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Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-03-16

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STATE or IOWA. IS.
COUNTY OF scoI }
In p-,ric, Court for said county. 10 Msy term.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-03-16

The undersisnsd, postmaster st ate
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1SoE, that he 10 eco tainted with the above guaran-
tors, and knows them to b men Of property end ahe
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PROPOSAL.
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address 10 countv Of State
Of ........., proposes 70 convey the mails o. the
United States, from July 1885, TO June 20, 1852
route No. ..ss.......s. between ............ and
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Postmsster Gsc ersl, dated February 1882 and by
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to the rc,sts AID sevvics, and aso, after csrefIs
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Dated
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he REVIEW .

National Democratic Quarterly Review. Vol No
vember, 1sa9. No. |. Terms, three dollars per an
mum, payable in advance Washington City: Thomas
b. Florence Editor. Publication Office, N w. corner
of Pennsylvania avenue and Seventeenth street,
the Executive Mansion.
The above is the title of the new Quarterly
started in this city by the Hon. Thomas B.
Florence, NJ. c. from Philadelphia. We owe
him an apology for emitting to notice the re-
ceipt of it for so long time. The mechanical
execution of the Quarterly is good, and the
first number is illustrated by handsomely en-
graved likeness of the President. The princi-
pal topics discussed, are, The Relation of the
Democratic Party to the Government of the
United States, " +" The History of the two years
Amendment to the Constitution of Massachu-
setts," &C., " The Outbreak at Harper's Ferry"
and The San Juan Affair.""
In regard to the frst-named subject, we have
no room to follow the writer through his labor
ed effort to prove that all wisdom and perfection
belongs to the Democracy, and that every good
measure has been carried by that party. But,
as to "The Present Relation of the Democratic
Party to the Government of the United States"
its position is well defined. 1t is simply this :
That party has declared, through all its cr-
gans and all its principal leaders, that when
ever the people think proper to turn it out of
power, and strip it of the offices and emolu-
ments of the Government, it will Immediately
take steps to dissolve the Union
The Harper's Ferry article was written im-
mediately after the event occurred, amid the
furry and excitement of that period. Some
obscurity of thought and expression may there
fore be excused. 1t is no wonder that the Re-
viewer, when the city was filed with armed
men, thought that the question whether this
useless, senseless, geographical conflict shall
go on to its iHecitG6te result, or be crushed for
ever, must soon be finally settled" He at
tempts to show that the conduct of Brown was
but the fuflment of the Republican pro-
gramme, and Classics Mr.. Seward and other
Republican statesmen as Browns honorable
cOnfederates.
The Review contains, in addition to the
articles above alluded to, one upon " The Pro-
duction of Cotton, and its Influence on Modern
Civilization" As Cotton is King" it would
have been inexcusabe to omit all reference to
him but, unfortunately for the Reviewer, the
South begins to adopt our idea, that King Cot
ton is an Abolitionist He is, by his insatia-
bic demand for negroes, making free all the
more northern States which tolerate the insti-
tuition, and thus is welding his mighty inAu-
ence in favor of the free civilization of the
North. He is destroying Slavery and Democ-
racy at the same time. Will the National
Democratic Quarterly Review " continue in al
legiance to such a King?
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TUESDAY IN CONGRESS.

The Senate was engaged in the consideration
of the resolution of inquiry offered by Mr.. Ma
son in relation to the Harper's Ferry invasion.
Mr.. Clay, of Alabama, declared or expressed
the opinion that the South would not and ought
not to submit to the Inauguration of Repub-
lican President, but ought to secede from the
Union. Mr. Gwin, of California, took the same
view; and, although representing free con-
stituency, he fully justified the disunion senti-
ment of the South. Mr. Hale thought that it
was time for the Northern States to know
whether they had equal rights in the Union,
and whether their people cosld be permitted to
vote for Presidential candidate who represent
ed their views. He wished to see the issue
made, and was not afraid of its consequences
The North was not so wanting in courage as to
abase themselves in that way. Mr.. Wilson
denied the assertion OF Mr.. Clay, that the Re-
publicans of the North hate shareholders. Mr.
Clay rejoined, endeavoring to prove that state
ment. Both Messrs. Clay and Gwin, in reply
ing, softened their first statement of the deter
mination of the South to dissolve the Union.
In the House of Representatives, Mr.. Sickles,
of New York, occupied about an hour and a
half in defence of the Administration and of the
soundness of the State of New York upon CUES
-tions involving the interests of the South.
Mr.. Adrain, of N. j., defended himself and
the other Anti-Lecompton Democrats against
assaults of the Administration and its adher-
ents, and explained his position in regard to
the question of the power of the people of
Territory over Slavery. He avowed his adher-
ence to the views of Judge Douglas on that sub
ject, as explained in his article in Harper's
Magazine, and declaring that, though Demo
crat, he would not support the nominee of the
Democratic Convention at Charleston, unless
that nominee shall concur in the construction
of the Cincinnati platform given by Senator
Douglas.
Mr.. McRae, of Mississippi made an argu-
ment in regard to the question reorganization,
to show upon whom the responsibility rests for
the failure to elect Speaker. In the course
Of his speech he exonerated both the Repubi-
can and the Democratic parties, and threw the
blame upon the Southern Opposition and the
Anti-Lecompton Democrats.
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THE REASON WHY.

