The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-05-27

Constitution, not the Constitution made by |
Washington and Madison and the old Rsvo-
dslsgatss in convention and ratified
By We people Of the several States. That OLD
Oo1stitution declared the object Of ito sstab-
lishnent was to promote the welfare OF the
people and secure the blessing of liberty
This new bred Scott Constitution 10 to pro-
mote the welfare Of the sleveocracy and to
extend and establish slavery. George WASH
ington took tho oath OF Office "to protect and
defend" the old Constitution for promoting
the welfare Of the people and securing the
blessing Of liberty. He never would have
taken the oath 10 ssproteot and defend" .
Constitution for the promotion Of tho inter-
ests Of the STAKEHOLDER, TO the injury Of the
people, and for the extension Of slavery
wherever the Gag Of our Union shall wave.--
James Buchanan is the kind Of man to take
that oath, and keep il, not George Washing
ton.
The great and glorious Northwest, with it's
ever-increasing population and expanding
wealth, and the universal liberty of it's free
institutions, stands forth to-day monument
to the wise policy and freedom loving spirit
which inpelled our fathers to frame Con-
stitution TO sspromote the welfare Of the peo-
pie and secure the blessing of liberty There
stands tho great, the free Northwest, an en-
blem and outgrowth Of the principle Of the
old Constitution as framed and under
stood by our fathers, and there she will
stand forever to mark the subversion Of
that Constitution by the Supreme Court and
the Democratic party, and the foisting upon
the country Of another Constitution to secure
and extend the curse of slavery.
To be Punished for the Andacity OF
being Republican,.
The mail service between Galena, Dubuque
and st. Paul, including some eighty way
Offices, has been out down. Tho business on
the line was immense, and the razeeing Of
the service will be severely felt, for it affects
| the business and retards tho transactions of
oil that great region. 1t has caused On out
burst Of indignation among the people thus
outraged, and the facts elicited upon investi-
CATION Of tho circumstances are disgraceful
to the Administration. The Packet Comps-
ny has performed the mail service promptly,
and At low price. The Department was in
terrogated a. to the cause Of discontinuing
daily service. II replied, the want of money,
caused by the failure of the Post Office ap-
preparation bill. The Company then pro-
posed to continue the service and take the
risk of remuneration by Congress hereafter.
What reasonable excuse could be afforded for
refusing that offer, II the honest cause Of
cutting down the service was the want Of
money? Mono. Yet they did refuse. And
the people and the business must suffer- not
because the Government was unable to make
feasible arrangements, but because, as there
is every reason to believe, and none other can
be offered, the region thus outraged is to be
punished for its audacity in drifting away
from the Democracy and raising the flag Of
rebellion to Democratic corruption and
Slavery propaga ndism. This delectable Ad-
ministration thus assumes to punish honest
American freemen for olinging to the princi-
pies Of the Republic, for holding fast to the
idea Of inherent human rights. Petty ven
geance! 1t has no excuse but the in6rmities
OF paltry natures, and the blind rage Of
cass-oG politicians. A region of country
where the hostages received pay for the mail
service, is to be crippled and harrassed, while
| the Southern masters OF the Democracy are
still to be regularly served over routes that
cost TEN DOLLARS TO each letter carried, and
the Southern Pacific mail route, designed as
the pioneer Of the Southern Pacific Railroad
is still maintained at . cost of FIrry-sIx dol
lars for each letter. Such is the consistency
such tho spirit, such the purposes Of thi
Democratic Administration.
Mr vandever ON tho MA sachuset II
Amendment.
The new member of Congress from th
upper district answers the interrogatories Q
, the German committee in the same spirit Wit
Messrs. Grimes, Harlan and Curtis. II
. Republican Congressional delegation fro
Iowa all stand upon the same ground Wit
reference to this question. And they repr
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