The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-10-21
As uear as / can find out, there's proa


jones, who is great Democrat, called out
.'aow let rs give three cheers for Ginera
Pierce" As quick as look they 81
swung their hats, and about three.quar
tefs Of 'em sung out as loud as they coul,
nDller, s'harroh for GneraI Cass' A
that Square Jones few into a rage, an6
told 'em they was traitors TO the party
aud no true Democrat would hurrah fol
aus body bat GineraI Pierce That touch
ed the dan3er Of the res, Of 'en, aud about
twenty swung their hats and cried cut lus.
/ lily, shurr#h for Ginerai Scott aud asked
Squafe Jones il he liked that any better.
These things has kept Uncle Joshua
very uneasy along back, aud before our
iSlate election, which come along last Mon
day, he got quite nsrvons; and he amt ne
better yet. We've been ID quite ii state
lpl confederation 81 The week, irving Ia
and out how the elections goue, but ii's a
hard sum to work ont. went over this
morning TO help Uacie Joshua figure up
lie was setting To the table with his spec
tacies on, aud the papers spread all around
hm, and a pen IN his band, and dark
scoal on his brow. He was thinking so
h,rd he didn't seem 10 know when come
in, Says, Aunt kcziah, SAYS she, "l'n
dreadful GID you've came in, Malar; your
pncle will make himself sick working over
them figures"
Says |, well. Uncle joshua, how are
We coming eBt =
..i'm afraid We are coming out at the lii
lie end OF the horn, Major" said Uncle
Joshaa, aud he looked up over his specta-
cles so pale and mela ncholy il made me teei
bad SAYS he, Il don't like the looks oi il
! bit; he State is on the back track again
towards Whggerr, jest as twas WIN
II rfsen eame M
"oh. guess not" says !, fer wanted
o cheer him up as much "a could. "The
iquar law has PLAYED the mischief with
TIL. election all round. and got things bad
mixed up; bot II We sitt 'em out careful
T., We shall find The Democrats as strong
Is ever Uncle Jushu4 shook Isis head
Says |, "Lei US see the figures. Here
the returns from three hundred towns, ali
The State except some Ut the onteaIfls.--
Mr.. Hubbard and Mr. Chandler. the two
Democratic candidates for Governor, have
together more than flty-eiaht thousand
votes, and Mr.. Crosby, the Whig cand
date has ilt!e more than twenty seven
thousand. Tho Democratic vote is more
10 double the Wing vote. This don't
i.,nk rs ihaaght The State was going back ts
Wn34gory.'
"Fhit doa't amount to aotliul' ai at"
said Caeie J sht; 81 glad many ih.n
-ahd III temperance Wings voted tor ilab
bard, aud a good many rom Wings vote
l5r Gu uditr; ani when the Legislature
.uGle, Ii meet, Ctp1bv viii st3nd Jest ~
gnud chabce 10 he chose Go ernor as
any Il 'em, anl better toa ifthe State goc-
over the dam un III p Of November, and
you may de2eud its drifting that way. or
else I've forge, how 70 cipher. Just look
a, the Legislature. Lost year there wa
IN the Seuatc about five Democrats 10 oGe
Whig, and now the Wings have elected
lourteen Senators aud the Democrats onls
seven. leaving nine or ten 10 choice or
doubtful. And then in the House il ainl
much better. Last year we had clear
ID iori'y of more th1n thirty, and now il
dpn', lulk rs though We should have more
han ten majority. And iflhe State goes
or Scott, believe the Legislature will g.
that way too, Governor and ALL"
Bat. may be. Uncle Joshua" says !.
"the Wings ha, mt gained as mach as yop
,hink Tor, after all. 1t looks bad in the
Legislature. see, bu, il may be all owing
10 the rum business, as you say about the
Governor
No, 10, il isn't that said Uncle JOS.
hua, with heavy sigh, "you may depend
upon il the Sta te has got a Wing DRIFT
/ The Congressman tells the story, aud
there the rum business has nothing to Dc
with it. In the last Congress We had five
/ ID mocratic Representatives and tht
Wings Two. Wen, now how is il? in the
ueN Congress this State has six Repre-.
senta,ves, and the Democrats have made
out 10 elect three and the Wings three. -
1 l,'s i0St an even halancs, aud a few more
If ,hem foolish hurrahs fer Ginera Scott
will tip he Stale agIu US"
"Weil, we must stir round" SAYS /
.and try to stop this hurrah business, anc
! NAV ne we eau saw 'hc INa'1 NV'' -
ke,ch Sargen, Joel at it again III cashier
him II Democrats can't hurrah iur
Pierce they musn't be allowed to hurrot
for nobody. But, after all, Uncle, suppose
we ahould lose this State, the nation i
safe for the Democracy. You must re-
member we have large majority Of the
States, and nigh ,woihirds OF the members
It the last Congress.
\ "Well," SAYS he, ssthat don't prove
whether we shall have two-,hirds or one
third in the next Congress. II the State
rn on as they have begun it will be pret,'
likely to be one third. There's only thre'
States that has elected their Representa-
, lives 10 the next Congress yet, and that i
F, Maine, and Missouri and Iowa. And ont
!; les, look at 'em. Three years ago the,
u stood twelve Democrats aud two Wings
and now they stand seven Democrats ant
. six Wings. How long will il take at tha
. rate 10 turn our twnthiras iato one thirt
4 I'm afraid there's q Whig drit guing ovo
! the country that'l swamp us. Sailors 'e
; about the big teuth wave that rolls mp an
: ctrros everything afnre it, and I'm think
: ne il seems 10 be good deal so IN POI
n tics. There was big tenth wave
1910, and YOU remember what work