Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-08
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It only now remains TO declare that We
attempt mo requirement Of uniformity OF
opinion ~ other questions. No man by
joining IN thu .A1el ni4% ts@h,s does. sesensby
,npiea,ion, qualify hs opinions. Jon ether
sableetspa Sss,esr naSsna concefn. He
merely ,ognizes the Sbsramoudt import
ance OF 6s.--rhss party, II ishask histouy.
must INSET the great political questions VI
The day az they arise, but aiways in spbor-
dination to the question Of irsedoni. -
only in the spirit OF concession aud ioler-
xaee on other sab)eets that We can be ua-
tied on this. In the dssensions OF the Tree,
i. the hope ever OF despoIsm. Let Va take.
aced that We lose not the cause oi freedom
here, as it has been Lost the world oser. IN
ali tine, BY unxorthsness 10 enjoy tts biese-
inKs, aud inauIiaty to. unite in its defiance.
RESOLUTIONS.
l. Rsso'rei, Iast slavery, "a a State iu-
stltuuon, Is not @,taia uur power or respon-
s.tlity; bu,. slavery, IN its relation 10 the
nation, rs The concern Vi every man IN the
nation; in its relation TO the tree States, 1t
IS the concern oil every man IN the tree
States.
= Reso,ra.l, That the incrsase and ad-
Der OF slave States, the successive uiumphs
OF slavery IN the political contests of the
last halt century, the control vi slavery over
ali aepsrtm, MS vi The gsyernms mt, he ex-
per ence vi the last lev years IN the legi.-
latiye, executive ana judicial departments,
ana more especially IN the repeal oil the
Missouri Compromise, have maze slavery,
ia its national relations and IN is re lstious
to the isee States. the paramount practical
question in the politics OF The county.
g. Reselre.i, Thst massachusetts,, the ear
hest battle ground ot freedom, gives her
heart aud hand 10 Kansas, tue latest battle
ground vi freedom.
l. Rssolred, That the repeal Of the Mis-
sour Compromise makes every inch of the
national domain battle-ground between
freedom aud slavery. II makes the adniis-
SION vi every new State conflict beta cen
freedom and slavery. The issue thus forced
upon US we accept. We commit our cause
10 G Tod and TO our coanty. lie, it BE- by no
fault OF ours if another slave State is added
to the Union, or any Of its territories left
open to the possibility OF slavery.
5 Reso! ed That we tender no geograph-
zeal or sectional ISSUE, nor Will ~e be de.
tered irom our dutt by the fear of one. The
repeal OF the Missouri Compromise has eras-
ed the geograp hlcai line. Our principles
are national and general. Our spirit 10 ma
tional and liberal. We seek sympathy and
cooperation from all parts Of the land; we
.ook Tor members aud candidates fromSouth
and North, East and West. Our prin eiples
do mol justly lead to sectional issue p
the slave pow er raises one. the fault is theirs;
let the victory be ours.
6. Resolved, Tia, We require no conform
ity Of opinion on other subjects OF national
OF State policy. Ne man surrcndering OF
gualiiyin his opinions on those subjects
we all recognize the duty of making the
question oil freedom paramount. To secure
unity OF action here-we attempt no unity
OF oylnioa elsewhere.
RESERVED, That We accept he name OF
the Republican party, which has been
adopted by cur trienis and fellow laharers
in other S. s,es. We unite with that party
to assert the great principles for which we
contend, and to carry them to a triumphant
issue.