The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-09-16
W. e. LEsriyGwELr..


We were oar oil ;iaose who with Jaalise
patience sat fartwo mortal hours on We'd
nesday evening" and nighs lass nader The
dsoppings Of this honorable gensiesnan.-
Our sheet is not sufficiently expansive u
include the broad range he assumed, there
fore We will touch ligh,ly upon a few heads
Of bis Iasalslsion
Dir. LslFiagwei, commenced by impress
iag apon the minds oi his audience the
high homer OF the station he occupied. =
The position of Presidential elector, SAID
he, which bare The homer to occupy - :
distinguished one. "ii IS an honor L
which every mao should aspire, we hcre
qua,e bis precise wos3s to sltos our read
ers hew fully suppressed he was With iae
high position tone 50 Young, IS be re
marked, sshsd been selected to eceaPt, -
The elevation was really SO great that il
seemed TO make him giddy to contemplate
some of ~ away down On the cnfn"aa1
leyel-hcwer.4s srrsu came down. Al
.rr having lae public mind sufficiently i'm
pressed With The honorable character Of lbs
gentlemen wha wss 10 address Hs, BE-
ssepened CUT ricar on Gen. Scott.
We csnno, pretend to follow MIR. Letting:
well 10 hi. remarks, as NC only take notes
when something original IS uttered. aud
We would defy any one without such helps
to memory, to keep The same radderless
course be pursued. lie ioacaed upon al
most eeers sakjsct connected wiih nation
al politics, or tia, has been wrung into this
campaign, save the military exploits q
Gen. Pierce aud the s.ssidy ba ssy" q1es.
ton introduced by Ex-Fiee President Geo
d. Dallas, called the Anli.Caihollc Test u
New Eampsuire. These are two. cues
lions upon which the Locofacas have been
me, at eTery poini, 50 ,hst they are very
careful when they hazard any remarks
upon then, and woalj rasher avoid them
aliogslhsr. There was one cfhor subject
Which perhaps crcppies IS prominent =
station 10 tbs present canvass as any 9th.
er, and rather mere than Cgnea States
Bank or some other OF these 'sobsolete-
isms" upon which he touched, hat one
would have supposed should have Claimed
some Of the attention Of so honorable n
man--we alsude TO that Of Slarery; hu,
this with the oiher Two questions referred
%, was ruled oct.
By the way, speaking ola United States
Bark, he dselt ., great lengih upoa thi.
subject, and of course saddied all Of the
abuses growing out Of il upon the Waigs
As Mr.. Leliogsell would 10, iatenlio1al
~ deceive bis aadience we must conclude
be was ignorant upon the saajset TRe
T. S. Bank over mhich Gen. Jscassn a
chiesed bis victory IN 1885. was chzriese.
in 1916 under ibe administration or Ills
good old Rcpub!.osn President lstnss siad
ison. |, was passed BY Repab.ieaD Con
gress, SIS voting in fasos Of il and 3
agsfsst II, while only Is Fsdsralisis vote,
for il and As against il. James Masiisoi
approved q The bill. The question is as
ati.sae noa between the parties, ID was IL
treiacei by the speaker ~e presume, 10 Il
up the Esp caused BY emitting tho nlitar!
achievements a Gen, Pierce ia Mexico,
The noisg sigas Of sPprorat that accom-
panied bis reJnasts were very flint aB
we're only audibte wlrea 8, enc time be ii
luied ironically TO he Intelligence of thr
people of Sect coseiy. aal ii a very fos
ether instances, Of "bich we rsaen.te
one TO be that of lie s.branay seaae can
paiga u is44.' The gentleman was a,
in bis Date bat - decidedly 10 with rcesri
10 The liquor that he audieace deemed II.
experience ample for tic error.
Aboa; one hsli-of biz speech ~s, mad
up Of dry commentaries Rpan questions NJ
al issue 10 the present campaign; he baL
ance was dsfafasi;an u Gem. Scott al
Tsylor. Tee former be strose to snip 3
al. tbs honoss tbsi encircled his brow a
ihe defender a his coantrr 81 Lun6y'
L.ne, hal dssisg il 80 spill t1siesss b
scng Il Il e-a s.-e he Ed hsfe III tt.e est