The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-12-21
WHOLE NUMBER 379.



History records no political revolution
as thorough. rs extensive, - decisive, a.
lnct and orderly, md vet as sublime and
v"rlo,'s rs that effected on the seventh ot
November instant. by the Frecmen Of this
Republic. II wa. revolution accomplish.
ed IN ten hours. Thrcc millions nf Free.
men assemble together in thirty different
States on the snmc dnv. md with less Of
disorder and confusion ,l,nn are usual on
such occasions. they express their sover-
ci.n dlspleasure At the principles aud prac-
ticcs Of tho present administration. and
proclaim that the continuance Of the pres
ent dynasty shall be terminated.
no other nation on carth's surface en-.
Rvs rights and privileges. which secure tn
tho people so great mn amount of individu.
nj and collective sovcreien,; 10 osher m.
ton possesses the invaluable aud eoduriup
privilege Of rrpudia,ing unfai,hful public
servants and elcva,ing others in their
stend, ut pleasure.
We may speak and write in admiration
Of the bloody three days revolution. which
only removed Que French monarch to sub.
s;l'ntc another; or of the more recent rev.
oln,inn. which expelled king and sut,sii-
tn'cd civil wnr. anarchy. martial Law, a
present insecurity Of life and property and
frighttnl future. But what is all this in
contrast with tho peaceful. constitutional
uprising Of three millions III Freemen, rep.
rcs"ntinc twenty millions Of people, and
IN Ten hours, changing the political policy
Of the government.
a party. that Tor successive wears had
been entrenching and terrifying itself bv
liberal. IL not proilicatc, dispcnsa,ion Of
governmental power and patronage; a par
". that has stationed throughout the land
thousands and tens Of thousands of Office
holders. united by the cohesive attraction
ot tho public plumber, in suppart Of tho
powers that be. This party in their fan.
cled security. laughed nj tho complaints Of
the people. and arrogsntly rejected their
pcil,ions--they put in nomination a eandi.
date for the Presidency, pledged TO follow
IN the Footsteps Of his prclccc.sor, and sub.
missively adhere to the dcspo,ic docrnns of
The Baltimore platform. Never was there
n party moro imprccnablc in ito own esli.
nation. or that was more confident oC per-
pctnating ito power.
But the voters in this country have tho
intelligence 10 discriminate Justly, between
faithful md unfsi,hful public servants, be.
tween n partizan politician and tried pasr;.
OF. between dishonest oificc.holder and
an honest man. And in tho exercise al
that priceless franchise which makes them
free and independent, they rebrke official
arrogance and misrulc.
Thu. on tho Seventh Of tho last month.
did the people rise up in their majesty and
right and exhibit the impotency If official
power. when in conflict with ind;pnan,
Frecmcn they demonstrated the capacity
Of the people. under our laws, to redres,
their own political wrongs, peacefully.
promptly md cflectually.
: We repent therefore, that our "tcs hours
rerolutioa," was more thorough and dcci.
sive. more peaceful and orderly, and vel
more sublime and glorious than any tho,
history records. Eosctte,