The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-04-28

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Those are ssms sdhersnts
Of the Democratic paSsy Who, while defend
ing The sspsslsf the Missoasi compessiss
and denying he power Of ceAgress y pro-
Aieit sisvssy h the territories. are 20 evsr
ready e declare their ahAorence Of s'avsc
and avev thelr dssirs for i,s ultimate aesii-
sisn. Tsss il b dikcul. to reconcile Their
professions With their practice, but still We
give shsm credit for siucerity Of intention.
while ~ wonder 4 tAslrl iaconsistsney OF
action. Bat il l. undsnisble that tho kaders
--sAose Who irane its platforms. dictate it,
nominestess AL control ito actions Are
really 1t heart and in fact, pro slavsry.---
zxy IRE esnssteAt, knowing that The oaly
way to justiiy or ex,enuate siavery.extsn-
sioa Is 70 justify and defend slavery. what
ever else they are deficient in. they Do not
lack common ssnse. aud plainly see thstso
long - public sesumsnt a. the North con-
Asnns slsvery. jus. 20 long will there b
sssoag and ardent opposition to its sxssn'
don. Hsacs II has become nsessssry 10
70 IL rsss Of tbs astter, and they are
doing il. The entire force Of The great
Dsaoeraus party 10 en- hs,ed in the work.-
To lard End defend tbs peculiar institution
= he sursst and most direct way 70 party
favor. the osisiling passport to oiicisl hon.
Or aad federal patronage. The party press
too - Engaged. i,s columns are 6lled With
fslsoae adslstisns Of the ssysssm." its Pc
eslisr adaptation to the wants of the South,
i,s bsne6 cisl Effects on the negro race, and
pious declarations Of the wisdom Of the
Creator 10 having permitted ito establish.
neat. These with oseasionai exhibitions
Of the evils Of .lrss society" are becoming
the staple products Of these willing tools
Of To slave slssrshy.
uafossunstsly for these apostles Of mod
srn Democracy. the sgitation spruas upon
the eosssry sy the Eansss.Nsbrasks bill i
sxssaliag fer South Of Mason = Dixon's
Iins. and men are bssinsins to fssllss that
there 10 South, which though lon. igno.
red BY pro-slavery politicians. Is rsvsrthsless
not sstiact Or powsrlsss, but is YET TO be,
aye must Be heard
Daily. facts are coming 70 light which
may well s,srtls the philanthropiss and the
patriot. Even Southern journals canno'
keep silence; and il 10 becoming more ap-
parent that multitudes in the South are
yesrnine for deliversnce from the whitening
blight now resting upon them. And this
they seek By sndsavoring to Danish the
evil, not themsslves-ss Thousands of them
have dose BY migrating to free States
from their native soil. The emancipa ton
movement 10 Missouri, and the extra ordins'
~ success which has attended il, will Be
hailed ~ a. omen for good BY tens OF thou !.
sands throughout the entire South. En-.
souragsd BY this example they will cease
to despsir, bu, address themselves to the
task Of sslf.redemption and self-elevasion'
For THE movement and these aspir atoms
after free institutions there are abundant
reasons. Look for example at the follow
ing extract from the Richmond Whig:"-
.virginia las declinsd-she has gone down
hill with melancholy velocity. as compared
with many Of her sister States, and their
progress in population. wealth. material de-
velopmsot. and political power.
Debt. debt! taxes. taxes. describes exactly
the existing condition Of the Coumonwssl,h
and people Of Virginia"
Does any one believe that the above
could have been said Of Virginia if she had
been q free State Can the same be said
Of ssy free Stases Yet there are many OF
them far, very far inferior TO Virginia IN
soil, eHaats and every natural advantage.
Il IL right then, is il wise. to extend into
Kansas or any State or Territory systen
which even in commercial point of view,
y ruinous 10 The extreme A system which
i crushing thousands in the South into the
lowest depths Of barbarian and ignorance!
AsAcoLA.