Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-12-03

TN 8oUT38O 010O8tI1.
Some OF the Administration papers affect
=, law Great stress on the fact that as the
Nave States are in b minority a. fegsfos
raes.sen,utives, in the House Of Repre-
.entatiyes, tina, therefore the South can COM
20 no .seressise act on the rights OF the
North. But in the same breathwith which
Lis statement is made. II is also admitted
,h., ia their political action the Slave States
..ress emit, and it beingset,led among them
,.,lse. that only one end is 10 be aimed at,
thee are :, foil liberty to utc al their skiii
ssd'uean. in buying up those men 40 Inc
rrre States who have more ambition tnah
.pei.ciple, aud who are always ready 70 De-
t,sv freedom if q satisfactory bid Is MADE lot
shcir treschery.
We long since ceased to De surprised AZ
.,r Mind 81 delusive or insulting attempts
-. srsument which Democratic lesoe's
circulate for the guidance oftheir followers
But every days exPerienee gives cies'e.
transportation Of the fact. that the BODY 81
the reople have become tired Of such I'M
positions and superior to such decep'ions-
wha,ever other differences Of opinion may
he enoendered by the present ener'escing
g condition Of political affairs. the people are
las. approaching an united opposition 70
re sham democracy. Their common sense
scorps those jesui,ical perversions Of facts
which are being continually manufactured
nv the industry Of ofice-holders. and though
! they may not have vet agreed as to their
mode of action on all points, they are fully
agreed and determined to oppose the PreseLt
nro.slavery Administration, and prevent the
election of another like il. And when they
.re told that the South, being minority
cannot commit any aggresslons on the
rights of the North, they point to the aoro-
81, patton of the Missouri Compromise, and the
,rescherous proceedings BY which that
I measure was accomplished. As far as the
= bad GO nsequences are concerned, II makes
no difference whether the evil be effected
by open opponents or by traitors excep'
that, when the latter are the executors OF
the wrong. those who have been betrayed
are more apt to insist on the recovery Of
their rights. and more determined to punish
The nersons who assailed them. That But
Ter and Toombs should assist, though they
might not initiate an aggression on the
rights Of freedom. causes no surprise; but
that such an aggression should be COM
menced and accomplished BY Pierce and
Douglas. causes something more than sur.
Prise, and creates iustihable ground for
7 revenge.
Those Democratic journals, then, who
argue from the minority of the South, the
impr. liability Of any aggression coming from
"a that quarter, need not fatter themselves
a that the people will be longer deluded BY SO
palpable begging the question. II the
spread Of slavery were only advocated BY
those who were born, educated and con-
Time TO reside in Slave States, the "institu-
ton" might remain the cherished and inoi-
fensiye ornament Of the places where II
cous,itutionaly exists. ltwould then have
no power to commit forays on the rights OF
others. But II is the alliance which slave
,.olders have been enabled to effect with
) northern apostates, that has given slavery
power it does not righifully possess, and en-
do~ed the unnatural coalition with the aoili-
" TO disturb the harmony of the country,
.nd even 10 threaten the stability Of the
constitution. 1t is against these Northern
traitors that the efforts Of the people are
. nov directed, nor will those efforts be inter-
mitted until they have been completely sue
cessial.