The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-11-17
From The Cedar Rapids Progressive y.
''Disorganizersn

UlsorEanizers"
This term has become very co,,,
some OF our democratic cotcmpora,,a WIN
we lear VIII continue to be yerv mncL aho
ed In other states the man who Az Ious'
+ TO the principles OF the democratic naa,.
who iaborr for the cause in elections III
those principles come in question ! ""efe
tbodox democrat. He is allowed :" VI.
encc where nominations are 10 10 ma p,e'cr-
State aud national purposes. for mar nJ lof
Of Legislature, State officers. menb n,uefs
hoth branches Of Congress, and for Nv
highest Once OF all, President ofthe Urio wy
ana Is no dtsorganlzer because his cbo;n,'
would supercede present incnmben,s i
this j. not democratic liberty, the masses = =
thirty States can be taught an item of H.
own creed unknown TO them, and ~
nauseous for the stomach OF any one H., ~
Office eormorant. A democratic citi,en -
this State who believes tina, the represer,s
tiyes Of Iowa in the Senate is tao lom
grade, who III the exercise of sreen,,.'
right, and governed by pride Of party. S,,,a
| pride. and pride OF country, would have ei,bo.
/ Mr.. Dodge or Jones at the close Of e.
torial term, step down from their hivb ols
yation, and give way to another, isoa i,
organizer, BE faithful to Dodge and Jonas
prefer nobody else for the u s. Seno,e
perpetnate mediocrity in ii station W.
every proper consideration demand. ~
best talent" is the substance Of The com
mund issued to the democracy Of Iowa ant
the breach Of this makes u-disorQsni,e,
/ Can any honest motive prompt such com
/ mGnd, Would il ever have been eptorcel
by any press in the State ii no patron,sa
flowed TO favor friends through those Sen.
al m,
Let those who please knee to this dje,,.
ton. We adhere 10 the right exereisedL,
] democrats in other states OF discussinr Sfns.
torial claims and preferences before Ieui..
tive nominations are made, and selecting
candidates for the legislature with Wen
in part TO such preference.
There is nothing disorganizing in honestly
estimating a public mans ability and ser.
vices. Democracy requires no false cred,
10 be gwen. One democratic paper has the
same right e urge the ncapacity OF a Sem
ator To represent his State with honor and
secure her great interests when heavy
work il 10 be done, if the belief il honest
a. another has by an endless chain Of con-.
phments to seek his reelection And let
those public journals Of our party who call
II dsaf2auisation 10 deny that Jones aut
Dodge are the greatest men in Iowa and the
best fitted TOR Senators [for that is the tes
II democracy they make within our State
lmjts}-lyt them reflect, if they DO not
-tu.titg and bclttle those men to the loves,
degree hy constantly hespai,erlng thsm %ifh
every expression in the language descriptive
Of LOFTY genius. nationwide admiration, aal
most extraordinary usefulness, BY loudly
heraldjng every simple easy service theg
render, as getting the name Of a pos, ottae
charged. d railroad grant fur Iowa inserted
in an oyeraf9wn omnibus bill and passed
through the Senator in short, BY SEEING
hold II every triinr and common place act
they may perform in the Senate, or BY ap
plitatidn TO tho Department and thereupon
pouring out pn etIusion Of compliments
which would make Cass, Douglass, Buchaa
an. and even Col Eentgn doubt their Iden
t.ty. we're they the recipients,
We protest against this indirect but actual
qualification u the Iowa Senators. IL
them ut least stand t9r what they are wor,a
When they arc pointed at as It towering 70
the cI4uds and the uYturred eye finds there
no sign Of Jones Dc Dodge but following tho
line down 10 earth sees them oycrtoppcd By
men unknown TO fame, they appear uhie.
srryedly insignificant.
We regret the necessity OF referring to
Gen. Jones in the above, there IS iQng
term before him, but the papers who trs
+ Reorganization for the reason, Ee base
given. almost invariably make "Damtn
and pythias' connection OF his name sad
; Dodgn's when talking about the "4ls9'-
ganlZers.