Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-02-28

tributes Of the greatest commercial, man
ufacturing and literary metropolis in the
world. Let it be remembered that we
have every inanimale element of wealth
and power within our limits, and that we
require only labor-free labor--for we
need not say that servilc labor is made
quate.
at is remarkable that aristocracy in
every age and country, has planted itself
upon the idea of property IT'S established
by law. When the French Republican
asks for bread or work, he is met with an
cnunciation of the rights of property /;
when the Irishman asks for tenant right,
that the profits of his own labor may be
secured TO him, the grinding landlord
shelters himself behind his rights of prop
crty, and stcrnly refuses the demand. 1t
is SO everywhere. We grant the rights
of property, and should not favor any
movement for patton which would
not secure full compensation to the slave
holder, but the safety Of the state is the
ch piNbtC law diu lbs lNtCIllN
transpired to thow to the discerning that
our future safety would be best main
tanned by putting in operation gradual
system OF emancipation.
There need be no pernicious agita-
ton, and even if there should, il is Tie
penalty which we cannot avoid payingat
some time; and it is easier to pay il now
than in the future. Who that watches
passing events and indications is not
sensible of the fact that great internal
commissions await the slave states? Bet
ter to grapplc with the danger i'll time, if
danger there be, and avert it, than wait
until it becomes formidable. One thing
is certain, Or history is no guide that is,
that slavery cannot be perpetuated any
where. An agitation now would be the
effort of the social system to throw off Il
disease which had not touched its vitals /;
hereafter L would be the struggle for life
with mortal sickness. But we do not
apprehend any agitation more violent
than has been forced upon us for years
by the pro-slavery politicians. Agitating
the slavery question, has been their con
slant business, and nothing worse has re-
suited from it than their elevation to office
no very tritling evil, by the way-and
the temporary subjugation of Kansas.
Besides, we know that all the free
states emanci pated their slaves, and
England and France theirs suddenly; and
we have yet to learn that dangerous
agitation arose in any instance.
The stale cant of loyalty to the in
slitutions Of the State is preached daily
and weekly by the niger organs. Was
Virginia loyal TO her institutions when
she abolished primogeniture? Was Penn
syNania loyal to hers, when she abolished
slavery? Were the colonies loyal to
theirs when they abolished royalty? This
is the cry with which bigots inlimidate
fools. Loyalty to existing institutions
shuts out all reform. There is one insti-
tuition to which all democrats should be
ever loyal, and only onc-the sovereignty
of the people. All other institutions
must conform to that or cease to exist.
owe do not deny that noble princi
pie IS embodied in conservatism, but we
also say that it has heen the rock and
castle Of tyrants and oligarchies in every
age. Our party in Missouri has been
conservative in all things, and yet it could
not prevent the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise, the Kansas outrages, and
the disunion agitation last summer. We
have held the balance evenly, trying with
all our might to keep it poised but the
weight of the Niger was thrown in by
our enemies, and the disturbed equilibri
um we We're unable to restore. All but
the immortal who holds the balance be
twixt Astrea and the scorpion sign,
would grow weary of such "a task. We
have wearied of it, and Speaking for
ourselves we now trust our fortunes and
our fate to this great cause of EMANcIPA-
TON"