The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-09-16

On the slavery Question the platform adopted for
Buchanan comprises these points;
ist Congrsss has no rigAt 10 exclude Slavery
from any territory.
Prohibis Slavery 90 long the territorial govern
ment iAsts.
Sd sqastter Sovereignty is . hambug. and is no
longer plank in the Democratic creed.
4th. estate equality' means the right Of Slave.
holdsrs to tAka tssir Slaves into the public do.
main. ~ vntae Of the slave laws of the slave
States.
3sh. That Slavery 10 national and Freedom sec.
tional.
9Th. That the people Of territory can ou,v CT.
cluie slavery from among them after they hay,
form.d State Constitution and besn admitted into
The Union.
7h. That Kansas mus, b. kept out Of the Union,
on the pies OF want Of population. until the frce
state men are murdered driven out and the slave.
holders Armiy planted under the protection Of the
General Government.
sth, That any man denying the foregoing doc
trinc LA Traitor, and should b. dealt With accord
ingy.
Farx Lasos--The natural capital which consti-
tutes the real wealth of this great oouniry, ana
creates that integeat power IN the alone to
be relied On - the bntwsrk Of FrsS lnstitutions
lJoha y. Fremlet's Letter Of Acceptance.
Whenever there Is . substantive good to Be done
whenever there 10 foot Of land so be prevented
from becoming slave territory, ! an willag 10 as-
scrt the Rrinsple " the exclusion 81 Slavery -
daniel Webster.
no earthly power will ever make me vote, 70 spread
Slavery over territory where IL docs not exist
Henry Clay.
heartily concur In all movement. which have
for their object to repair the mischief arising from
tho violation Of good faith in the repeal Of sSe Ms
souri, Conpro0ias. am opposed 70 Slavery In the
abstract, and ulnSn principles sustained ssd made
habitaAl BY ssttisasoaviction. While feel isAsx.
iols IN me belief that ought no. 70 b. n,ersrsd
ereignty, am ~ inhexby opposed to its ext~asiOa
on this continent beyond its present limits-[Joh
G. Fremont.
feel that there is nothing which the civiliscd
world, u they take notice Of 20 humble an individ
uAl - myself, will rcprpach me with, vhsu say.
. said the other day. had madc up my mind,
tar one that under no cfrcumsisnnes would consent
" the further extension Of the area Of Slavery s.
the United States, or Of tho further increase u
Slave representation In che House OF RNprerenta
tives.-fSpeech OF Daniel Webster on the Oregon
bill, iS4S.
Tns voics o. HsssY cLAr.-In 1850, Henry Clay
spoke the following words
"l3ut yOs cannot put yonr finger ON anv mart NJ
the Constitution which conveys the ri.ht or the
power to carry slaves from one Of the STATE. az ~
Union 70 any Territory u The United States. Nor.
sir, can admit ior : single moment. that there i
any separate o. distinct right upon the part Of
States individual members u the slater. 81 auv
portion Of the people u tho United state 10 anrry
Slaves into Territories, under the idea that those
Territories are he'd In common between the several
STATES"
las RlcaxoxD RxouIRER on rHs Crsc.HsAr, PLAr-
voRx.-Wi b the utmost possible precision aud en-
phAsis OF language, these resolutions aAirn tha
great vital principles, ist, Of the Constitutional
~ u the States In respect Of their sovereign dis
nifty and political rights In equally clesr ana sos
clasive terms the doctrine u Equatter EOvereixnty
y r:padiated BY the Democratic party.