The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-05-21

ALFRED SANDERS, EDIroa,
VspSEspAr MORNING, nAssai, 1863.
fHE eAHI suhJDcf.
Il i. ,ometines said and, Peseaps, ciener
,houeh, BY many. that Repablican papers
.av too much, or rather write too freqaentl,
On the subject Of slavery. The doctrine 9
line upon line and precept upon Pfecep''
ss~S y very sse, shoaeh We Oises 'ss voc"
q u plicai.on Of il is Asde 70 oassease
Bdx Il there ever wis subjec. wn'cn re-
saissd repeated rei,era'ions. i = 'na' 2
si.v.rv !. i, exists ia the United States. In
regard 10 /. We may use the words OF Pope
and say
sNrite q We May, -s,d paint II e'es % stroas,
aoa,s rising genius sins ap TO our sans
only few years ago the man would have
been considered either insane OF infamous,
mo deliberately and with earnestness pre-
passd the revival OF The African Slave
T,ade. In an earlier and better day OF the
Republic. Ii was ne, an infreauent practice
6nr ,citixens OF this country to pride them
sclvss, and congratulate each other, on the
net that The United States was the hrs'
Goyernmsnt to declare the slave trade
spieacy; but now 50 changed and calscus has
~ public sentiment, in many parts OF the
sconn.ry, become on the subject, that lesding
Denocrssie journals openly advocate the re
vival Of The traffic on which the ban OF the
civ;iissd world has been placed. We quote
sAs following paragraph from the Charles
ian. s. C., NtAadard. N one Of MANY Of the
,prcoosjtions which have been made TO re-
vive the trade 70 which We are referring
III ve must have territory let us have
.,sveu to cultivate It; or, ii il be too ofien-
Awe % The tsstes Of this enlightened age,
NJ :. have leave to live within that which
- roeoess. and abandoning the race after
csu6uuaily vanishing honson, let Us Tor.
az ourselves within our present limits, ane
saow % The world what slavery can do,
49, IL sdscts sre extended TO higher %.
- An nerely extending frontier IL
800 evts,e tteys ysa b q aecessity for tn
1870 s 1usisaad sssaifcstion Of rs present.
6 1iff55us = ~ ecseral 9ouernmest, sad in
iiri.c ~ ss Con not Asle co.tsssine thai
n ,isys s,pre msnly to say at osce that tat
- suk;oxs sepon tie xlsue Trade shaa be re-
49,: that II il Be virtue MOTTO purchase
s3aves from The importer, Ne will practice
b without the control Of Congress, and il
,pcseeyn men nsssi hspe slapes for tie caissra.
- u III scsl, that they may take them un.
SvS1n3 - did orr fathers, aad not haze leap.
s dreo den from tie older States which
tkev have assisted ia improving, and where
tkey have secured the right OF an enduring
kUne.n
Asa fitting comment on such sentiments
We append The following extrsc, from I be
Dosson Ati~s-
I'VE put this shocking asowsi upon NJ,
coed il New England, rs evidence OF the
heuibie degeneracy to which the arguments
II the Pierce democracy will lead US. II i:
N this wsy that a prominent paper of South
Carolina speaks of buainess which Web
ster blasted In one of the most eloquent Of
- orstiDns which the great powers OF the
world are 10 alliance to suppress, and which
oaanot be revived with the co nsent Of the
NossAeru States Of this confederacy. Nay,
more; the revival OF it would be opposed,
sad without question successfully opposed,
~ nsjority Or The governments OF both
csptinents We may mol fear such a con-
summation; but we may expose the illogical
stupjdity winch urges it,"
And we would also apPeal TO trae Demo
esatS in tais region Of eoansry, j! they will
centinpe allegiance to mai sham Democracy
49, ies1srs rolsrsie O. peach such ,
doctrine. I, Is veil known thai Mr.. Pierce
or whoever may be the Eoainee oithe Gin.
cinnst Convention, MI rely on The slave
States for his CHIEF support. 4; is well
known that The sentiments Of the eItrsc,
which we have quoted from The Charleston
4tarasTd, are generally believed and inoui
Gated BY the LEADING members Of she slave
cliRarcby. II is well known tina, The course
IT the present Administration has been one
Of subsersiency TO thar oligarchy 1t is then
true lcgiral deduction, thai the Cineinnsii
soninen viii elsheF favor. or Will not oppose
the resiyai OF the African slave trade We
sasy share The belief and expectation Of our
Host0n contemporary. that no such Infamous
pr0pss itioa can be consummaied. Bat We
winll1o present The fact Tor tic considssa-
ton OF sumo Of orr Democratic fr,e Rds, who
are slresdy hesitatiag about ans longer fol-
10 wing saci, leaders as Pierce and Douglas.
sad their high OF how subordin stes-