Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-23

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4 Eutter. "HoRetlN, IN the iaSt So1fs e'
hu,,er.. ergo, Honesty" must have been
hit.
Some things are fixed. facts and some
things are fiction. When q fiction is man
ufac,uyed, The scene is generally, if not
slways, laid in some distant land, and the
shades Of antiquity are not unfrequently
brough, into requisition to aid win 'hsir
dr.perv and give interest and Importance
TO the scene. I, requires some culture ana
much imagination to prepare fiction so as
/ to be attractive or instructive. but this -
not the case with facts and stern esiittes'
these NAV be dealt in by any and all VITA
interest and to advantage. These are con-
nec,ea with the every day transactions OF
lie. and he is a dali scholar who does not
lssrn sonse wisdom from the startling dis
closures which are daily being made under
! his own observation. Every turn in our
pathway through life reveals some impor-
n, feature OF human frailty, or some noo'e
exsmple Of human excellence. 10 Apply
and improve upon these. is the OBJECT anu
er,rt of those who aim to be"oniy great a.
,,ev ,re good But where self and the
animal predominates over the disinteFes'ea
! and the moral part OF our nature, very
different result is produced Take the foi-
l1awieo imperfect sketch Of an aetna! occur
renee, and tell me whether was not cor
re {, when charged a majority Of the legal
profession with prostituting the profession
of the law to most base and unioiy Puf-
poses:
In one Of the back streets Of the city o.
Davenuor,. but few month. since, Could
be seen, BY all who wished TO see, in an
old howell, not worthy the name Of house a
B;n3 mother. YES, stone bind, with several
ANAL children. the most Of whom were par
,;sllv blind. The Indictment season had
commenced. tn. btirg frosts OF his iat-
| tnie had made il necessary TO be well
+ housed, we'll clothed and well fed TO insure
comfort; and yet, in that old hayei. AROUND
q miserable apology for fire, made Of roots
and chunks gathered by these partially
hind children from the Highways and hill
si1e. tina, blind mother and her helpless
little ones are gathered; their clothing is
mo, worthy ths, appellation, their food. with
7 which they are now attempting TO aiiay
their hunger is cornmesl mixed with WAFER
and baked upon the hearth stones, nothing
more-cornmesl and water, nothing more'
So they we're found when charitable ne'gh-
| bnrs were m ade sensible Of their CONDITION
/ and s,enoed forg ard to relieve them. but
where i the father and the husband! 10
,bere nnnel Is this woman q widow and
her children orphans! No, they are worse.
+ Tb.,e i the Esther on what will only pass
t fra B d ia d-unkard's home. An able
! b,disd. athletic man. has had steady employ
ment AMI good ges all summer, wnen
he would work. ami his wages have gone
4 into he purse Of a lill1r seller who snew
the condition of the family he was deprvlng
of food and raiment, and now, ii few dimes
are placed in the hands OF that Oldest boy
bout 10 years. who is nearly ohnd' TO
! ,,rcl,ase food for blind and wreichedlv
! destitute family, the father and the liquor
seller gener lly managed T. get it. Now
who viii cay that the man who is mean
enough to steal blind dogs dinner is not
n gentleman compared with the liquor self
or WHO took the dimes rom that blind fam
ilyl
Bat forbearance ceased TO be virtue,
and CITY laws and State laws were passed
70 prohibit the sale Of alcoholic beverages
in dram shops and groggeries. But the
Ii7u1r seller heeds not those laws, he con-
tinues his work Of death with impuni'y. -
Why noti who shall interfere with himl
The business man, the mechanic, the pro-
fessional man nor any other is likely 10 do
il. 1t might interfere with their business
an they might lose few dimes by such
interference. The politician most certainly
will not, that would bring dark cloud over
his brightest hopes, for rum aad rumsellers
are almost npotent al elections. The
vile and children Of the drUnkard cannot dc
il, sad they are thus helplessly and hope.
less'y offered ~ sacrifices to the heartles;
rumselier. But by some means prosecu
ton is commenced, some individual wild
more courage than discretion boards the
rumselicr in his den ttrGe his house may BE-
stoned for i: and his life put in danger, buI
there are few men left Tho do MT feai
he-c ,hings3 As soon as the liquor selle
finds himself interfered with, he flies to hi.
lawyer, and az this interview it does not re-
qaire very fertile Imagination TO hear tht
iolo@ing dialegu
Liqaor Ssllsr-"Good morning, Mr.. La~'
yer"
Lqwy.r.-"G Good morning. Mr.. Liquol
S Herr take seat: to shat fortunate cir
euastarce ara Indebted for yeur visit thi.
morning"
j.. S-"Why, the fact is, NJ, Lawyer,
am sbou to get into trouble. Some fana,.
c. or observer Of my actions, has lodged a
I fnu Diairt again.t ,na fn- sallino Ii,u,, -