The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-04-06

ises of shis naslsr. II his Hal bssy
tosgts rsr No. dis guilty dsslassaoe,
aud CRY aIe6d - ~ Union = Il w.
With The ereat M crime Of slavsry -
& ~aes II sspe1es ~ ~. tsrms, n
Fnn the other "a Of this Qspitd :
sesasesial tosgoe has hissed 1poa he
lssords u the coantry these defiant words
in behalf ofslavsry:
"By your acts you attempt to free
slaves. Yon will not hare than among
you. Then what Is 70 b the RESULT i
presume that local Etate Goveraments
will b preserved. II they arc, il the
people have right to make their own
laws and to govern themselves, they
will not only re-enslave every person
you attempt to set free. but they will re-
enslave the whole race"
And tongue in this body answers, "If
you destroy slavery, you destroy our free
institutions" These are the tongues
which are to be the oracles Of the Con-
vention that is to meet u Chicago on the
4th day Of next July to organize the
elements of powerful party in the inter
ests of slavery.
Sir, is it not madness TO act upon the
idea that slavery is desdY We hold it
as condemned, unexecuted culprit, and
know that II is not dead. Why shall We
not recognize the fact and provide for the
execution? We must do so, or 20 on
digging graves and pouring sorrow into
the loyal homes of the people for the
systems and ideas which fash their light
ming among the clouds OF this war will
never cease from strife until from hill
top TO mountain top, from valley to plain.
from ocean to ocean, from Lakes
to Gulf, the swelling tide Of the nation's
acclaim announces to the earth that
American slavery is to be known to the
future only through the history Of the
past. no us is this great work intrusted
How shall We perform it |? There liss nc
difficulty in our way if We but do oul
duty.
! The Committee on the Judiciary have
authorized me to report to the House the
proposed amendment of the Constitution
of the United States. with q recommen.
dalton that it be passed BY this body. and
submitted to he Legislatures Of the sew
eral States for their acceptance. A con
currence in this recommendation is th,
plain road over which we may escap,
from the difficulties which now beset US
A submission of this proposition to th'
several States vii. at once remove frou
, Congress the question OF slavery. N
; further agitation Of this question nee'
disturb our deliberations IL We concur il
this recommendation, and We shall be ia
advanced towatd = lasting, ever-endurin
: peace Seud this proposition to tn
Q States. trust i, to the people, FIX it ~
center around which public opinion ma
gather its poten. agencies, and We sha
: accomplish more for the future tran
!, guilty of the Republic than ever vas e1
fecied BY Congress before. The peopl
$ are now convinced Of the ncompaiibilit
: of slavery witt free government. Let .
b impsrt 10 them an opportunity 10 gts
: effect to their conviction. Ii We refus'
our successors will b. more obedient; Il
y the people have decreed that SLAYER
ounsf attt aua ttds th5 ACAtA cstafl tc ~
i corded in the Constitution. We are
construct the machinery which shall ex
G cute the decree, or give place to thos
a who will perform the bidding Of the Pc
IS pie. We cannot evsde the Responsible
n which rests upon us BY declaring that "
i .'accept the abolition OF slavery as ia
II accomplished The nation knows tin
e this euuneia,ion is mere lachrymose.
= pIomatlc intrigue employed by slavery !
# arrest the grand volcanic action that
r upheaving the great moral ideas whit
1t underlie the Republic. The nation d
e mands more; its faith embraces NOR
IT its accute appreciation of the true natu
It Of the disease which preys upon j
d hearsstrings assures il that the work
h death cannot be arrested until the fact
g slavery's dissolution 10 accomplished
e and that this may not be until, by amen
II ment Of the institution, we assert Il
it ultimate triumph of liberty over SLAYER
e depocracy over aristoeracy, free COVER
l. ment over ab-olutism.
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