The democratic Administration is re.
sponsibe for the due execution of the laws and
the ful6lment of the plighted faith of the nation
to the public creditors and yet the friends of the
Administration in the House make a factious re-
sistance to the organization of that body. The
Government is practically bankrupt, and must
remain so until, by the organization of the
House, appropriations can be made. Then, why
does the Administration uphold the factionists
The reason is too plain TO be misunderstood.
They know that Republican organization
will enable the House to institute searching
Investigations into q the rottenness and corrup-
ton" which, according to Mr.. Pryor, send
forth from the by-ways and highways of the
Government an insufferable stencil"
Here is the real hitch in the organization of
the House; but for this fear of exposure, the
Administration would gladly eoncede the cleo
ton of Speaker to the Republicans. Like the
drowning man who catches at straws, or the
condemned criminal who on the day of execu-
ton bars up his prison doors, the Administra-
ton instinctively resists exposure to public
shame. 1t would put off the evil day as long
as possible. We are sorry to see Mr.. Pryor
assisting to stave off the exposure of corrup-
ton and rottenness." "Why are the people so
patient?" said he, year ago, and why sum-
bers the Indignation of the Democracy" The
people will now echo back his Undergraduates.
Why has he grown so patient, and why slum-
bers his indignation
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WASHINGTON, d. C..
THURSDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1859.
REMEMBER YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS.

The time for the renewal of our list has come
Bills are now going out in every issue. Agents
have been furnished with circulars, and lists Of
subscribers at each post Office viii be sent to
any who desire them. What we want is prompt
itude. Let nobody wait.
Let every one who can, get up club. In
some places, we have no agents. Who will
volunteer? Of course, we shall look to our
special agents for encouraging returns. They
will follow up their words of cheer by deeds.
If ever there was a time when vigorous efforts
should be put forth by those who are friendly
to the Era, and who believe its continuance
at the Federal Metropolis to be important to
the Republican cause, that time is the present.
Such paper can be made useful only by an
extensive circulation. Let every one bear in
mind what work is to be done by the press be
tween this and next November.
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WHAT GOV. WISE THINKS OF THE
LOYALTY OFITHE SLAVES.

