The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-10-20

Offices. And now, here sn she Northwest,
we will build ap more free States than there
are slave States. Those free States having
a common interest in favor OF fresdam, equal
tu that OF the Southern Slave States In favor
OF slavery, will offer TO Pennsvlvsnia, New
York. Connecticut, Massachusetts and New
Jersey objects worthy their ambition. Ap-
pause. And to. day, SEQ the very realisa-
ton of it oil. ] oan give you advocates for
freedom ia the Northern States, AS bold, as
out-spoken, as brave, and as confident OF the
durability OF the Union, as you can hnd for
slavery in the Southern States. Aye, and
when the Southern States demoraixe the free
States by saying they will give their trade
and traffic, buy their silks and their linens,
and other trumpery, provided they can bny
their principles in the sale and the bargain
must be struck, 1 said, there shall be, in
those new free States in the North west, men
who will say, we will buy your ssilks and
linens, and your trumpery of every sort, We
will even buy more, and pay you quite as
we'll, provided you do not betray your Trin-
oiples. (ApplAuse.
All this was simply restoring the balance
OF the Republican system, bringing in .
counter force, in favor OF freedom to coun-
teract the established political agencies Of
slavery. You have heard that have said
that the last Democrat is born In this nation.
Laughter and:applause. | say so, however,
with the qualification before used, that hy
Democrat mean .one who will maintain the
Democratic principles which constitutc The
present creed OF the Democratic party
("Hear, hear we understand IL" and for
the reason, very simple one, that slavery
cannot pay any longer, and the Democrat
does not work for anybody whodses notpay.
Great applause. Ipropose TO pay all kinds
Of patriots, hereafter, just Ms they come. |
propose to pay them fair consideration il
they will only be true TO freedom. PRO
pose TO crafty all their aspirations for wealth
much as the slave States can.
But, fellow citizens, we had no party for
this principle. There Was the trouble. De-
moeracy was the natural ally OF slavery in
the South. We were either Wings, or f
YOU please, Americans, some Of us,--but
thank God never was oue-~in the limited
sense of the term. [Ories Of sGood,' Good
and applause. But the Whig party, or the
American party, II not equally an ally OF
the Slave party in the South, was, st least,
a treacherous and unreliable party for the
interests OF freedom. That's go Only
one thing was wanting, that was, TO dislodge
from the Democratic party, the Wing party,
and the Native American party, men enough
TO constitute Republican party--the party
of ffeedom. IApplause.
And for that we are indebted to the kind
ness, unintentional, DO doubt, OF your dis-
tinguished Senator, now candidate for the
Presidency, MIR. Douglas laughter who,
in procuring the abrogetion OF the Missouri
Compromise, 80 shattered the columns OF
these parties, as TO disintsgrate them, and
instantly there was the material, the prepa-
ration, for the onslaught.
Still there Was wanted an occasion, and
that occasion was given; in an hour of mad
ness the Democrats party and Aaminstra-
tion, with the sympathy, or at least the
aoquiescenoe, Of tho old line Whigs and the
native Americans, refused to allow the
State of Kansas 10 exercise the peri cot free
dom in choosing between liberty and slavery,
which they had pr fomised TO her, except she
should exercise il in favor Of slavery. Then
/ came the hour. We had then, fellow citizens,
I the material for party; we had the occasion
for party; and the Republican party sprsng
| into existence at 0noe, full armed. Wiil
never knowingly do evil that good may come
| Of il; / will never even wish that others NAV
| do evil that good may oome Of il and for
/ the simple reason that know evil to be cer-
tain, and the good only possible or problem
atieal. But no man ever rejoiccd moro
! heartily over the birth OF his first born, than
| | did when | saw the folly aud madness OF
the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise, and
the rejection Of Kansas. [applause.1 These
acts, | said to myself, are the doings OF
Presidents, of Senators, Of Judges, OF Priosls
and OF Deacons; and when the Republican
party organized itself, said, now ID the
work complete. IGood Good Il
How much / have been cheered ia this
long contest, by seeing that only stolen, SUR
reptitious advantages we're gained BY slavery,
| in the form OF reseripts and edcts and laws
ON the statute book, while the cause OF free.
| dom brought in, first CaIifornia next, New
/ Mexico, with her constitution claiming free
| dom; next Kansas; next Minnesota, and next
Oregon; you may all know, If you possibly
remember the song Of JOY, not 80 poetic, but
as full of trnth and happiness as The song Ok
Miriam, which then uttered, declaring that
that was tho end, and the victory was won.
Loud applause. The battle IL ended and
the victory 10 ours. Why then, say they,
whv not withdraw from the isld2 For the
simple reason that If the victor retires from
the field, the vanquished will then come
back, and the battle will not be won. Why
should the victor withdraw, and surrender
oil his coDquests to the conquered enemy r.
Why should be place the enemy back upon
the field, and withdraw bis Iegions into the
4 far distance, to give him chance to rA es-
.abiish the line that has been broken up
This Republican party will now complete
The great revolution. ] know II viii, De-
cause, In the fret place, ii clearly peroeives
it's duties. Ii is unanimous upon this sub
iect. We have had hesitation heretofore,
but the creed to which have already ad-
vertet, which issued from that Council
Chamber now before me, announced the true
determination and embodies the great, iv-
ing, national idea OF Freedom, with which
began. 1 know that thssRepublican party
will DO il, because il finds the necessary for
ces ia all the free States adequate, trust, TO
achieve success, and has forces In reserve,
and increasing ia every Slave State In the