The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-03-15
The African slave Trade i'm MIS-
souri,.

made quarterly.
The African slave Trade in MIS-
souri,.
The entire policy Of the Democracy, as de-
veloped in the action of the general Govern
ment for years past, has been directed to
promote the interests of Shareholders, The
like policy has been pursued by the Slaveoo-
racy in the Southern States with features of
still grosser selishness and inhumanity. The
laws of most of the Southern States have,
within few years past, been made to oper
ate with still greater stringency upon the
''free negroes" and the "poor whites of |
that section.
Let US direct the attention Of our readers
to the neighboring State Of Missouri, which,
from its position, soil and climate would nat
urally present very attractive field for
Northern emigration and would naturally Sc
cure an immense influx Of free laborers. In
deed the tide Of emigration rose so high
couple OF years ago and pressed so strong in
that direction that it broke over and we'll nigh
broke down the dark barriers which had hith-
erto restrained it. The white men of the
North seemed about to take possession of
the soil Of Missouri and develope it resour-
ces, and fill the State with the peaceful and
thriving homes of industrious farmers and
mechanics. The Locofoco Shareholders saw
the tendency of things, and Immediately set
about exciting the prejudices and arousing
the hatred of the people Of Missouri against
the freemen of the North. Free laborers
were derided, secuted and scorned, and, for
the time being, check was given to emigra-
ton to Missouri.
But not content with their efforts to keep
outfree laborers and to prevent the people
of the Northern States from settling up the
vacant land Of Missouri, the Shareholders
have gone still further. At the present SEES
sion of the Legislature bill was passed with
the avowed object Of encouraging the impor-
tation of slaves from other States into Mis-
souri,. And ut the present time there is a
bin before the Senate, which has already
passed the House by vote of four to ono,
prohibiting emancipation and providing for
the sale of free negroes into slavery.
Here are the first FIVE sections of the bill
which-founded upon that high Democratic
dogma that "negroes have no rights which
white men are bound to respect seeks t.
legalixe the most inhuman and heaven-defy
ing wickcdness known in modern history:
Be 1t enacted by the General Assembly O
eli
Section l. 1t shall not be lawful for tn
owner or owners Of any slave or slaves, t
set free or emancipate the same within thi
State.
Section 2. Every person who shall volat
the first section Of this act, shall, for ever
such offence, be indicted and punished
fine of not less than one hundred, nor NOR
than FIVE hundred dollars, or imprisonmer
in the county Jail for not less than three, nc
more than six months, or by both fine of on
hundred dollars and Imprisonment for thrs
months.
Section 3. Every free negro or mulat,
over the age of eighteen years, and under ii
nge of forty Eve years, who shall be res
dent Of this State on and after the first Nor
day in June, in the year one thousand eigl
hundred and sixty, shall be reduced to slav,
ry.
Section 4. In order to carry into efie
the proceeding section, it shall be the dui
of the Sheriff of the county wherein sue
free negro or mulatto may reside, immed
ately, upon the expiration Of the time desi(
mated in the third section of this act, to prt
coed to secure such free negro or mulatt
and after having advertised the time or
place Of said sale in such manner, and Fl
such time as lie now prescribed by law *
advertising the sale Of real estate, procee
to expose the same to sale at public auctio
Mt the front door Of the court house of sal
county, to the highest bidder, for ready NOR
ey.
Section s. The fusohaser Of any fri
negro or mulatto, under the preceding se'
ton, shall, by such purchase, acquire II
same right TO, and control over, such fri
negro or mulatto, as he or she would HAY
acquired By the purchase, gift, or inheri
ance Of such free negro or mulatto, had X
same been slave at the time Of such sa
and purchase as aforesaid.
The African slave trade, declared piras
by the laws Of civilization, is brave, b,
name and noble compared with this infamo.
scheme Of Missouri, Legislators to redu,
the free negroes and mnlattoes or Amer
ca to slavery.
A DANIEL CoxK TO JuDGkEsT.-In the ca
OF the State rs. Julius Beneke, for keepir
liquor with intent to sell, Esq. Cole decid
yesterday that the seventh section Of the Pr
hibitory law IL repealed. He came to Ii
conclusion by nice process of logic. Ha
ing, some days since, in opposition to the d
cision OF Judge Springer, decided that t
sixth section is repealed, which makes it crlI