The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-09-28
ROUGH AND READY cLuR-sPEEcH or

The meeting OF tho Scot, County Rough
aud Ready Club on last Wednesday eve
ming was one Of more than usual interest.
The ladies', ever forward in good works,
presented the members u the Club with
beautiful banner wrought by their own fair
hands. 1t was accompanied by the follow
ing characteristic nnic:-
10 he Genfienen of Tic Rough and Ready Club.
VIII they accept the accompanying Banner,
wish them Heavens blessing and who, wiM one
ro'cc, would desire Republican Government
supported BY Freedom and Intelligence.
THE WING LADIES.
The thanks Of the members were tender
ed in very appropriate resolution, accom-
panied by a few remarks from 4. Cook, Esq.
The centre piece of the Banner is minia-
tnre representation oil Did Trough and
Ready" Thirteen stars, representing the
original States, surround him, while mot
TO above aud beneath. and a bouquet Of
flowers ut each corner complete the design.
The motto above is ''The Peoples Candid
ate and Our Choice" that below, 1.-The
Rough and Ready Club, ever ready to de-
Tend our Country's Defender" Frinrel
and tasselcd, it presents quite pretty ap-
pearnncc.
After tho presentation Of the Banner.
FIrz HENRY WARREN, Esq, of Burlington
addressed the crowd present for the space
OF one and half honrs. 1t has not hcen
our good fortune for some years to listen to
remarks so able and lucid as those that he
uttered, aud we only wish that it might
have been in the province OF every man in
Scott county TO have nvnicd himself of the
rich intellectual treat with which Mr.. War
rem furnished his audience.
lie commenced by reading portion OF
Gen. Taylor recent letter, and comment.
ing upon the candor and honesty OF tho old
patriot aud his qualifications to bring back,
to its pristine purity our corrupted govern
nient. lie then passed 10 review Of the
versatile lie of Lewis Cass. lie followed
him from bis boyhood through ali The chan
ges Of his Kaleidoscope existence, up Till
the present timo and demonstrated tho &C.
cen;rici,y OF his political course not to have
been the result OF iicklc-mindedness in the
individual, bu, OF deer-rootcd adhesive
ness 10 power; not for the noble object of
beneiiting the country, bu, Tor the tinscl al
lurcmcnis Of oiiicc and salary. lie touched
oii Mr.. Lewis Cass with n muster hand, bu,
after all IL was but dsguerrcotvpe Of the
man, hastily done. bu. 81 perfect that m,
one acquainted with the character ol tI,a,
distinguished parsonage could easily rccos.
nize the picture thus impressed upon hi
mental retina
He spoke OF Lewis Cass in his younger
DAYS wearing black crkadc in his hat
the badge OF those then in power, the Fed
eral par,,-snd SO soon as the tables had
turned and the opposition assumed he reins
Of government, Cass fursook his friends aud
united With the Predominant paIty--the
Jeiiersonian Democracy.
lie alluded 10 Gen. Cass' inconsistent
course in relation to the annexation of
Texas. When the question was first aei-
tatcd oi annexino Texas to the Union.
Gen. Cass was opposed to the measure and
did not hesitate openly 10 assert his opposi-
ton. Ia conversation with friend upon
the subject in the citv q! Detroit, he yehe-
neatly exclaimed, "Aly God. sir, if Eng.
land wants Texas let her have it; we don't
want IT," In less than one month from
that time-observing tina, his opposition 10
that measure had tendency To weaken
his influence with the party and possibly
lose him the nomination of the baltimore
Conyention-he wheeled about and oppos-
ed what he had been so strongly advocating.
In n letter about this time addressed to Mr..
Ilanncgan, he avowcd himself in favor OF
immediate annexation.
Mr.. Warren then spoke Of Gen. Cass'
s,cophantic odulation Of Louis Philippe in
his work on the Court and King OF France.
lie fawned upon Louis Philippe while
King, but 10 sooner did his throne and his
power depart from him than Cass, like all
ilat.crers, was among tho foremost to de-
nonncc his former hencsactor.
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