The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-08-24
The Herald oil the Election

LII TIE Ihagflf u'i sh
glorious defect tn Herald entirely looses
It's self-respect and srll.possession, and for
gets the common eonriesles 81 civilized HE.
II insults the State of Iowa in the most I'M
measured terms, calls her political prosl-
tute, and vents it, hitherto pent up spite IN
the most veaomogs manner imaginable
We must he permitted b enquire what good
result this sheet expects to achieve by be-
roteina the great majority Of the voters q
Iowa tar following the honest dictates Of
their own cons ,ienccl II il meets withauy
thinr but aefited contempt. we misiadge
the common sense ofthe people OF Iowa
This would b. leader Of the people, tells
them in effect, that III y are a perfect set
ofiackasses: that can be Influenced BY any
ard every demag1gical blast that sweeps
cur COUNTRY" That Iowa has bowed her
neck 10 the yoke ot Abplitionpsm. That
she has postitutoa her Pniiti, al integrity,
and gone uhortnr. Frarmea oi Iowa, got
Wednesday t7ornIHg's Herald and read
far Yourselves. Here however i the most
Objectionable HainsHlliRg portion ot III ar
tieia;
.sNever more can IL b. sid. as i was the
proud rart Of wars = say thtt when her
sister Statcs yielded Ia iii embrace " Abb.
ntinnism, Sd alone pr served her pJilttga}
putty, her ennstttaf oual integiff Aat
tht In the discharge al eur euty Is a JOUR.
uahst, W mus harAi / n Tire Weld That
iowa has D come Il po!.tt3i prostitute fhc
Izuls sae Jay 6amt iHthr ana [, mpict
her w5Ia 9tt.efa9 ana lsHg sasea1, ant
lhougH 81 'isr caeese - IL ~ The M
tief's 'f5g tUr 500 II mc4f, s'ta yietiad
L the tern at5ng / ltterats. ~ arid her
uaw in TIA esilmatiaa q h-r sister States
SCR ned, j pissed, eautc mued whore BAT a
week arr Sac was the ulwsea, tie Boosted
iowa Wc m.,ve It'll r misfortune, NE Pill
Z " her in disgf4cc. Already emotions prompt
NJ V prepare for a contest in which our de-
GRADED Iowa NAV b. redeemed rcTeaera,ed
and diSenthraiIed."
( Now. we are TOLD that lowa stands scorp.
ed, despsed condemned IN the estimation
X III her sister States, when hut 4 week ago
she was IA, adm Re j and boast. Il lOwa!--
Now il W. are 10 have fhe slave States s9i%t.
ed nonn Us ~ our very peculiar sisters, -
this Is true euoughi No doubt they are ey.
terv one Of them hOarse wilh Cursing us a.
4 the editor of the Herald would be il he
dared Judging from the tenor of his article,
D
editor raves, viz, the late eiec'ion--prN'
claim in tones Of living thunder that she re-
\ pudtates ali sympathy with southern insti
itutjons, md PUSHES 10 the enl5r4ce Of the
free States Of the NORTH; that she refused &
ha classed with slave breeders and slave
; drivers, and TO b. represented By dough
\ tarrst
+ This is the position about which thcs,
nro-sarery, democratic editors rave So
ltightfulw Fellow citiz n! il Iowa Is prot
ltitn,ed, il is 70 the embrace ol Ffeemcn, and
\ no, TO that III = ave drivers, aud slavery prop
| arandists And this miserable representa-
! tivegof d free State :---ths man who tells IL
/ he left his native couatry on account OF op
preston and slavfry--ts.is man becomes De
I!rious. and hits alike friends and foes, be
cause the State on the edge Of which he cd
4 its his paper. has taken the liberty of differ
4 ing with him--asserting her unnitirnted alb
florence az ait doughlaces Ike himself, am
her unyielding resistance to the lntrodnc
ton Of human slavery into the Terrific ric:
at any price, or on any terms.-D a5RqA
Tribune.