The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-09-25
From the Davenport Gazette.
The FrankinR Privilege.

tensely mortified at the extreme abuse Of the
above privilege by your humble servant,
while giant wrongs stalk unrebuked before
their eyes and under their very noses, unno-
tlced, SO long rs perpetrated by the rats that
infest the national treasury, or the hirelings
that do the bidding Of Il debascd Admins
tration.
am opposed to the existence Of the frank
ne privilege. and will 90 as far rs any one
in its repeal. and ii this question comes ~
in Congress while am member, You viii
find my vote recorded-in favor of tho repeal.
The franklng privilege is no security nor
safety against the thieves and corrupt officers
Of the State, with few honorable cxecp-
tions. My frank placed on a letter il SIRE
guarantee that il viii be opened ut some post
ONCE in this State. In Lucas county is one
IT those places, whence came the effusion of
the sick hao'r Nothing, of the Burlington
Gazette, an oiicialot the Administration who
either instigatcd the post master. or did rob
the mail Of the lette-, and publish the same
IN the above named paper on the morning of
the election. Their baseness rccoiled upon
themselves rs both Lucas and Des MONIES
counties returned freemen for office holders.
While It is asserted to be all wrong in
Thorington TO send Know Nothing docu-
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risi''s' .heE should hof mention freedom
without piushl,l2. Freedom occupies pun
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iheS condemn me ranking privilege
ZOOS - not 'he slavery propaganda abuse II :
nave YOU no i"Noritrs IN your ranks that ever
oNers'eP the bounds Of moderation n lis use?
'ne would thns moi from the silence OF your