The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-05-28
THE DAILY GAZETTE.
Prom the Albany Journal.
A Sleepy Opinion.

The South does not meddle with the So
cal system of the North, and il the North
would follow her example, we should be
happiest and most contented-Gen Cass'
speech.
Gen. Cass' Senatorial Chair is roomy,
easy and wide. 1t IL padded up the back,
padded IN the seat, and padded at the sides.
Inc BACK has gentle inclination, the arms
iuxurIent curve. 1t stands about midway
IN the Senate chamber, and is not exposed
to buzz OF the galleries, nor the cold draupht
Of the door. On the Generals left is daily
poured fourth tho eloquence off Weller,
while from short distance in his rear
comes the soothing sound of Mason's linked
sweetness long-very long drawn out. n
under such circumstances, portly, elderly,
gentleman accustomed to dine on canvass
backs and terrapins, occasionally lapses into
somnolence should the public Judge him
narshlyt No. Re9uiescat in pace. There
tnen ne sits and mods. There he sits and
dozes, There he sits and sleeps. Pleasant
creams oeguile the old gentleman's slumber,
ana ne murrnurs with drowsy compIacency,
"fhe South does not NEEDLE with the social
system OF the North. We are all happy"
One of the old gentleman's former neigh.
borswas shot the other day in Kansas. He,
a Northern man, on Northern soil, had said
he was opposed to Slavery Another, for
many years warm supporter of the Gener-
u for President, has rad his Office torn down
over his head, and his types and printing
presses thrown into the river. Squatter
Sovereigns, emigrants from the Generals
own State of Michigan, were plundered of
their arms, mobbet and beaten for attempt
n ! ha -
that OF casting a vote. But the General has
slept through it all He could not have
woke up, even when the doors and windows
Of the houses OF Northern judges were bro
ken in, and revolver presented through the
hole, bidding them '.resign or die.p For we
have his repeated assurance that"The south
never NEEDLES with the social system of tbs
NORTH
Why, General, who is it that stations
pilots On the wnarves of No folk,.armed with
loaded muskets, and with orders to bully
Northern sea captains, and search the cabin
and holds of Northern ships! Who goes
aboard every Northern schooner that casts
anchor in Charleston Harbor, grabs the
black cook, takes him ashore and puts him
in jail till the time comes for selling him TO
pay the expenses" Who swagger in North
ern cities, invade our houses with search
warrants, chase runaway black women and
children through our streets, and order us to
urn IN and help the sport under penalty of
81 600! Who shot Bill in the river at
Wnksbarre, and chained up Boston Court
House, to keep in Anthony Burns, Was
I Northern men! The General does not
say, but he placldly settles himself for anoth-
er nap, In the iuil enjoyment of that most
doctrine, that 1.-The South
lever meddies with the social system of the
Sorth!''
1t was right before General Cass' closed
yields, in the Senate chamber, that the
South repudiated its plighted honor and
hrust social bondage into Northern Terri
ory and among Northern men. But the
General, 1t seems, has never heard of il,
lbeit the General took a prominent part
herein. But probably was only as SOM
,ambulist. II he did not see that, how
.ouid he be expected TO know that Dow was
'hot, for being Northern man, that Brown
Vas CHOPPED to pieces with tiendsh brutal.
ty, and that his wife is raving lunatic!--
But, to chop man to pieces, and to fling
us mangled body into the midst of his fam.
ly, does not, according to General Cass, in
he least NEEDLE with the social system Of
ne North.
Not forty miles from where we write,
here lives man who was decoyed from
lis native town, kidnapped and sold in the
south. Twelve years, the best part o + his
ne, he spent among those innocent, kind
earted folks who do not meddle with tho
ocisl system ofthe North, and he carries
ne marks vi their lashes and brands TO this
Hy Not much beyuna him live = haD0ared
amily, whose father, Likewise kidnapoed, 10,
iod knows where, on some nice field or an.
'ar plantation. II is poor consolation TO
hem To assure them that "Tne South uev.
: NEEDLES with the social system of the
'orth" Let General Cass prove it to
hem. Let them prove tito the widow of
irown, to Deiahay, Branson, Philips, Sol.
'orthruP, and to Passmore Williamson,
nd if he can make them beiieveit, we prom
'e him re will