The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-10-29

On the Slavery question the platform adopted for
Buchanan comprises theae points:
ist. Congrsss has no right to exclude Slavery
from any territory.
prohibit Slavery 20 long the territorial govern
ment iasts.
I'D. squst.er Sovereignty is humbug, and is no
longer plank in the Democratic creed.
Attn. estate equality" means the right of Slave
holders to take their Slaves into the public do
main, by virtue Of the Slave isws u the Slave
states.
9th. That Slavery national and Freedom sec
tiouai.
9th. That the people Of territory can only ex-
elude Slavery from among them after they have
formed State Constitution and been admitted into
the Union.
7.h. That Kansas must Be KEEP, out Of the Union,
IN the ples Of want Of population, until the Free
State men murdered or driven out and the slave
holders firmly planted under the protection Of the
General Government.
siA. Th., any man denying the foregoing doc
trins isa Traitor and should BE- dealt with accord
ingiy.
FKKE LAseR-The natural capital which consti-
tutes the real wealth Of this great country, and
creates that intelligent power 10 tbs mxsses alone
be relied on - the Bulwsrk Of Free Institutions.
lJohn G. frsmont's Letter Of Acceptance.
Whenever there 10 substantive good 70 be done.
whenever there 10 foot Of land TO be prevented
from becoming Slave territory, am willing 20 as
sert the principle VI the exclusion Of Slavery
daniel Webster.
/ Irepeat that never can and never will VOTE and
no earthly power viii ever make nsevote 70 spread
Slavery over territory where IL doss mot exist
/ Henry Clay.
heartily concur in all novsnsnts which have
Tor their object TO repair the mischief arising from
the violation Of good faith in The repeal Of the Mo
souri, Compromise. am opposed . Slavery In the
abstract, and upon principles sustAinsd and made
habitual by settled conviction. While feel index
ibls in the belief that ought not - b interfered
With whore il exists usder Che shield Of State SOW
srsignty, am ~ inAexibly opposed 70 its extension
on this continent beyond its present linitslJ John
4 c. Fremont.
4 I feel that there 10 nothing which the civilised
world, IL they take notice Of 20 humble an ndvid
i ual N myself, viii reproach me with, when say
- said the other day, had made up my mind,
for one, that s~dsr circsmsssces would consent
to tho further extension Of the area Of Slavery In
the United States, or Of the further increase Of
tives.--fSpeeeh Of Daniel Webster on the Oregon
Ball, leSS.
=. -...s Is asS.T e 1850 1856, .a7y CT,
spoke the following words:
"But yoa cannot pat your Anger on any part oi
the Constitution which conveys the right Or tn
power carry slaves from one Of the States Of tn
Unian y any Tsrritery II the United States. Nor
sir, can admit for single moment, that there il
States OF individual nembsrs Of the States Or -,
portion Of the people Of the United States to Carr
Slaves into Tsrritcres, pnasr the idea that thos
: Territories srs held il common between the ssve&
States"
TAs RICHMOND Enourasn..oE rss ClncrxnAfr PA.
vosn.--With the ntDost pesuiAle precision aud sm
phasis VI language. thssp rssolutioas a1hru Ii
great vital principles, 1st. II tn Constitutions
GuAraatess Ok Slavery; Ard secondly, Of tho equA
ity u the States In respect y tAstf sovereign di,
nifty snd political rights Ia equally clear ana COL
elusive tsrms the 4ostrine Of SQaasssr Soversirrt
!. II rspadiatsd By the Denocfasic party.
II sm elected 10 the high ONES for which 70,
Partially hAs nominated ma, II will endeavor to y
minister tAs goverAnsas aseeding u he true spls
q Of tn Constitutieu, - IL - uo1srsesod ~ Il
y great men Who Framed and aAop4sa IL, and In su1
: wsy = % preserve beth Lbssty and Unien.
fJohn G. Fremont.