Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-02-26

80 True Democracc ksstivsi
sThe trss .Democratss of Davenport, we
learn from their organ, INDUCED in some
"creature comforts''--victuals we mean
at abe lie Claire House last Tuesday in
manifestation Of their gratitude to Frank
Pierce, Tor sending 4. c. Dodge 50 lar away
shat we shall not be troubled with him an.
more. Several resolutions were passed at
this, s.fos,ivar' indicative of the joyous feel
inys Of those present at having profession
al Office seeker rsmoved entirely from the
field of contest. Gen. Dodge having pre-
smpton claim upon every office in the State
Of Iowa, it must certainly be source OF
great qualification to the leaders OF his par
" ,tis.st he is at last placed in such posi-
ton that newcomers can slump his claims"
without jeopardizlag their own political safe
~
In the first resolution passed occurs the
remarkable expression, I'VE look upon the
motives which prevented his (Dodge's) re-
turn to that body Gu. s. Senate) honor bic
10 him, and corresponding with the doubtful
character of the woelly- headed crowd which
controlled the last Legislature" Looking
around and observing no possibility oil
Dodge being reelected, unless large num-
Der Of Wings in the Iowa House OF Reps.
voted for him, the Mississippi river run up
stream, or some other event equally prob
lematical occurred, we are led to Inquire,
how "the motives which prevented his re-
turn"-which are none other than Wing
majority in the Legislature-weres so honor
able to himl The answer is readily obtain
ed when we refer to the position he assum-
cd in favor of the Nebraska iniquity, and
his instrumentality thus in opening the eyes
and the understandings of those who went
j, blind for the Democratic" ticket
"The woolly-headed crowd which controll-
ed the Legislature" were Of course that
majority in the Senate, which prevented It's
organization and deferred SO long the cleo
ton of Senator and Judges but how the
Wbigs correspondent with this "crowd'' we
cannot exactly perceive, unless II was IN
beating them at their own gamein the cleo
ton Of Harlan.
There is one peculiarly in the order OF
the Know Nothings and that is, that the
stronger you oppose them the more form
liable asy become. They seem to be as
tenacious Of life as the arth-worm-which
cut in two each part assumes head and
becomes distinct animal--from this pc
suliarity you generally find its adherents
.ery bitter in their denunc!ations OF the
order, while those who are really not mem
hers are apparently its friends. II seems
80 be one of the obligations of this secret
organization, that its members shall abuse
it on all fitting occasions in order to luil
suspicion of their connection with IT.
Hence. we conclude whenever we see such
denunciations as our festive friends indulg-
ed in on the Goth against this monster
which like the hand that wrote the writing
on the wall at Belshazar's feast, receives It's
horror from the absence of a perceptib'e
body-that they have foundation as de-
ceitful as quick-sand and are no more to be
trusted.
But having little sympathy with either
Know Nothings or patent Democrats, we
shall leave them this time TO fight their Own
battles, while we turn again briefly to Gen.
Dodge. The main object Of these foreign
missions is to reward those who have "serS
ed their country in public Office until they
have rendered themselves unfit for any other
duty, and in the interim have become so
unpopular at home as to be repudlated by
their former friends. At this juncture
Government steps in as mediator and sends
the individual abroad, thus coBfering upon
him further honor and removing him from
the pathway Of other aspirants. Now we
would not be understood to intimate that
esteem very highly-who participated in
that supper are ambitious men, men desi-
ring Office, rejoicing in q Punishment OF
A. c. Dodge, or that they ate and were mer-
ry, not because they loved Caesar less, but
that they loved Office more; no, we wish
simply to convey the idea that if they had
been men Of that character the occasion
was fitting one for the manufacture of
buncombe.
The Governor and Legislature OF Wis
.onsin are at loggerheads with regard to the
recent unjust removal of Prof Daniels
from the Office Of State Geoioeist. The