The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-06-30
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| Douglas' "prinoipls has two faces, on
4 for the North, and the other for the Soush
10 ths North IL 10 nagnifisd under the sakin,
phrase Of popular Sovereignty; ID tho Soutl
IL il embraced by the Fire Eaters q the doc
trine Of Non Intervention. Our readers ar,
but too familiar with it's Northern face, bu
have not so good an opportunity OF looking
upon the features which delight the Slav,
Traders. Non Intervention In their vocab.
ulary means that Congress shall not interior.
to prevent the spread of Slavery evsr the
Territories By border ruf6an incursions, nor
to obssruct the lively trade ip slaves, which
ia now getting under full Roadway in most Of
the Cotton States. a
Mr.. Gonlden, Of Georgia, Douglas del
egate, and CO. worker with Herscbell v.
johnson, candidate for Woe President, in
behalf OF Douglas, made speech in which
he set forth the beauties of non intervention
TO the enthusiastie admiration oil the Slave
Traders.
Here 10 an extract:
Mr.. President, and Gentlemen of the
Convention | come here from the State on
Georgia, endorsed by that State Convention
and by the Convention at Charleston. This
ought surely to give me a right to be heard
before you; and though have not Joined
my fortunes in the State OF Georgia, either
to the House Of York or to the House al
Lancaster, i feel that have right here to
speak TO the great Democratic party OF the
United States. In seeing the elements OF
disruption and disorg anization which seem
to prevail in the midst of this most inteIli.
gent assembly, have felt that the expert.
mentof the eapabili,y of man for sell. row
ernment WINS about to prove a failure here.
and that the genius of liberty was about
shrieking to leave the world, but srusA this
may be the darkest hour just before the day,
and that from these elements OF discord. the
representatives of the intelligent American
people here assembled may be able to devise
q plan upon which the great Democratic
party of the United States may be united
and that We will add another victory to the
many we have already achieved.
DEMOCRATIC INTEGRITY.
am an advocate for maintaining the in-
tegrity Of the national Democratic party.
AN EXTREME NAN.
belong to the extreme South: am
pro-slavery man in every sense of the word
AYE, and an African slave-trade man.
| Applause and iaughter.1
WHAT sLAvBRY HAS DONE.
The Institution Of Slavery, as have said
elsewhere, has done more to advance the in.
telligence and prosperity of the white race
and OF the human race than oil else TOT eth
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law OF Nature and upon the law OF God !:
| believe it would be blessing to al races !;
] believe that liberty would not truly exist 10
this Western World, except by maintaining
the integrity OF the Democratic party. AID.
plause. As for this irrspressble conflict
party, with their serried ranks now ready To
march down upon US, have no faith ia it,
Tor II is founded 10 anarchy, in everything
that is opposed to human progress while |
understand the idea Of the great National
Democratic party to be non Intervention in
Its broadcast sense. lApplsuse.
SoN-IErRRvgNvIoN.
Now, | want no of6oe; | never asked anv !;
did not ask the State Convention TO send
me here; but am here to tell the truth TO
you all, and this 10 my idea of non- interven-
ton; want the State OF Virginia, If she
has negroes, to have as many as she pleases:
if you want Slavery in Maasaeh usetts, | want
you to have it; if you want il in Indiana.
Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, in GODS
name havet. 1t is your right to have slaves,
and just a many and just Is few as YOU
please. will never join any party which
desires to force Slavery anywhere or keep it
from any place. (Applause.l | believe that
i 10 regulated by the law of God, of Natures
God, and history proves it to be 90. All
that ask is hands .off--leave il to the peo-
pie OF the States and OF the Territories, to
settle that matter for themselves. under the
Constitution Of the United States. rAp-
| plause.l
WANTS THE SLAVE TRADE.
| soy / 60 for non intervsntio In the
broadest sense Of the term. say that this
whole thing must be taken out of the hands OF
the General Government. say it 10 eli
wrong to be spending two or three millious
OF dollars from our pockets and sacrificing
thousands OF lives on the coast Of Africa, In
that terrible cline, to prevent our going
there TO get few negroes. III tits right for
us to go to Virginia aud buy negro and paw
81, 900 for him,is is equally right for us to 90
20 Africa, where we can get them for Hfty.
/ Applause and Laughter.1 Here is the con-
dtion we are placed in aud you NAV as we'll
come TO Your senses and face the music.
| There are 1000 Of our negroes now down
at hey West, begging and pleading not to
be sent back. IL they should be sent back
what would be the result? One half of
them would die before they got there, and
the other bali would be turned loose anon
the coast OF Africa-upon the coast OF Lii
oeria, among strangers, TO be eaten M by
cannibas, or be caught and sold again or die
OF starvation; and you call this humanity ?
say it is piracy | say that our Govern
ment is acting against right and reason in
this matter; and II the Southrn men had the
spunk TO come right up and face the North,
! believe that the Northern Democracy ct
least would come TO the true doctrine OF pom
uiar sovereignty and non-intervsntion. Ap-
plause and Laughter.1
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