The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-11-17
s. The Tendencies Of Abolition sm.'
Under this head the Ereninq Times under

space 10 give synonsls OF Its argument
and review them in full nor is it necessary
since they are, in the main, a repetition, with
out additional proof, of those TO which "
replied in our last article, and we must dea
with them briefly.
The Times repeats that the Republican
''boldly avow" their ''hostility to the Union,
and all that. 1t is false, and the Times know
it. There is not "a Republican ira all tn,
land that has ''boldy ayowed" any sucl
thing. II it were true, surely the Time
might quote one single avowal," which W,
defy 1t to do. On the contrary, they dt
svow desire to bee the Union preserved
and they ayow nothing else, and we choose to
believe, and we thiak the people will believe
their ayowal just rs hearty and sincere al
though they contended for the divine righ
and indefinite perpetuation of Slavery.
!" If Slavery is local institution" asks
the Times, "why constantly keep up this
hue and cry about the South?'' We .'keep
up this hue and cry to prevent the illegal
transportation of local institutions and local
laws into Territories unstained by Slavery,
and the wicked toadying Of the Administra-
to Slavery and the South has rendered this
incumbent upon all men who regard Slavery
as at war with the principles and peace of
the Government. That is WHY.
Why abuse judges for delivering up pre-
tended fugitives, and charge them with
trampling upon the Constitution? queries
the Times. We reprehend them for disre-
garding the guarantees which the Constitu-
ton throws around the rights Of every man,
for violating the sacred principles of common
law, and the great primary law of the land
IN their haste to be usurpers and tyrants
and for nothing more. Hateful as in its ma
ture sucn thing is, we never abused any
Judge for returning, under the forms of law
and with strict observance 10 the guarantees
Of the Constitution, fugitive to his master,
for he did no more, in such case, than his
oath and the law demanded.
The Times insists that bv our own confes-
sion, in the use of the words ''to limited
EXTENT the Republican party must be a
sectional " party. If the Times still fails
10 understand that it is possible for party to
be limited in the extent of its organization,
though lis aims may be national, and that
there may be anational organization for sec
tional purposes, We presume It's readers and
the public are not SO stupid, and it needs no
further argument in explanation. The fact
is, the Democratic party furnishes point in
proof Of our position, for ii has a national
organization, and its sole great effort now is
the defence of a sectional issue, the extern
sion Of local law and local privileges in
defiance Of the Constitution and the will of
the people.
! lit says our 'swhole course is in opposition
tothe private rights and constitutional guar
kanties Of the South Not unless the Con-
STANTON guarantees to the South the priyile-
Be OF extending her local laws and taking
her local rights in the shape of her slaves TO
the new Territories. This Webster and
Clay,-authoriiios cited by our contempora-
ry,-say they cannot do, and we prefer the
opinions of Clay and Webster to those Of the
Times.
The Tones SAYS we threaten 70 oppose the
admission OF any more Slave States. and
says that Congress has no power to refuse
admission on that ground. We neper did
say thf.t we should make such opposition,
Tough we shall not promise that we never
will, for we claim the right 70 do that upon
this or any other ground that seems to us
lawful and proper. And Congress can, if it
chooses, deny admission upon that or any
other ground, fer the Constitution saws that
Congress may admit new States, ETC., but
does rot command them 10 do so, and that
body is al perfect liberty to refuse admission
to any new State at all, it chooses. So
says Judge Story in his Commentaries. and
we need not ask pardon for preferring the
Judgment of Story to that of the Editor Of
the Times.
The Times says that our quotations from
Clay and Webster were upon Slavery in the
abstract. On the contrary they were argu-
ments made upon, and in favor Of principles
.FPiaO ~ my particular measures then
under consideration, the Oregon bill and the
Compromise bill Could any thing be more
concrete than that NJ, sir you have not
impugned the pertinence of the testimony
OF your own witnesses in our favor. and Won
cannot. We have neither . impugned the
truth of history" nor ,Smisconstrued Ian
guage," and we defy you to prove it.
The Times says that shareholders NAV
take their human chattels to the new Terri
tories, because the Constitution gives them