at any loss TO understand what il intends
to say. And certainly this is the kind OF
writing which is needed at the present. time.
Rhctosiea! haurishes are unsatisfactory, and
sophistrs is insulting 20 the understandings
Of people who feel that they have been
duped BY denagogues, AMI betrayed by
shase whom they had trusted as iae repre-
sentatives Of Their wishes, and the eeteaa-
ers Of their rights. a great wrong has
been committed, and an angry asita'ien has
been The consequence. In this emergency,
common sense would dictate that the tisst
aud most proper step towards sl!ayiag the
agitation. would be to remove ito cause
Tue people believe ihat 70 BE- the proper
msshot, and their actions viii correspond
with ,ast belief. We quote from the Al
las
.We ;ase our position boldly. We say
that true conservatism viii not be toaai pal
iisting Southern aggression, insensins ap'l-
osics Cor the Douglas thim5se rig, advising
submission for the sake o. peace, eoaasel-
ling a craven que, for the sake OF pea'
We say that those who boldly tenonnee
these wroags, and pertinseieusly demand
repara,ion, are the only real friends Of order
and the Uaion. Much is said OF the tumai
and agitation OF the times, aud OF the dam
gers Of sectional party. Il is in the pow
ar ef the South to restore that peace which
the Pierce Administration has SO shsmeiuily
broken. Give us hack the Missouri Com
promise, aud the Northern party which IS
now so rapidly form,ag, VIII melt away Ike
the misis Of the n 9gniag. But while iaat
compact remalas violated and teadIen d3Hn,
We mean to contend TIA. it Is not the part
even OF prudence to wink ST bad faita Q. y
sc1nissce IN the fraud. No man Ia his sen
sss takes ia his b1son the detected comb
dence-maa, who has dililej him ont al his
shiilings. Suppose that the Legislature OF
Massachusetts,, by single act, should car
eel all the charters of all the corporations in
the Commonwealth. The bulls and bears
of State street would send up to heaven a
Wild howl Of righteous rage; every loom in
Lowell. would hum with wrath, and every
locomotive ia the land scream out protest.
Atihs corners Of the streets men would be
fonai in high state Of Indignation and
,og state OF insolvency, loudly invoking
vengeance upon the hssds OF the red radi-
Gals in the State House. Gentlemen, We
point ont to you breach Of faith baser BY
Jar than the ana.hilation Of your stocks
would be. We point out TO you great
national compact, upon the preservation OF
which hung the peace and prosperity Of The
country, now broken and Gishonored. You
have much to say Of your fidelity to the in
stiiuiioas OF the country. We tell you that
the Missouri Compromise was an institution,
and il has bsen oyerthrown. Yon have
mach to say of your devotion to the Consti-
iaiion. We tell you that the Missouri
Compromise was as sacred as the ronsti:u-
fion itself, and il has been needlessiy viola
ted. Now, aho is tie true conservatiset
He who seeks TO rebuild that shattered bar
rier against the black and bloody sea Of
slavery, or he who hangs his head, and folds
bis hands, and waits with oriental submis-
sion 70. his own destrnctionf'