The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-06-09
~ raoearss OF THE CAUSE.


our sister State of Illinois, and scarcely .
man pre,ends to doubt that Bisseil and
HcGnsn will carry the State by an ever
whelming majority. At a meeting in Chica.
70 on last Wednesday evening Mr.. Karner,
the popular, eloquent and patriotic Lieut..
Governor Of Illinois, addressed to Large
sssemblage Of citiseas speech rom which
We make the subjoined extract, The allure
OF the enthusiasm which reigns in Chicago
and Illinois 10 we'll shown BY the fact that
the large meeting referred to was altogether
an impromptu. As soon as Gov. kGrner's
arrival in Chicago was made known, he
was called on by large number of citizens,
Who warmly welcomed and complimen,ed
him on his bold ard s,eadfast adherence to
the principles of true democracy, and he ex.
pressed himseifhighly delighted to fad that
the great bulk Of the oid-tine Democrats
were still true to their professions, IN,
shaken By the threats, and unmosed BY the
favors of inscriptions and selfish dem.
agogues.
10 the evening Mr.. knrner was received
with the hiehes. demonstrations OF pleasure
By an immense multitude, whom he ad-
dressed in a most effective style IN the Ger
man language, and We learn from the Chi.
csgo papers, that as he procee aed in his re-
marks, cheer after cheer rem, the air, shes-
Ing tina, the Germans were with him in his
sensiments.--We copy from the Press the
following extract from the remarks which
be made in Englsh:--
.Tbe Governor, having thanked the audi.
euce for the honor which they had conferred
on him by this unexpected display, proceed.
ed 10 state that we had fallen upon strange
times, when the mere fact thai an humble
citizen, like himself, having steadiasiiy ad-
hered 10 the known principles ofthe Demo.
cratic party, should cali forth such dem.
ops,ratieB. Yes, most truly, We hare fa-
len upon strange tines, when political re-
creancy was considered the unly hiFhw ay
10 posts Of honor and OF trust, and when
men of integrity aud high-souled indepen-
dence were denounced as traitors by these
Who have sold their oirih-right for the mere
prospect OF "mess Of poitage." L ~
chesrAl Traitors, indeed! il is they {the
Pro-slsvery Parts) who are the traitors
they who have tramPied under the dust the
sacred compromises Of these United States.
and who have periiled the safety Of the
Union. Tremendous cheers. We stand
on the platform OF principles erected bv the
fathers Of the American Uaion--by Wash.
inaion, and Jefferson, snd Jack.on; and
neither the threats nor the believing Of On
p-incipled and vacillsting politicians tan
drive US from il. They cal US : boliiionisis,
and shyi Because we opposed the repeal
OF the Missouri Compromise, That is ex
actly the ground the Democratic party had
always iaken-tte position which he now
took, and which he always would tass
r. nd and long.coniinUed cheers,I When
the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise wa.
6rst proposed, b. wa. il Springfield, in this
State: and there ,oas no. a Democrat tcitiia
Gty miles Of tts Capi.ol but ogp0se8 al
Tire Democracy, 10 a man. throughout the
State, looked with horror upon he PROPOSE.
ton. Abolitionists, indeed He was no,
TO be driven from the path Of rectitGds BY
the honndsh cry Of "Abolition'st L2ud
cheer..1 1--we are Abolitionists, why is !;
that the Abolitionisis were opposed 10 the
passage of the Missouri Compromiss! ii
was q measure which We, the Democracy,
had TO fight through against the combined
efforts of Abolition sr--we struggled hard
for II, we gained il, and, he believed, PIE.
served peace in the country. Is there an
wonder that We should have struggled TO
maintain and preserve in good faith '.bai
compromise which We had fought foFl 1 Loud
cheers If any one, in 1859, bad roposed
The repeal Of the Missouri Comp omise, he
would have been read out Of tn marty; and
now because se have remains s,asdfast. " e
are called traitors by those yhpse skirts are
dripping with the siush 81 alltha isas o. the
last ten years. The 70 Deal Of the Mi.souf
Compromise was 81 ACT of treachery anl
fnithiessness 10 e North--it Is al act
whose trisi is ~ t Of ulood--aye, Amir ar
blood. tlna' nse sensation.) Upon Don,
gas, our - .lator. and thuse who have aided
MIN 70 IN 9lunder Of free territory, iaiis inf
awful responsibility Of the present state Of
ID csuntry--and a. sure as justice IL omn
o,snt, SO surrly viii this recresncy D.
followed by . suitable punishment. Loud
cheers
He addressed himself to the Americans
present--he could speak for the Germans
tbey loved tie Union-Aad fought for il
and would do SO again. They knew tot
we'll The blessings Of Union 70 do anything
10 destroy it. In their "fatherland' they
might have been the mightiest nation Ia
Europe, bat they had no Union-and they
were in consequence the weakest. Toe
Germans, he said, were fer free territ5ryi
but hey were not given 10 fanaticism Of aay
kind. They would oppose the fansiic sm
of the North, just a. they are nos opposing
the tanaticism Of the South. They we're
loyal and true sons Of the Republic OF Which
Washington was the Father, and they
wsuid ever be devoted in their zeal 10 pre-
serve Al nd to guard i from danger. I9u'