Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-12-28

brothers will be our surest protection 1hu our
defence against all aggression. 4 do not say
that If We be disappointed IN this the time may
not come u.en the bonds of the Union must Of
necessity be broken"
The Louisville Journal versus the Dav'
export Gazette.
The rcadVs Of the Abolition Gazette
are we'll aware that its editor takes great
pleasure in quoting from the Louisville
Journal, as being a reliable and intelli-
gent witness upon whose testimony to
convict the Democratic party of = want
of true patriotism. If the Journal has
heretofore been credible witness
against the Democracy, its testimony
cannot be ruled out, when 1t happens to
be against Abolitionizcd Repubicanism.
In speaking of the Northern Agrees
ions of the Republican party, the Jour,s-
al says:
s'The trainers of the Federal Constitu-
ton, in spirit Of compromise and con-
cession, harmonized the numerous con-
fictng sectional interests, and formed a
general government just in its operations
al Ike to the citizens of the North and the
South. 1t was not then thought that
there existed an irreconcilabe antagon-
ism between any sections of the Confed
eracv, that there was or would be an
'rrcpressible conflict" or that the
Union could not exist with adverse
systems of labor" But new men have
arisen, and new and startling doctrines
are Observation-Disclosures which, il
carried to their logical and inevitable
conclusion. will eventuate in the com.
plete disruption of the Union. With
eminent Northern agitators the exper-
fence Of seventy years, under our pres
ent National Constitution, goes for
nothing. Our states, they declare, mus,
become all free or all slave and with the
"irrepressible conflict as their watch
word, they are narshalipg the Black
Republican forces for another struggle to
obtain the supremacy of the general
government.
That there has been struggle daily
gathering in violence and bitterness be-
tween the North and South, no one who
has studied our political history during
the past forty years can have failed to
perceive. But We do not regard the
conflict as irrepressible," or one which
should endangcr the existence Of our
Union. For the last twenty years an
ti-slavervism, in one way or another, has
been engaged in an aggressive warfare
on the rights of the citizens of the South
ern states; and after all the chickering's
and sectional excitement, what has ab-
olitionism achieved! Has the crusade
against the South elevated or bettered
the condition Of the slave! Has it &C.
cured him additional rights or privileges!
Has it made ngle slave state free p
On the contrary, has it not caused the
people of the South to place additional
restraints on the slave population
The history of the anti-slavery agita-
ton clearly demonstrates that there has
been, and will be continued efforts made
to reduce the Southern states to the posi-
ton of mere dependencies in the Union.
In all tho conflicts between the North
and South, the South has always acted
on the defensive. The South has never
asked anything except a recognition of
the rights guaranteed her by the FEEDER
al Constitution. But, one by one, ST. Q
is deprived of her constitutional rights.
Tho fugitive slave law has become al
most dead letter on the statute book,
and laws are daily being enacted in the
Northern states which render the exc
cution Of the law impracticable. The
programme laid down by the leaders Of
the Black Republican party show that if
possible. they intend to make the slave
states Of the Union all free. They have
already, time and again, declared that
when they obtain power they will at
once repeal the fugitive slave Law then
remodel the Supreme Court then Alb
olitionize and sectionalize tho Cabinet,
Foreign Ministers, and WELD the i'm
mense patronage of the general govern
ment to build up party whose avowed
object Is wal upon the rights and in.
stitutions Of the South.
But the Black Republicans do not
propose, they say, to interfere with slav-
erysln the South; they only propose to
sectlonalize the executive, Legislative and
judicial departments Of the general gov
ernment; to repeal the fugitive slave
law, and to oppose the admission of sd-
dlt'onal slave states. But what assur-
ance have We that they will stop here |?
The Black Republicans of TODAY have
gone much further than was dreamed of
even ten years ago. No one can tell to
What length they may go in the future.
There is no curbing or restraining the
spirit of fanaticism, and if once the
Black Republicans obtain power, it will
be but the commencement of q warfare
on the people Of the South. The lead.
en- Of the Black Republican party cannot
aay to the waves Of Abolition fanaticism,
.rhus for shalt thou 60 and no farther. .
] Ihe leaders have alroadv nroclaimad 4ha