Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-12-19
T===1a Yrou rnANc1s P BLAIR

Il The Republicans Association OF Wasn'ns-
,on CITY. that has carried dismay to the
hearts OF the Nebraskaites, and espec.aiiy .
sba, portion Of the pro.siavery party ~h'en
..rrounded by all the facts and Influences oil
freedom. have betrayed its cause, ano ia.
hored with all its strength to increase an'
estend the power of an ohgarchy. winch
o,.,,v contradicts the doctrines oil Demo
.,.ey. and 10 utterly irreconcileabie with Tue
cardinal principles OF republican institutions
We should like TO publish the entire let
,e,. bu, Is our limits forbid that. we copy
the conc luding paragraphs. In the CON-
neucemen, Of his letter. Mr. Blair says
ssTo exclude slavery rom the territories
sf the United States, and TO reeuSe the s'o-
l.tion Of the compromises which were made
70 eject that exclusion. are. in my oPin'
ion, the most important movements ~h'e'
have engaged the public mind since the hes-
o,us;on": aud after clearly showing the nat
-. ef,he movements which have been made
., ,be restriction Of slavery-the FIRST anu
noble protest OF Mr.. jefferson, and the SUD
..ouent ! cts and compromises consummated
by Congress, the letter continues ana con-
eludes Is foliows:-
81. il remarkable that although these
srea. measures had their origin win Uelho1 :
cratic leaders, Federal and Whlg leaders u
creates, renown united IN their support
The constitutional provisions on the suo]eot
had the unanimous suffrage OF all me IL,
iu.tr;ous men in the convention who framed
the Constitution of the Uniied States ana
from the silence on the subject IN the state
Conventions called to ratify the Consutu-
t;oc !, nav well be presumed that those III
% we're unanimous 10 their approval Of
vh., had been done under the Confederacy'
s.d ia the new Constitution to restrain the
introAuetion and limit the extension OF
sl.verv And may not men OF all parties
eo~ mite TO restore what the patriots OF all
na,sies. during the first seventy years OF our
Co..,nmert' contributed TO establish
The work of restoration is simple and
-, az the men who abhor the late inno-
vss;on on the long settled policy OF the nation
ean be induced TO relinquish petty ditieren-
80 an transitory topics, and give their uni
~ ,o;ce- in the next presidential election,
81, some man whose capacity, fidelity and
our.oe can be relied upon to oppose the
i.aue which the presen, Administration has
~. 70 control IT, The contest has grown
out Of Presidential aspirations. The decis-
ion Of the people at the polls. IN choosin
I chief magistrate will end II. senators WIN
easily comply when the nations demand Is
backed by Presidential power and patronage
and hopes Of the future, which animate the
leading members Of the body
The Administration has staked itself on
the support of the party OF priVllege-of
class interest-which makes Il an unit. X
cenfides in the success which has crowned
the oliearchy everywhere in the Old World,
and secured its triumphs on the maxim "Di-
vide and conquer" The Wings and Demo-
ersts of the South are combination TO
ear-v into the next Presidency some candi-
date absolute in maintaining the repeating
clause of tbs Kansas bill. which nullifes
the principles of the ordnance, the provi-
slons Of the Constitution made TO give them
effect, and ell the compromises which have
BEEN made in pursuance of them, with the
sanction OF all sections OF the Union.
If the majority favorable TO the policy
hull, M with our Government will unite
accept the issue rendered by the Admin
ist,stion, and make the repeal oil the repeal
inc clause OF the Kansas act paramount in
the impending contest for the Presidency,
ali will be restored that has been lost to
free institutions, by opening the Territories,
North and South, TO slavery. The comprum-
i.es Of 1920 and 1850 being restored, there
will nor be an inch Of territory of the United
States, once exempt from slavery, on which
n can legally intrude; and Mr.. Atchson's
attempt BY an armed force to carry out the
nslii6cation plotted in the caucus which
ssye birth to the Kansas bill will, like the
sttsmpt of his prototype, Mr.. Calhoun, to
rive effect 10 South Carolina notification,
s. paralyzed by the frown Of an indignant
nation, made potent by an honest and firm
2 Executive.
And there will end the career Of those
gentlemen who arrogate to themselves The
excIusive tutelage of the Democracy of the
eountry, as ended that Of Mr Calhoun and
his proseIytes, who took the peculiar charge
Of the estate Rights" party. They ksunk,
under the universal conviction that their
seal for Estate Rights was an ardent pas
sion TO reach political power. al the hazard
Of extinguishing in the blood Of the people
the wise and free institutions IL had cost 50
nueh..lo establish.
Our innovsting Democrats, who put un-
der foot the representative principle; who
violate the known will of their constituents;
who scorn their instructions to redress the
wrong they have committees; who reply 10
the suffrsges that condemn their conduct,
thstthey are not Democratic suarages; BIO,
in the plentitude of their intaliioilty, read
out the Democratic party Maine, New
Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, Penn
sylvania. Ohio. Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,
Wisconsin and Iowa, because they will no,
submit TO the will OF these, their represe Mt
stives, who have set up test which must
ever exclude Massachusetts, Vermont and
Rhode Island from its ranks; who have
harcred away rights secured to them all by
eompacts--wiil soon learn that Democracy
does not reside in the organization OF in.
tSiRusrs, but 10 the mass OF the people.
Il 10 the glory of our great Republic, tn at
it, democracy springs up from the soil and
Aourishes in the fresh air OF our widespread
country; and that its rich harvests, impaft-
ing health, strength and spirit TO our whole
system, 10 gathered annually al the polls.
The democracy which 10 bred in csucuses
and cabinets is sort Of hot-bed species