The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-09-03

BUCHANAN AND AHAB.--The Boston atlas
compared the morality OF the Ostend Con-
ference TO the story Of Ahab and the vine
var Of Naboth, the Jezreelite, recited in
the books Of Kings, chap. XXI. The Os-
/ tend manifesto says:
| "After We shall have offered Spain price
! for Cuba, far beyond its present value, and
this shall have been refused, it shalt then
be time to consider the question:. does
Cuba, in the possession OF Spain, seriously
endanger our internal peace, and the exist
ence Of our cherished Union
'sShould this question be answered 10 the
Affirmative, then. by every Law, human and
divine, we shall he justified in wrestling It
from Spain, IL we possess the power"
The only conditions are when the possess
sion Of Cuba by Spain will become danger
Gus; and who is to judge Of that danger?
The Journal o. Commerce, which brings .
large and intimate knowledge OF Scripture to
bear upon any point to the support of Demo-
cracy and the extension Of Slavery, settles
the conditions very summarily. When ask
ed who is to be the Judge of the necessity,
il answers, why. the nited States, Of course.
This was the view that Ahab took:
"And when it came 10 pass aftcr these
things, that Naboth, the Jexreelite, had
vineyard, which was in Jesrcsl, hard by the
palace Of Ahab, King Of Ssmaria. And
Ahab spoke unto Naboth, saying, give
me thy vineyard that may have it for gar
den Of herbs because it is near unto my
house and | will give thee for it a better
vineyard than it, or il it seems good to
thee, | will give thee the worth OF i, in
money.
Sand Naboth said to Ahsb, the Lord for
bid it me, and should give the inheritance Of
my fathers unto thee"
Ahab offered ''the worth Of it in money!
: and as Nsboth took the Spanish side of the
question, Ahab planted himself ut once on
the principles Of the Ostend platform, pitch.
ed into him and killed him, and 'sre- annex
ed the vineyard. l, turned out a bad oper-
e alton, as they will see who read the chapter
TO the end. Ahab had an excuse that Mr.
I, !, Buchanan had not, and was therefore let of
easier than his imitator should be, Jesree
: put him up to 1t.
PROGRESSIVE DgnocRAcY.--The Buchan.
: GERS found 1t necessary to condemn the De.
claration Of Independence Us a fAnAtica
/ document, aud pervert the Constitution
They are now pitching into the Fathers OF
the Republic, Washington, jefferson, Hen.
. ~ and others as men who had not the fore.
sight and sagacity to see what was needed
for the country in these latter days. Hear
T what the organ OF the pro slavery party il
i n. York has TO say on this snbject. Will
{. The Democrat please publish? We quot,
from the Day Book:
The organs of Jelusion and imposture ar,
e striving hard to make the people believe thai
, tae self-styled Republican party entertsir
) tue same notions Of negro slavery that Wash
. ington, Jefferson, Patrick Henry, &c. die
seventy years ago. Well, II this be true, il
I they really entertained the notions peculia,
. to the men Of that day, the fact itself woult
DO anything but creditable to their intclli
gence, for men SO stupid rs to remain sta
tionary when the nation has 40 changed, OF
> who are 80 narrow minded and bigoted ~ I,
c retain . certain view Of things, though thes,
! things are thoroughly and radically changed
from what they were, certainly have moth
ing to boast Of, and are the last people il
|, the world to ~, themselves up in this pro
II gressive country rs the leaders Of opinion
J. Washington and Jefferson, and generall,
tbs southern statesmen Of that day, con
= founded negroes with slavery" or tn,
3 presence Of that race with the social rela
tons that spring spontaneously from the
juxtapOsition with white men. There wer
4 only few hundred Thousand of these peo
pie, and most OF them in localities wher
J" the labor Of white men (not free men blu
, white mem was better adapted, and Thu
e they mistook for sssiayery," or ~ this VIA
e IN evil, they COMPOUNDED 1t with the relation
!. existing between the races. Since then "
: have acquired vast regions specifically adapt
g ed to negro labor. We have monopolize,
: the cotton cultivation Of the world, an,
/. these negroes have increased TO nearly fou
millions, and though Jefferson and Washing
ton, under the then circumstances, naturall,
enough mistook slavery, instead Of negroes
!, asan evil, will any one dare 10 say that /
stances, they would be such thick heades
fools rs TO make such q mistake?
THE Missouri RoBsERs. bandits VII,
infest the Missouri river continue their meta
8 rious work. Eastern emigrants who ventur,
up the river, are stripped of their arms, ant
otherwise plundered. Not only are personl
bound for Kansas served 10 this way, bu
merchants and others who are bringing thei,
stocks up the river. Mr.. Carlos Cove Of
this city, had q 6ne cannon which he had pur
chased ia st. Louis, and was bringing home
!, with him, taken from the EdinburK, . few
days ago. The robbers sacked the steam.
boat and found 1t on board, and refusing e
listen to any explanations, carried it Of il
!, triumph. They also broke open some Of
Mr.. Govs's boxes Of gnns, rides, TO-, bal
not finding any Of the dreaded Sharpss ri.
6es, allowed them to pass. We hear that
Snuikn Of Glenwood, also lost some proper
~ in the same way. Comment on ,such
things unnecessary. II Council Blafb Chro.
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