The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-02

IN s1Afk Dznec1Af ~ sLAvK1y.
The utter ~foolshness and .senils pserili.
tys which generally characterize the Nats
Aeserse,e were ncyer more glarins'y dis
played Tn In it, sditorial renarks cf'.yes.
sss1sy. II aessnpting q reply 70 some s,fic-
tusss maassAy The Burlington Hasssys, II
sagns-
ave escorted that the principles and
conduct of the Democratic Party, IL per-
milted to prevail without the damning in
asence Of Abolition Niger stealing, would
sooner effectuate the abolition of Slavery,
than the Opposition could, by their out
raeeoua assault and iibels upon the Slave
holding Statss."
And after eli the abuse that il and ito
confederates have heaped upon abolition
ists," il claims that the aDemocraue" party
ia the true abolition party. Just hear liz
aThe Democratic party 10 the rauE aboli.
ton party, becauss IT. principles and policy
are 80 pacific that the Institution Of slavery,
which 10 now . burthen to the STAKEHOLDER.
would fall, but for the pride and anger
aroused BY the desestable interference OF
the thisvine a~bolidcnists."
The NAk Democrat then Is IN favor Of
the abolition Of slavery. bu, u says that the
"Abolitionisss" have done nothing for forty
years but rivet the chains upon the limbs Of
the African race That Is the old story.
and is stale to the same degree that the
hypocrisy Of the Democrst Is fresh and -four
ishing. The abolition society which ex-
listed Al The time Of the adoption ofthe con-
stituticn. and Of which such men as Jay
and Franklin we're members, denounced
slavery - strongly ss Il it has been done
BY any modern sbslitioaists- II is not true
however tina, the movements Of the modern
sb~oliicnists have been the only or the main
cause in r~iveting tighter the chains of the
slaves. The Southampton insurrection in
Virginia. in 1850, had more to do with
rivcting those chains, and in increasing the
caution and severity Of the patrol which
now regularly watches the negroes, than
any speech Of Garrison or any publication
| of the anti.slsvery society. That insurree-
| ton occurred before the commencement, Of
the modern abolition movement, and il i'm
pressed on the minds Of slaye-holders the
fact which they have never since forgotten,
| that their habisations are erected above .
| volcano which 10 liable at any moment to .
terrific eruption. 1t 10 just a. impossible
| for slaves to live in this country, in the
present enlightened age, without rejecting
on their condition, and comparing il with
What they zee around them. ~ ii is for mat
tsr to remain unialuenced BY the laws Of
the physical wsrld.
1t 10 therefore that the Shareholders and
their hired msrcenaries at the North, are
laboring so strenuously to strengthen the
system Of slavery. So far from the question
being one about the abolition Of slavery,
every man Of sense knows, and every man
| of candor admits that it 10 one concerning
ia further spreading. Freedom is on the
defensive, and it 10 base beyond expression,
while men are being murdered BY slavery's
advanced guards under Buford and Atchi
son. for Northern journals 10 De prsting
about any attempts At abolishing slavery
in the States where il is establishsa. But
such 10 the course preferred and pursued BY
the Ssak Democrat. while il pretends in the
same breath TO be aihe leading democrat
ic journal Of the State"
Neither would the Demoeraf get any
praise from it, Southern masters for saying
that athe Democratic party is the true abo-
ision party" The leading men and lead
ing journals Of the South are all the time
contendin g that slavery 10 right, that IL il
the proper condition of the laboring man.
Professor Dew and John C. Calhoun pro.
lsined that "~slsvery was the corner stone
Of republican institutions" Toombs ha'
predicted that he will yet call The roll of iii
slaves within the shadow OF the Buhks
Hill mon unent, and the efforts of TIT
slavery propagsndists are now directed to
wards the accomplishment OF that predic
ton. When such is the state Of facts. ths
people regard with equal contempt aay
twaddle about the Democratic party being
the frse abolition party, or any other sill.
ness which the Sssse Democrat may uttsl
abou, abolition niger stealing"