The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-08-22
THE DAILY GAZETTE.


GERRIT SMITH AND FREMONT.
Gerrit Smith stopped in this city
I yesterday on his way from the late
Kansas meeting at Buffalo. While
here the following colloquy occurred
between him and another gentleman:
Are you acquainted with Mr.. Fre-
mont, Mr.. Smith,
Very well-he dined with me sew
eral times at Washington, and he is
great favorite in my family
What kind of man is he!'
He is the most modest man ever
. knew--he rarely speaks, unless spo-
ken to, man Of talents, generous i'm
pulses, and an accomplished scholar
rs he firm-has he decision ofchar-
acter-is he reliable, in case he is
elected PRESIDENT
sPerfectly-ifMr. Fremont is Presi-
dent, he willcarry out his convictions
promptly, and with unfaltering firm
ness
| is he slave holderl'
| No, never. Until lately he has
been very poor, and in no condition to
be slave holder, besides, he is anti
slavery
well what Go you think Of Jessie?'
| She is beautiful, highly educated,
accomplished. Her mother is the
daughter of Gov. Mcdowell, Of Vir-
ginia, ian abolitionist) Mrs. Fremont
told me her mother taught her to hate
slavery, and she did hate it. She
said she would never own slave, nor
permit one to do her work She did
her own work, rather 1t is shrew1
choice, tile selection of Fremont. 1t
is of great Importance that he be elect
ed. The question is now constitu-
tional question, but i question Of
blows, a war question: and if the first
battle is to be fought in Kansas, we
should cast aside party, and fight the
battle. .'-Syracuse Journal.
FREE LABoR.--The natural capital
which constitutes the real wealth Of
this great country, and creates .hatin
telligent power in the masses alone to
be relied on as the Bulwark of Free
Institutions. John Q. Fremont's Let.
| ter of Acceptance.
Whenever there is a substantive
good to be done, whenever there is q
foot OF land to be prevented from be-
coming Slave territory, / am willing
to assert the principle of exclusion Of
Slavery. Daniel Webster.
tiok + maven oar and
will vote, and no earthly power will
ever make me vote, to spread Slavery
over territory where it does not exist.
-THenry Clay.
| heartily concur in all movements
which have Tor their object to repair
the mischief arising from the violation
Of good faith torepeat of the Missouri
Compromise. am opposed to Sla-i
very in the abstract, and upon princi
Piles sustained and made habitual by
settled conviction. While | feel in
flexible in the belief that it ought not
to be interferred with where it exists
under the shield of State sovereignty,
| am as inhsxibly opposed to its exten !
sion on this continent beyond its.p pres. a
Ient limits G. Fremont. = sisst
z feel that there is nothing which
the civilized world, ifthey take notice )
of SO humble an individual as myself
will leproach me with, when say, - ;
/ said the other day, | had made up :
my mind, for one, that ander no csy-
cunstances would ! consent to the fur
ther extension of the area of Slavery
in the United States, or of The further
increase ofSlave representation in the
House OF Observation-Disclosures
Of Daniel Webster on the Oregon Bill,
1S4s.
The VorcE OF HENRY CLAY.-In
1880, Henry Clay..spoke the following
words: a %
'sBut you cannot put your finger on
any part of the Constitution which
conveys the right or the power to car
~ slaves from one of the States of the
Union to any Territory Of the United
States. Nor, sir, can | admit for a
single moment, that there is any sep
arate or distinct right upon the part
of States or individual members OF the
States, or any portion Of the people of
the United States, to carry Slaves into
under the idea that those
Territories are held in common be-
tween the several States" @
The RICHMOND ENQUIRER on THE
CINcINNATI PLArFoRM.-With the ut
most possible precision and emphasis
of language, these resolutions affirm
the great vital principles, 1st, Of the
Constitutional guarantees Of Slavery;
and secondly, Of the equality Of the
States, in respect of their sovereign
dignity and political rights. In equal
ly clear and conclusive terms the doe
trine OF Squatter Sovereignty is repu-
dated by the Democratic party.
II am elected to the high office for
which your partiality has nominated
me, | will endeavor to administer the
government according TO the true spir-
il Of the Constitution, as it was under.
stood by the great men who framed
and adopted it, and in such q way a
to preserve both Liberty and Union
TJohn @. Fremont.
"A Sort OF FAMILY ARRANGEMENT,
You kNow.'-W. s. Bailey, editor Of
the Newport (Ky) News, arepubIican
paper, furnishes his readers with q
history of the sups and downs" Of his
life, and makes clean breast of his
ssfamily Matters Among other
things, be says, ''we (mother and |, of
.course) have now ten children thatcan
set type. Three OF the girls, l think,
are without superior for speed. -
There is no chance for a travelling
"snb" in that office s
INGENIOUS FLY-TRAP.--Messrs VIM.
Jumper and Gilbert Of this town, have
brought out patent Fly trap, which is
indeed one Of the marvels Of the day,
and excites very great amount of
establishment. 1t is wire box, at the
bottom of which a revolving cylander
on which the fly alights to secure the
snpar or molasses that he may find