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

ment and France, BY which We obtained pos
session of Louisiana, ~ follows:
0ARr. 3. The inhabitants Of the ecded
Territory shall be incorporated into the un-
/ ION Of the United States, and admitted a.
soon as possible, according the principles Of
the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment
/ of all the rights, advantages, and immune
ties Of citizens Of the United States; and,
/ in the meantime, they shall be maintained
and protected in the free enjoyment OF their
liberty, property, and the religion 'ehich
they profess"
And upon tho strength Of that quotation
it proceeds to agree, that, whereas we agreed
to protec. the people in the enjoyment OF
their property, therefore we are under obl'-
cations to continue Slavery in Kansas be-
cause people held property in slaves at that
time. Father Scholte, since his conversion
to Slavery Propagandism, is too eager, by
half He lets his zeal to serve his master
outrun his judgment. Let him read his
quotation carefully. 1t speaks Of "inhabi-
tants," not citizens, or class under any
qualified conditions. sslnhabtants" COM
/ prise indians, negroes, oil possible classes OF
human beings. And all these "inhabitants"
we specially agree to protect in ''their liber-
ty." The agreement is clear, comprehen-
sive, and emphatic. II Father Scholte in
sists upon the rights Of the esh-brokers, let
US put to him two or three questions: Did
the laws OF nations, under which this treaty
was made, recognize Slavery, or did the local
law which prevailed in the territory make ono
other partP And if so, (Which we deny, 10
the obligation to protect property paramount
to the obligation TO protect personal liber-
tiess
But there is another item in this treaty.
1t declares that France possesses in the Lou
isiana territory supreme and unlimited SOW
ereignty; and that sovereignty she transfers
to the United States in the same integrity
in which she enjoyed it. This being true,
leaving out of sight the constitutional pro-
visions, what becomes OF "squatter sover-
eigaty?" And under that sovereignty, the
sovereignty which France unquestionably en-
joyed and exercised, she could either have
declared that Slavery did no. exist in Lou
isana by virtue of law, or have abrogated is
by paramount law if it was found so to ex-
list. And that sovereignty, in it's full force
and virtue, was transferred to us.
THE LYING Ward Beecher was
right when be declared that the Black Demo
crazy had alphabetically rendered this the ly-
ing campaign, and that from now to the day
of election il wsnld rain and hail lies. They
are as fruitful Of them as Satan himself,
and they exhibi, fendish zeal in originating
and propagating them. 1t seems as il their
souls were stepped in malignity and endowed
with superhuman energy for evil. II, as
rattlesnakes in their fury sometimes bite
themselves and die, in their frantic rage they
should strike their own bodies with the same
result, j. would be some service done. But
we question If their bodies are not too full
OF venom for the bite to stake" Let US
make two or three quotations from columns
now before our eyes.
The st. Louis Leader (Buchaneer) calls
Fremont "Bastard REGULATING Cataline;"
says the chief advocates of the Republican
party are "inhdels or spostatcs;" that 'sits
warmest supporters are the infdel Germans,
the Turner's, and Freimanner, whose gods
are Hsge and Tom Paine. And tho Oska-
loofa Times publishes communication en-
dorscd by its editor, in which we End it
charged that "a large section Of the Repub-
lican party preach and profess amalgamation
to be right" We refer the Times to Dick
johnson with his niger wife, and the Lead
er to the long coquetry of the Black Demo
cracy towards the Germans, whom, now that
they declare for Freedom, they so freely de-
nounce as "infdels,' and sshair-lipped, -
~ every thing base ana revolutionary.
VIA osKALoosA.--Mr. Eaton, Chief Engi-
neer Of the .Keokuk and Fort Des Moines
road, has made report on the comparative
cost Of running via Osksloosa and keeping
the valley route, nearer the river. The add
tional expense Of making oskaloosa o point
is $4,000, which item does not take into
account the additional expenses of rolling
stock or running trains. The ascent and
descent to make Oskaloosa 10 nearly 400
feet.
We trust, however, that it may be found
mutually advantageous to bring Oskaloosa
into the line, and that the Hourishinz capital
Of Proud MAhaska may readily furnish suf-
fcicnt material assistance to render it mu-
tual.
Ma. HARLAN IN rus SKSArx.-The protest
Of the Iowa Senate, against the election OF
Mr.. Harlan, came up for consideration on tho
18th ultimo, but was postponed by the fol-
lowing vote:
YEAs-M essrs Allen, Bayard, Benjamin,
Biggs, Bigler, Bright, BrodhsAd, Brown,
Butler, Dodge, Douglas, Evans, Fitzpatrick,
Geyer, Houston, Hunter, Iverson, Mason,
Pe.rce, Pugh, Sebastian, Slidell, Stuart,
Thompson of KY, Toombs, Weller, and
Wright-21.
NAys.-Messrs Bell OF n. H., Bell Of Tenn.
Clayton, Collamer, Crittenden, Durkee, Fish.
Foote, Foster, Hale, Harlan, Jones of Tenn,
Seward, Trumbull, Wade, Wilson, and Yuleo,
81.
MIR. Harlan demanded hearing and de-