The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-05-28


ther in Knpsas or elsewhere, then must some
new word, Of deeper color, be invented, 70
| designate those mad spirits who would en-
danger and degrade the Republic, while they
betray all the cherished sentiments Of the
Fathers and the spirit of the Constitution, in
order to give new spread to Slavery. Let
the Senator proceed. It will not DO the 6rst
time In history that scaffold erected for
punishment has become pedestal Of honor.
Out Of death comes life, and the " traitor''
whom he blindly executes will live immortal
in the cause.
martyr stands,
On the morrow crouches Judas, with the silver in
While tho hooting mob Of yesterday in silent awe
return,
To CLEAN up the scattered ashes into History =
golden urn.
Among these hostile Senators, there is yet
| another, with all the prejudices of the Sens-
tor from South Carolina, but without his
generous impulses, who, BY his position on
this floor, and the rancor Of his opposition,
deserves to be named. / mean tho Senator
from Virginia (Mr. Mason), who, as the au-
thor OF the Fugitive Slave bill, has asso-
ciated himself with special act Of inhu-
mainly and tyranny. OF him shall say
AlsGos 1IC uOlOS tUO COmml0olOu OI tITKlul6s
hut he docs not represent that early Virginia,
so dear to our hearts, which gave to us the
pen of jefferson, by which the equality Of
men was declared, and the sword Of Wash
ington, by which independence was secured !;
but he represents that other Virginia from
which Washington and Jeifarson now avert
their faces, where human beings are bred as
cattle for the shambles, and where dungeon
rewards the pious matron who teaches little
children TO- relieve their bondage by reading
the Book OF Life. 1t is proper that such .
senator, representing such q State, should
rail against Free Kansas. Senators such a.
these are the natural enemies OF Kansas, and
introduce them with reluctance, simply that
the country may understand the character Of
the hostility which must be overcome. Ar
rayed with them, Of course, are all who unite
under any pretext or apology, in the propa-
gandism Of Human Slavery. To such, In
deed, the time honored safeguards Of popu-
lar rights can be name only, and nothing
more. What are trial by jury, habeas cor
pus, the ballot-box, the right Of petition,
the liberty Of Kansas, your liberty, Sir, or
mine, to one who lends himself, not merely
to the support at home, but to the propagan-
dism abroad, Of that preposterous wrong,
which denies even the right Of man to him
self. Such case can be maintained only by
q practical subversion Of oil rights. Ii is,
therefore, merely according to reason that
it's partissns should uphold the usurpation in
Kansas. To overthrow this Usurpation is |
now the special, importunate duty Of Con-
gress, admitting Of no hesitation or postpone |
ment. To this end it must lift itself from |
the cabals Of candidates, the Vaccinations |
of party, and the low level Of vulgar strife. |
II must turn from that Slave Oligarchy which |
now controls the Republic, and refuse to be
its tool. Let its power be stretched forth |
toward the distant Territory, not to bind, but
to unbind; not for the oppression of the
weak, but the subversion Of the tyrannical !;
not for the prop and maintenance Of re-
voting Usurpation, but for the confirmation
Of Liberty.
These are imperial arts and worthy thee -