Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-19
NRw CONrEssu0Ns.

since tnC eiectlOn hlne-tehths OF the |
predictions Of democratic journals have
been verified, respecting the hypocri
cy and fhlsity Of the assertions Of the
niger ..wonhippes, in relation to
southern Aggression" Day by day
they are eating their own words, and
proving but too true the shamelessnes,
other course throughout the late cam
paign. We were.told that the South
was ruled by an oligarchy, that ii WAS
constantly aggressive, that ii had con
troll Of the National Government for
many years, and nearly all Congression
al legislation was shaped, moulded, and
put through by Southern influence.
We were told that for many year.
there had been no North, no East, and
no West, but the ''crack Of the slave drl-
ver's whip"had subducd the North, and
made "doughfaces" Of its Representa-
tives in Congress. Democrats were
compelled to meet and rclutc these
charges. Democrats denied the false
hood Of the ''freedom shricker.," and
added to that denial the charge, that
those who uttered them would be the
first to deny them after election. and
there WAS no longer need oflying,
The N. Y. Tribune Of the 9Th, SAYS:
I'm spite of Mr.. Pierce's efforts, in
his late apology for himself and the
Nebraska act so indecentlv introduced
into the Presidents Message. to talsify
history, lis nevertheless most unqucs-
tlonablc and very significant historl-
cal fact that, from the assembling Of
the famous Continental Congress of
IVA, which laid the foundation of the
American Union, down TO the wear
1854 lapse Of eighty years-the
cour" Of american naGoaai action and
legislation, though not aimoys qoing so
far as II miyht, had get oiroyS bcen u,
)aror ot the restriction and cn'aiimept
o, slaeehoidimg."
Have VIC not been told of half a cen
tury of Southern Aggression y and
now comes the confession, that for so
wears, national legislation has always
been in favor of the restriction and eur
tailment Of Slavery upto 1884. What
then becomes of the one million char
yes of long Southern usurpation Of the !
national government, so freely and flip /
PANTY made by Greeley. Seward and (,
their nnderlings. For eighty wears,
during democratic and wing admiuis-
trations, the entire action OF the ro,-
eminent has been agains, the nstitu.
uon OF Slavery, says Greeley, and still
the small-fry press hcrcahouts, keep ~ I
the cry Of Pro-Slavcry party, when
wishing To abuse the Democracy.
Since 1884 Greeley las assailrd the
South with all the cpthc,~ in the cal U
endar of slang, with the single and sole
intent of forming and building up
sectional, Northern, Black Republican
party, on the principles and doctrines
OF the old Abolition party. The pas
sage ofthc Nebraska Bill afforded cree
ley an ample pretcxt for opening his
plan OF operations upon an extensive
scale, and the bitter invcctivcs which
he and his imitators hurled at the dem
ocrat'c party are too numberlcss for re-
capitulation. But the people have met .
and decided the issue, have adopted,
fol- ali time, the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS If
self government, and now that Black ,
republicans see that it is impossible to
overthrow it, they confess that the
principle is not So bad after all, aud c
hat there is no truth in the number /.
ess ISLANDERS OF Southern Aggression &
md Northern doughfaces" with which G
hey amused their constituents.
When will the Gazette recant and G
nllau tho laal nc G.o.1.,3