Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-08-27
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We have not been sparing Of our ldenun-
Citations Of the State Of Massachusetts, tor
her late singular and eccentric political
wandcrincs. The administration Of the At
fairs OF that commonwealth foi the last six
months has been conducted with such an
imbecility and impraciica bilty. that the good
and union.loying men Of all parties through
out the country have looked on with utter
amaxement. Since the disbanding Of the
old Wing and Democratic parties in that
State, and the rise and elimination Of the
secret organization Of Know Nothingism,
we have seen no displays Of either reason
or judgment; but blind and rapid descent
from leading position in the national coun-
ellis to one Of disgrace, humiliation and ruin.
By her Hiss Legislature, her personal lib
erty bill" her notification Of the laws Of
Congress, she has stripped herself Of oil her
titles to influence, and has Of late PRACTICAL
" excluded herself from the glorious con-
stellation of the Union.
From = recent article. published in the
Boston Courier, however, We have some
reason 10 believe that the principles derived
from their Revolutionary ancestors are not
vet wholly extinct or imperative in the old
Bay State; tst her citizens, notwithstand.
ing the excite ment which now RACES among
them, will, when the time comes. prove that
the predominant feeling is love of the I'm
ion, Law, Order and the Constitution; and
that the extraordinary causes which have
brought them to exhibit such an unwonted
and deceptive front TO their neghbors will
soon give way to the "sober second
thought" which will be patriotic and ma.
,ional to all sections of our great and vide
spreading country. In concluding a SEN
sible and statemanlike analysis Of the pres
ent state OF the parties in that first born sis-
ter OF the ancient dominion, the Courier
says:
For our own part, we sincerely trust the
old Wing party will be again recognized
upon the old and substantial basis Of oppo.
siiion to whichever is objectionable-and 10
there not enough!-in the administration of
the General Government. II might COM
mence its course anew, with little OF that
pride and pomp which so often, in former
days, led il to victory. But it has good men
LEFT, and plenty of them. Its array at The
outset might perhaps seem comparatively
meagre; but its scattered ranks need only
the exhibition of courage and confidence and
resolution on the part OF their leaders to raj
iy in hosts ) hch must prove eventually
triun, plant. Teach the people that there
are great issues, and many. yet at stake be-
tween the Government and the governs d;
that our national policy, foreign and do
nestle, never needed more to be watched
and regulated; that the indecent scramble
for place and profit never needed so much TO
be checked and discountenanced; that never
before could so earnest an appeal be made
to whatever remains Of public virtue for an
elevation of the standard of intelligence
and honor in the administration OF public
affairs To such a call, honestly and pow
erfully made, there could not fail to be an
irresistible response. The old echoes of
battle would ring again in the ears Of the
people; the flap OF the old banner would be
music to mu,itudes who now lie scattered
and respondent from one border to another
of Massachusetts,"