Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-12
nEvIyAI. OF TIE SLAVE TRADE.

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Of disease, and Of accidents, so long will
the world have instances Of mental IN
sanity and intellectual Authorization.
This Is an age in which there is such
universally Of knowledge in almost
every department Of science and OF
thought, that those who ycarn for no
toriety, are compelled Ia do or propose
some act, which is so mar, cllously odd,
OF ridiculously foolish, that il attracts
the general attention Of the public and
II the press, land gives Ia the anthor
splendid noioricty for wisdom, folly,
'centricity, or crime, which he deems
esnre guaranty Of historical immor
lify.
Gov Adams of South Carolina is
among this class ofmodcrn blockhcads.
With all the gravity Of Il rational h
ING, he recommends 10 the Legislature
Of South Carolina, the propricty Of Ia.
king immediate steps for the revival Of
the African Slave Trade in IL, ul,l
States.
such an act Of folly, in his 18th
century Of civilization and humanity,
entities the author 10 immediate p:r.s-
ports 10 some suitable retreat fol i,hot
ana insane persons.
Does not Gov. Adams know. that.
10y the common consent If the evil
2ed world, the African Slave Trade is
declared piracy, apd that humanity u,
volts At the harbarity of the traffic >
Does he not know that il Congress.
had the power, il would not only top
the Slave trade between the States I'm,
abolish slavery altogether in the limits
OF the United States, M nm net which
justice, and all our notions of demo
cratic government requires. Had not
the government Of the | nitcd States
been one Of delegated powers. lclrca
ted by the respective States, and there
fore by the Constitution, limited in it,
powers, the institution Of Slavery
would not have existed TO this present
day. But We have Constitution Of
tgated powers, and Congress can
not legIslate upon the subject Of Slavc-
ry, either in State or Territory. except
wherein the power is expressly given.
This is why the present Democratic
party plants itself upon the Constitu-
ton, and defends il anl state Rights.
aud not because tina. party believe
either in the institution Of Slavery, OF
any OF It's pcculimitics. We believe
IL :, under our present Federal systcm,
the happiness and glory of the nation
Is better secured than it could possibly
be, il we were divided M into pctt y
republics and therefore. we are will
Ing, not onl y to protect and defend the
present Constitution and the Union,
with the institution of Slavery in some
Of the States, Int to give to the Stascs
and the people all the rights which
they have reserved to themselves I'M
der that Constitution. More than this
will never be granted so long rs intel
liecncc and virtue have restin" place
upon this Continent The State Of
South Carolina is filled with restless
mncompoops, who arc thousand
years behind the age They imagine
that the Union only exists for the
good Of South Carolina, and Therefore
the have chafcd under the curhs placed
upon their Utopian schemes, and false
PHILOSOPHERS. We discover, that even
in South Carolina there is sturdy OPP
position to this proposition of Gov
Adams, and his suggestion may posi-
bly, fall still-born among his own con
stituents. 1t is piece of mad tom
foolery to start such movement, for
it can never be successful, so long as
the present Union is in existence. We
we'll know, that the views Of Gov.
Adams are not countenanced 10y any
respectable portion Of the citizens of
the Slave-holding States, much less 10y
those who control the political dcsti-
mes Of those States. Gov. Adams cyi-
IDENTIFY yearns for notoriety, and he
has obtained it by making one of the
most absurd propositions, ever enter
tanned by rational being, in the 10Th
century. But it is by no means an
enviable one, and closely resembles
that Of Benedict Arnold, the only diff
ference being that one was traitor to
his country, ane the other traitor to
Humanity.
The Slave trade will never be royi-
we'd, 80 long as this Union lasts, and
We sincerely advise Gov. Adams, and
those Of his kidney, to leave this coun-
try for the coasts Of Africa, were they
can enter into the business with some
chance Of making splendid specula-
ton.
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PIANo FORTE LESSONS Miss Wrsr's
Glass, although large, still she woald be