The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-09-22
A Plain Question,

We said that Douglas and his adherents
claimed to be the peculiar friends Of popular
sovereignty. which gave the people Of the ter
ritories power to settle the slavery question
to suit themselves. We said that they also
supported the bred Scott decision. mich an.
nihilateds escsy vestige Of popular sovereign
y over the question, and established it there
irrsvoosbly, whether with or against the wish
of tho people. We quoted the language Of
the Chicago Times to show that they support
cd that decision, including (if such farther
proof wsre necsssary) the positive and I'M
qualified assurances that Douglas himself
did % to the extent Of admitting that the
people Of territory could, BY no legislative
authority, remove the institution. The Jour
nal charges us with misssating the remarks
Of the Times, and then makes . quotation
from that paper which shows that We we're
correct! o, Stupid Verify, II the editor
OF the Journal we're to take up the Bible We.
should expect him to read it like the dull old
minister, who closed ono page with 81 am"
and then, turning over two pages, concluded,
san 49," He may be an ass, but it was un-
necessary to tell Of it himself. The only
prstence Of misssatement ON our part is, that
We did not also quote the succeeding sentence.
LIT the sentence We quoted was complete in
itself. 1t was not negatiysd--nor changed
by the sentence which followed. The Ian
guage stands, intact 10 it's integrity, as fol-
lows:
1.-THE Supreme Court decided, and We sup
ported the decision most heartily, that 90 far
"a the Federal laws operate in the Territories
OF the United States, slave property is on the
same footing as any other class OF pro, erty;
and zoe agree, TOO, that the Territorial Leg
tsfdfnye Is sncompeftnf to e7idct tdps ercfu-
ding sioce properly"
And now will the Journal venture to an i.
swer directly, by Yes or No, the following
very plain question: DO you believe the PEG.
Rle Of : Territory have tho lawful power OF
prohibiting slavery by legislative enactmentf
That Little ME-.
The Journal is still chasing that little mig
Il can't be content unless it is houn ding
down niger. 1t is niger in the wood.
pile; niger in the fence; niger in tn,
abbath school,a niger in the common
School /; : niger somewhere or other, bu
ottensss niger baby that attracts its vigi
lance. We move tina, Buchanan appoint i
special agent under the fugitive slave act
No bloodhound could do better service.
A few days ago it declared that the Repub
licans Of Iowa had provided for the educa
ton Of the blacks in the common schools
We denied the statement. Night befor,
last it cited section from the law in sup
port Of its allegation, and charged us witt
misrepresentation and falsehood. We re
turn the charge The section quoted sus
tains our assertion, and convicts the Jour
nal
The law provides for the education Of til,
blacks in separate schools, with the reser
sation that they may be permitted to attens
The white schools BY unanimous consent d
the persons sending to the schools. Tn,
language OF the Journal il, ".he blacks o.
Iowa" This comprises and implies thu
whole body Of the black children In ,h,
State. Byno twisting or manipulation what
ever can the law be made to say that pro
vision has been made for the education Of al
the black children of the State in whit
schools. And unless il can unless it fair
~ and plainly does so--t IL the Journo
which falsihes, and not US.
But in point Of fact, the law provides 70
the education Of ssthe blacks Of Iowa.
and all "the blacks Of iowao--ia separal
schools. True, il says that they may be ed
ucated in the white schools wherever there
an unanimous eonsent'' Of the parties ID
terested. land whore there il 'sananimou
consent most people would be troubled ,
find An obiscnon.) But the general provlse
IL provision including them aliis for .,
ucation in separate schools.
Since We do not expect the Journal vi
copy our reply, We tender our thanks TO
for quoting the Law, for the benefit Of i
readers, which amply sustains cur posilie
and conyicts ths Journal both Of petty meal
- - plsnp ialsshood.