The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-10-29
re QUESTION an IssuF

The gtess question al issue between The
Repubhesu and the so-cailed Democratic
party 10 i4,4t q Slavery and tie usn ' ho
ugaes 10 tAe contrary il ei,heg Intensely
and pitisSiy l.nesaat of tae SUBJECT, 81
seeks most mex ussoiy 10 deceive Others,
rae ole qaeslona that elacsd The Why
ana Democratic parties are settled, they are
dead, White the Wing party N .olal aHd
t4e Democratic party ia principle, died with
them. Two new parties sprung up on
their ruins, tue one retaining sae aaine be-
not the principles Q. The Democratic paf,y'
and the olAer adopting tie ate q he9oo'l.
cans. They are ioundes NANNY nPoa > s'h-
gle psincipl e--lhsl O. Sa@usrs' tae form
CT maintsjps thai S4arsry = national, Tie
iattsr thss il j. secuvdai heaee tae sat'eI'
Il Repuh .itaa, Ass eeea se.aed the section
Il party, &a.Ie ths soIsaefs u Sham Demo
erat. hiss ASSUMED tie a4ne ot be national
party. The Republicans sly thai Slavery
- aggressive, aGa taey Po,as % iae history
q, our e0ualy ia continuation O the asse8-
i'm, and aAey maintain thai unless check
I'd IN lie proggess the Neah must eveniu-
ally suesa.ub t. is power. They say 70
,As ins,itaIoa, lkas far aaa no further, VS.
shall mol inssrlese With sou In yeuF present
BOUNDS, sal you rsAs. not advance any iat.
lher
The Democrats bare repealed tie sel
vhish asaasd tie limits Of Slavery, while
the Administration has shown every sneopr.
agensnt 10 the ssuih 10 It's efforts 10 make
Kansas Slave STATE Vel We kRd men 50
los, 10 shame tnd ssase as TO assert That
Slavery has nolh.as 10 d ei,h the present
canvass. that, 10 The language q tas esadl4e
editor OF tie Ae.gs. The Dsmocrsle party
does not N lie Slavery an issue al all =
Or, as Mr.. Harlan llasustsd TIE subject,
msE tears down your ience and drives the
cattle in aud destroys youT crops, and inca
maintains thar be hss nothing 10 CO with
your bases, as il was the cattle and not
himself who aid waste your possessions
Almost every word that The Scam Dem
oeratc press ntters appears 10 be irienoeo
Tor deception Taey have no arguments
and therefore have 10 resor' . assertions,
while soms Of the more lmPfa3eni seen 10
be entirely regardless OF what tAey uiier.--
For instance The Neaos, IN tbs same article
IRON whloh we have quoted, and Which IS
certainly the weakest sc remember 10 lave
observed daEing..the ca@Paign, boldly ssse''
crates, that Slavery enters nc mors into TIE
Democrats Platform than does Mosienisa,
or the doctrines OF the HIeksliss." We
vii merely give TIE Peia's on the soelee'
OF stsvsry, lar question ~ Issue, laYo!Fso
in tBe Democrats" platform, and !h1n LET
cur rsaaefs jadgs for themselves whether !.
eulers into tRsi ea8s u principles by Which
the party processes Q he governed.
TIE following il brief &C lbs points
esmpnssa il The C.aeiaaaa PLATFORM
lzt. Co4sress aas &C usal e eze.aee si-
very fgo.a az ierr!tOr.. -, Tae PeoP!e ::
terr!l4ry aase no power 10 PFoalb!t si1-
yery % org IS ne ssEriiSsl4l goEsEAHeHi
lsss. S.. sgusEger Sovereignty Is bun.-
hug, and is 40 Iouseg plank II the Demo
cfaIe creed. an, state eas4liiy neAIs
Inc righg ei Shareholders 10 take tAeii
Saves into the pesA@ CONAN, by virtue 0.
tbe Slave .asS .! the Save Statss. atA'
That Slavery Is nEtigasl ana freedom sec.
uoasl ON. That tie people q 'efrlio'
~ can olly exclude Slavery IRON aHon.
TEEN after ghey have ognee Stste Con
stitutcn ana been admitted into the Union
TIL. That Kansas musI be hePi out oil lbs
Union, % tie plea q WEnt o. poPalai4oh
uual The Free State Zen EIe Murdered @
driven cut and TIE Shareholders fsnly
planted under the PFotectioE q the Gems
raj Government So. Tbst any man De
n,lug the foregoing doctrine y Traitor
aid should be aaalI WltA accordingly.