The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-10-08
The Policy Of the Democracy


The great leaders Of the Democratic party
in Congress- and the majority Of that party
in both houses, are from the South, as is also
a majority Of the Cabinet councillors of thu
timents and shape the policy of the party
/ Our readers are familiar with the gospel oil
Democracy according to Senator Hammond.
"mud-sill" speech, and know that Hammond
| speaks the sentiments Of the Democratic
Shareholders OF the old States. We now
call their attention to q speech of Senator
Brown of Mississippi, who speaks for the
slave States of the southwest. Senator
| Brown 10 one Of tie ablest aud most niiuen-
sial Senator'S Of the party, and in his speech
at IIazlehurss, Miss, on the llth ult., he sci
! forth his views and the policy of the Demo
cratic party, which our readers will discover
bears a striking resemblance to that advoca
ted by the Rev. Henry Clay Dean in some
particulars.
We can only make brief extract or two,
indicating the entire spirit of the perform
ance. lie said:
In oil the opposition may wage against
the premature admission or Kansas know
shall be sustained by the we'll settled views
of the President. Mr.. Buchanan is sound
on this point.
The National Administration is sound ON
South as any National Administration will
ever be.
Here We have the policy Of the Admins
tration against the admission Of free States
out of territory now in possession of the
United States.
Here follows the policy on the other hand
of acquiring new slave territory, and then
picking quarrel about reyiving the slave
trade upon which to seoede from the Union
and establish Southern Empire.
II any one desires to know why want a
foothold in Central America, ayow frankly
it in because want 10 plant Slavery there ;
think Slavery is good thing per Sc be-
lieye II to be great moral, social and po-
litical blessing-a blessing to the master and
| n blessing to the slave; and believe, more
over, that il is Of divine origin. | said SO
in the House Of Representatives, at Wash.
ington, on the 3oth Of January, 1850, and
/ say SO now. said so at that time because
| thought 50 then; say 80 now because |
| think so vet.
That Slavery is blessing TO the master is
shown by simply contrasting a Southern gen
sleman with a Northern Abolitionist. One
is courageous, high-bred, aud manly the
other lie cowardly, low flung, and sneaxing
The slave is blessed with sound health, ,
sleek skin, and christian instruction-th
free African is dwarfed by disease, scrofu
lous from hunger, aud Is barbarian and /
cnnnibal.
That ii il Of divine origin, is proven b,
| the Bible In no line Of that blessed book /,
Slavery reprobated in many places it 10 di
reetly sanctioned. The Angel OF the Lord
We are told, captured Hagar and took he,
home to her mistress. Oncsimus was d ia
gitiye when captured Nv Paul and though
Slavery existed in the time OF our Saviour
neither he nor his Disciples preached agains
1T. What God has ordained cannot b,
wrong. What Omnirotence sustains ia
nailcism cannot throw down. But to tn
point.
want footing in Central America TO
other reasons, or rather fora continuation O
The reasons already given. want Cuba
nnd know that sooner or later We mus
have II. Ii the worm eaten throne of Spai,
is willing to give it up for fair equiyalen
III net, We must take it.
want Tamaulipas, Potosi, and one or tw,
other Mexican States; and want them al
Tor TIC same reason--for the planting O
spreading Of Slavery. And footing /,
central America will powerfully aid us Ii
acquiring those other States. Ii will rende
them less valuable to the other powers OF TIL
world, and thereby diminish competition
with us.
les, ! want these countries for tho sprea,
Of Slavery. would spread the blessings o
Slavery, ike the religioneof our Divine Mas
ter, TO the lstermost ends of the earth an,
rebeiiious and wicked as the Yankees hay
been, would even extend it TO them.
would not force il upon them as | woul,
not force religion upon them, bat woul,
preach II 10 them, as would preach the goa
pei. They are stitinecked and rebellion
race, and have very little hope that the
Will ever receive the blessing, and would
therefore, prepare for its spread to other an,
more favored lands.
| may be asked ii am Ia favor OF rs
opening tho African slave trade. Not vet
! think it net practicable; and, as Yet, !
Hoaid not be wise, If il were practicable. :
we can never reopen that trade while III
lnion lasts, unless we can multiply the mum