The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-07-17

left position equivalent to Woe President,
and came to Weston, Misoouri. and there or
ganized the Blue Lodges which invaded
kAneei, elected themselves . Legislature,
and imposed upon the people Of Kansas
against their consent, tho most stringent
pro- Slavery laws that wsrc ever enacted By
any legislator, however absolute or tyranni-
cal he sought to be. No monarch now living
dare make such laws.
9Th. The full endorsement by the Demo-
cratic Convention ct Cincinnati of the Kan
sas- Nebraska bill, and Of the course Of the
President on the subject Of Slavery in Kan
sas Territory, leaves the party no reason to
escape the charge that e q party they are
for The inde|ssite extension ef Slavery into
the Territories, whatever may be the private
sentiments of some Of its members. And
If those who do not favor that principle
continue to vote with the party on the sole
living issue which it presents, they must be
ooatens TO be classed With those who have
ahandonsd their principles, or who permit
party tios to override the most sacred con-
viction Of moral right.
When portion of this Government be-
comes the scene OF frstsrnal bloodshed by
armed bodies Of citizens Of the Union. on.
against another, and this is continued for
period of nearly year, and no bprospect
Is seen now OF relief or redress when or
ganixsd bodies Of men in one State close up
such great avenue Of travel, trade and
commerce as the Missouri River by force of
arms when the pcaceable citixens of this
Union are told that they cannot be
permitted to travel over the soil Of that
State. nor on any terms to take up their resi-
dence in Kansas and when weare repeatedly
told by all the mouthpieces of the Demo.
cratic party, that resistance to this state of
things will lead to dissolution Of the Union.
am justified in saying that the question in.
volved in these matters overrides oil others,
and requires you and me to lose sight Of
minor matters, and shape our political ac-
ton with reference to that question.
In common, then, with the great mass of
the old Wing party, and with all those of
every party who agree with US in sentiment.
and have the nerve to emancipate themselves
from old party domination, l have assisted
in forming the great Republican party.
That party, as well ~ myself, is opposed
to the Repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
opposed to the extension Of Slavery into
Free Territory, and will never consent that
acts Of conquest, achieved BY armed invasion,
shall impose upon free people, who are emit
tied to the protection Of the laws of this Union,
the institution of Slavery against their will,
and with that institution set Of laws more
odious than those which govern the serfs Of
Russia.
A word IS to two charges-the common
staple Of defamation against the Repub-
lican party, and | close. We are called
Abolitionists.
Intelligent men who make this charge are
guilty of deliberate falsehood, but there are
those perhaps who think it is true.
The Abolitionists are q distinct party, orr.
ginatin5 in the north east part OF the Union
some twenty years ago. Their avowed pur-
pose as party was to 0b0lish Slavery every
where in the United States, and hence their
name Of Abolitionists. They have kept up
their organisation and their purpose to the
present hour, AMI have now in the field "A
their candidates for President and Vice.
President, Gerrit Smith and Fred. Douglass.
They den0unce the Constitution Of the
United States as ssa compact with hell. -
and seek dissolution of the Union. They
are the counterpart OF the present Democrat
ic party, the latter seeking to extend Slavery
every where, and the former to abolish i
every where, and they are equally regardless
OF the most sacred constitutional and legal
compacts and compromises. While the Repub.
loan party, saying to both these ultra Sec
tional factions, Hold of, reposes upon Union
rs it is, and makes the federal Constitution
the basis Of its eternal duration. The true
Abolitionists hate US worse than they do
the Democrats, because We intend to pre-
serve the Union ut all hazards. while thew
recognise in the action Of the Democratic
party the ultimate success OF their own
wishes.
We are called disunionists. This charge
comes with i'll grace from the party which
includes within its bosom all the followers
OF ). &. Calhoun in his nulli6cation doctrine.
all the States rights men Of Georgia who
openly de6ed the laws OF the Union 40 deci-
ded by the Supreme Court in the case of the
Cherokee Indians, all tho men who composed
the Nashville seeding convention, and oil
who ut any time have threatened TO dissol We
the Union, and whose Cabinet officer, DOS.
sessing more influence than oil the others put
together, % Jed. Davis, tho notorious Mis-
sissippi secessionist.
Ia contrast with these venture the asser-
ton, that no prominent man acting with the
Republican party, ever made the declaration
that in any event would he or his party Il.
vor a dissolution of the Union.
And now even in this exciting contest, the
result OF which is so momentous, We intend
to stand by the Union at al hssards. II We
are defeated We will submit to the rule OF the
majority; il We succeed We shall endeayor
to see i the laws Of this great Government
cannot be enforced, If > factious minority
endeavor to carry out their disunion threats.
We are for tho Union, for the whole Union.
and have 30 declared in every public or pri-
vate declaration Of our principles; and if
the Union must be dissolved, the Republican
party, wrapping itself in the mantle Of the
principles OF the Declaration OF Indepen-
dencc and OF the Constitution, will fall like
Cesar st the base OF its pillar Of eternal
truth, clinging to the wreck 90 long as
fragment Of the great temple remains.