The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-04-19


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because Ut that time tAey did not exeft
the power What says he preanbtel|
How prsg with conclusive aeeWsfI
y the preamble 70 The propoeitiea hat
slavery cannot DO abolished What does
the preamble state to have been the chief
objects that the great And wise and good
men had q heart 10 recommending she
Conetitution, With what preamble, TO the
adoption Of the American psopls1 That
justice might Be- estabiished; that tran
Quillisy might be preserved; that the
common defencs and general welfare
might bs maintained; and, last and chief
- I'll xl,.k Etxn,xv vasrhh h. aorrNeAA q =
there no justice in putting an end to
human slavery Is there no danger to the
tranquility Of the country in it's existence!
May it not interfere with the common de-
fence and general welfare !? And, above
all, is it consistent with any notion which
the mind of man can conceive Of human
libertyy Tbs very clause under which We
seek to put an end to the institution, the
amendat0ry clause, may have been, and,
in all probability was, inserted into the
instrument from q conviction that the
time would come when Justice would call
so loudly for the extinction Of the institu-
ton that her call could not be disobeyed I;
when the peace and tranquility of the
land would demand in thunder tones the
destruction of the institution ~ moon.
sistent With such peace and tranquility ;
and when the sentiment Of the world
would become shocked with the existence
of . condition of thiBgs in the osly free
Government upon the tacs Of the globe, ~
far - the white msn 10 concerned, and
founded upon principles utterly incou-
sistest with any other form of government
than government which secures freedom;
when the sentiment Ct the world would be
shocked BY the existence Of human boad.
age. and We should become tbs scof and
scorn Of Christendom.
am not TO be ted, Ar. Freadehf,
that our fathers looked to thisrace, merely
bscause they differed in color from our
selves. as not entitled to the rights which
for themselves they deblssed 70 be inalieu4
able. There was not one OF them, from
the mos. humble. intellectually and moral
ly-ifs there were any humble ID that
great body which formed the Convention
that recommended the Constitution Of
the United States to the adoption of the
American psopIe-who would not have
been shocked if he had bsen told thai
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human being. The advocates OF slavery
now ia our midst do net mean here,
but in the South and 10 some Of the pull.
pits Of the North-eay that slavery Of the
black race is Of divine origin. Scriptural
authority for its existence and its perpe-
tual existence from time to time, till, l
think. the moral mind has become nau.
seated by the declaration, has been vouch
ed for its sanctity and its perpetual ex,
istence. The Savior Of mankind did mol
put an end to it by physical power, or BY
the declaration Of any existing illegality il
word. He mission upon earth vas moi
to propagate his doctrines By force. He
came to save, mot to CONQUER. His pur
IN rougnout the nso'tuaa giooe, securing
me a.sg.aooe Of those TOT WHOSE, safesy
ne vas surviving. ne waFfed oy oteef IN
n .m ne Ameo ~ ,1e neaH pf'n
c'Psiy' ne incuicased Ms doctrines