The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-07-15
POLITICAL.
THE BALTIMORE NOMINEES.

Tue n. J Z. IlRle5 has an amusing aEi
Iele ON the merits Of Pierce ard King, il
(which, after discussing the aristocrati
pedigreo Of Mr.. Pierce, it handles his mill
tary operations 10 the following lnlnitabI'
style:
/ Another point, qaite as apocslyptical
,rea,es to the alleged asphyAia, or iaIntins
Ifii. which overlook Mr.. Pierce at Contre
ras. I, is highly important to know wheth
ier tho fact is as rumor gives il. Did Mr
5, Pierce faint? did he fall. and il SO, why
Il is hard to understand how the Democrats
dared to present the man without having
ascertained these queries, and embodied
the responses in their resolutions. Tor .
Icandila,e. all Of whose recommendations
| for tie Office are confined 10 a single cam
fpaign, ii il hazardous thing 10 have any
single idea OF his diploma dspasablc. II
ishould have been settled beyond eavil, that
a sudden vertigo had at the lnck'ets mo
meHt orertaken the gallant General; that
I lhe sigh, Of carnage and blood had proved,
from infancy, too powerful for bis acute
susceptibilities; that excess Of yalor. act
I ing on nervous system constitntona'ly
delicate, had superinduced asphixia, and
flung him upon The ignominons sod. lis
stomach, lungs and liver should have been
Examined By competent medical commits
sion, to learn whether any physical def
cienccs subjected him 10 these inopporiune
attacks.
No resource should have remained with
out consultations, until il was unmistakea-
| bly, shown that physical weakness, and
not cowardice, was the cause Of his being
Endorsed The story as il goes, unfathom-
ed and unfa,homab'e, bears hard on the
ca ndida,e, deducting largely from the tale
Of bis merits. Anything 10 silence the
inuendoes Of captious folk, like the Wings.
| Not that weakness under such crcums,an-
ces would be objectionable, considering
that then, FOR the frs, time, the quiet coun-
ltry -lawyer stood face to face with horrid
war; then first realized the nauseatlng
smell Of guupowder; then first witnessed
he struggle and the death Of the soldier; !;
| and the profuse etfusion Of blood every
where abou, him. We can very well un
derstand, and understanding, forgive the
mnmeniarv revolt Of nature at scene so
sickenng; but coarser souls will make no
allowances. They will expect man to
be a. much at home on the ttle-feld, as
lif he had been Graded in mortar. and
worn bomb-shelI for a night-eap. Every
Icommander, however, suddenly summoned
to the vocation, is expected to be TAYLOR
or a ScoTT at sight, and the mob will henr
of nothing else. We hold it therefore a
cardinal mistake not TO have placed the
'suhiect in the clearest light possible, by
some sort Of an ante-mortem inquest; some
method Of separating physical from moral
defects. We have a right 10 call for in.
formation upon the point.
And as TO Mr.. King, the candidate for
Vice Presidency. We are told that be is a
..finished gentleman, and a statesman
It is admitted that he is gentleman, and
that he s, or soon will be, finished. John
I Randolph came very near confessing bis
gentility. when q lady asked him what he
Thought Of Mr.. King, Of Alabama, and he
replied:
"Mr King? Why, madam, Mr. King i
-is-in fact, madam. Mr.. King wears the
jHfHusptiiest par u UUSts III 'aSHiHS hpH'
Admitting his gent!ity, therefore. and
so far, his entire fitness for the Vce-Pres-
tidencv, with its chances Of getting rid OF
1.-THE Vice, il ia time TO learn where he got
and bow he has approved his statesman
ship. We should not be asked to go 1t
blind on this point. 1t must be sorry
Recommendation in the eyes Of Tammany
that Mr.. King makes the most gracious
bows, and handles the fastest Of csnes
with the eypertest Of gloved fingers, and
lmbues himself in the glossiest Of boots
when there is no record presented of the
less valuable, though still important, quail
ifca,ions Of the statesman. The whole
story must be, and ought to be, told at
once. We should be enabled to fathom
the froth and get at the body of the liquor
withou, parey. We call for bill of par
ticulars.