The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-04-29
EDITORIALS CORRESPONDENCE.

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for publication, but We take the liberty Q
placing the material portions OF il bsior
Jour readers.--Ep. GAz.
/ April 10th, 1852.
ALFRED SANDERS, Esq:
My dear Sir:-Enclosed please I'm
i, slip from one Of my recently receives
papers, which if j, is advisable for you I
publish, pray do 80: il is from the pen Q
lone whom all mankind revere as the ia
Their Of his country"
i The seeds sown by Koesuth have alrea
Idv produced their banefnl harvest; unprin
lcipIed men of both parties and demasogue'
ihave seized with a.idily these dangerous
doctrines and i, is impossible 10 say where
the end may be. Never was philan'hro
lphy more misplaced, than when the gen
erous people Of America iayited (and fur
nished the means 10 enable those Invited
to accede to the reqnes') the exiscd Mag
var aud his cnmpstriots to our shores
What thanks have we acquired by this dis
interested, this uohle acl? a greatdeal 81
.blarney," and "sofi sswder" on the sur.
face, but many deep thrust at the settled
policy of Washington, the greatest OF The
dead. and the attacks on the opinions Of
old Harry Clay, who Of living statesmen
has been pronounced, "lhe mobiles, Roman
of them ALL"
The Kossu,h mania has 10 measure
subsidized, alihoueh the seeds, as have said.
are sown; be has had his day, and be i
now following course condemned over
and over agsin by the very party uhp
claim 10 support diminishing miserable
rags-a spurious loan; for being Governor
e Hungary no longer (having resigned
,ha, ofice) he yet considers himself such.
aud allows bills Of credit on future Gov
ernment to be sold and circulated. Such
unblushing impudence should not be allow
ed 10 go unnoticed. Better embark in
Cuban stock at once al ten cents on the
dollar and hide The issue Of time, than I.
dsbhle 10 Hauaarian loan which will uev
er be worth picayuae.
Allow me in conclusion 10 make pas
sag remark. Much as deiesi The pres
enl usarper Of The rights and liberties Of
The French people, and the folly Of The lat
Ter 10 allowing themselves 10 be irranni.
.ed over by the former, cannot sutficien,
! admire the far seeing policy Of Loui.
Napoleon 10 refusing 10 X ,ssu,h "ihe righi
# way" through France. Had permission
been granted, am satisfied X. would ney
er have left that country n.ive.
Very truly yours,
My ideas may be considered by you as
rather severe, bot ] have no sympathy for
kpssu,b, though | have for the cause h.
sdvocs,es. Some member OF Congress, (fl
'orget @hon) called him aa humbuegiog
Governor" This was true in more senses
han one.
A NoN-INTERvENTIoN LETTER FROM
GENERAL WASHINGTON.
The following letter, Mel ois' illustrations,
Sc, Vol. 90 apart iiotn It's general interest 10
every American, has peculiar value at The
present moment, when some gentlemen so s,n- |
diousiy endeayor 10 misrepresent me settled pol
icy Of General Washington. The italics are
our own.
Mr.. Washington to TIE Ecrl Of Buehnn
PalLA., April aad, 1893
"My Lord, The favorable wishes which YOUR
Lordship has expressed for the prosperity oil this
Young and rising county, cannot but be CRATE
uiis received b, all citizens, aud every lover OF
Il; one mean 10 the contribution OF winch and its |
happiness. is very Jadiciously portrayed IN the
words Of your letter, 10 be little heard
Of in he great World IF poKtie.n These wor,is, II
can a~sure your Lordship, are expressive o. my
sentiments on this head, and / believe II 10 the |
sincere wish of United Anne lea to HAvE NOTE I
ING TO DO WITH TaE POLITICAL lNTRrsuss OR rnsI
So aBBLEs OF ECRorEAs NATIONS, but, on the con-
trary, 10 exchange commodities, ami live III i
neace and amiiy, with all The inhabitants OF the
esrth and this am persuaded they will 10, i'll
righiully it-can be done. To administer in.tice |
TO, aud receive II from every Power they asel
with, will, hope, BE- always foana
the most prominent feature in The admihistrat on
this country; and hat'er myself tn nothing
short OF imperions necessity can occasion al
breach with ans Of tn m. Unier snch sys,+ IN.
il we are allowed 10 pursue IL, the agriculture
and 10 chanical arts. the wealth and popnlati on
OF these states, will increase, with that degree
of rspidify as 10 bafls all calculation, and ms.
surpass any idea yonr Lordship can hitherto have
entertained on the occasion. To evinse that oar
views. whether realized or not, are expanded,
take the liberty of srnding sou the plan OF a
new city. situated shout the centre OF The Union
OF these States, which is signed for he perma
neni seat OF the government. AMI we are, at this
moment, deeply engaged and tar advanced. in
extending the inland NAVIGATION ofihe river Po-
thereof. through tract of as rich country az Any
in the void Nor is tits solitary instance OF
attempts OF the kind, although il j. The only one
which is near completion, and in partial use.
Several other very important ones are common
ced and iiule doubt is entertained that. in ten
years. if left nndistnrbed. we shall open com
mnnira'ion, BY water, with all the lakes north.
ward and westward ms, With which we have
territorial connecfnps; and an inland, in few
yeas more, from Rhode Island TO Georgia, IN
ciusiyely: partly, BY cuts between the gre 4 bay,
and sounds, and paril between the islands ant
sand banks and the main from Albema,ie sound
TO the river ST. Mary's. To these NAV also h,
aided, the erection of bridges over considerable.
rivers, ard thee announcement Of turnpike roads
~ further indications OF the Improvement il
hand.''
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