The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-07-02

thank God, a. II Is now proving itself, STUN
bling block 10 those who In after times, might
seek 10 turn FREQ people back Into the hate
full paths % dcspotism. They know the prone
ness Of prosperity to breed tyrants. and they
meant when such should re.appcar IN this fair
land and commence their vocation, they should
find LEFT for them nj least one hard nut 10
crack.
have now briefly expressed my view Of the
mean,ng and aJ)ccfs 81 that part Of the Declar-
| alton Of Independence which declares that ''all
men are created equal"
rHE OTHER VIEW.
Now lei ~ hear Judge Douglas view Of the
same subject Here tits:
No man can yindicate the character mo.
tivcs anil conduct Of the signcrs Of the Dcclar-
alton Of Independence, except upon the hypo-
thesis that they referred to tho white race
alone and mt to the African, when they de-
cared all men To have been created equal
that they were speaking of British. subjects on
this continent being equal tn British subjects
born aud residing IN Great Britain-ihat they
were entitled to the same innlicnablc rights,
and among them we're enumerated life, liberty
AMI the pnrsui. Of happiness. The Declaration
was adopted for the purpose Of jusiifying the
coloiistS In the eyes Of the civilized world ~
withdrawing their allegiance from the British
crown and dissolsing their connection with the
mother country"
TIr-IoP Know soTHrN.isM.
My good friends read that carefully over
some leisure hour, aud ponder well upon it
see what n mere wrcck-manglcd rnin--it
makes of our one. glorious Declaration.
They we're speaking Of British subjects on
this continent being equal to British subjects
born an.l RESI- ling in Great Britain" Why
according 10 this. not only negroes but whit.
people outside Of Great Britain and America
are not spoken of IN that instrument The
English, Irish and Scotch along with white
Americans were included to BE- sure, but the
| French, Germans and other white people OF
the world are all gone TO pot along with the
Judges inferior races
NOTHING But OLD wADnISc.
! had thought the Declaration promised
something better than the condition Of British
subjects, but M, IL only meant that we should
be sqnai 10 them In their own oppressed and
unequal condition. According to that il gave
no promise that having kicked oil the King and
Lords of Great Britain, We should no, at once
be sad.llcd with King and Lords Of our own
| had thought the Declaration contemplated
| the progressive improvement in the condition
| If al men everywhere; but no, ii merely wa,
| adopted for the purpose OF justifsing the col
onics in the eyes of the civilized world in with,
drawing their allegiance froni the British
crown, and dissnlying their connection Will
the mo,hcr country" Why, that object LA,
ing been effected some eighty years ago, tn
Declaration Is OF no practical Use now -mer'
rnbbish--old wadding left 10 rot on the BAT
tie field after the victory ~ won.
NEW VERSION.
I understand you are preparing Ia celehrat'
the Fourth tomorrow week. What for
/ ~ lint tuI r,.fr
the present and quit. half Of yon are not eseI
descendants # those who were referred To a
that day. hut ! suppose you viii celebrate
and will even 60 so TAR as TO read the Dccla
ration. Suppose after you read 1t once in tbs
oli fashioned way, you reah II once more will
.Iudg. Douglas version. II will then rtil
thus We hold these truths to be self.evi
dent that all British subjects who were on thi
continen, eighty one years ago were creaies
equal To all British subjects horn and then re-
siding in Great Britain.
DIRECT APPEAL.
And now ! appeal 10 ALTO Democrats a
well as olhcrs--arc you really willing that tn
Declaration shall be thus fritted away thu
left no more, at most, than an Interesting me
mortal of the dead past thus shorn Of Its Vi
tally and practical value, and left without tn
germ or even suggestion ofthe individual right
If man in IL
DIFFERENCE STATED.
How diilcr- lily the respective sources o
the Democratic and Republican parties Incl
,lcntally bear on the question Of forming vii
, IA public seniiment-for colonization Is cas-
toscc The Republicans inculcatc. with what
ever Of ability they can that the negro is
man, that his bondage is cruelty wrong, an,
that the field If his oppression ought not 10 b,
enlarged The Democrats deny his manhood
deny. or dwarf To- insiguilicance the wrong o.
his bondage - far rs possible, crush a sym
paihy from him. cultivate and excite hatred
and disgust agrinsi him, compliment them
selves for .loing so; and call the indefinite
outspreading of his bondage "a sacred righ
| 81 self government"
The plaines, print cannot be read through |
gold eagle, AMI II will ever he hard To .in'
man, men who will send slave 10 Liberil
aud pay his passage while they can send hin
to new country, Kansas for instance ali,
sell him for fifteen hundred dollars and III,
rise.
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