The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-28

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Although the two great parties Of our
country, Freedom and Slavery, have been
for che past two years engaged in mighty
conlkct, the one to restore She eAly safc-
guafd she possessed against the eneroach.
meats Of institution that casried in lie
trad crime. poverty, and everything caleu-
lated to degrade nation, the ether to ex-
tend said institution, with allits evil conse-
quences, over territory now free, and to de-
prive the North Of that which actually be-
longed to her BY an act of legislation which
was claimed a. a Southern victory: al
though there have been viliainies and out
RACES committed sithin the past year, under
the sanction Of the Administrative power
Of the government unprecedented in the
history of nations, still we believe the
A merican people are patriotic people;
that they will resist any effort to injure or
deface the great structure reared by the
noble fathers Of the Republic. All efforts
to build up one section at the injury and ex-
pense Of the rest, must meet with scorn
and contempt. To this patriotism, which
has always existed in the hearts of the
American people, true and tried statesmen,
men who loved the Constitution in all its
excellence, men who never did ausht to be-
lie the spirit of our institutions have often
appealed with marked and distinguished
success. To this same love of country.
the demagogue and political wireworker
has also appealed, and, unfortunately, too
often with success. To this "loye OF coun-
try" this "devotion TO the Constitution"
the demagogue and modern democratic par
,y now appeal, and with the cry of "Sec-
tionalsm," endeavor to lead the people
astray from their effort to reform the gov
eminent.
By any one at all acquainted with the
history OF this mighty conflict, with the his
tory Of the establishing of the Missouri
Compromise, this cry urged against the
Republican party as being the sectional
party will not be listened to nor believed.
Let us ascertain in What the present strug-
gle had its rise. In 1890 Missouri applied
for admission into the Union as a slave
State. The free States, jealous of the in
crease of slave territory and slave power in
the government, objected loudly to her ad.
Alter long continued discussion,
the North agreed to her admission, with the
that slavery should be exclu.
dsd from all thai part Of the Louisiana Pm.
Of SO, 80. Here was asolemn COM
pact entered into BY the North and South,
compromise. BY which the South was to OBJ
tain Missouri, with her voice in the confed-
erscy, and the North, q Wild. .unculuvated
region, which nobody expected would be
settled for century, dedicated to freedom.
For more than thirty years the country re-
msined in perfect peace under that compro-
mise. In the year 1854, Stephen A.. Doug
las, the chairman of the Territorial Commit
tee, offered billfor the organization of the
territories of Kansas and Nebraska, known
a. the Nebraska bill. This bill abrogated
the Compromise entered into by the North
and South on the admission of Missouri.
This measure was neither demanded nor
asked by any portion of the people. 1t was
passed against the win and sentiment of
the North. Its originator had character
ned the compromise it repealed as an In
strument OF almost sacred character. For
thirty years the North had possessed these
barren regions, while the South held the
iafuence OF Missouri in the general govern.
ment. But when there appeared faint
prospect that these wild provinces would
become populated and exert an influence
for freedom; when there appeared a pros
pect tha, they would have a voice in the
public counciis, Senator from the North,
from Illinois, became the champion Of the
South in abrogating this time.honored re-
sIiction, and throwing this acquisition OF
the North opon to the admission Of slave
y. 90 - 7, - !,
Long and msnfulIy did the North sesist
the passage of this bill, not only through
her Congressman, but BY pei tons that were
showersd in from her people. Was this a
ssction IL mepsmsrt9 A man must be won
derfally short-sighted if he can discern any
other intentin it than to spread slavery over
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