The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-05-23

fellows. This sAo~s design, and prseladss
he possible eonception Of aecident. Design,
tn, being established, ths inquiry rsours
Whas was itp And ths answer 10, Il was q
pSsnots the general sshsms Of the bill which
49, to nystify, obfuDeats, bambooxle, and
bsfog the ssquattsr sovsfsigns,' BY making
them believe that they we're equal to States,
and might have black slaves or not, a. they
pleased, while, in reality, they themselves
were to be made into white slsyes, under that
head clause in the bill which spreads the
Constitution Of the United States over thsn,
carrying sniggerdom' along with It! and fast
ening il on their sovereign backs, beyond
their power TO kick il o., or the power Of
Congress to lift it Of, or Of any law to keep
it of. That i the design Of this desecration
this dragging in OF the 6tates-all to pro-
mote the general scheme Of the bill which il
all fraud, ohea&, trick, swi1dle, quaokery,
oharlatanry, dsmaEoga9y, bladdsry, and
Legislative blask-ls9gsry." sQ
Now We rather suspect that the editors Of
the Journal are either the victims Of this
humbug thus sharply denounced BY Benton,
or else they are trying to help humbug 9TH
srs.
The Constifution, the new Washington
City organ Of the Administration and the
Democratic party, believes with the Journal
that the slavery question is no longer prao-
tioal issue in the Territories, and sets forth
it's views % follows:
ssWe stand BY the Cincinnati Platform
thaA
non-interference by Congress with slavery ia
trict Of Columbia. We stand by tho Dred
Scott decision Of the Supreme Court, which
secures TO tho people Of tho States the right
to emigrate to, and remain in, any Territory
Of the United States with the property thsy
may have held in any Of the States. We,
therefore, arc forced to say the Constitution
prohibits the several Territorial Legislatures
from abolishing property in slaves, and the
same prohibition applies TO tho people Of .
Territory till they oome to form Constitu-
ton preparatory to their admission into the
| Union. We are willing to trnat the people
Of Territory TO protect ALL their people in
the enjoyment Of ALL thsir rights; and, when
unfriendly legislation il attempted, il such
attempt Is ever made, We are willing to truss
the Judiciary to correct it."
That il the present unsquivooal and au-
thoritative exposition Of the position Of the
party, ~ put forth by its great organ and en-
dorsed By every Josthfxs Losofoso in the
North most Of the Shareholders, however,
insist on Congressional slave code, 20 that
slavery gets the "turkey" all the time. |,
Democracy and the German RspuD.
llcanS.
The Democracy very much mistake thu
spirit Of the German Republicans, In the Of.
forts which they are now making to dstact
Thorn from the party with which they hav,
lately acted, and to form them into line I'M
der the Democratic banner, by ringing tn.
changes on the Massachusetts, Amendment
In the first place, the German Republican,
understand tho manner il which tho adoption
Of that Amendment was brought about, and
how much and how little the Rspnblioau
party il responsible and eensurable for it,
The Democracy cannot hoodwink and oajole
them upon any point connected with the sub
jsot. But, in the second place, they mistake
the people with whom they are dealing in
presuming that il they GOULD separate them
from the Republican party they would attach
themselves to the Democracy. OF oil things,
that they would not do. They left the Dem
ocratic party because il had become simply .
machine for extending and psrpetuating hu-
man Slavery. In suoh labor tho Germsns
declined 70 engage. II, by any Management,
or appeal, they could be separated from the
Republican party, they woald stand alooi
from both parties, - N Independent Ger
man Republican party, Tor they mover could
be forced into the service u Slavery -propa
gandism, which they left the Democratic
party to avoid. But they viii, - . matte
of fact, neither join tho Democracy no
leave tho Republicans. On the contrary, a
Republican party il being daily strengthens
by accessions from the German born popula
tion, and II will not be long before it oom
prises within is ranks al the substantia
lportion Of the German element; for they IN
dsrstand vary well how contrary TO the gen
uine spirit Of the Republican party i ID
proposition recently adopted BY Massachu
, sets, and they know that party TO be the part
. Of Freedom and true Democracy, in Who,
: suoosss tho hopes Of the poor and the q
] pressed are bound up.
!. SnokG m rH8 FAnH.-The Council Blui
i NonPorsil i not at oil set back BY tho unf,
vosahls reports brought bask BY Pixies Peal
: ers. II says that most Of those who are return