The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-19

Whether Col. Rollins i, cl,ctr,l ,."seilni
II M,-souri g, not, anl We presume b. ..
the Emancipation part, in that State have
-hown themsclv-- the n,lurity 81 the -
ole liz vote given tn l.ulltn. wa, onl,
" t.ta the Emancipation vote, hccan>'
thousand, IL Germans hnldnc strong ant
.iasert "Iiuion-. were persuaded 10 ,ot.
against him un account IT III, charged aifin
iy with the Know No,hing., and from I'll,
gra.> deception rracti-cd upon them l.,
German Democratic paper. aud speakers,
wha sought a. make them believe that Stew
arI wa> ~ much ia favor 81 Emancipation
- Rollins The Note given ut this election.
illustrates that Missouri i, from this time e.
hc battle ground for freedom till SLAYER,
i, driven from it, soil That event cannot
We think, h. postponed very great length
n time, Yet il mag lac indefinitely past
ioned A, one period. the prospects "a
emancipation IN Virginia were a. ilatierlul
as they are now in Missouri. The people
had been gradually brought Ia take III,
same view II tic question with tho bright
est intellecf- 81 the State. Like the pcorl,
81 Missouri, the light began &" break int
their minds that il hy some system SLAYER,
could he gradually removed from their State
then lands would rapidly increase in value
and under the hand Of free labor lie three
q. productive, ami ail the interest, a Stat,
Il. L.. a II
tho sboliilun,sis saw all tins, aud thought n
happ, Time Co lend their assistance ~
bringing shout the millennium They com
mencei systematic Efforts o. throw add
diti"nal light among the people Of Virginia
A. 10 the moral ANA political evil II SLAYER,
and more particularly NJ Ia it-di,a,trou- III.
fucnce upon the prosperity Of the home ri
PIeslden,-. They flooded the State WITH
them mccndiary pamphlets AMI the,
produced the very result, which an, .,ihti
hut blinded hnaiic. might have prciiet.i
Tue Emancipation movement At "n'- l..
came IN the mind. IL The rcorlc an pIal,ttga
movement. anil Virginia wa, the la, Stat,
IN which any th,ng or measure, even with n
shadow ~ cdr IT abolition al-,nt IL waula
b. tolerated Tho l,e.pl. Nerc filled viii
Indignation. Pahlr ointment al "nce -
pesieneei change. Emancipation NJ.
dead - sb.ilit,oni>ia and M a short tim.
the holdesi advocates 1T freedom IA a..
state were compelled To clos. their meath.
lie whole movement fell through. lu>t
when II wa. rlpenlng inin full fruiton
Sone slmilsr "sii and comfort = 10 tn
tnisneiIstion,>ts nl Missouri by fanatic, 81
Tree States ma, nni crush the ca,,.e 81
Emancipation la Missouri, but il can grca.l,
.riil,ls IL, and postpone the realization >,
its great "ljcc, II the re"pic ii Missouri
arr ieit al..n-. they will do the go"i w.tl
sor themselves aud better and NOR, speedi
~ ,bsn IL can he accomplished D., ui-t.l,
aid coming from " hat quarter II MAY W,
DO not wish TO lc understood rs .ay ing that
she warm } mpatt, and sncuatagrn,.nt II
the kepnbican party extended a. thai
party IN Missouri which III il, great lal.al.
ROW claim our applause. may affect inIar,
o. the eaa,s oi Emancipation N tina, Stat.
lint ". .impl, mean ta advise. thai iii.
lsoris II Missouri he leit o. work out the,t
""n domestic and political salvation, an.
esre'asll, that on the part 81 al,ohtoniSt. |
,hot Republicans ne such means be- adnr,.a |
{" h.iP the Emanclpatiunist- 81 Ms,ou,i A. |
ans. ial.ndered ihn ca,lse IA Virginia. W,
= Republicans. hail with D., the victor, /
lasi gained by The Emancipation part, II
Missouri, AMI u i a victory and a great ,ie
tory, whether Rollins he elected q; not.
Assuming the political Importance NJ,
-''iil now docs, Il = asll iof our people L.
" ifftls hc;ser informed a. IL the real o.
trn1 a Missouri and &c slavery within H.,
"'r'ief-. s'ocnpine central portion ii
ih' national domain, Missouri Is one Of III.
largest States in the Union, ineln.l,n..
*''i-a'-n acres H. >"ll Is general, of III.
bel quality, air pure, climate healthy. AMI |
IT. staples, Indian corn, wheat and hemp |
IT. wheat approaches nearest l.. the bc.t
English. IL ha, l,2aD.a,n acre. of SWAMI
land, which given t. the State for reclaim
ins ! 100000 acres embraced in il, min
erai res,.n, AMI 100000 Of acre, Of i'm.
proved farms. Tie population ot the State
which m 1910 was but a4>j. mostly ~ |
French origin, was ol5, Ii, IN lsis. IL vhiel. /
ioo,'as were slaves. TIE great proportion |
81 the slave population arr confined Ia a |
section composing about one-ihiri ~ tie
State. cut a lOs eount..s, twenty, IN
" them contain .4.2ll slaves. and the Iii
snee- 2h,sil, are distributed over the other
vvLsy; twenty five Of which have onl,
lies slaves, AN average Of about lift, a.
each county. The twenty -sevcn coun,ie,
containing '4,2ll slaves arc represented b,
fors,-tmo members, while the eighty ennn
t'es have eighty nine representative. Til.
increase 81 slave, la the State from ls5l I.
1896, MAS only 1902; 81 which l0,o3o
were N twelve counties, and the balance !
distributed over the n,net, 1--we remaining /
while the increase d whites IN these n,net,
hve COUNTIES ia the live s.ars. was ia DO
or eighty one whites u every .la..
Hon. b. Gratz Brown 81 Missouri /, !.
Sscent speech ssys, that these nn.ty.,ix,.
counties contain free white population of
6te, vi, and slave population u .. All. -
cne slave - eleven whites These TACT AMI
hgures demonstrate that in eight tsnths Il
the State, being ninety five counties on, u /
one hundred and seven, upon q status Of
populatioa Of eleven whites 70 every sla,-,
shs increase q inhabitants exhibits eighty
one free white 70 every slave; thus demon
strsting beyoad u question 81 cayil, that
sLs inmisraties which il flowing into the
1sass from The e,dr staess and iron, Europe
. indisputably Antaeoaistic 70 the system of
'lavery.'