The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-06-14
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/, has no, eseaped1| NJ atd kaona ~ the
community that the leaders and organs of
the pro-slayery party in the Free States
!. haze made ihe abuse ael e~lssRyassa a ps,n
/, opal part Of ,beir Fsitten and spoken la
! bsrs. Wharf.-The ,kfle thousand clersymen
OF New ~EaglAad, In the exercise of their
/, padesbsed rights as American e~itizens, petit
toned sgsinst the passage OF the Kansas.
Ntbttska act, Douglas and bis coadjutors
!, IN Congress made them the subjects Of the
= grosssst vi,uperation, and their furious and
insane o~nslaugh,s were initiated with sla.
wish alacrity BY the pro.siavery press
throughout the country We are within the
nssk in saying that at least four.hi,bs u
the ~clergymen Of the Free States were op.
pcsed to the repeal Of the Missouri Com.
Promise, and have condemned tie authors
and deplored the consequences Of that mos,
f-eiuous measure. But because they have
thus thought and spoken as The principles
Of christianity dictated, they are denounced
IN the gfossest terms an liars aud hypocrte,
By the suborned presses OF en- ~insolenl
AIistocracy, and by men whe like Douglas
I'LL high places in the councils OF the nation,
. and have had The etfron,ery To aspire TO The
highest The following paragraph fromi
the Chicago Times, formerly the Douglas
aud now the Buchanan orgsn in that city
10 q sample of this systematic abuse. ane
We commend it TO the atten ,icn Of our read.
en:-
"There does no, exist a more degrade
band Of professional LIARS, than can bt
found wearing the garb of ciergymen, in the
northern part Of the State Of Illinois. We
make this assertion knowing and feeling il.
full and sweeping extent, but facts and
: truths viii sustain it beyond The possibility
OF question:
What can be said Of the cause or The par
~ which is thus supported! U?o5 @aat
grounds do these pro-slaEery edltsFs lAns
abuse men infinitely better than themselves
The spirit which prompts such m~alignan
ISLANDERS is the same which defends III
assault, On Sumner and p~sllia,es the stroo
ftSo ih AUS Sh AistS u Aal.SAe fdiasiof p
Of the Times, the Chicago Democrat thu
comments:
French iah1eliy, when it %insuguratei
the couriessn Goddess Of Reason, and fel
down and worshipped at her shrine, wa
not more rabid on ~clergymen and religion
things than are the Douglasites of the pres
ent day. This exhibition shows which wa
they are drifting, and what will be the u
innate result OF their policy.
Let the religious portion Of the commun
~ ponder these things, aud set SIS become
patriots. Such teachings are prscticall
applied in the tarring and fesihefing Of nit
listers OF the Gospei in Kansas, snd ever
good citizen is therefore interested in owe
throwing q party made up of elements $
deadly hosule to civil and religious libel
ty."
And all this abuse and vilihcation is cal
ried on in the mans OF Democracy an
men are 10 be ca led traitors, Liars and hyg
'oerites il they preach the principles {
their profession, ana refuse to applaud III
gross iniquities by which not only chri.tiar
lily has been laughed to scorn, but humanit
Itself mas been insulted al d outraged. Tn
adoption Of such a course, however, BY ID
siipendlsry press OF the Free States, is
conclusive evidence Of the desperate strait
10 which the cause of their arts teerati
masters is reduced. To what part Of tn
community are Inc vile slanGers Ike thos
OF the Chicago Tima Addressed They wi
nuquesiionsbiy have an influence upon ths
moral and Intelligent portion Of the peoPi
who are acquainted gilh the characters {
the clergyfnen thus sssailed, but il will b
an influence which viii increase their cor
tempt for . party which adopts SO despica
bic a mode OF warfare, and which will ais
increase their determination to rescue th'
administration of national affairs from tht
hands 1falen who are doing every thing il
iheir power 10 sap the foundations o virtue
as well as freedom,-aad to 80 demoruilze
al the manhood OF the North &c to make III
people Submissive and eringing slaves e
every insulting exsction o! the Toombs
and Brooks Of The South.