Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-07-11
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the paperswe should judge that i, was
very creditabic, patriotic Grafton. In the
c,urse ofhi speech, the General aye
sand nov taose seventy mine years have
passed away-yesrs OF strange vioissi,udos
n human AFFAIRS, both in the old world and
in the new; and this returning anniversary
finds the feeble confederation great Re-
pa5iican Empire, Numbering nearly thirty
milli0us Of people, with nothing 70 trouble
ehcm but them selves, and with nothing to
fear but the just Judgment Of God"
Towards the strengthening and continues
comm:ssion n one particular sin for which
we fear "ths jus, Judgment OF GOD" Gene
raj Cas- has perhaps done Is much az any
man in the country. We do not wish 70
cal, a geatiem an Of his years BY such name
a. a,usssace AMI similar terms, but his ser
witty 10 the South has been one OF the
chief causes Of the vantage ground when
slavery at present occupies in Kansas, and
i've have reason 10 fear the inst jacg-
ment OF God on account of this sin. we
cannat ba, think that General Cass would
Sc Individuality liable to pretty large share
ofthe Judgment. His miserable doctrine
of.,aa..er sovereignty and the ye, more
miserable sophisiries with which he has At
tempted TO defend it, have been the causes
al more trouble and misco nduct in the terri
,osies than all other causes eo'nbined; and
we are the more constrained to censure
h.s course in this particular, because we
d nc, believe that he adopted II from any
elevated views of stat .smanship or any ex
elusive referen &c /, the go,d Of the country,
hut simply becaasa he IN ought that sucn
Increment would hello him in the race oil
ssDuia-itv. Other men, to De sure, have
sf,en used particular hobbies TOR the pur-
pose Of assisting their ambitious aims, but
few have ridden them 50 persever;ns'y as
General Cass, aud few have done so much
harm during their rides.
In another part of the speech, ailuding to
the many blessings and privileges which
Aow from on, fora Of government, the Cen
eral SAYS
at has protected M and mine from ex-
termal aggression and from internal vio-
lence; and By its n ole eguahty, Ianed TO
the undeserved favor Of my teiiow-e'tizens
;thas opened 10 me positions OF pubic honor
and confidence. to which the circumstance
Of nv vouth gave me no right TO look Tor
vard 10, and which my brightest day dreams
thaf sometimes came to soften the harsn
realities OF frontier struggle, never even
presented TO my imagina,ion; and what u
has done for m, il has offered 10 all. Wen
then msv proud 70 acknowledge the hold
il possesses upst my gratitude and arec-
ZION, and the intensity Ut the feeling OF al
tachmans with which treasure It 10 my
heart"
We presume that only few Of General
CASE friends are disposed to deny that ne
has heen amply rewarded for all the ser
vices be ever performed for the country
from the time when be ind bis Colonel /
sompanions iormented poor old Hull into
susre adsr, to the date Of the delivery of his
lase speech in the United States Senate.
We think he has been paid with gener- |
ous measure, hesped up and running over,
fer al that he ever did. and we would have
no objection If receipts in full could be
nae,ea between him and the county, and
he would retire TO the shades Of private
life.
IN this opinion we only concur with his
particular constituents, the Legislative
bodies Of v higan, who, not long since, in
sssueted and requested him to resign his
osic@ Of Senator But this action Of the
Michigan Legislature served only TO bring
In full view one of the chief features of
Gen. CASE character. He who oil his life
hsl been preaching the doctrine Of instruc-
ton, doctrine which more consistent and
more high minded Democrats have not
Lesitatedto act upon when applied to them
selves, eoolly told the Michigan Legisls-
tpre hat they were . mere faction and be
wouli listen 10 none Of their ins.ruc tons
Thsi is the way model Democra, corrects
his political creed when iis acquisitions be-
come rersonsliy announcement. In this
matter Gen. Chss was particularly fortu-
nate: be rot only subseryed his own inter.
ests sy faisifying all his foru er professions
tUt, al the same time, was enabled TO lay |.
highly acceptable offering on thu, southern
altar at which he 90 delights to worship
Few men experience such double opportu.
mites of beneftting themselves. but Csss
good luck brings forth twins,-the star o.
his fortune shone brilliantly at the time Of
HulPs surrender, and having safely lighted
him through all the periuries and rascsli.
ties Of the subsequent copt, martial, II has
continued 10 direct him 10 the acquisition
Of ONCE and money. II paied little abou,
She time hs wrote lis celebrated letter 10
President Harrison, from the cour, Of Louis
Philippe, bst he had been long enough in
France TO acquire considerable Of the H.
briefly Of Frenchman. and having sue.
cessfully scuiled through that somewha,
narrow strait, the confidence of the Mchi-
gan Legislators made him their Senator,
and the shamelessness of the Senator en-.
sblsd him to treat with contempt the in.
structions Of his constituents. But we