The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-08-25

uittcE OppU0ltiou VI idtkc m"JoAASy - 49,
LocDfoco party and the lukewarm support Of
their associates of the Same party from the
North and West.
Annoyance TO the Presiaent.
One of the slaves who accompanied the
Presidents rstinue on his recent visit to Bed
ford Springs, Pennsylvania, made her es-
cape during the sojourn Of the President at
the watering place. The girl was the Chat
tel Of a handsome Southern widow, and the
doughface chivalry are represented as having
performed doughty feats of valor in the
chase Of the fugitive. hepursuit was vain,
however, for she ungraseful waiting maid
fed to parts unknown, utterly regardless Of
the safety Of the Union or the feelings Of it's
great defender. j. B. svamosed the ranch'
next morning and FASTENED to Washington
City, where it is said he viii remain and not
put bis foot on free soil again as long IS he
can avoid it. Free States are evidently
great inconvenience to the head of this Slave
Empire.
Free Lands VS.. slave Tertiary.
The Homestead bill would add tens OF
thousands to the population and hundreds Of
thousands to the wealth Of Iowa within
year OF the date Of it's passage, and would
harm no one. The Cuba bill would add one
hundred millions to the debt Of the country,
and the purchase and protection OF the Island
would cause an immense drnin upon the Ma
tional Treasury, which would absorb the pro-
ceeds Of the public lands for many years to
come. The Democratic party, under the
lead Of Shareholders and of doughfaoes like
Douglas and Dodge, are enthusiastic in ia
vor Of the acquisition of Cuba, and give the
Homestead the cold shoulder. Yet the peo.
pie Of Iowa are urged to support the Demo-
cratic party.
OREGON ELECTION National Intel.
ligsncer states that official reports have been
received at Washington which secure tho
election Of Stout, Democratic candidate for
Congress in Oregon, by As votes. Whether
the poll books were stolen or sCuflsrixed'
utter the Iowa fashions, or how the Locofo-
GO office holders managed to cheat the pso-
pie out Of 500 votes hath not yet appeared.
Tho Party OF Liberty.
Col. Soholte, who recently left the Slave
~ party to unite himself with the party Of
Freedom, 10 doing good work in the cause.
As editor Of the Pela Gazette, he 10 carry
ing the war literally into Africa. His ideas
Of the two parties, and Of the prospects
of the Republican party, are thus given ia
an extract which we make from leading ar
ticle:
ssThe people of Iowa know too much about
the Slavery propaganda to be deceived by
words without distinct meaning. The Re-
publican party is clear and explicit upon that
cardinal doctrine. The Republican oandi-
dates are known as uncompromising friends
of Liberty. All the diplomacy, hand
shaking, and baby kissing OF Dodge, and oil
the cunning Of the defaulter in suspense,
Rabbit, will not save the Democracy of
double relation from signal defeat 10 Ooto-
Der next. Genuine and honest Democrats
will do, what several have done already,
repudiate set Of men who misuse the name
Of Democrat for the sake Of getting hold
of the reins Of our State Government, and
in that, their own way, misrule the people,
sacrificing the interests OF free Town to
the whims and dictates Of pro- slavery
sectional party in the South. The Repub-
lican party as at present organized stands
where the trainers and signers Of tho De.
claration of Independence and Of our Ma
tional Constitution stood. LIBERTY, INDIE
RESIDENCE, UNION, was their watchword-
it 10 ours to-day. True Democracy and
genuine Republicanism will hear and obey
that chword, and the splow-handle tick
ct will be voted with an overwhelming ma
jority in Pella, in Marion county, in Iowa,
and next year the United States will endorse
with thousands and thousands Of majority
the true Republican doctrine: LIBERTY Ma
rIoNAL, SLAVERY SECTIONAL, The UNION FoR-
EvERln
Rusch 10 TAKE the stump.
| The Davenport Gazette threatens that Mr.