Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-12-06

Quoted system Of operations. bnt few
years would be required to redeem the
Un,ted Sta'es from the monstrous curse
d negro slavery.
But airs, s'aveholders, cbevsliers a7d
lords Of the lash, we are unwilling 10
allow you to cheat the Legroe. out OF
oil the rights and claims to vi Oh, az hu-
man beings, they arc uost sac eddy en-
titled. Not alone for oureelf a; an in
d'vidual, but for Others aIso--particuiar-
" for five or six millions OF noo-slaye-
holding whites, whom yoar lniqu tous
statism has debarred from almost ell the
mental and material CONT ,rts Of life
do zoe speak ,ches IRE say, you must.
sooner or later. emoncipats your slares,
aud pay each and ecery Que Of them at
least sirty dollars cash in hand.
"And now, sirs, We have thus laid
down our ultmatum. What are you
going to do about it? Something
dreadful, of course! Perhaps you will
dissolve the Union again. DO it if you
dare! Our motto, and We would have
you understand it, is The abolition Of
Slavery and the Rrpetuation OF the
american Union. II, by any means,
you do succeed in your reasonable at
tempts, to take the South out OF the
Union to- day, we will bring her back
to-msrrow-T she goes array Nth you,
she wiU return Without you.
Do not mistake the meaning Of the
last clause of tie last sentence; we
could elucidatc it so thoroughly that no
intelligent person could fail to comprc-
bend it; but, for reasons which may
hcrca ter appear, we forego the task.
Hencsforth there are other interests
to be consulted in the South, aside from
the interests of negroes and sIavehold-
en. profound sense Of duty incites
us to make the greatest poss bic efforts
for tie abolition Of slavery all equally
profound sense Of duty calls for con-
| .inuation OF those efforts until the last
foe to freedom shall have been utterly
vanGuished. To the summons Of the
righteous monitor within, we shall. en-
deavor to prove faithful; no opportunity
for intlicting mortal wound Ia the side
Of slavery shall be permitted to pass us
unim proved.
Thus, terror en- yeuderers of the South,
have we fully and lrankly defined our
position; we have no notifications t.
propose, no compromises to offer, nothing
to retrac,. Frown, slrs, fret, foam, PEE
pare your weapons, threat, s'rke. shoot
atab, bring on owl war, dissolve the
Union, nay annihila'e the solar system
# you wil-do all tni-, more, less, better.
worse, anything do what YOU will, sirs,
YOU can neither foil nor intimidate rs;
our purpose is q. frmy fixed as TIE
eteroal pillars OF Heaven; vs. have de-
termined to abolish slavery, and. 60 help
Us God, aboli-h It we gill! Take til
TO bed with yon to-nighr, slrs, and think
about it, dean over II, ard i.t Ms kaow
tow YOU feel to.morro moralng
| Who will have the unblustin aesnr--
snce to proclaim, in tne face Of the IN
disgui. ed av,wai al what his endorse
spokesman of the Republican prty
"cla'ms" from the South, that that party
does not propose to interfere " tn Slav
cry in the States 10 which 1t now exist!
There are those around Us who affect t.
take umbrage at the declarations wbict
We have % frequently reiterated, "tha'
the Republican party has become thor
oug.ly Abolitonized''-'that the two
parties are now merged in oue,' and
"thtt the Republican party has adopted
all the iniquitous principles Of the Gar
r,son, Smith, Bsecner, Emerson and
Phillips school" But this pseudo.in-
dignation will serve no longer to deceive
the public. Repubiicanism is pinned
down upon the platform of ultra Abo-
litionism, and all the sophistry; false
hood and quibbling Of an uncandid and
deceptive press will not blind the people
Of this county, SO that they may not see,
in their true light, the issues now be-
fore them.