The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-10-14
THE auIsrros AT ISSUE.

South. Everywhere at The South the la
boring man, or the man who works Tor his
living, is regarded as no better than the ne
gro, ane in his social relations is treated Tbs
same.
We have noticed The iAboring man gei
drunk there, and although pescesbiy DIS
posed, have seen him hurried OF BY the OBJ
Ger OF Justice and inoarceraied side BY ace
with The negro in tie los,hseme cell OF the
calsboose. Al the same time We have en-
served the cotton planter drunk AND hoIsy,
.waggerine around with brace Of pistols
protruainr from his pockets; have seen him
elbow his Way through the crowd al hotel
90 behind The counter. shove the landlord
4, one SIDE, interfere with his business, and
have seen that proprietor oil the largest ho-
lei in q Southern city, turn TO one OF his
clerks and as he pointed to the drunken
srisiocrat, exclaim, "Why, What gentleman
Is that . He was stranger, and allheash
The officers Il justice were around, his eioSa
preserved him. We have seen Sc many as
iAree gentlemen drunk a, one time, uHfno-
Tested, bat never one iaborng maa for ten
successive minutes uthcut heiag arrested
by the police,
And dc eui ishofiag alen, our Iaeehaniss
~ish 10 see ihis kind Of society extended
Do they desire 10 see saehs distinction in
the North litaey DO iel them vote for
BucHASAa. lei them elect that man, and as
sure as the sun rises viii they i've 10 see II
shine On Kansas "a slave State. The
Missouri slave code. which bogus Legs
ls,ure has fastened upon Kansas n that
event viii be permanently established, and
the poor white man vii be ss eiectually
ruled ont IS he il aeg lroM The slave States
OF the South.
Freedom exists mol At tie South. The
white man is as much slave as the black
man he holds in bondage. he dare not
express his sentiments freely and openly
Though his heart NAV yesrn, IS did Senstor
Buffers. towards his black mamma, be IS
prohibited showing her any kindness tAsi
has a tendency 10 remind her that there Is
q condition more favorable 10 happiness
than that Of slavery. Ii he dare to sell 3
book that his peers think contains sent
menIs antagonistic TO slavery, though be
may have been citizen OF the South Tor
seventeen years and may have bought and
sold negroes, yet be must leave; the busi-
ness which he has toilsd to establish for
many long years mus: be sacrlheedi the
ties Of friendship and Of kindred must be
severed, and he must 60 to seek home
among strangers. This has been done and
IL will be done again. Seoh sc@nes are the
necessary attendants upon state OF socie.
" where false and absurd distinctions ex-
ist.
Newspaper editors and ministers OF the
gospel are no freer to express their senti-
ments there than they are in Kansas, while
under Southern rule. They must steel
their hearts against the bsrbarous treatment
OF the slave; they must look unmoved upon
bis suHerings; they must see him writhe
under the lash with Implying eye and raise
no voice TO speak agains, mans inhumsni-
ty 10 man." or else they will be made TO
follow in the wake Of Strickland. They
must treat the stakeholder obsequionsly,
must wink al his faults, fatter his pride and
draw the broad line OF distinct on between
him and the mere mechanic, or else 60 70
The wall.
The spirit Of the slave power is aptIy il
Illustrated by the Charleston Is c. Sana-
ard. leading Buchanan organ, which
breaches the following Preposterous doc
uine -
Slavery rs tae natural and normal c0ndi-
tio1 Of tie la5orsaq man, toAsiier WHITE Or
BLACK. The great evil Of the Northern
free society is, that il is 5urdened with a
servile class Of MECHANICS Ayp LASoEEEs,
UNFIT FOR sELF-aegEKsaEsT, aud yet cloth.
ed with the attributes and pogers Of citI-
zsns, Master and slave il relation IN 80.
ciety as necessary rs that Of parent and
child, and the Northern States will have
vet to introduce it. Their theory Of free
government is 5 dslusion."
FREMONT is the exponent OF the free par
". His followers seorn such distinction
in society. They regard sucb doctrine
as shameful and disgrsceful. This is
known at the South, and no man there has
the temerity to asow himself an elector for
Fremont. One noble spirit has done 50 10
Missouri, bat he is resident Of 81 Louis, .
city that, from it's proximity 70 Free States
and from the number Of Free STATE men re-
siding there, dare not show him violence
But let q man la Mobile or any other prom
ineut Southern city agow himself Ere
mont electer and make i speech enbody
ing the free sentiments Of Rspab iieahisrn
and be had better be smoag the Bofde:
Rufhsns OF Ksnsss
Such is the spirit OF the slaVeAclding
commonly, 10 whose interests the Buchan.
an party OF the wnoie country !s pledged
Let our Free lsboriDg men ponder Ihese
things. Let them reflect thai there If now
single principle separating the TAO parties
u the Union, and that is. whether SLAVERY
with It's Distinctions in society and al ils
other attendant evils, shall be EXTENDED oy,
er territory nov free. or whether Il shall! "a
confined to the States where It nov exlsts
ffyou favor it's extension, if you would see
the fair aud fertile plains Of Kansas subduet
10 slavery, an uristocratic oligarchy there
flourish and the Institution itself comPre'
bend vac. Utah aud enfold in it's embrace
the auriierous soil Of California and, il may
be, root out freedom from your own hearth
stones, then vote for BUCHANAN, and ell
these things you will see, or will at least
have the satisfaction Of knowing chat you
have wiled them 10 your children. But II,
on the contrary, you desire to zee the wish.
es Of The trainers Of our government carried
mt IL YOU would behold freedom in Kansas
in Utah. 10 all the vast territory on oul
West soon TO be united to US by the iroI
lies Of progress, then vote for Fremont
This il no fancy sketch. II is the dread
reality Of state of things now existing 10
our country. Slavery hos reached a. CRISIS
n must either advance or retrogade. u
depends upon the independent voters OF our
country whether its progress shall be stayed