The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-01-04
PEN SLASuES-NO 2.
MILAN, y. Dec. 18th, 1913.
ny A BUCKEYE.


are due your poli,eness, for late No., Of
the "Gazettc," cxubcrant with news, anec-
do,c, wit, and many racy things from the
"prairio land" The satirical spirit Of
Eastern critics spleen, has always mani
tested much delight in ridicuing the home
" contents, and chnractet, Of Western
Newspapers, and especially those in the
Far West; but have always been Of the
opinion that such thrusis betrayed more
weakness than real good sense; and over
grown babes only, who had been prema.
,urely weaned, wero SO silly as to make
them. This hold to be true. 1.-the wri.
tiers Of the "far-wcst" arc not SO vninly
learned, cldssically rcad, and do not i'm
mortnIizc with polished PENN a word, If
they are not quite SO '..fnished'' writer's,
md rhetorical thinkers, as their ilustrious
Eastern contemporaries, they nro at least
as original-thcy write with frmer pur-
pose-u.tcr thoughts with boider will
declare truth MS though they meant it--and
stab at error without thought or fear Of
the "reyicwers" lash characteristics quite
MS enriablc, If not so beautiful. e., mine
is mol the right Of meaiaior-l have only
expressed mn opinion.
hardly need tell YOU, and your compa,-
riot Wings in Iowa, that VIC haven't 20,
over feeling bad yet in Ohio, to think that
our noble State, SO long distinguished for
i,s nn'nlering devotion to Wing principles,
and the Wing party, should SO disgrace it.
self and insult the high hopes Of expectan,
friends in every part Of 40 Union, as to
give The Electoral vote of her freemen To
that Janus faced, Michigandcr, Lewis Cass.
But she has done it, md the lnlnmy Of the
net, has already 'hnbi,aiion and name"
Il is cheering 10 know however, that for
such great sin, there ia hope Of atonement
iflalse, and deceived friends free solers)
have stained the honor Of our political es-
cutcheon, the nigh, Of right, shall yc, re-
dcem--if fur once, they have sold Us 10 the
enemy, they have not robbed us Of orr
PrinciPles-iffo for time their selfish folly
hive clouGed our prospects, shall yet
flee away, aud brighter days be ours. Our
hopes arc not the less for being momentari-
ly dnrkcncd, mud in the short lived triumphs
Of demagogacism, the nerrc Of our rcsolu-
ton finds no Observation-Disclosures no
master. Though conquered we nre mo-,
subdued." Though victory do no, perch
on our banners, they shall nerer trail in
the dust. Bat thank God. the .Empire
State" and Pennsylvania iron sons,
there is a glory without Ohio, and Iowa too,
friend Sanders, which sinks all local defeats
into triflcs, md makes our republic the Err
celsior Of tho world. General Zachary
Taylor is the President elect Of fweniy
millions Of American .freemen. Locoioco
demngogncs may now whimper, or bray !;
cheat, or lie, it matters not. The voice Of
a mighty nation has wllcd their insignifi-
canoe aud sealed their doom.
have just returned from Columbus the
capital Of Ohio. where the greatest excite
men, reigns attendant upon the organiza-
ton Of the Legislature.
On the morning Of the day required by
the statute for the converting and organi-
zing Of the Legislature, the Iocolocos clan
desiine!y took possession Of the House be-
fore tho Wings had reakiasled-assumed
sham neutrality-suspicious. officers
swore in members, &c. The proceedings
we're w'hou, precedent or parallel in the
history OF Ohio; aud too insulting, impu-
dent, and jacobinical, TO he submitted TO,
or conn,enanccd, by the Wing Representa-
'lves OF the State; and being themselves
IN the actual, legal, aud constitutional ma
lority, they Of course refused all or anv
concurrence whatever ia the farce. The
object ofthese Dorri,cs is, to disfranchise
the Wings Of : members from Hamilton
County, who were elected under the np-
portionment law Of last winter. They
deny the constitutionaiity Of that law, and
therefore the right Of those wing members
to their seats. Thus matters have stood
for the last 10 days-ihe wings claiming
their rights the locolocos persis,ing in their
'rrongs. In all probability tho Legislature
will not be organized this winter Wh,,