The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-06-18

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Al The lste Vermont State Convention
for National
coovevien~s PhiladslpLia, toe Hon. Levi
UnderAs&dtA3se z Demccra. oil nigh Stand
ing, PsslaeiStesslAr iastAnces are hap
Pening al over theceon,ry,e l The bss, men
seseriag aAacannecuen with The leaders
who hAvsAsEaysdshs Democratic party IN
- the sseeert ef msassres utterly siisa 70
~ spirit and sssaeiplss Of uae democracy.
lesa ihe III. y Underwood and thousands Of
eshsss, ny sst hass s~b@adoasd wha, here
tsGsss dsaeaitutei their Democratic bsiiei
nor, ttssvA they are now c~oa'ribusiag taeis
efforts 70 the sepssssseo OF . @onsser and
aggressive evilthas 10 threatening the liber-
Tee Of the country, DO We suppose tha,
there wiIshereaissr be ne politicaididsren.
GEE bsswses the allied parties. The pres-
cot coaliton hes Lses formed for the pnr
pose Of sxposisa and ,hwartiag a eonspira.
cy WHICH hss long been ~fomentins for The
overthrow osrepublicsn institutions. and 70,
ooasertins the United States into a gres,
slave Republic. To proven, the consum.
nation Of that Ubiquitous project, is what
IS now demandsd Of oil patriots. When
they hare aaccssded in that undertaking,
il 10 Altogeher likely that differences and
aiscsseieas will sssali from the opposite
siewsywAich the men now acting together
may nike of The various questions con-
csraisa oar dsnsstic AID foreign policy.
Bat such fafare disesgences will cause
neilsss Surprise nor regret. Party differ.
saess ere nasursl chasacterissics OF . free
psople, and 1t ID oaly when ZONE subject
arises whose overwhelming importance
PLACES al other and minor matters in abey.
snce. tia: the large body Of the people unite
ss o : In resistance to aggression, and
ia rapport Of those fundamental principles
/. which they recognize IS the causes OF their
pas, and the guarantees o ftheir future pros
perry. Ssch is the sabiec, which al The
present lime throws into temporary obscure
" Ill questions concerning finance. trade OF
i~ntsrpal Improvements, and has %concentra-
te1 the at,ention and fixed the determine
ton Of . tree people, to rectify the great
wreaR hat has been committed, to place
themselves right in the eyes OF the civil'zes
world, 70 stop the r~eioicinss of the ae'Pot'
who ass even ~. congratulate ne each ota-
er on she failure Of u republican system,
and TO re-esubl,sh the Republic on The true
princielss - expressed BY the Declarations
Of Isdepeadsnce. and auth oritaiseiy an-
nounced in the Federal Constitution as
framed and approved by the. people OF the
Uniesd States. h
In vis~ Of such a sub ects Dd such sa un-
dertaking, j, 10 gra,ifying but not surprising,
that % many, andsuch increasing numeen
are daily discarding party Preisdices o
predictions, snd coming forward 10 rescue
the country from the grasp of the sr'sto'
cratic minority who are striving to resuce
il 10 that state OF Standardization which
prevailed during the middle ages, and to
establish a condition OF afairs worse than
tia, OF the leudal System, when Il iabonns
uen ere the degraded serts Of the lOrdly
la.dholders. We might web despair OF
the republic, iFthere were no, an instructive
and general uprising Of sfres people to
prevent the success of 9 conspiracy which
might seem 10 be PrePosterous, but which
hes already made such alarming progress.
We reieice 10 believe, however, that Il Is
not vet too hate 10 defeat the s~ressonabls
assiens and acie Of these sonsPirstors, and
the certainty Of that defea, is rendered more
apparent BY the developments Of sysrJ
~Socceeding day.