The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-08-02
rremeu, ana Corruption.

mont IS not even member OF the urn, IN
fact. But the paper which Matched up the
story, is the New York Day Book, one of
the most inscriptions Buchaneer journals
in the land. But il ito authority is good for
anything in one direction, it certainly is in
another. The boy Book, in speaking ofthe
position of its party with reference to the
question of Slavery, says:
''The Democracy are not opposed TO slave
~ extension, or that which ignorance and de-
fusion term Slavery extension, and the time
10 at hand when those who assume to speak
for il must understand what they are doing
in this matter, or they had better hold their
tongues. There il not a
single Democrat in the North opposed to the
extension Of Soathern Society, or 50 called
Slavery extension, and they only wait to
have the truth spoken out, and things called
by their right names. to sweep the abolition
imposture from the Republic"
That is fiat. The Black Democracy, it
confesses, it declares, are not opposed to
Slavery-extension, and those who sny they
are, s'had better hold their togues." Take
it, gentlemen it is your own witness.
WARSAW ExPREss--LAws or kANsAs.-Thc
Warsaw Erpress denies that = quotation
which We made from the laws Of Kansas,
was correct; says we omit ed q substantial
portion, etc.; and corrccts us by quoting
'.from memory" the section alluded to-
Now as we copied from the authorized edition
Of the laws Of Kansas, We suppose VIC were
quite as liable to be correct as the Express
in quoting ''from memory" We say our
quotation was literal, and the omission
which it charges, viz: the words "for the
''purpose Of melting insurrection," in the
clause prohibiting the denial Of the lawful
existence Of Slavery in Kansas, is no omis-
sion at all, for it does not occur in the Stat
ute. 1t is one Of the most shameless and
tyrnnnical provisions Of law that ever dis
graced the annals Of any age, and for the
benefit Of our contemporary and to keep
fresh before the minds Of the people this re-
marksble enactment, we will again quote it
literally from the volume of Statutes mt
large of kansas Territory, viz:
"Chapter Isl, Section l3. II any free
person, BY speaking or writing, assert or
maintain that persons have not the right to
hold slaves in this Territory, or shall intro
duce into this Territory, print, publish, write,
circulate or cause to be introduced into this
Territory, any book, paper, magazine,
pamphlet or circular, containing any denial
Of the right Of persons to hold slaves in this
Territory, such person shall be deemed guilty
Of felony, and punished by imprisonment At
owA Lab ~ ~
years"
That is the section. And il is complete in
itself. 1t Is qualified and interpreted BY no
preceding section. II prescribes . penalty
of ''not less than two years Imprisonment
for expressing the belief that Slavery does
not exis. in Kansas, or for saying that 9TH
ers so expressed themselves. We do not
wonder that il seems too Incredible to be be-
leved by our contemporary. But it cannot
lie down the record. 1t says the Law is right.
Gen. Case says::'sit 10 a disgrace TO the age"
Douglass says, infamous ~ it is, that the
Democratic party is pledged t, maintain il.
The whole American people are responsible
for that law, for II their Congress refuses to
acknowledge it's rightfulncss, it viii be no
law. Let us ace il they will " maintain it.
! SroRY on THE CoNsrirrrioS.--7JudgeS Story,
in his Commentaries on the Constitution,
SAYS:
] ''No one has ever doubted the authority
OF Congress to erect Territorial Govern
ments within the territory Of the United
States, under the general language Of the
/ clause, ito make NIL needful rules and reg
ulations; indced, wit, the Ordinance of
1857 in the very view of the trainers rs well
as Of the people OF the States, it is impOs-
sible TO doubt that such power was deemed
indispensable TO the purposes Of the ccssions
made by the States. What shall be the
form OF government in the Territories, de-
ponds exclusively upon the discretion Of Con-
gress.o
According to the report Of Col. Clagett
4 in the Post, the Col. denies what Story af-
firms. We do not allude to the subject for
] the purpose Of arguing the matter with
Ciagctt, but only TO show what n blind old
& fool Story must have been! lie ought to
have had Clagett for a law tutor.
s~Thc thine Is settled now. II IL no
crime for Democratic Congressman to shoot
Irish walters. Herbert is free and pcttsd.
Ills acauittal is received with shouts Of ap-
rlause that add a still deeper poignancy to
the sorrow Of the poor widow and orphan
children Of the murdered Heating. II Keat-
Ing had killed Herbert, does anybody suppose
ne would have been acquitted
- . u ~
WELL DoNg.-A the Republican state
I Ratification Meeting, at indianapolis, Ind. ,on
the 18th inst, Mr. Moreau, one Of the Du-
ehanan electors, made speech in favor Of
Fremont. lie says if the Buchsncers elect
him, he shall vote for Fremont in the cleo
toral college,
FEEAoSr IN GEORGIA. We see il stated
that the Wilkes County (Ga.) Republican
has run up the names Of Fremont and Day
ton. !.