The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-05
Has the North NO Rights In the
Union!

During nearly the entire period of our his,
tory the Democratic party has been in power,
and during . still greater proportion Of our
national existence the South, or rather South
srn slaveholdsrs, have controlled and direct
ed the policy Of our Government. The In
tereets OF the slaveholdng portion OF the
Union have constantly received the fostering
care of the Federal Government, and the
area Of slave territory has been frequently
enlarged By acquisitions, till, at the present
time, the slave territory Of the United States
exceeds the free BY two hundred thousand
square miles, although the population Of the
free States and Territories 10 double that OF
the slave. Every acquisition Of territory,
whether by var or purchase, has enured nj.
most exclusively to the benefit OF the slave
holders, and every compromise, - we'll ~
every practical repeal of compromises, has
been in the interest OF slavery extension !;
while our foreign difficulties and our domes-
ito troubles eve their origin in the main to
the same source.
But in view Of ell this, the demands Of the
Shareholders only become more imperative
ard unreasonable. They now insist--and
the Supreme Court endorse the demand
that all the territory of the United States
shall be slave territory; and they claim that
Congress ia under Constitutional obligations
to enact slave codes for the Territories.
They require, too, that the free States shall
abandon all claim TO State rights and 10 con-
form all their legislative, executive and iu-
dicial action to the peculiar requirements OF
tho slaveholding States. And, finally, they
demand thai tho people Of the free States
shall surrender the moral and political scati.
mcnts in which they we're educated, and adopt,
in lieu thereof, the sentiments and opinions
of the shareholders for their rule OF action.
And because the North declined to comply
with this demand, but exercised their RICH,
OF suffrage Tin their own way, subject to the
Constitution Of the United States the ultra
hre. eaters Of the South proclaim dissolu.
ton OF The Union.
The Shareholders arc determined TO ssrul,
or ruin" They will not consen. that sh,
people shall elect a President who refuses (,
be their tool and TO carry out their policy
They have run the "machine" so long tina
they think it belongs to them, and now tha
the people have chosen another engineer
they are determined to emash the concern
They hold that the Union Was made for then
and belongs to them, and that so soon as til
North attempts to interfere with it's direction
they are entitled to destroy it. The ques
ton is Low en- oren one, and the probler
remains to be solved, "has the North an
rights IN the Upiou?" Wo are content I
leave the question IN the hands Of the Presi
dent elect, and doubt not that be and thos
whom be will Gail to bis councils will rive U
tho true solution. We have no fears tha
the seventeen free States OF the Union whic
contributed to bis election will be lonee
compelled to submit to system which u,
terly contemps the rights, interests and sen
tmsnts Ut more than TIVE thirds OF the fire
people OF the United States. The rights 1
the people will no longer be surrendered /
an oligarchy, and no compromise will b
made which ignores the rights OF the peopl
OF the North in the Union.
Affairs In Washington.
Nearly sll the Southern members we,