The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-07-14
The Question ana the Tickets.

extension OF slavery into the Territories OF
the United States, and desire to prohibit it by
Law OF Congress, in accordance with the
practice OF our fathers and the uniform 40.
tion OF the Federal Government under eyery
Administration down to the days of Franklin
Pierce.
The Breckenridge party, which is directly
antagonistic TO the Republican, seeks to ex-
tend slavery over all the Territory OF the
United States, and to uphold, protect and
encourage it by act of Congress.
The triumph of either Of these parties set
ties the slavery question upon the principles
Of the successful party,
The Douglas party is neither one thing or
the other, as far as its platform goes, upon
fhe slavery question. Ii don't care whether
slavery Is "voted up or voted down." and has
nominated for President bred Scott squat
ter sovereign and for Vice President States
Rights slave-trade non interventioniss.
The Bell and Everett party has nominated
slavery extensionist for President and q
slavery restricsionist for Vice President, and
proposes that Congress shall continue to
legislase upon the slavery question as here
tofore with due regard to the existing status
OF the Territories, which that party regard
from tho bred SCOTT standpoint.
The success of either Lincoln or Breckin-
ridge will settle the slavery question while
the success of either of the mongrel ii ok cts
will only keep mp the "agitation" and place
the question in such a position that everv
arrangement and compromise will enure to
the advantage of the slavery extensionists.
De"xhiacc Dtshonesty Of Douglas
ism.
The bitter contempt felt bv Southern men
Tor the Northern politicians who favored
Slavery, found expression forty years ago in
that epithes OF John Randolph's rrepressi-
Die ioathing, which has been incorporated
into the language and is necessity of polit-
Gal nomenclature. The Doughfaces of every
age have ever been time servers and truck
iers, and have ever been ready to sacrifice or
TO stand by the interests Of their constituents
JUST as IL might promote or damage their
own personal prospects. Douglas has be-
come IN our day the chief Of the clan, and
his followers are generally as unconscious OF
moral distinctions as he has openly avowed
himself to be. They equally with him ig.
more the moral or political evil Of Slavery,
and don't care whether IL 10 "yoted I'M or
voted down." so long as the voters vote for
Douglas.
ln pursuance of this policy the delegates
at Baltimore, avowing squatter sovereignty
TO humbng the North, at the same time
adopted resolution surrenderng tina,
great principle to the tender mercies OF
the Dred Scott Court, and nominated a
Slavery extensionist and slave coolest FOR
Vice President, TO aid the Douglas ticket 10
the South. But just such a programme oi
dishonesty might have been expected from D
faction which admits the right Of property
IN man by virtue Of the provisions of th,
Constitution of the United States, ard III,
right Of the STAKEHOLDER to take his proper
W into the Territories and hold it there, ane
then contends for the right Of the Legisa
ture to DESTROY the value Of such Constitu
fional property by ''unfriendly legslation.'
SEDIrioS.-Senator Douglas was in favo,
OF snppressing the utterance Of opinions IN.
favorable to slavery by law of Congress, and
expressed bis earnest desire to punish prom.
inent Republicans by fine and Imprisonment
Congress did not see ft to second the Hon.
Stephens views for the suppression of free
disnnssion he sts,,ta ~. 900 x..uu:~. - !.