Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-09-13
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The Evansville Qud.l Joarsal makes the
following remarks in relation to the eek.
rressive silence" With which the Admins.
trs,ien wss treated by the late State Con-
ven,ion at indianapolis. Some Of the
nouslas-Pierce journals are disposed to
brsg considerably about the very large nun.
Der ofreople who attended the Convention,
but when there was such decided tur ming
ofshc cold shoulder by the assemhlage. we
are al = loss TO understand how the Admin
isua,lon or its supporters can derive any
comfort from contemplation either of Its
numbers or its proceedings. We have no
doubt tha, the honest masses Of the Demo-
cratic parry are more than ordinarily inter
ested al the present time. They see that
they have been placed in wrong condition
by the proceedings Of Mr.. Pierce and his
advisers. The uncasiaess produced by this
conviction causes them to assemble togeth-
er, but when they meet, they say not
SYLLABLE in favor OF those politicians BY
whom they have been deceived and betray-
ed. Yet il is over such conventions that
the Administration organs make desperate
efforts al raising songs of rejoicing. One
cannot bu, admire the perseverance with
which they endeayor 10 misleRd their read
ers. No Bsbylonian captivity could make
them hang their harps upon the willows
polonias-like, at the dictasion of their mas
tiers. they will say the cloud looks like
whale, a weasel OF horse, and as long as
there is any virtue in pay or promises, they
Will persis, in asserting the popularity Of
measures which have been signally con-
demned b. the people from New Hampshire
to Iowa. In propo,ion as the clouds OF
approaching discontinue become darker,
the more rehemen;ly do they insist upon
the brightness of their political skies. To
judge from their expressions, one would
suppose. that like Dickens Mark Tapley,
they enjoy themselves mos, in the midst OF
disasters and difficulties. But such bragga.
doeio is conuadicied by their internal con-
yic,icns. Their courage is that of merce-
nary troops. who having received the pay,
feel themselves bound to continue the fight,
though conscious that they are engaged on
the losing side, and wiling to desert If they
could obtain surer and better wages from
another psrty. But We are getting away
from the point at which we started. ofthe
Indianapolis Convention, the Journ assays:
The Democratic Convention had not
one sord TO saw in favor OF its pre- cious
Pierce administration, Here was State
Convention headed By leading Democrats,
one ofshom is really Vice President, along
with Pierce, and in this Conye ntion, num-
bering $4,000 persons, according to the
boasts Of the Democratic papers, and yet
not = man among those leaders, not man
among those gathered thousands, who had a
word or thought, for the administration they
hadplaced in power. Was there ever be-
fore an administration so poor. SO misera-
bic, SO utterly imhecile, SO generally con-
dcmned. that Convention of its own party
dared not pay il the slight compliment OF a
resolution noticea Thus in eloquent ST.
lence so acknowledge. the truth of the
charges Of the administrators opponents.
that il is beyond defence-they have the
imfudeni hardihoodto ask Of the people the
privilege Of placing smother model Demo-
cratic administrator 10 power. The people
have had enough Of Old Line Democracy
for The present Its rottenness and corrup-
ton is stencil in the nos,iils of al! good
citizens and patriots"