The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-08-03
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

CAlRo, Ri.., July Glad, i848.
Friend SANDERS You will no doubt be
surprised 10 hear from me; having % ye,
never attempted to inflict the task, upon the
patience Of your inteIligen, readers, Of pc,
rnsing letter from their absen, fellow cit
izen. But believing that few lines traced
by tho hand Of your friend, telling Of
things down here, would not prove unac-
ccptable, have ventured to make few
random dashes, that the natircs hereabou,s
mny know
"a chiefs aman. them tak'in notes,
And faith he'll print en-
Or rather, you shall sprint en-" unless tho
good judgment Of myFoId friend, should
deem his correspondents character nigh,
be compromised by exhibiting his poorly
clad ideas among the richly clothed col
umns Of the Gazette, in which event hope
he will consign this scroll to the waters OF
oblivion. ! hope your readers will be len
lent in their sentence. Those who have
spent n week in Cairo will, know. AL.
though the old BIiarens OF the West rolls
by with his waves cooled in the eternal
SHOWS Of the north, and seeks to rest his
vast volumes 10 the rosv lap Of the sunny
south; although ala Belle" leaves her
golden fields Of waving grain, her grassy
bnnks and milk white cliffs; checrcd on AT
every graceful curve with the happy notes
Of "llarvcst home" swelling upon the
breeze, and dying in the distance, as they
are borne over her lovcly bosom; although
she here sweeps IN beauty by. mud mingles
her clear current with the rolling sands Of
the Father Of Waters; although The noble
steamers with their treasures, and their
teeming hundreds Of busy men and gentle
fair ones, ever and anon break the quiet Of
The ''Puini," still must Cairo be set down
~ dull place from whence To dismiss m
cpistle fraught with any reasonable share
Of interest, much less worthy a place in
your journal. Aud surely your brot her Of
1.-THE Delta" must be host in himself.
when in despite Of the monotony Of such a
place his paper is winning such golden
opinions from all sorts Of men. His las,
number shows that his sheet possesses tina,
enviab!c quality (of improving upon &C
quaintance) which We only meet with
among the bes. Of people.
The good citizens Of this notable burgh,
were highly edited Inst night with an sd-
dress from Col. Bsscll Of BeIIeville, lie. !;
the only candidate for Congress in this dis
trict. The meeting was we'll attended.
The speaker was not eloquent. Has
good flow Of words, plain in bis enunciasion,
and in his gestures. Upon the whole he
may be set down 40 q far better officer
than orator. Being man Of good common
sense he will no doub, repre- sent this be.
aightcd region Of locofocoism rs well MS
could DO expected. His course 10 calcula.
ted to win him few votes from the less or.
,hodox wings, in as much as he does not
take tho whole platform Of principles laid
down BY the Baltimore Convention, and as
sumed by the bcl'igernnt and dcgluti,ious
candidate Of the unicrrfied democracy.-
Knowing the feelings Of the South Of Ills.
10 he in favor Of improving the Ohio and
Mississippi. aud their darling scheme Of
the Central Railroad, he is a strenuous ad-
vocate Of those me asurcs. You would have
been amused ut the scene 10 the room,
when he was giving his reasons for not vo.
ting Tor Old Rough and Ready. At the
risk Of becoming prolix will try to give
you an idea Of il.
"Some Of my friends hive felt n desire
10 know for whom ! should give my vote
next November. Advocating the princi-
pies which ! do, can give my vote TO no
one but Lewis Cass. No applause.) Il
IS true served under Gen. Taylor, know
him well, aud knowing him, | know nough,
against him. (Applausc.) lie deserves
well Of his country. Great applause. y
Bat, gentlemen. have seen letter in that
rhig bible the 81. Louis Republican, from
Gen. Taylor to Abbott Lawrence Of Mass.
wherein he says that il elected. he will call
around him a cabinet Of the purcst aud
abIest Wings Of the country. Who arc
these Wings? They are Clay, Mclean,