The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-09-30
Abel,,,onIx,ng the Norm.

g.. W.M'CRARY.
Abelistonlxing she North.
great deal has been said about ssaboli.
tionizing the North" Has it never struck
our Democratic friends that the Supreme
Court and the President of the United States
have made abolitionists Of all the people of
the North Has it struck them that the fiat
Of Chief Justice fancy and of james Bu-
chanan has constituted every free state man
in kansas, and in every other territory Of
the United States, an nbolitionist and
that the principle that Slavery exists in the
Territories under the Constitution, renders
every free state man, every man in favor Of
free constitution in any Of the territories,
an abolitionistP In order to make a free
State out Of any Of the territory Of the
United Statess the people Of the TERRITORY
must vote to abolish Slavery, and in SO doing
they become abolitionists, and every man in
the country, who favors tho formation Of
free state out Of the territory Of the Uni
ted States, il nothing but an aboltionis,.-
II the doctrine proclaimed by Buchanan is
correct, the South are right in designating
all tho Free State men Of Kansas IA abol-
tionists. And shareholders will have show
OF reason in the next step which thcy will re-
qure at the hands of the northern Dem era.
cy. which will be the exclusion of all free
state men, whether rs regards Kansas, Ore
gon or Washington Territories, from the ia.
yors Of the Administration and from tho fold
of the party.
President Buchaaan argues in his sui.
man letter, 'lf q confederation Of sovereign
states acquire new territory at the ex-
pense OF their common blood and treasure.
surely one set Of the parties can have no
right to exclude the other from its enioy-
ment, by prohibiting their taking into it
Whatever IS recognized to be property by
common constitution" II that argument
be sound against the right and Justice Of the
whole people OF the United States excluding
slaves from eur Territories by act Of Con-
gress, hos much stronger can i, not be made
against small portion of the people in q
single Territory abolishing Slavery, and
thereby driving put and keeping one set Of
the parties, with their property, from this
territory acquired at the expense of the COM
mon blood and treasure!
Is It not plain that, if Buchanan,s argu.
ment isgosd fol. anything, it is better agains,
the people OF territory abolishing slavery
and driving out and keeping out Shareholder,
and slaves, than it is against the entire PEG
pie Of the United States prohibiting the en-.
trance OF slaves into new territory by act O.
Congress
if,tben, there be any Democrats remaining
who are really Free State men, let them re-
aiize that they are, to all intents and purpo.
SEES, abolitionists, according to the annuncia
ton made By the President. Let oil North
ern Democrats look back over the dark de.
scend'ng road they have already travelled
from the starting point Of the Declaratio,
OF Independence and the Ordinance OF IT'S,
Iron the broad principles Of liberty Il
mankind and the exclusion Of servitude from
the territories Ito the exclusive privileges o,
shareholders and to the INSTRUMENTATION and
spr cad Of slavery over the whole broad ter
ritory OF the Union, AVID then let him de.
eide whether he is willing to follow his slave
holding leaders still onward and downward
Till this land Of freedom and free homes shall
become simply nation Of Shareholders ant
slaves, burdened with population Of "poo,
whites utterly without position, inaucnc,
or interest in the country.
That is the character which the slayehold
ss seek to make for the nation, and which
they are using the Democratic party to &C.
complish. II Northern Democrats rropos,
to continue in the party, they must follow
their leaders TO depths Of degradation thai
will render them the scorn and contcmpt o,
the lovers OF freedom tho world over. II
then, they respect tho memory of their Rev
dictionary forciathers, or love The libert,
for which they bled, let them pause. refec
and resolve TO follow no further in the patl
OF subseryiency TO the shareholders Of TIL
South.
WSoi Growing.
The show Of sheep at the recent Count,
Far was certainly ineager 10 number, an
nothing extra in quality. We were no. sur