Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-09-10
LOCAL MATTERS.


o,r,,,s of our lending German fellow
.',.ns have been successful in appeasinl
y angry feelings. and quelling any nte"
i =. If breaking the peace which may have
T. :, cherished by the easily excited ant
.,ojded portion Of their countrymen
., Efforts to do this have no doubt beer
,s,i.lly assisted by the fact which mrs.
,,,en, to all, that the supremacy Of the
will be maintained. and the furthel
# the utter aud fatal folly ofa compar.
) ,slv small aud feeble number of men ar
:. mo themselves against the authority OF
= lawful offers, and the united strength
a the whole body Of the people. Still the
,,,s TO which we have referred are de-
wing Of praise, for though those who
IA ,hem. share in the common benefits
!, ,esulr from the maintenance Of peace
4 GOOD order, and would doubtless be more
red in business point ofv.ew, than any
. her portion of community, from the repeti-
n Of scenes like those OF Wednesday and
hmsday, passion and prejudice, ia spite
m. dictates Of self interest, ottentimes
|, ec,ms the admonitions Of reason. II is
! a,Id fortune ofour town that reason and
: unon sense have maintained their proper
bremacy, After all, liquor-seling is but
mall item compared with the aggregate
: mss Of the city, and every one knows
native American who may have de-
! lnded in regular succession from an an
tor who came over in the Mayfower,
uId be punished as quickly for the viola
Of the law. as the German immigrant
has only been in the State day. This
Dsa impartiality ofthe law demonstrates
j, no respecter Of persons, and gives
the slightest grounds for resistance to
IA account of any differences Of birth
m3jorty Of our German citizens are
ners Of property or engaged in businesses
ch have no connection at all with the
Dor traffic. They are as anxious as any
en- business men to make living and 10
Se money by their respective callings,
the appreciation in value of their res pect-
properties. II a mob spirit were permit
to gain any asce ndancy, we do not err
suppo,i0g that their property and their
mess would suffer more in proportion
N those of other members o. the COM
lalty. This is an argument which ex-
ins itself, and which carries conviction
the undvtsta dngs OF the least observant
II is not necessary TO make !nvidious
tncuons. or To dwell upon u one sided
FT Of the subject, We are all interested
the growth and prosperity Of our city, and
Nng common interest, it is the duty, and
Eu!d be TIE aim Of Us all, to frown down
movements which are calculated to give
bad reputation abroad. or in any way in
its present prosperous and promising
d,ion.
NO pleasure are cheaper and few are
re agreeable than those which result
~ making children happy. A day or
b since we tried the experiment in
kstl way, BY giving a few lunches Of
lpes u a couple of chubby, rosy checked
Iiiren in an immigrant wagon, and the
bks Of pleased surprise with which they
,aried the gilt andthe giver was payment
hundred fold and more. We felt in
Ptar humor with ourselves for the balance
'he day feeling similar TO that which is
perienced when person encounters
zee Of good fortune that hid not been an.
hated. We advise those who wish to
~ the eheaPes. procu-able pleasure TO
similar experiment hnnever they
" an opportunity. The cost is nothing,
they will find that the slight degree Of
paoIe is first-rate investment.
-Wednesday's Upton Advertiser says
at IN the preceding Sunday several dis
rbanccs occurred at a camp-meeting near
at place, and adds. with a pardoDab'e
ide tina, the partici pators in the rows were
residents Of Tip,on but belonged princi-
lily to Cedar Rapids.
great many things are done at camp
ee'ings which are not in keeping either
"a morality or religion, though we are
me,imes disposed to think that the amount
evil properly attributed to themis greatly
faggeratod. They are the ardnt-couriers
religious progress, and il the religious ex-
rcses are not conducted with the polished
pa cold decorum that characterzes the ser
ices in costly cathedrals, there is no rea-
N TO suppose that the language Of the
pui does not find utterance in the tempo
nry tents and from the rude stand erected
\ the rural worshippcrs. 1t is not true to
y that these worshippers are not infiu-
need by sincerely religious moti"es. and it
not fair to charge upon them the bad con"
ne' OF those who may be attracted by the
meeting Within the sounds Of the silver
ones OF the surpliced minister who from
Eae cushioned decks of Trinity or ST. Paul,
reaches on the vanities of the world to
4shonabe congregations whose garments
usue in silks and glitter with diamonds