Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-07-19

ur n0thifg else, but for the elev alton Of
he Nesroface, snd TO secure their hap.
piness, sssqn 10, ssoeia tes, and Kindred
81 the Whit, population of America!
When she peoI3~sf she Unitei States or
,aineu Their z Institution, ''in or Ter TO
farm more perfect Union, establish
Justice, insure domestic trabaul l.ty, and
secure the blessings of liberty TO our
.eves and our pJs,er.ty," it was all
hambug they meant the negroes and
their posterl;y. al the time. Or else
this Abolition party, mis-named ere
publ.can,o il az arrant hul-.ay essen
/. ally humbu:, ir its constituent parts
nd in all its declarations. v nich 10 it
the C.hstitusion or the Rspuoliean
par v? I.cs every intelligent, patriotic
citizen decide Z himself, and give your
answer through the ballot boz 10 Angus.
and November.
A-snm.n; that sla7e7y was actually
abolished i,y ''our Republican fathers"
il is declared 10 be their first and highest
duty---a duty which oyer-rifes ali others
ito maintain this propis;on Of the
Conai.ntion." How MAINTAIN II? BY
IN The United States" Read il again.
IL being always abolished, a. they as
sumo, what can this mean, tut a direct
ami open war apon the Institutions OF
the SJuthern States, b. all The power ia
,neir contIol, 10 case they shou.! get the
government. into their hands This is
the plain pu-poit OF tie resolution, d.
veated OF some OF. tao. varbiags vita
which It soerls 30 mare been cucumber ed
purposeIy, that It's rea! meaning might
not be quite 80 apparent and startling.
,1And this is the way IN which they por-
uose tina. s:ihc Union Of the States shall
DO preserved - ID they forget that the
Uni N embraces ,,,a-aliay Of sovereign
par,ies - the compass ? Or 90 they,
IN the perfection OF their knnvery, pre-
saIn. upon The extreme gul.i5.l.ty Of the
Northern People, to en,.o this unho!g
purpose tins suicidal policy, AMI follow
them in this unnatural crusade asains.
their brethren OF the South
1he An plank contains the startl!e ::
l9ctrne that congress has sovereign
pacer over the territories If the United
States, for their government: thus de-
nyiny ID tie peoi.e The risat TO govern
iheiu-ely = by their own laws--the very
right for which our f0refafhers she'd riy-
ers OF blood, to free themselves from the
British tyranny. Every man who lived
in Iowa while she Vas get u territory,
IN VS. that no such power in Congress
was ever acknowledged, on the one hand,
nor exercised or claimed. on tho other.
We know that it was quite the reverse
OF tins AMI he must have been Ioli
naE, indee !, who hal dared 10 advoca TO
such o doctrine.
Whence do they cain that Congress
derives this power The Constitution
does not confer it. II it has the power
TO prohibit Slavery, it surely has the
power to establish il; for the one is
certainly incidental to the other; and
yet, in their third plank they "deny the
authority Of Congress - give legal exis-
tcncc TO Slavery IN ahy territory.' This
is the Dem 1cratic doctrine /; the Dom0c-
racv deny its power either ~ prohibit or
establish Slavery.
As this is Gle main constitutional
question at issue a-d rs they have con
nectcl the namc Of Mr. j sie,eon with
their platform, as authority, vii. quite
further fir III
JEFFERSON'S VIEWS On SLAVERY
AMI the power Of Congress. In the sane
letter from which | have before quoted,
he SAYS:
"Of one thing | am certain, that, rs
"thc passage Of SLAVES from one State to
"anothcr, would not make Slave Of one
'sinrle human being who would not be
$50 without it, 50 their diffusion over a
frreatcr surface who'd maize them midi
"riduaily hnppier. and proportIonably
"tGc1iitate he.r i2Gt euGHcipa.iCn-an
event more naxiou.ly wished for ty
''those on whom the evil presses, than
"by the noisy lretenders TO Exclusive
humanity. An abstinence, too, from
"this act Of power, would remove the
Jealousy excited by the undertaking OF
ST onsress 10 regulate the difTeren' dos
"cripti0n, Of men composing State
&c - This, certainly, Is the erclisiacly
''riglt o. every State, which nothing in
"tbe Constitution has ever taken from
"them."r "a
Ia letter to John Adams, OF. January
D /, lS2l, he writes.
'lGe rca! question is arc our Slaves
"to be presented with frcrdom and a
"dGgger! =
"Are VS. again to SEQ Athenian aud
'Hacchemoni confairacies To waee
"ano'her Polopponesian war, t. settle
"t.e ascendancy between them +? Or is
"tho toc.in merely Of a seIy.lc "wAr -
"That remains II be seen.
In anpthe letter he speaks of "the
Missouri qnestIon'I as "merc party
trick" TO influence ":hc choice of a
president by q division Of parties on a
geographical line, which, on IN abstrac,
principle, is to become the line Of scper-
alton OF these states, aud 20 render de--
perate the hope that men can ever enjoy
the two blessings of peace and soifsov-
eminent"
Citizens OF Iowa, 10 you love truth,
honesty. and ree.itude of purpose, in
those whom you entrus: With power {?
DO you abhor fasehood, hypocrisy, and
double. dealing, and scorn those who
would defraud you Of your sulirag es, to
use the power you would give them to
the detrlment and danger of vour coun.
try! Ii you DC, then can yon give your
support to that party which proposes to
restore the geographical line of sepera-
ton n the so-called Missouri Cemrro-
mise, on the frajulent plea Of sres, oring
he action of the government to the prin
ccplcs of Washington and Jefferson ("
lfyou are in favor of perpetuat.ng those
principles in our government, tho only
way in which you can contribute to that
end, is to sup port nation men and ma.
'io1al measures, by voting in August and
November for the candidates Of the
National Democracy.
Their 9th plank is TRADE which neel
only to be read by rea.oable men. t, in
sure it that contempt which alone it
mcfits. Il accuses TIE present Admins
tratioD of all the cimes in tqe calender
all the frauds, murders, robberies, and