Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-03-21

Disaaection in the Republican Camp.
The late speech of John Collamer in
the Senate the was Postmaster General
under Mr.. Fillmore, and is now United
States Senator from the State of Yer
MONTY shows pretty widespread dis
affection in the Republican camp. Judge
Collamer repudiates the 'irrepresslble
conflict" He denounces the doctrines
maintained By Seward, Sherman, Gid
dinps and Greeley. He derides the cry
Of @.No more Stare States" He is
willing to 90 back to the Missouri Com
promise, and admit slave States south Of
that line without question. lie un-
doubtedly speaks the sentiments Of his
own State, Republican though it has
been. The late shoemaker riots in Mas
sachusetts, and other demonstrations OF
the popular will, convince us that he
speaks the sentiments Of the honest
| working portion of the Republican party
there, and We are in hopes that the cleo
ton held in New Hampshire, and the
| elections which will be soon held in Con-
necticut and other New England States,
will prove that he speaks the sentiments
Of the conservative portion Of the Re-
publican party in all New England.
1t is evident from this that Stewards
sirrepressible conflict does not take
with the rank and file OF the Republican
party; that they are no disunionists
that they do not wish to make war upon
The South and its institutions; that the
everlasting cry Of slavery has become
hateful to their ears and that Seward
and his confreres will be obliged to fall
back upon the rabid Abolitionists, such
as the Phillipses, the Cheevers, and the
Beechers, who alone reflect his true
sentiments.
That the Republican party has been
sustained by fraud and complete mis-
conception Of its true principles, we have
long known. Their leaders practiced
the erossesi frauds upon the people in
SO. The Kansas raids were all manu-
featured for the occasion. The issues
they proclaimed were all deceptive and
false and the means they used to
sustain them were such as tiends would
blush to resort to. The legitimate effect
of these acts and of their principles
have opened the eyes of the people, and
they see that these Republican dema-
eogues would lead them to not only an
irrepressible but to bloody conflict with
their Southern brethren. This is a
phase of tho programme Of Republican
ism they had not seen before; this is a
tragical part of the play which was not
put in the bills. They will not stand it.
They will no longer be led blindfolded
to their own and their country's ruin.
Hence the speech Of Mr.. Collamcr.
Hence the demonstrations in Massachu-
sets.
| We are satisfied that the Green
Mountain boys, notwithstanding their
former anti-Masonic and anti-slavery
prejudices, when they come to look at the
merits of the great issue involved. will
prove true to the Union. There was a
time when no State was more Democrat
ic than the State Of Vermont-when no
State was more devoted to the true in
terests of the people than the State Of
Matthew Lyon, WHO so nobly defended
the rights of the people to express their
sentiments IN regard to aristocrats and
tyrants in oflice-when no State was
more devoted to the Union than the
State of Ethan Allen, who took Ticon-
deroga in the name Of the Great Jeho-
yah and the Continental Congress
when no State poured out the blood Of
her brave sons on her country's battle
fields in defence of her country's rights
more freely than did the State Of the
Green Mountains. Remembering these
things we cannot but hope that MIR. Col
lamer, rejecting the sentiments of the
brave people he represents, will lead
them to the position they formerly oc
cupied IN the ranks of the Democracy,
which is certainly the place where they
can do most for their country and their
country's good-N. Y. Times.