The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-08-12

foundation Of the government has voted an,
argued In constant violation Of the principle
be laid down. We will only ask few ques
items touching the position of the Democrat
10 party, for the purpose Of seeing il It -
tually does occupy the position be says I
does. The people Of Kansas assembled il
convention at Topeka and manufactured .
constitution. Under it government wa,
organirsaand a legislature set to work. M
body doubts now-no intelligent man evel
did doubt but that government represented
the sentiments Of large majority Of the PEG
pls of Kansas, and was sanctioned BY them
If such is the position Of the Democrat,
party, why did Frank Pierce command Col
Sumner to dispense it, and why did Buchanan
denounce it ~ "lawless' and ssunauthor
lied ?" If the position Of the Democrat,
party is correctly stated. why does the or
ganic act Of Kansas and Nebraska, passst
BY Democrats Congrsss, drafted BY Sen
ator Douglas. require that the Govsrnol
should be appointed BY the President. ant
give to him as much legislative power Al
two-thirds Of the Legislature itself possesses
And..why docs it specifically declare that thu
acts Of the territorial legislature are to TAKE
effect on condition that they are signed by
the Presidents Governor and are not object
ed to by Congressp Aye, what is the use Of
"enabling acts, /" and Why did Senator Doug.
las introduce = bill esnabling'' Minnesota to
form constitution and apply for admission,
IL the Democratic party holds that she is in
dependently able to transact her own lcgisla.
sion' Why did he propose the Same thing
for Kansas, and why did Buchanan and the
Democratic majority in Kansas object to the
admission Of Kansas under the Leavenworth
Constitution because, though created by their
and sanctioned by the popular
vote, as they said Congress had not ''author.
lied" it, the authorization Of Congress to
create constitution having been exhausted
in the creation Of the Lecompton instrument
But wo viii bid.Mr. Brown good bye. DR..
Allen was called up after him. He com-
menced by saying that he wished to notice
Mr.. McAllister'h remark that the Republican
parry was dead. Gwin (standing by sug
gested "loose and disjointed." No, said
the Doctor. 1t 10 not dead. It is COM
pact, majestic, apowerful party, with some
of the ablest and acutest intellects Of the
age for it's leaders. With ito Stewards, Hales,
Chases, Wilson's, and such : band Of shrswd
and powerful men, the Republican party is
not dead, and is not easy to be overwhelmed.
II will require the whole power Of the Dem
ocracy to overcome and defeat il. Gwin
shrank out Of sight. McAllister topped his
hand and wirgled his head, and the Doctor
went on. He proceeded to jubilate over the
election Of Dick Barrett, who, he said, was
the son Of his own sister. He went of on
the niger business, and tried 70 make party
capital out Of the prejudice against niggers.
Turning short corner he said he WASH,
opposed to niggers. He ssloved'' niggers.-
He had worked with them worked in the
corn6eld with them "mofe than thousand
days, and did not feel himself degraded By
so doing, either.n Then he made another
summersault Of logic and said that the Re.
publican party was in favor Of elevating the
niger upwards, and Of putting him in COM
petition with the whites, while the consc-
quence of working the Niger and the white
man side by side was to degrade labor and
bring down the white man. Hswas afraid OF
the depreciation Of the white race, he said
BY permitting such equality. It was an in
evitable Law Of nature, be said, when An in
ferior and superior race we're brought to-
gether, for the inferior race to degrade the
superiority He then alluded to the horrors
of amalgamation which were 70 follow. He
quoted the assertion that in the city Of Bos.
ton last year some sixty white and black
couples were united. Said the Democracy
were opposed to any thing tending to bring
about such state Of things. Some impu-
dent cur here yelled out "Dick johnson y
II was very ungentlemanly. In such con-
neation it was decidedly out Of order. The
Doctor didn't like il. He asked by name If
that was uttered BY one Of the editors Of
this paper. The individual alluded to not
being present, didn't sec fit to answer. The
Doctor said that Dick johnson Vas 81 better
man and purcr patriot than tina. rcoreant
traitor." But he didn't say how it come
about that this bitter snti-amaleamstion
party came to elect ~ Vice Prssidsnt Of the
United States . man who Rugged niger
wench to bis bosom and tried to introduce
ais "yallsr gals" into Washington society |;
no, nor how il was that 80 many southern
Democrats owing North have left milk and
molasses relatives behind them. He then
aunched out into the popular sovereignty
question. Said the Democracy were in ia
ror Of it and the Republicans opposed TO it.
Said hs was not > pro.slavery man. If he
was in Kansas, he would cut OF bis right arm
before he would vote for admitting slavery
into the territory; though be. too, failed to
explain how much sovereignty over the ques-
lion was left 70 the people BY the bred Scott
decision and the proclamations Of Mr.. Blu.
He said the Democracy was for let
So L. A. - = 40. n