The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-07-27
Our German Formulation

Our German Population.
The public sewer opened rich Yesterday
morning. Prominent among its exhalations
was an eifusion from "sprig of the law ,
twho appears to have taken our German pop
ulation especially under his charge ard in.
tends to put them through, according to the
most approved principle of the Pierce school
provided, they will let him. With all our
faults and any little opposition we may have
shown IA certain portion Of our German cit
zens for too free indulgence in intoxica.
ting drinks, we have always treated the
mass of them as meR, not as the Banner and
its ':supes' have done, as a pack Of foreign
,ignoramuses to be led just as dictated by
Locofoco political dcmagoguas. If our Ger
nan citizens do wrong, we do not hesitate
to tell them so, presuming they have the
sense to appreciate our motives.
There is a great awakening among our
German population in the United States a,
the present time. The infamous course
pursued by the Administration and leaders
of the "Democracy" with regard to the Me-
braska bill, is opening the eyes of that class
of foreigners and they see the manner in
which they have been duped by the syco,
phantic leaders of a misnamed political par
Ity The tools of the party hereabouts ,-nen
:, who opposed that very Nebraska bill until
| Informed by their masters that they must
support the Administration, when as span.
iels they turned and licked the hands that
hni,ni tho rl,ai. "rr,.',,i thai" a,..- -..~as :
! these men observe the same feeling at work
upon the German population Of Duvenpor
that influences that people elsewhere
and are determined to try and counterac'
i it.
Selling upon paragraph in late mum
Der of the Gazette that had no allusion te
the Germans, one Of the weakest Of these
supple instruments of the Administration
1rys to convert it into an attempt upon the
part of the editor to scduce the Germans
Poor, weak tool are his IDEAS SO circum.
scribed that he thinks the German citizens
are to be influenced for evil or good by any
thing he or we may say! It's there the
shoe pnches is it! Very well, we'll
see that these political demagogues wear
lit!
! The candidates nominated by the .Dem-
ocratic'' Convention on Saturday last are al
Maine Law men. Those willy politicians
observing that question to be popular IL
this county, have selected men to represent
lt',cm in the Legislature noted for their ardent
Temperance principles. As the Wings are
expected to nominate men to-day equally
strong Upon this point, the only question al
issue, is that great and importent principle
involved in the Nebraska bill
We presume our German citizens, as we
KIN Nv intelligent Americans will do, mM
"stop to enquire whether the Democratic
candidates are in favor Of the Nebraska
BILL" We give them credit for more intel
Haence than to suppose they will cit quiet.
land permit the meshes of slavery to be
drawn :ichter and tighter around them, un,
iii German despotism becomes but name
in comparison with American autocraey
As We said before, the only issues now
between the two political parties Of the ma
ton arc Temperance and Slavery; the at
Itcmp, On one side to enact Il lay prohibiting
the manufacture and sale Of spirituous lq-
uors, ard on the other TO a'ionalize slavery
In cur county election the democrats
have united with US upon the Temperance
tissue leaving that Of slavery alone to divide
the parties. Those German and American
citizens who wish to be represented IN our
next Congress by Gen. Dodge, or SONS
other man who will vote and use his lnliu-
ence f,r the extension Of slavery over ter
ri,orv now free, until the rich prairies o.
Iaaare TILED by negro slaves in preference
Il tyen German s--to use ore OF 'hef owl
fan aar EXPRESS iens--will vcte for the gen
,lemen nominated by the ADMINISTRATION par
! " on SN1EFudN laSS Ava WV A~N
on the contrary they wish the Representa-
t'vrs 10 be elected next winter by the Leg
isla,u e to be u man--Democratic thougt
he may possibly ba-~who is opposed to tht
Infamous Nebraska bill and the priAciplt
involved in it, they viii vote for the homi
nces of the convention to be held this cay a
, the Court House.
M.ouoKIra SENTINEL have re
ceived No. s, oday OF a fine large paper
Il, .ho above name, published in Jackson coun
) ty. 1t had slipped so quietly into the ranks
that we had not been made aware OF It's ap
pearance upon the stage OF action.
"CoSrouSpEp" FoREiGsERs.-An lnsh
. mpn and German, lately landed, enquir
Ling Of each other the way TO a eoefoih'
elhouse,