The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-07-15

For County Clerk OLIVER BROOKS.
Fer Pros. Attorney, g. ". LOWRIE.
PLrpGEp 70 SurroRr KANSAS LAws.-Mr.
Douglass said only . few days ago in the
Senate that the Democratic party was
"pledged to support tho laws in Kansas"
This is section Of one Of those laws, which
We extract from an Official copy of the
Kansas code, viz:
"SEc. IL. II any free person, BY SPEAK
ING OR BY WRITING, ASSERT OR
MAINTAIN THAT PERSONS HAVE NOT
THE RIGHT TO HOLD SLAVES in
THIS TERRITORY, or shall introduce into
this Territory, any book, paper, magazine,
pamphlet, or circular, containing ANY DE-
NAL OF TIE RIGHT OF PERSONS
TO HOLD SLAVES IN THIS TERRI
TORY, such persons shall be deemed guilty
of FELONY, and punished BY impri.onment
at hard labor, for term Of NOT LESS
THAN TWO YEARS"
Democratic some times say they are not
in favor Of Slavery in Kansas; oh no. they
wouldn't for the world do any thing to es-
tsblish Slavery there. Well, Douglass and
Pierce and all the Ebo-shn authorities say
that the Kansas Legislature was y lawful
legislature; that Legislature make it u
crime, punishable with two years imprison-
men, ut hard labor, even to say that Slavery
does not exist there. II then, as Douglass
says, (and no body denies,) the Democratic
party is " pledged to support" those laws.
is it not plain that they are pledged to the
support Of Slavery there; pledged to main
tain it felony for any body to say that
Slavery does not exis, theres
FRExoSr AND KNOW NorHN0IsM.
Times has revived an exploded lie concern
ing pledges Of Fremont to the Know No
things. The Convention Of that party re-
Gently assembled in New York City appoint
ed committee to call upon him. There
was report that he made pledges of sym
patty and concurrence Of views to that COM
mittec. The New York Herald gave cur
rency to the report. That published state
ment in the Herald, the Times quotes ~
convincing and complete Now that COM
mittee Immediately published in the Herald
plump denial Of the whole thing. They
called on him, but he made no promises or
pledges. And the Times editors have seen
their card. They know the whole charge is
a lie. But they suppress that,-don't even
refer to it,-and construct IN argument upon
premises which they know to be false, solely
30 cheat some portion OF our foreign-born
citizens.
Col. Fremont, instead Of making the pledges
attributed to him, took the right position,
He sent word to the Convention that he wai
not enlisted in this campaign IS Know
Nothing, or an anti Know Nothing; ~ Z
Wing, Democrat, or any other partizan
that he only sought to cooperate with mer
Of any and every party. for the purpose o.
preventing the extension of Slavery.
G. The Times publishes the Know-Noth
ing ticket Of this county, with the following
preface:
We insert the following ticket Of the ssNa
tional Americans for the district and coun
~ Offices, at the request OF members Of tn!
order, who say they cannot get hearinl
through the columns OF their former organ
kHc OutS wy.
All re have to say to that is, 6rst, that n,
body ever asked Us for ns'hearing;" second
that the Gate City never was the "organ'
Of that body. But they went to the Times
We presume, because they thought tn
Timss sas macn more interested than We il
promoting the schemes Of the South Amer
leans. And no doub, ii is anxi Gus to assis
Its allies TO the extent OF ITS power, Stree tn
Buccaneers expect the greater proportion Q
the X. rs would vote for the Republca
sicke, if only the Republican and Ebo-shi
tickets were in the Geld. Consequently til
Times, Ia. Johnston, and few Locofoc
leaders are doing their best to strengthen IN
continue the organization Of the Know
Nothings,--to .'aid and comfort" the lei
wing Of the Pro-Slavery partr.
RoofISG.--M.ssrs. Cowles 4 Palmer I'D
vertize new kind of roo6ng,--at least ne
{, this re9ion. - nd to be superior TO an
other. The testimonials and specimens {
work sAem 70 sustain their claims. Rea
the advertisement, and examine for youl
s.lyss, yon that are building houses.
LioroK Law Nor KErEAlgp.-The repo,
With refsroncc to the repeal Of this Law
not true. Il Il not repealed. The hill re
healing Il passed thu Senate. but IL did no