The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-08-30

Dsugias ana hts Forgery.
Douglas made speech at Galsna on th
10th. II being the FIRST speech be has mad
since the preparation Of his forgery 1t OF
tAva, considerable interest va manifesto,
to hear what he might have to say for him
self. Aud this WAS it: He admitted that tn
resolutions which he read at Ottawa wer
not the resolutions passed BY the Republican
State Convention at Springfield in 1854, snt
did not therefore constitute the Republican
| platform Of the State. But he said tina,
Major Harris and Charles II. Lauphin (botk
Douglas Dsmocrats) told him they were.--
He thinks, therefore, that he had abundant
reason for making the use Of them that he
did, and it is very hard upon him to say he
10 guilty Of 'tforgery" in the matter. Nov
for the further facts. Douglas once quoted
them in the Senate and commented upon
them. On that occasion Trumbull told him
to his face that they were not the Resolutions
OF the State Convention. So that, when he
made use Of them At Ottawa, he knev they
were not what he represented them TO be. =
He pos guilty Of forgery. It was DELHI
crate and intelligent act. And now he 10
caught 1t it, and exposed, and his friends
are BUNDLED and ashamed, he tries to sneak
out Of it BY petty falschoodl This 10 the
"little giant" they talk about!
TIE Anericaa organs en Illinois
Politics.
The Louisville Journal, the leading Amer.
can paper Of ~ country, devoses an article
to the position Of parties in Illinois. 1t
would seem that the Journal has just dis
covered that the Republicans are not pledged
10 the abolition Of Slavery in Kentucky and
he rest Of the Southern States, but are only
like HenryClay avowed himself to be, opposed
to the extension and perpetuation Of Slavery
in the Territories. This, the real position
Of the Republican party. Is not At all offensive
to the editor Of the Journal. He admires
Mr.. Lincoln, considers him man Of supe-
rior talents aud Of noble nature, and ear
nsstly urges all his readers in Illinois to ex-
ert their influence to the utmost for the Re.
publican candidate in the present contest.
The St. Louis Evening NesOs, the Ameri.
can organ OF Missouri, takes like view OF
the contest, and endorses the editorial Of the
journal.
These papers both regard Douglas as
violent disturber Of the public peace, whose
political life and Importance 10 sustained only
BY the agitation Of ultra measures calculated
to divide the country into hostile sections.
board ~ EAacasssn.
We this day publish the name Of Samuel
L. Howe as candidate for Member of the
State Board Of Education. The business Of
that Board is, to originate and adopt regula-
tions Tor carrying into effect the constitu-
tional provisions for the Education Of the
youth OF lewa. Mr.. Howe 10 man OF SUI
perior intelligence, and has devoted some
thirty years or 90 to the cause OF Educasion
- practical Teacher. That class Of per-
sons should be represented in the Board OF
Education. There Is no other class who
ought to be so we'll qualified for tho duties
of the station, and there is no man in that
class more competent for it than Samuel L.
Howe, Esq, Of Mt. Pleasant.
G4The Washington Union says: ssrhe
retirement Of Judge Douglas from the can
rsss will secure the frst alternative; his con-
inuance in the canvass, doing the work Of
Reorganization and faction, will secure the
other. The issue rests with him. He alone
will be responsible for the result. The De-
nocracy wash their hands Of the act be is
committing, and the consequences. If Lin
,oln be elected to the Senate, it will be Judge
Douglas who will be the author Of the deed ,,
That 10 the kind Of talk with which
he Washington Union brought Douglas ssto
his milk" and made him whine that he could
zoe no reason for any difference between him
'elf and the President hereafter.
4 rpsss ana Death % nm Ailcxea rus,.
tive siave.-The Laws 81 the state
Sey ~ Defiance.
On Sunday, the 18th inst, likely negro
boy, some eighteen or twenty years Of age
vas arrested as fugitive slave, q few miles.
back Of our CITY, by two or three individuals.
Ind brought into town. The boy stated that
1e was free, that be was born and raised in
Vigo county, Indiana. He named several
gentlemen, residents Of Terre Hauts, With
shom many Of our citizens we're we'll &c
luainted. lie also showed by his statements
hat be was we'll acquainted in the town of
'reencastle, and the citiscns OF Indianapolis
md New Albany, Indiana. He stated that
y vas barber by trade, had been running
70 the river, and left the steamer j. w. Mo.
LAY At coal yard short distance below l
own, on the same day that he was arrested, I
md in consequence Of . difficulty that be had
nth the porter Of the boat, colored man. II
From the apparent truth Of oil his state {
nents, and from the indisputable fact of his !
acquaintance with many Of the prominent q
len Of Tsrre Haute, Ind, there seemed 60 be q
% doubt upon the minds.of the large mass |
4 our citizens that tho boy Was free, and his
aptors were advised to loosen his shackles I
nd let him 20. As they had no legal pro. I
ess to hold the boy, they we're also advised r
hat, before they could proceed further, they I
aust take him before magistrate, or the
Commissioner. under the fugitive law. and
,vestigate the fact Of his being fugitive. Z
To oil this wholesome advice the osptors !
urned n deaf ear and with thu as.i.t.rc. - | |;