The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-13


.elfrespcct or caution to join in the shout.
The position taken goes 80 Gar, and IS so en-
tircly reckless, that some men have been
to pause and consider Many
honest Democrats, too, who lave always dls-
liked to see slavery 60 into the Ierritorie--
many who have believed or tried =" believe
that d Senator Sovereignty" as embodied
IN the Kansas I'LL, would keep Il out, as
tncy were toli il would, find il hard to
swallow tho new Buchanan doctrine that
thc Constitution carries slavery INTO kan~ss
after all. But the leading Democratic con
spiraiorS against liberty have raised frantic
hgzzah. Tic Charleston Hucar. says Mr..
Buchanan :" has crossed he R9,icoa, aud pro-
claimed his petition upon the radical point
of difference between the North and south
Every reader or the H,c"rg will Feruse
tiii> letter; and few will fail IT, commend
IT, profound wisdom" etc. The Richmond
y nh. another dlsunion paper, expresses
great satisfaction with the letter, and says
condemned the ouInpto,nise measures 81
lsia. ttw ~cres>,oni>ts,D IN approving Mr.
Buchanan late letter, have shown their
ndclit, to the south" The Hon. u. ,.
Dickinson, once an orp"aent ii pro-sia'cr,
Democracy, now Il supple t"'.l, Na'i ~ The
late Democratic State Convention, y. ~
Nh. Buchanan, r,lly e. Prof >illiman =
the greatest Paper submitted to the people
nce the DAYS II jefferson" Pro-slayery
,nlitican- II smaller .ixe have rome INTO
similar rartarcs.
What, then, Is the new doctrinc-ncver
ivowed BY an American President before -
and what does il lead to The language Il
tie letter has been - often quoted, that we
prefer l., reduce IL a. tie following logical
,orin
l. The equality of the States requires
tl,at the people thereof should be nj liberty
Ia take into the Tcrritorirs whatever j.
recognized A. property hy the common Con-
.,itui,on."
Z shaver, !, ti.u- recognized hy the Com
.tttutlon
:. Therefore ~. people at the South are
Il lilert, 10 take slaves into the Territories;
aud having done so slavery exists in Kan
as Z" by consequence, ''undcr the Constitu-
lion oi the United States"
THIS j. Calhounism. II is the doctrine
,couted on all hands when first propounded
Nv the great Nnliificr. II is the doctrine
denounced by Henry Clay, and demolished
~ Daniel Webster, Clay called il most
Extraordinary assumption, and "a most
,ndeiensible position. Webster, all his
lie hong, denied that the Constitution re-
co.naei slavery anywhere but in the old
Thirteen States. lie said ia the debate an
tl,c compromise oil 1850, II never would
onscnt that there should he one foot o.
lave territory beyond chat The I'D H6to.i
States hal a, the time of the formation ol
the Union, never nererm Mr.. Clay said
AZ the same time, II never can, and never
will, and no earthly power will make me
vote, directly o. indirectly, TO spread slavery
over territory where IL does not exist; asrsr,
while reason holds her seat in NV brain,
.s,rsr. while my heart sends the vital cur
rent through INV veins, NrvrRm To accept
a new State Constitution lcgalizing slavery,
would he to do thi, thing directly; 10 take
the position that slavery NAV extend itself
into new territory under the Constitution,
!, to do the same thing indirectly. Neither
ay nor Webster would Do either. Blu.
chanan, Dickinson, and the pro-slayery De-
macracy now a-days arr read, IA d"hath.
There arr three ways in which Slavery
San get into Territories. tine wa, j. by
l.,ine legi.lated in bv Congress. Another
way j. Ly being voted in by the people.
And still another j. hy mere sniirrance, by
i,eng allowed To Come in A. matter Of fact.
without legislation or vote ON the subject,
along with ether species Of property. The
Kansas Bill declines. 10 ID the first, because
! hat would imply that Congress could
prohibit II also Bur il provided i'r and
contemplated it, coming IN in the other two
n n matter of iact-slasehold-
.rs taking their slave there, a. nnii-slavc-
holders TAKE their horses and eattle-and
then soting il IN. -" II being the true in
tent and meaning 81 this act" says the
douglas bill. ''not t. lceislate Slavery int
any territory or State. nor to ,refade 4
ihcreirom. This leaves Slavery nj liberty,
4 course, "a lawfully establish itself in Kan
IA, or rath.r,t makes lawful That which
{ .nnot he lawful, prevented, may be law
lie intended by the Kansas Bill. And now
Mr.. buchanan winds up the shameful and
,ttr.eions fraud upon the people ol the Free
states, who were hoodwinked Ia believe NJ
largel, that he Kansas legislation would
ly. them chance IT, makc kan.as fire., hy
ol-,nnly assuring them that slavery exist.
"A ~ thai l2t,ori, anil s,iii exists in kan~as,
under the constitution IL the nitei
state" And b, VA, of adding insult g.
,alars, he goes GA 60 say, How Il could
ever have been seriousl, doubted !. mys
terry
This is passing the kubicon with .
vengeance. II Is giving Slavery aud the
south the whole field. The constitution
according to Mr.. buchanan, protects only
slavery. |, las no protection for Liberty.
slavery does not even need the ferocious
Dor der Rufiian code TO protect II. Mr. Blu
r.ianan does not mention that, though be
alleges that the Territorial Legislature
which passed il WAS "as well established
when he came into office, a. that OF
any other Territory" and IL was bis duty
20 sustain il BY force. But the function Of
that shameless and infamous Legislature wAs
>impl, 90 regulate " Slavery. To tstatlish
IL, the Constitution Of the L. :. was enough.
THIS gives Slavery everything. IL snakes II
national a the Toronto Glote remarks,
: in every foot Of American Territory
The poor ghost Of Squatter Sovereignty o.
appears, and in it, place stands the black
shape Of SarArrIm SLAVERY, with the shield
of the Constitution held before il, and the