The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-03-07
[Frsn the Detroit Advertiser,
A Scene in the Pittshurg Convention.


The srstdrop OF Human blood shed il Kansas, BY
me satherty Of the United States Government, will
abolish SLAYER, netosly in this country, but upon the
Globe
That was scene 10 be remembered when
those words were spoken. There were as
sembled at Pittsburgh, those OF the best in
tellects OF this or any other country, among
whom was present one single purpose. The
irosis Of many winters had whtened the
heads OF many OF them. others were just
entering the last active period Of human
existence; others still were in the maturity
of their powers. while few were there in
the growth and stature of early manhood.
There sat in that chair one who had been
the associate and adviser OF Jackson, and
the familiar friend OF Johnson, Forsyth,
Woodbury., Dickinson, Poinsett, Niles, But
Ter and fancy, aud who has guided with his
/ pen, the destinies OF a most powerful party,
| through period uneSampied for political
| moment OF his old associates OF those
days, he can now look only to Benjamin +.
| Butler, of New York, John NJ. Niles, of Con-
| nec,icut, for active synpathy in what they
now regard as the plain line of duty. There
were such men as Giddings, John A. King,
Preston King, Spaulding, of Ohio, Davis,
!.
hitherto been politically opposed, all sitting
quietly, silently, and contentedly together
while Abijah Mann, OF New York. whom
the Democracy of that State have SO long
and 50 often delighted to honor, recounled
10 them the causes which had broken the
spell, so long predominant and powerful
over the fortunes of that party, ana turned
It's members from their ancient iealty, Il
seek for new allegiance and new co-opera.
tors He counseled moderation ana con
seryatiye line OF policy; he reminded those
whom he addressed, that their fathers hae
laid deep and wide the foundations OF Gov
eminent, in sIirit ot mutual concession
and forbearance to each others preconceiv
ed notions OF Government, private rights
and local interests, and that the presen
emergency, more nearly resembling tina
remote period than any subsequently, pass
ed through, demand, OF its actors the sam'
forbearance, the came Conservatism OF tina
which is good, and the same Implicit con
troll of temper and OF private opinion-th'
same sacrifices Of individual preferences Il
the common good He stated that he cam
there TO WELD, as far as in him lay, con
serystiye influence, and 10 create and pro
mote harmony-that harmony which is nee
essary to efficient, prompt and energetic &C
ton. The high respect in which he va
held, combined with the solemn response
bilities OF the oocasion-the primal iRausu
ration of great National organization !
{ oppose the spread Of Slayery-naintaine
throughout that great and induental Assem-
bly, the deepest silence and the closest al
tention. AT times, when the hearts of III
meeting were wrought upon by the rehec
6 tons and "reminiscences called up by III
e speaker, the electric throb would pass hk
shudder through the coneourse, butt wa
I only when utterance was given 10 the word
Z which stand al the head OF this article, tha
! the great common impulse OF Indignation
burst It's bounds and gushed forth in gen
! eral, simultaneous, uncomfortable cry c
defiance and of determination. Who wa
there that will ever forget that scene, Will
: memory astsl That scream OF deianc
: was fol lowed by an instant, significant 81
lenee, which was maintained for some sec
onds, when u single voice from I remot
corner OF the hall cried out Repeat tina
|. sentiment" and amid that emphatic, elo
quent silence, the steady, modulated an,
{ commanding tones Of the speaker wer'
again heard
1.-The first drop OF human blood shed ii
Kansas, BY the authority of the Unite,
States Government will be the end of Sla
very. not only in this country, but upon ths
Globe
Again went up that dealening shout
this time doubled and redoube1, until il
found it's elimination in three such cheers
a. only freemen's lungs can send forth.
That scene promulgated great and deep
political lesson--it told the world tina, the
point OF endurance had been reached, be.
yond which no step of further encroach
meit can be taken without resistance, anc
il told ''the puppets on The stage at Wash
instoH," as they were called BY Mr.. Blair
that the handwriting on the wall is for them
| to read. mark, learn and inwardlv digest.
| Let them do SO in season, before that cry
4 shall have spread from Lafayette Hall,
/ throughout the North, and the wicked rulers
shall be as smoking fax before the fiery in
| dignsticn Of the Peoples wrath.