The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-10-09


On Tuesday next the people of Iowa are
called to the polls for the FIRST time to pro-
nounce their judgment upon the policy of
the present Administration as developed in |
the Lecompson Constitution and the English |
Swindle. To sustain or..condemn an Admin |
istration which has sought with the utmost
zeal and By the use Of al its great power
and patronage to force a constitution upon
an unwilling people in spite Of their petitions
and their protests, and in the face of the OPP
position Of majority Of four-ffths Of the
people. To sanction or repudate the prin-
ciple that State may come into the Union
- Slave State with IS 900 inhabitants,
but must remain, as Free State, outside
the Union till she attain population Of 93,-
900.
Republicans, we need not insult you by
asking whether you viii forsake the princi-
pies and the faith Of your fathers and unite
with the President to overthrow that great
principle, that Governments derive their just
power only from the consent of the peoples
Butwe call upon you to show spirit worthy
Of those heroic men, by making an earnest
and manly struggle in favor Of this grca,
principle, against the power and pa.
tronage of tho President, as they did agains
the power and armies OF the King. Their
was long and bloody struggle against tyr
anny--yours may be q brief and peaceful
one. il Won do your dntv now
The people Of Iowa are called upon ono
more to record their names in favor Of tn
old policy Of their fathers in behalf Of free
dom and free territory, or to reverse the dc
cison heretofore made by them, and to en-
dorse new policy in opposition to that Q
the men who laid the foundation Of our lib
critics. They proclaimed that liberty was th
gift Of God and the universal birthright O
man. They restricted Slavery within its 10
cal domains, by prohibiting it's extensio
into the common territory Of the Union.-
Under their policy Slavery was local, an
Liberty national. The new policy reverse
this and makes Slavery national and hberi
local, if it does not blot il entirely from tn
map Of the Union. The old policy unds
our fathers exclude he whitening curse {
Slavery from the great Northwest: and gre.
States Of free and prosperous people ha,
risen in that region TO bless their memoir,
and commend the wisdom Of the policy whir
protected freedom and free labor aud hand,
them down to US. The new policy repea
this prohibition Of our fathers, and invit
Slavery into the territories TO contaminate
win lis ieprous presence. And hgyir
thus removed the hafriers and called i
shareholders With their human cattle into i
territory, refuses 10 exclude them, and ieni
the people Of the Territories the right or /
power to do SO. Shall we not show q
gratitude to our fathers who left us this i,
mense region Of free soil for our use, BY a
proving their course at the ballot box. W
you, not yindicate yourselves as worthy
such s!res by preserving tits grand herita
Of free soil to yourselves, and transmilti
il to your children. Dare you, in the fl
Of the world, in The face Of the millions
our own land, Of Ireland and OF German
who will need and will seek free hom
tSnsly surrender this western empire Of Fl
Ill 70 Tie slsve lords for the use Of To,