There is no consistency in the advocates Of
Slavery upon this point At one time they will
sing of the halcyon peace and good will which
reigns between master and slave, and almost
defy the Abolitionists to seduce the negroes
from their happy homes. Gov. Wise and the
whole Southern press have dwelt with much
JUNCTION upon the facts that the slaves refused
to join John Brown, and that the first Virginia
martyr was free negro fleeing from the
Abolitionists. But Immediately they turn about
and speak of the imminent danger of insurrec-
ton, with all its train of horrors. In his recent
message to the Legislature, Gov. Wise says:
"But why do our slaves on the border not
take up arms against their masters? We must
look firmly at this fact before we take it as a
soIace. In the answer to that question lies the
root of our danger. Masters IN the border cOan
ties nOp hold their stares by snferdnce. The
slave could fly to John Brown much easier than
he could come and take him. The slaves al
will can liberate themselves by running away.
The underground railroad is at their very doors,
and they may take passage when they please.
They prefer to remain. John Bropn's inDasiOn
startled us but zoe hare been tanlely submitting
to a greater danger, acithout confessing II. The
plan which silently corrupts and steals our
Slaves, which sends secret emssaries among as
to stampede our slaves, which refuses to exc
cute fugitive slave laws, which forms secret so
| cieties for mischief with the motto, alarm to
their sleep, fire to their dwellings, and poison
| to their food and water and which establishes
underground railroads, and depots and rendez
vous for invasion, is more dangerous than the
! invasion by John Brown. Yet the latter ex.
/ cites us, and in the former we have been sleepi
| " acquiescing. 1t is no solace to me, then
| that our border slaves are SO liberated already
by this exterior asylum, and by this still, silent
| stealing system, that they haze no need to TAKE
up arms for their Oson liberation. Confederate
States. as well as individuals, have denounced
our laws, and set them at defiance they have
| by their laws encouraged and facilitated the es
cape of our slaves, and have made Abolition a
cancer eating into our very vitals.
| awe must, then, acknowledge and act on the
fact that present relations between the States
cannot be permitted longer to exist without
abohshing Slavery throughout the United States
or compelling us to defend it by force of arms
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS,
Boston, Dec. l2-The city election here today
is progressing earnestly, and much zeal is mani
tested by both parties. At two o'clock z. NJ.
Lincoln, American Republican, for Mayor, was
500 ahead. He is no doubt elected.
| In Worcester and Lowell also they are hold
ing city elections, and the Republican ticke
leads largely.
Laser.oHon. F. W. Lincoln, jun, was to-day
reelected Mayor by plurality of 1920 votes
| A majority of the city council on the Lincoln
] ticket are also elected.
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WHAT GOV. WISE RECOMMENDS.

list. Organize and arm
" I'd. Demand of each State in the Union
what position she means to maintain for the
future in respect to Slavery and the provisions
of the Constitution and laws of the United
States, and the provisions of State laws for its
protection i'll our Federal relations; and be
governed according to the manner in which
the demand shall be answered. Let Us defend
our own position, or yield it at once. Let US
have action, and 10, resolyes-defnitive settle
ment, and no more temporiziag the Constitu.
ton, and no more compromise
This course Of demanding Of other States
explanations aud guarantees of good behaviour
will not work well in practice. Ii the de-
mands are made in the spirit of this message to
the Legislature, they will very probably be met
with a contemptuous reply. This gasconade
would be very well, if it were never to be pub
lished or seen outside of Virginia; but the
people of that State may rest assured that its
offensive and undignifed tone will be anything
but terrifying to the other States of the Union.
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POLITICAL UNIoN IN Observation-Disclosures
political movements are in progress in Missouri.
which are likely to have an important influence
upon the Interests of that State, and also upon
the politics oftie country. The Republicans and
Emancipationists are uniting with the Ameri-
cans and old Wings, under the name of the
. united opposition" and will hold State con-
vention at Jefferson city on the 10Th inst. to
organize for the Presidential campaign, and
nominate ticket for the State election in August
next. Mr.. Rollins, who came so near an election
IN 1851. viii be nominated for Governor again.
with a good prospect of being chosen this time T:
and Mr. Bates xil be formally presented to the
opposition parties Of the country for their Pres
idential nomination. How far the platform of
this convention viii go in adopting anti slavery
or emancipation views is yet uncertain but the
policy and effect of the organization will be
essentially anti-slavery. Much interest will be
felt for the proceedings of the convention, both
because it is to represent the party that, sooner
or later. will redeem Missouri from slavery. and
because it undertakes to set an example. and
nominate a candidate, for the Presidential can.
yass. Whether the lead be such as the Repub.
licans of other States can follow, or not there
seems to be no doubt that the Missouri Republi
cans. including such we'll known names as Z
p. Blair and B. Gratz Brown, give the move
ment their confidence and support, and believe
In it as the instrumeDtality of success Tie OLE
Republican and Free Democratic organization
of the State viii hold distinct State convention
at the same time and place, ia order to choos
delegates TO the Republican national convention
and men will undoubtedly be chosen who vii
urge upon that body the views of the neV
united opposition organization. = Springfield
Mass Republican.
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SO

and Cleveland. At the latter place he remain
ed some days, and, / think, disposed of his
horses there. Ii seems that the United States
Marshal was afraid to arrest him, and this was
ali that was wanting to give confidence to the
wavering in the practicability of his plan and
It's ultimate success. He came 10 Harpers
Ferry about the last of June, though did not
see him till late in July, or the early part OF
August, when we met on Shenandoah street,
Harper's Ferry, opposite Tearney's store"
The remainder of the confession, running
through two columns, relates to events at the
Ferry, heretofore described, with which our
readers are already acquainted.
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and affairs, that man has to pluck the burning
fuse from a bomb-shell which is about TO ex-
plode at his feet.
"Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
al. HoLT.
" Mr. Charles A. orion,
Postmaster at Falls Church, Va"
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Vol. XIII.
the fight against veteran antagonists. A man
should not only know HIMSELF but his adversary
Mr.. HICKMAN'S SPEECH.

