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

HINTON boWAH u1LPx1, 70 doetined to
serve . good purpose. When we ssy
"a good purpose" We do not mean that
tho adoption. Of its unholy suggestions,
or the reception, As truth, Of it's pernic.
ious doctrines would DO attended with
beneficial consequence; but the fact of
its open exposition Of wba. is really the
principles and objects Of the Republican
party will place the people Of this couu-
try upon their guard, and will counter
&C: the 'nsideous attempts of that party
to get possession Of the National Gov
erpmsnt. "To be folew.rned is to be
torearmed," and, IS tho circumst ances
which surround the appearance of this
inceudiary publication, endorsed as it is
by the leaders of the Republican party.
nix it rs the Pronu'.ciamenso Of that par.
ty, there can be no evasion Of the respon-
siblllty for the principles it inculcates
and the measures it recommends.
The author publishes the written roc
concentrations of VIM. H. SEWARD.
THEODORE PARKER, CAssIus NJ. Clay.
and JOSHUA X. GIDDINGs. 1t is, more
over, sent out on its mission with the
written appreciation Of sixty-eight Re-
publican members Of Congress. 1t bears
with it the incontestiblc proofs of it's or.
isin, its character and its objects. It is
offered BY the Republican leaders as a
vade mecmm for the individual members
OF their party. 1t IS a textbook of Ee~
publica.ism.
On the tile page We find the following
quotation from Shakespeare, as an indi-
cation OF the ends at which the author
and the party for which he speaks,
aim
"Coun'rymen sue for simple justic. A, vour
hands,
Esught else ask, nor less will have,
Act right, therefore, and yield nv clnim.
" o. ne grea, God that made oil thinos.
IWns@, sMjro" my bones my JaesA Be koekd."
This is the authors text. He assumes
that the party which be represents has
sc'am,' for which, if rot yielded sub
misslvely, 1t will fight to tho bitter end.
As % illustration Of the nature Of thi,
"clsim," and the msans threatened r.
% used IN indicating it, We give thu
annexed extracts from the work befor
us:
For ourselves, AZ white
p"oole, and for the negroes and othe,
per ons II what evcr color or condition.
We drmahd al the rights. Interests and
prer g,nves, that are guaraoteed 70 cor
respondlag ,l4s,es OF m nkind in th
NORTH, In England, in France, IN Ger
MANI, or IN any other civilized and On
lghtsnei country. Any proportion
shds may be o1ere1 concedino lee than
@s demand, 'o'H BE- promptly amt Dis
da'nfaNy r1ectsd."
AT once let the good and true mer
OF this county, the patriot sons Of the
parrot fa'hers, determine that the sun
wh'ch rses TO celebrate the centennial
ann vsrsary ofonr nat onslindependeuce,
shall not SO on tho head of any slave
thin the limits of this Republic.
Will not tho nou shareholders # the
North, of the South, u the Eat, and
OF the West, heartily, unanimously
ssn"tlon this proposition. Will it not
De cheertuly iadorsed by MANY Of the
shareholders themselves Will snv re-
:.peciable man enter protest again. t
It! On the 4th Of July, ls76-sooner.
u we can-let us make good, at least 50
iar as We are concerned, the Declaration
Of Independence, which was proclaimed
IN Philadelphia on the 4th of july
1910.
"To turn the slaves away from their
present homes away from all the prop.
srty and means of support which their
labor has mainly produced, would be
anpardonably crucl-exceedingly un-
Just. Still more cruel and unjust would
1t be, however, to the MISUNDERSTANDING
whites no less than to the negroes. to
grant further liberation to the existence
OF slavery. In any euent, come ,ohat
a0'll, transpire ,chat may, the system
muss Be abolished. The evils. if anv.
which are to result from abolition. can
not, by any manner of means, be half az
great Is the evils which are certain II
overtake us in case of it's continuance
The perpetustion of slavery Is the eli.
max Of iniquity
For the services Of the blacks from
tie 20.h Of August, 1920, up to the 4tb
Of July, ls69-an interval OF precisely
two hundred ard forty-eight years ten
months and fourteen daya-.heir mas.
ser'' y "n'c'Ni"g, ought, in our judy.
nss,s' to BE- compelled to grant then,
their freedom, and to pay each and ~.
sry one Of them at lec.t .;1tw d,llar,
ocsh :" hand. The aggregate sum
thus raised would amount to about two
hundred and fifty millions Of dollsn
Which 10 less than the tots market val.
10 OF two entire crops of cotton-one.
bait OF which sum would b amply suf
ac'snt to land every negro in tina conn
ny On the coast Of Lberia, whittier. If
re o.d the power, We would ship them
al within the next six mouths. A =
means OF protection against the szigsn-
eles which might arise from . sudden
vAnslt'on from their present homes 10
america TO tdeir future homes in Afri.
%. aud for the parposs of an.h,;.. 60.