The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-05-26

TO learn how to speak, and the result w
DIR. Lynaa has learnsd how 10 ussh biz voice
with ease and power, snd he can COMMUNE
cate the thoughts OF others throngh it 80 ~
10 spissse aud instruct the hesrsr, and, in
many Sasss, 70 bring eus Ssausiss and effects
before unperceived Hisseiec.ions, too, were
many Of them fnr both In sentiment and
.rbythmical melody, and such ~ to exhibit
the power Of the voice to the best advantage.
Wishal, theirs was simplicity OF manner,
and apparent Inconsistencies OF effort ID
most or 1t, which 10 the charm OF good read
ing, and which is not always seen in public
exhibitions OF this kind. No one can hear
him without being benefited, and though be
be tewssman Of ours, trust he will not be
without honor in his own country. NJ. !
senator HaDit1 o. the CincInn All
Platform.
Senator Hamlin opposed the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, but did not formally
dissolve bis connection with the Democratic
party till that measure and the slavery ten
dency Of the party was fully sanctioned by
the Cincinnati Convention. A few days af-
tor that event he made speech In the Sem
ate OK the United States in which he uttered
the noble sentiment 81 love my country more
than love my party, !" and carried ii out In
action.
The following 10 an extract from bis speech
on that occasion:
"Sir, bold that the repeal OF the Nilsson
ri compromise WAS gross moral and polit
zeal wrong, unequailed in the annals OF the
legislation OF this country, and hardly equal
Still, sir, with desire 10 promote harmony
and concord and brotheriy feeling, Was
quiet man under oil the exciting debates
which led TO tina, fatal result. believed it
wrong then | can see that wrong lying
broadcast ell around us now. As wrong
opposed that measurement indeed by nv
voice, but with consistent and steady and
uniform votes.
"The lCinoinnatil Convention has actual
ly incorporated into the platform OF the DEM
ocratic party that doctrine which, only few
years ago, met nothing but riiicule and con
tempt, here and elsewhere, namely that the
flag of the Federal Union, under the Conssi-
tuition OF the United States, carries slavery
wherever it floats.
"Tske oil these (Cincinn. si) resolutions to.
gether, and the deduction which We must
necessarily draw from them is q denial to
Congress Of any power whatever to legislate
upon the subject OF slavery. The last reso-
luton denies 10 the people of the Territory
any power over the subject, save when they
shall have SUFFICIENT Duraber TO form . con.
stitution and become . State, and also de.
nies that Congress has any power over til.
subject and so the resolutions held that shis
power 10 at least in abeysnce while the Ter
/ ritory IL 10 territorial condition. That il
the only conclusion which you can draw from
thsse resolutions. Alas! for short lived
territorial sovereignty. Ii came to it's deatt
10 the house oft friends; it was buried b,
the same haris which bad given it baptism
.These events leave TO me only one IN
pleasant duty, which 10 to declare that car
maintain political associations with no party
that insists upon such doctrines that cat
support no man for President-who avow,
and recognizes them and that the little o.
that power with which God has endowed m'
shall be employed 10 battle manfuily, firmly
and consistently for bis defeat, demanded d
it 10 by The highest interests of the countr,
vhiah n ma all nv allaclanee ~