The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-08-17

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"Did you not sustain the Compromise
Measures Of 1850 ?" was one Of the questions
asked of Mr.. Kirkwood, by Gen. Dodge, at
Oskaloosa. He regarded the question as
one, the answering of which truly, would
convict Mr.. X. OF great inconsistency. To
his surprise it was promptly answered in the
affirmative. ~ did sustain those measures"
said Mr.. X, ssin the spirit in which their
adoption was urged; not because liked them
all, but as o Compromise, in which both
parties were expected to surrender something
for the sake Of peace, and a final settlement
OF the vexed question" This is, substan-
TALLY, the answer we have frequently heard
from Mr.. X. and others, given to the same
question and it is, substantially, the answer
given at Oskaloosa, on the 29th ult. Mr..
Dodge knows, the whole country knows, that
the Compromise Measures were accepted
(unwisely we think, and 80 thought at the
time,) by both political parties. So far as
the Wing party is concerned, there was no
breach OF faith. But how was it with the
Democratic party? Let Gen. Dodge take
the stand and answer his own question. Did
you not vote for the Compromise Measures
Of 1850? "Yes, sir. and boasted of it, as
one of the proudest acts of my Senatorial
career" Was you not one of the first to
disturb that settlement, by working and vo-
ting for the repeal Of the Missouri Compro-
mise? Did not the repeal of the Missouri
Compromises step in favor of which no
man dared to wag his tongue in l650--con-
vulse the country with strife and agitation,
re- open the whole question OF slavery -exten-
sion, and increase the very evils which the
Compromise Of 1850 were designed to RENE
dy2 Nay, more. Did not this monstrous
breach OF faith on the part of the doughfa-
ces and slavery prcpsgandists, absolve the
opponents OF slavery extension from all OBJ
legation to respect and obey the Compromi-
ses Of 1882 II these things be SO, are YOU
not, Gen. Dodge, the traitor and conspiratol
| who should be branded by the people of lowe
for precipitating upon the country so muct
of unmixed evil? You have violated faith
You was one of the few Of those arch agita
tors and traitors at the North, who, Will,
representing . free State, set at nought tn,
universal sentiment Of the country, and, un
hidden by petition or memorial from any SEQ
ton of the Union, seconded the motion Of
Douglas and Atohison, for the repeal of th,
Missouri Compromise. By your vote, ant
that of Jones, the iniquitous measure wa
consummated. And now you arise in pub
lie audience, and attempt to taunt your com
petitor with bad faith, because he sustained
the compromises of 1850, yet avows his I'M
willingness to aid in catching the fugitive,
of the Southp You stand convicted, estop
ped, by your own acts, from the utterance O.
any reproaches on this score. Your repea
of the Missouri Compromise relieved TIT
| friend of freedom, heRceforth and forever
OF all obligation to reverence Compromises
But this is not all. The War Eagle, YOU
I p..~l oh 4 -, 4
| ings OF n mass meeting, held at Burlington
in November, 1850, in favor of the Compro
mise measures of 1850. The meeting wa.
composed of men OF both parties. Judge
Stockton, Rorer, Starr, Morgan, Browning,
Coolbaugh, Cook, and others, presented and
advocated the resolutions. The Eagle makes
these proceedings the ground work of an at
tack upon Judge Stockton, because he is no
the candidate Of men who do not love the
Fugitive law. What folly is this? Such an
assault awakens "reminiscences thatyo Gen.
Dodge, Of all others, should seek to suppress.
1t reminds men OF your own treachery, your
own deliberate, wilful, shameless abandon
ment OF Compromise that was accepted by
the whole country. as the final settlement Of
vexed question. Spike that gun, General.
The freemen of Iowa drove you from the
Senate Chamber, because Of your agency in
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise; your
craven hearted subserviency to the behests of
the slave power. They sealed the political
doom of Jones for the same reason. And
now you hope to commend yourself to them
by boastng of your devotion TO the Fugitive
Law, md your willingness to do the service
Of the slave-drver. Surely this is a new IL
lustration of a very ancient truism-"Whom
the Gods would destroy, they first make
mad.o