The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-01-15
THE LocOfe 90 ceHvxNTleN

The Loc0foco ceNvxNTioN.
The sixteen resolutions adopted by The
recent Locofoco Convention at Iowa City
form q curious OLA podrida Of uutruth and
They purport to be from the
brilliant pen of Bernhsrdt HEM, with whose
services in Congress iaetsous and unres- |
I enable people ceased TO be sati SIZED, but |
who 10 s,ill willing to devote tis extEsordins-
~ abilities to the service Of the powers that
be. ia the hope, peradyenture. that his !aboss
will aiso be rewarded by some "castle 10
Spsin," Ike that which was OF late Piseed
asa Corinihian capital upon the Polisicas
fortunes of the illustrious Augustus CESAR.
The frst four resolutions contain the Gus
tomsry declarations about the right and
capacity ofths people for selt-govegnmsns,
which ali OF Us believe in, and which are 6y
no means th. peculiar faith Of Locofocois M,
though they are very often and very loudly
protested by that party for the purpose Of
coueeaang its llierior designs. The tith
resolution eulogizes the "iiberai principles
first promulgated BY the immortsl Jeffersoo;'
which is also night enough, but our main con-
rroversy with our Loeofoco ifieads Is that
they have repudated the principles OF M.
Jefferson. and tramplsd uPoa the doctrines
which that grea, man spent long lie 10
defending and in intoxicating, Yet this Con-
.sntion, because it approves tie principles
Of ths "iunortsl Jefferson" resolves in ia
vor Of the Kansas-NebIesks act. when ev.
cry schaolboy knows that the principles
which Jefferson successfully labored TO in
corporate into the organic lazy for governing
the Northwest Territory, are and were dia-
metrically opposed to the doctrines and
Vaccinations OF The slavery propagandists.
Democratic" party Of Iowa will, in the
language Of the Baltimore Platform. Hresist
ell attempts at renewing in Congress or out
ii. the agitation Of the slavery question,
under whatever shape or color the attempt
may be made" and the Convention declares
its emphatic disapprobation Of the course
pursued BY The Abolitionists and Fusionists
in disappearing the Kansas act, etc. Of
this resolution, one knows not whether most
TO admire its sbsurdity or its impudencs. To
resolve against discussing the question Of
slavery, when the mos. lsbored and nost
Important part of the Presidents message
iiselfis taken up with the discussion OF that
very question And this resolution 10 rem
dered still more ridiculous when We remem-
Der who il was, that after the compromises
Of 1850, opened sfresh the difficulties Of this
vexatious subject. Mr.. Douglas, 4 few years
since, when his mind was more sane, said
tas Missouri compromise had ian origin
akin 10 that Of the constitution that it as
@canonized as sacred thing in the hearts
OF the American people," yet il was his
hand which vas ruthless" enough TO dis
turb . settlement shielded By such sacred
associations. and We all know the eonse-
quences which have resulted from that dis.
tar5ance. Yet when such are the facts
which characterize the present discussion
Of the aggressive movements Of slavery
when the subject was preached anew by
Dir. Douglas and his eoadjutor=, and when
his made slsading feature lr the Presidents
message. the Locofoco Convention Of low.
snphaticslly 6eprecates its discussion.
We presume tha, sspient body would be
we'll satisfied if the machinatons of Pierce
and nis Pro-slavery supporters could be per
feeted, without the fact interfering with
the operations ofthe "psrty" in this State.
But the leaders Of Locofocosm need count
a2on no such fortune. They have publicly
snd pcintedly endorsed Mr.. Pierce's admin.
istration, kansas-Nebra.ks act and ell, and
they must stand by the issue which they
have made. Well may they be afraid thai
she ground which they have taken in sup
port Of slavery, Is distasteful TO those Of oul
German and other citizens, who lefi The
monarchies Of Europe for the sake Of enjoy
ing The privilege. Of democratic republic
and not for the purpose Of building up aE
e.igsrchy. as different from true republican.
ism az eny Of the monarehical governments
Of the old world. They will find that hi.
tistasle viii 20 on increasing, and that, ID
this State, very many Germans and oihel
Democrats who voted for Pierce, cannot :.
induced torepest an act Of siFular folly ana
Inconsistency.
There are some other inconsistent AND
absurd features about these resolution,
which we intend commenting upon, bu
thus much must sufIiee for the present +
10 best that such an accumulation OF sweets
should be taken in broken doses.
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