The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-09-30

We do not know thar President of the
United States was ever more completely
answered than President BrcnAxaS has
been IN the matter OF his late letter TO Srr..
LYMAN and Others, by the following article
from tue Boston Advertiser. Il should NOR
tify his friends TO find him 50 exposed.
y u satisfactory to have at last an opcu
and explicit confession Of faith, and cxpo.i-
ton of policy, relating to Kansas affairs,
from james Buchanan. Would that we
might have had u year ago-when he was
mt President of the United States. but can
thtiatc for that high office. The banners 81
rennsyisa would then never hav. borne
The legend which secured bis election. /" Bu
clanan, Brecknridge and Free Kaasas,- for
Mr. Buchanan SAYS slavery now exist, in
Aansas and has always existed there IL
has always been siare-Aoldimg Kansas never
Tree Kansas. How this could ever have
been seriously doubted, . he SAYS. 81. ! NV
TRY" There would have been no myaterv
u there had been no mvytitierr. Il "a.
considered certain BY the whole world. and
never was denied, that slavery was prohibi.
sed FOREVER BY the eighth section Of the
act o. Congress, passed March O, 1soo; and
TINS eighth section was in full force and e.
ect until the passage of tue act Of Nav 80.
lsoa, containing the memorable provision.
wL,ch We quote below in full. The singu-
lnr language IN which il II clothed Is enough
" indicate the strang.neSs of is purport -.
The Constitution and oil laws of the
nited States which arr not locally inappli-
cable, shall have the same force and effect
within the said Territory Of Kansas :. else-
where within the United States, cxccpt the
eighth section " tue act preparatory TO the
admission OF Missouri into the Cn;,,c. an
proved March q lsaD, which. being neon
esstent with the principle Of non-interyen
ton by Cougrcss With slavery in the States
and Territories, - recognized by the Leg
lslatson of 1850, commonly called the Com
promise Measures, IN herrty declared iaoUsya-
isrs aad roid! IL being the true intent aud
meaning 81 this act, not TO legislate slavery
into any State or Territory, nor 20 exclude
u thereirom, but to leave the pcoplc thers-
Of, perfectly free to form and regulate their
domestic institutions. In their own way. and
subject only % the Constitution Of the Uni
ted states proetdsd that nothing herein
Contained shall be construed 60 revive or
put IN sotee any law or regulation which
may have existed prior to the act II March
Y, le1, either protecting, establishing, pro-
hibiting or abolisni14 slavery"
The advocates n this bill strcnuously de-
nied that is passage established or lcgalized
slavery. They said IL was its true intent
and meaning :" not To legislatc slavery into
the Territories, but 90 leave the people free
to decide whether IL should exist or not ON
the presumption, of course, that IL wa. an
open question. Neither Mr. Buchanan nor
any other Northern democrat would have
sentured during the tendency IL the KaH-
sas Nebraska bill Ia assert that slavery al
ready existed In the region solsmnly dedi-
Gated 10 Freedom b, the Missouri Compso-
mise.
The advocates Of that bill only pretended
TO ask an opportunity for the people to Is
tahlasL slavery II they chose. Now We are
told by the chief magistrate Of the nation
that slavery was already established there
that u existed In the whole domain &C.
quired from France, and that Il still contin-
ucs to exist, Ia Kansas and Nsbraska--and
this proposition v mentioned o being clear,
certain and indi.putabIe. I" How il could
ever have been seriously doubted says the
President, lis mystery