Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-10-25

the foregoing reasons, we prefer not
to publish his communication.
LET us REASON TOGETHER.
The PERSISTENCE of certain Republic
can organs 10 denying. that il is not
part Of tho policy OF their party to
interfere with slavery in the States,
leads us t. an examination Of its
avo'sed principles, prior to the recent
ala ming illustration Of their tendency.
When We propose to quote only from
those who hold prominent positions
in the front rank Of the Opposition, it
Gan not be said that our aim is to fal-
s,fy or deceive. We ask, in all candor,
il WV. II. SEWARD is not regarded As
one who spcsks by authority for the
Re, utl'can party The very author
Of it's existence can not, with any de-
gree Of propriety. be Iepud'ated by it.
Mr.. Seward, in his famous Roches-
ter speech, on the subject Of slavery
and free labor, uses the following lam
guage.
"Thus these antagon's:ic svsteins
arc continually coming into closer
contact, aud collision results. Shall
,eIl YOU what this collision means
They who think that 1t is accidental,
unnecessary, the work OF interested or
fanstical agits,ors, and therefore
ephemeral, mistake the case alt"geth-
er. 1t ~ an irrcprcsslble conflict be-
tween opposing and enduring forces,
and II means that the United States
must and will. sooner or later, become
entirely y s!avc-holdi' & nation, or
entirely a fec.labor nation. Either
the cotton and rice fields of South
Carolina, and the sugar plantations Of
Louisiana, will Ultimately be TILED by
free labor, AMI Charleston and New
Orleans become marts FIR leg innate
me = b .ndlse one,o else the rye fields
and wheat fields of Massachusetts and
New ork must again be surrendered
BY their farmers to slive culture and
TO the production of slaves, and Bos-
ton aud New York become once more
markets for trade 10 the bodies and
sous Of men. It is the failnre to sp-
prehend this great truth that induces
20 mai y unsnccessfuI attempts at fin
a compromise between The slave and
&c States, aud i. j. the cx s,euc- #
this great fart that renders al such
pretended comprcrni>4s, when n sde,
vain and e. iemeral Startling a. tn.
saying mas appear TO Won, fellow
ci,'z-ns, j, is b. TO meats AZ orglrai
OF even a Ia 1dem oae."
Here Il : argument is, TIA. slavery
aud free labor, il the ,ams conieder-
Acv, are incompatible 1hs Tuinn
can not EXIT g IL IL, aud as u was
bequesthed 10 Us by our Fs,hsr.-
T 10 hopes Of Washington, Jefferson,
Jack.on, Webster, Clay, ard host o'
departed patriots, must nov lie blast
ed, and their predictions be di.proved
BY this new political dogma, tina, the
states must be all slave or al free.
We have been recently told, that
the Republican party does not con.
template an interference with slavery
in the States. Now, Mr.. Seward. in
speaking OF our forefather,, Of whom
he claims the Republican party to be
the legitimate descendant, holds the
following language:
"Thev regarded the existence Of
the servile system in so many Of tho
States With sorrow and shame, which
they openly confessed, and they
looked upon the collision between
them, which was then Just revealing
itself, and which we are now accus
toned TO deplore, With favor and
hope. They knew that either the
one or the other system must exclu..
lively prevail. Unlike to many Of
these who, in modern time, invoke
their authority, they had q choice be-
tween the two. They preferred the
system of free labor, and they deter
mined 20 to organize the government
And So to direct its activity, that tbs,
system should surely and certainl,
prevail"
It is argued that right and wrors
ars antagonistic. If they have a CO
existence 10 Our System of government
it Will produce collisions. L, is hell
that free labor represents the rich,
and that slavery represents the wrong
and between these systems this i" il
repressible conflict" 10 going on, an
will endure" until one or the othe
becomes extinct. Does this PR
gramms not point to On interfering
With slavery in the States 7 Bot Nj
oseosd aasvsn the eusstioa boldl
~ uDg1uivoeailS TO. give auatoa