The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-05

puCuaunH sutSitc- tHe uIiuhppA iHtib
CRY Of his "Silliman letter he will b,
known 1t some future day a. the veritabl,
"oldest inhabitant and yet long as tina,
memory lives, il will connect Buchanan,
name with dough-faceism. Ii is not posi-
bic that he spoke his honest convictions a
= statesman, or q . pretended statesman
for Buchanan il not one in reality, in som.
Of the opinions expressed in this letter. III
stopped from his high position, perhap,
when be descended to write the letter a,
all---but be certainly stepped till his lip.
touched the fest Of the slave power, wh-l.
be deliberately penned some Of the opinions
Of that letter. The most important posi-
ton be assumed II contained in the follow
ing sentence:
"Slsvery existed At that period, aud still
exists, in Kansas, under the consultation ~
the United States. This point has been nj
lest finally settled by the highest tribunal
known ~ our laws Hon. IL rvsl<i erer bar,
tssa ssrioasly dossitei, is mystery. liza con
federation Of sovereign states acquire new
territory, at the expense Of their common
blood and treasure, surely one set Of the
partners can have no right TO exclude th.
other from its enjoyment, by prohibiting
them from taking into il whatever is recog
missed 70 be property by the common consti
tuition. But when the people-thc toao
ID rssidsnts Of such territory proceed a.
frame . state constitution, then il il the,
right TO decide the important question f.,
themselves, whether they will continue.
modify, or abolish slavery. tn them, aud a.
them alone, does this question belong, ire.
from oil foreign interference
This has already been NJ widely com
msnted upon, and it, assnr,i,ty 50 abnn-
dainty proven, that IL might now we'll b.
permitted to sink into forgctfnlness, il the
people could forget such folly cmanatiup
from the President of the United States.
lie thinks il = mystery il should ever have
been seriously doubted, that SLAYER, now
exists in Kansas, and Of course in ever, 9th
er territor, that now forms part OF the
country, and that il has existed IN ever,
territory Of the L. States, taken into II b,
the Constitution. Now it seems that Hen
~ Clay regarded this very position as onc
Of the most extraordinary assumptions, and
the most indsfensible position that va,
ever taken by man. On the 22d Of July.
1850, Mr.. Clay used TIN, language
Mr. Clay. | am aware that Tier,
are gentlemen who maintain that, "a rtrta,
" ths cossfituiioa, the right Ia carry slave
south Of that line Sc deg, 80 min. alread,
exists, and that, Of course, these who main
tain that opinion, want no other seeurlt,
Tor the transportation Of their slaves south
Of that line than the constitution HIlaf |
not Aedrd that opiaioa droicei, l should Aar \
regarded Il ~ oss of the most eunuordtaart |
aad tie most adstea,ible position
fAof las sr0 taAea BY asaa. The constitu-
ton neither created nor does il continue
slavery. n the constitu-
lion possesses the paramount authorit,
attributed 10 il the laws Of even the free
'tates Of the Union would yield 10 that par
mount authority. II, therefore, il he true
that, under the laws now in force in Cali |
fornia, New Mexico, and Utah, slavery can
not be introduced--if such j. the iex lac.,
he constitution of the United States l. A.
passive and neutral upon the subject, n the
constitution or government II any other
upon earth. In my oplnlun.
the superstition that the const,tu.
lion IL the United States carrie. SLAYER, |
INTO California, supposing her not to be
tate, 10 IN assumption totally unwarranted
BY the constitution Con. GLOBE, toi -,
part 2
Henry Clay Is now recognized as good
BY the Democracy. Iii. old
trends, the "old line Wings, are earnestly
lessechcd % unite themselves with the
Democratic party. Henry Clay /, now n.
much god with them In memory, n lac
res the worshippsd Of old Wings in the
living reality Of his glorious existence
What has the Democracy now got to say
= 70 Henry Gays opinion2 l. Clay right,
" ls Buchanan Clay, though Southern
nan, bad the Independence 10 express his
HONEST conviction. Buchanan, though a
Northern man, sdapts his convictions To
init the South, or the altraists Of the South,
or only ultnists have even claimed what
Ae admits.