The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-23


The thing . which the Democracy, and
especially ths Southern Dsmoefaey, we're no
shocked, on its announcement ia lucid terms
BY Lincoln and Seward, and the making il :
basis 81 argamsnt, has, il point Of fAst, been
ansounocd most frequently, clearly aad
poinsedly BY the ultra part Of the slavehold-
- and Of the Southern Demosraey them
selves, and oftencst made the basis of arru-
msnt and appeal to Southern nan BY then.
i was the saeacious apprehension Of this
fact that caused Calhoun and his followers to
decide upon IN aggressive policy; 10 enter
upon course Of argument and action that
would prepare the way FOR reysrsion Of the
old policy and position Of the founders Of
our government; to % interpret aDd employ
the Consultation - to maintain slavery
wherever the national authority was supreme,
or else 70 provide sueh now constitutional
guarantees - we're necessary 10 that end
They said that the then admitted limitation
OF slavery to the slavs States vas fatal TO its
sxistsncs; that There VA conflict Of inter-
81 between fres and servile labor which
would end in the suprsnaey Of the former
and the extinction Of the latter. And the
writings and spaschss Ut aashh men afs ffuli Of
the submissions, Of the assertions, of the proof
OF such conflict. And % the fact has become
more apparent, a. the doctrinss Of Calhoun
have gained ground and the number of his
disciples has multiplied, tho admission Of ii,
directly or infsrensialiy, has been proportion
ally frequent In fact, it falls spontaneously
and almost unthought-o OF IRON their lips and
their pens, since il forms the Foundation Of
their policy-is the radical idea which ami
mates their conduct. It ID only where it 10
made the basis Of IN argument By the friends
81 free labor, by those who live in the hope
Ct sealing tho country altimassly ssaIl frss, ]"
instead Of call slave, ''--that ies clear an
nouncement startles and shocks them. 1t
then sounds to them like new idea. II
comes home to them with force and mean
Ing, and b frsighted with an importance that
they were before unaware Of, and they do
not recognise the idea upon which they have
Ill along been proceeding, and which In )
Thousand direct and indirect ways they have
bssn giving expression to.
We have been led to these reflections By
the remembrance OF an article from the Rich
nond Enquirer, which No long ago publish
Cd, and 10 which occurs this plain and ssri
king statement Of the fact:
Two opposite and conflicting forms Of so
ciesy cannot, smong ciyilixed men, co-exist
ana endure. The one must give way and
CEASE 80 exist--the other becomes universal.
II free society be unnatural, immoral
and unchristian, it must fall and give way
70 slave soeiety--a social system old a the
world, ~ universal % man"
Did ever Seward, or Lincoln, or Thomas
Jefferson state the case more definitely or
imperasively than that?
The ChtcnGo semInary.
We call attention to statement in anoth-
n column, concerning tho Thsoiogicsi Semi
nary lately establishsd - Chicago, By the
General Assembly III the Old School prssby.
terian Church. The man for the plaoe,--
the man for whom there were ID tho ontss,
oo southern votes ready to be given, 10 con-
s'deration Of his talent, position and char
scser, DR.. McMsstsr, was defeated. O. the
candidate Tor the chair Of Theological Pro-
lessor, because Of the visws which he frank
y admitted himself to hold upon the sabjec'
OF Slavery; and DR.. Rice was elected be.
cause De held opposite views. Il was : tri.
anph Of tho slaseeeracy Id the Church.
They gained point, and they acquired ,
new means OF influence and power by th,
transaction. The new Seminary wss 10 b,
organised and conducted under influences ia.
vorable 70 their ideas. Everything looked
clssr and certain to them, - regarded the fu
tnre. And yet, see how barren the victor,
is likely 70 prove; how instantly inpotsnt, ii
aquiet but irreaistibls Way, the newly-ac
CARED power is likely to prove. II 10 bu
another phase Of the irresponsible copfiss, !
In which the laws Of nature triumph over III
sel6shness and ohioanery Of men.
"A gentleman asked us, tho other day. i
there wsrs any signs Of progress, o. change
in the Old School Prssbyterian Church, 8,
the question Of Slavery. We call his astsn
ton 20 these facts. They are more de6nit
and signifoant than any thing We could soy
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e. Queer things happen, sometimes
Who would have thought that John Brow
Was 70 be the man who would annihilat
"squaster sovereignty" in the South. IN
prove tbs worst enemy Of Douglas?
q The n Y. herald has, under threa
81 prosecution for libel, rstrseted It's charg
that Thurlow Weed Was interested in ia
slave trade.
GDDr Gray, Of Utica, thinks that Gerrl