The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-10-19

/ The process was eaHy. Inc slave states
of the South had demoralized the free States
OF the North by giving them presidences,
secretaryships, foreign missions, and post
Offices. And now, here in the Northwest,
we will build up more free States than there
are slave States. Those free States having
] d oom 10 on interest 10 favor of freedom, equal
to that of the Southern Slave States in favor
of sla very, will offer to Pennsylvania, New
York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New
Jersey objects worthy their ambition. APP
| plause And 10 day, see the very reaiiza-
| ton OF IL oil. | can give you advocates for
| freedom in the Northern States, as bold, as
| out spoken. as brave, and AS confident of the
| durability of the Union, as you can fnd for
slavery in the Southern States. Aye, and
when tho Southern States demoraize the free
States by saying they will give their trade
and traffic, buy their silks and their linens,
and other trumpery, provided they can buy
their principles in the sale and the bargain
must be struck, ! said, there shall be, in
those new free States in the North west, N on
who will gay, we will buy your silks and
linens, and your trumpery OF every sort, we
will even buy more, and pay you quite as
we'll, provided you do not betray your prin-
ciples. Applause
All this was simply restoring the balance
OF the Republican system, bringing in
counter force, in favor OF freedom TO conn
teract the established political agencies Of
slavery. You have beard that have said
that tho last Democrat is born in this nation.
Laughter and:appause, isayso however,
with the qualification before used, that ty
Democrat mean ,ono who will maintain the
| Democratic principles which constitute the
present creed OF the Democratic party
| ["Hear, bear we understand it."1 : and for
| the reason, q very simple one, that slavery
cannot pay any longer, and the Democrat
| does not work for anybody who does not pay.
| lGreat applause. | propose to pay all kinds
of patriots, hereafter, just AS they come.
propose to pay them fair consideration IL
| they will only be true to freedom. pro.
pose to crafty their aspirations for wealth
/ as much as the slave States can.
! But. fellow citizens, we had no party for
| this principle. There was the trouble. De-
moeraov was the natural ally OF slavery in
the South. We were either Wings, or if
you please, Americans, some Of us,-but
thank God never was one in the limited
sense Of the term. Cries of Good sGood,'
and applause. But the Wing party, or the
American party, If not equally an ally Of
| the Slave party in the South, WINS, at least,
a treacherous and unreliable party for the
interests of freedom. That's so. Only
one thing was wanting, that was, to dislodge
from the Democratic party, the Wing party,
and the Native American party, men enough
to constitute Republican party--the party
Of freedom. Applause
And for that we are indebted TO the kind.
ness, unintentional, DO doubt, OF your die
tnguisbed Senator, now q candidate for the
Presidency, Mr.. Douglas iaug liter who,
ty,y oh obs IS ~
Compromise, so shattered tb5 columns of
these parties, as TO disintegrate them, and
instantly there was the material the prepa.
ration, for the onslaught.
Still there was wanted an occasion, and
that occasion was given; in an hour OF mad
ness the Democratic party and Administra-
ton, with the sympathy, or at least the
aoquieseence, OF the old line Wings and the
native Americans, refused TO allow the
State of Kansas 10 exercise the perfect free.
dom in choosing between liberty and slavery,
which they had promised TO her, except she
should exercise il in favor Of slavery. Then
came the hour. We had then, fellow. citizens,
the material for party; we had the occasion
for party; and the Republican party sprang
into exlstence at once, full armed. | will
never knowingly do evil that good may come
or it will never even wish that others may
| do evil that good may come OF i'll and for
the simple reason that know evil TO be GER
tain, and the good only possible or problem
atical. But no man ever reloiced more
heartily over the birth OF bis frat born, than
! | did when | saw the folly and madness or
/ the repeal OF the Missouri Compromise, and
the rejection of Kansas. lapplause.1 These
acts, stid to myself, are the doipgs Of
Presidents, Of Senator'S, Of Judges, Of Priests
and OF Deacons; and when the Republican
party organized itself, | said, now is the
work complete Good Gocd!l
How much | have been chsered ia this
long contest, by seeing that only stolen, sur
reptitlous advantages we're gained by slavery,
la the form OF rescrips and ediots and laws
on the statute book, while the cause OF free
dom brought in, first California next, New
Mexico, with her constitution claiming free
dom; next Kansas; next Minnesota, and next
Oregon; you may all know, if you POSSIBLY
remember the song of joy, not SO poetic, but
as foil of trnth and happiness AS the song Of
Miriam, which then uttered, declaring that
that was the emf, and the victory was won.
loud applause. Tbs hattie is ended and
the victory Is ours. Whv then, say thew,
why not withdraw from the field? For the
simple reason that If the victor retres from
the field, the vanquished will then come
back, and the battle will not be won. Why
should the victor withdraw, and surrender
st his conquests TO the nquerod enemy p
Why should he place the enemy back upon
the fold, and withdraw his legions into the
far distance, 80 give him chance TO re es
sablish tho line that has been broken up +?
This Republican party will now complete
this great revolution. | know it will, be-
cause, in the first place, it clearly perceives
its duties. 1t is unanimous upon this sub.
ject. We have had hesitation heretofore,
but the creed to which | have already ad-
verified, which issued from that Council
Chamber now before me, announced the true
determination and embodies the great, liv-
Jog, national idea OF Freedom, with which |
began. | know that the Republican party