Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-07-23
THE ADMINISTRATION PARTY IN MAS
SACHUSETTs.

The nearer i. approaches dissolution the
more foolish and spasmodic are the eilasts
OF the Administration party to ward oil the
inevitable blow OF fate. /, dies hara, The
contor,ions il exhibits would induce melan-
cholv, were they not the evidences OF a
strength acquired by life Of wickedncss'
ard the foundations TO which it is obliged
10 submit, would ensure the pity Of all spec
tators, were il not the general impression
that they are the proper punishment fer its
fas, misdeeds. In the great straits OF i's
posi,e quarters for assistance, and while !,
not unnaturally stretches oct its hands lor
help to the disunionis,s Of Mississippi whom
it had pettcd aud paid, it is also casting i'm
ploring glancos for aid and protection
to the people Massachusetts, whom il has
systematically insulted and villifed. As
was to be expected. however, no encoura-
ping response comes from the latter State
and the Boston Atlas answers the gentle
| approaches ofthc Administration in the fol-
lowing manner;
"To drop all military metaphor, we beg
leave TO ask, in plain English, what claim
the Administration party has upon the peo-
ple Of this State II hiss steadily and per-
tinaciously defod all the opinions and sen-
,imen,s. il has uniformly disregarded all
the wishes, it has from first 10 last trampled
unoa The rights of Massachusetts Stigma
tying the honest action OF our voters as
treason, and rilicaling tbs ir just Indignation
as lenatieism, The Administration journals
ia every part Of the country have shswercd
their obscene eon1umely upon our churches,
our clergy, our government and our citizen.
From the Washington Uaion down to the
most ili,era,e and INSCRIPTIONS joaFnGl in
Georgia or Arkansas, every Pierce and
Douglas paper has been repository Of
Gbe,s upon the name and fame OF Massa-
chusetts; while in the Senate, Dodge
and Douglas and Cass, ill-coatent with
rhetorical insult, wrought the practical IN
Justice of Withholding from her gallant sol
diers that need Of yalor, which it was pro-
posed to bestow npon the defenders OF the
republic. Now, it seems, the Democratic
party wants votes and does no, disdain to
ask them even of the State which II has
insul,ed aud injured. Shall we respond to
this call for aid to the Democratic capital
Of the country Shall We say
..Fair sir, yon spit on me on "Wednesday last
You spawned me much a ds!' Hnoiher TINE
You esliest nle--Stag: and FOR these cougtasies
III lend yeu thus much meaeys's
He who supposes that any such response
will be given TO the coolest and most i'm
no,tf,enf demand On reeard STRANGELY m a.
takes the ordinary sentiment Of Massachu-
sets, and most especially the temper o.!
the times. We know the dis,ssc.ed ard
incohere ut condition Of cur politics; but
the majority, while differing about every
thing el.e, agrees in its estimate OF the
Administration. We know that a few men,
heretofore Wings, regard with doubt, or
even with disappFobation, the anti-Slasery
feeling of tie State; but it does not follow
that they-,he swindled supporters Of the
last compromise-wi fall into the trims Of
the men who first beguilcd them into a
course which involved the loss of all posit-
ical power. and then withheld the poor con-
sideration which Lad been promised We
know that there is strong hostility to
the present Government of the State; bat
voters are too wise simply 10 cxchgnge enc
form Of political heresy for another. Tn.
State Central Committee may discover new
laws of nature-may fix quicksilver and
minrle oil and watcr--but u fusion which
shall secure the support of Massachusetts
10 the Administration OF franklin Pierce
will prove more than a match for all the
chemistry Of oil the Committees in the
world"
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