One of the strongest and most sigpifc,r.
speeches of the session was that delivered in
the House of Representatives on Monday ~,
Mr.. Hickman, of Pennsylvania. He still claim.
to be Democrat, while giving utterance TO the
strongest sympathy with the FreeSoi sent
ment of the North. We commend his view. 70
all good Democrats. They were once poppI.r
with that party, and it is not Mr.. Hickman IN,
those who would excommunicate him from tlo
ranks of the party, who have apostatized from
them.
he insists that there is a conflict between ,ba
North and the South on the subject Of Slavery.
as ineradicable as the foundations Of the hills
he charges the South with having been faith.
less to all the compromises Of the Constitution
as well as to those which have been made In
Congress, after getting the benefit Of them bar.
self She has twenty Representative on the
foor of Congress, twenty Presidential electors
and the fugitive slave Law, in virtue Of the con.
stltutonal compromises. She has the bopcf.
of the Missouri Compromise, in the admission
OF Missouri, slave State, into the Union: sbo
had the benefit of the Compromises of 1850 And
1854, in the privilege Of carrying SLAYER INTO
the Territories; and yet she has in every in.
stance violated the agreement, and withheld mr.
attempted to withhold, from the North her IN.
terest in those Compromises. The SoAb
agreed that slaves should not be admitted into
the Union from Africa after the year lsOg
and yet she has virtually reopened the trade in
violation of law. She agreed to trade freely
with the North, yet now proposes to tax North.
ern goods on their entrance into her TERRITORY
She agreed, as a condition ofadmitting Missouri
as slave State, that all territory west of her
should be free; yet in 1854 the South almost
unanimously demanded the repeal ofthat apree.
ment, while holding on to the benefit she de.
rived from it. She was gratifed the Compr9.
mise was repealed, and another entered into.
by which it was agreed that in future the ques-
ton of Slavery was left to be settled by the pco
pie inhabiting the Territories She now ra,,u.
dates that bargain, and not a member on that
floor from the South would stand by it.
Mr.. Hickman said that he still stood BIZ the
Compromise of 1854, and felt no doubt that #
would be sufficient to accomplish all that the
Republicans desire, viz the exclusion of Sla.
very from the Territories. He believed that
every true friend Of the doctrine agreed with
him, and doubted the intelligence or the hon.
esty of any one Of them who denied it.
He said that, in his judgment, the free States
would never permit dissolution of the Union.
They were able to preserve it, and would DO SO
by force, if necessary.
Profound attention was given by all parties
to the speech of Mr.. Hickman, and the Repub.
licans, while they cannot subscribe to his popu-
lar sovereignty theory, were delighted with the
manly sentiments Of Freedom to which he gave
utterance.
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MISSISSIPPI AND A REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENT. d..

Resolutions, designed to indicate the policy
of Mississippi in the event of the election of a
Republican, to the Presidency, have been re-
ported unanimously by the Committee on State
and Federal Relations to the Senate of that
State. They direct the Governor to convene
the Legislature, in case other slaveholding
States shall have indicated a willingness to con
fer with Mississippi in regard to the measures
to be adopted for the maintenance of their
rights, or in case he should deem it necessary
to provide for the public safety.
1t is therefore manifest that whatever indi-
viduals may say, in the way of bravado, the
State of Mississippi has not resolved to dissolve
the Union. After all her politicians and news
papers have said the Legislature cosld not do
less than pass the harmless resolve above al
luded to.
The message of the Governor, an extract
from which we published some weeks ago, was
conceived in the same cautious vein.
No State has yet taken ground for disunion
in the event of a Republican President being
elected.
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Washington, Dec. II. = With view of uni
ting the Democrats and Southern oppositionists
and Anti-LecomptOnites on candidate accept
able TO them all, the name of Mr.. McClernand,
of Illinois, has to-day been proposed by some
of the members in connection with the Speak.
ership. Nobody, however, seems to anticipate
an election during the present week.
The man supposed to be Realf, Capt. Browns
secretary of state under his provisional govern
ment has been discharged from custody for
want Of evidence on which to found charge
against hin.