The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-08-09

tankjQn oil the cHhiiito'e nS WIZ ~ the Wu'
.Ical to the advertisement Of the Concert in
.no,her column. Mr.. Gorenho completely
Loaf his sight when only eight years OF age
and he also lost all That be possessed By the
burning Of the steamer Garden City on the
Mississippi about year ago, He is rep
resented as being remarkably fine player
on the fule, and we understand that a
number Of our best musicians have kindly
volunteered to assist at his concert.
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FRENoNr CLUB.--We are much pleased
10 notice that the Republicans in East
Davenport meet this evening for the pur-
nose Of forming Fremont Club. II is the
disposition Of the friends of the good cause
here, and all over the State, not to weary
10 well-duing, but to make greater efforts
and more thorough organization fer the
November election than they did Tor the
one which has just been no happily con.
cluded. No matter how established is the
certainty that Iowa will cast her electoral
vote for Fremont and Dayton, it is proper
and desirable that all legitimate efforts
should be made for increasing our majority
% much as possible. Our friends in East
Davenport invite the public generally 10 at.
tend, and we hope that as many OF our read
ers az can make it convenient will be on
hand. 1t is advertised that the meeting
will be addressed by Professor Ripley.
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FILLMORE CLuB.--We insert, as an act of
courtesy, the advertisement OF the meeting
of the Fillmore Club. We presume the
most, IL not at all the persons in this region
who still adhere to the Fillmore organiza-
ton. act under sincere convictions Of duty.
But we also apprehend that when the bar
gain formed or in the process Of formation
between the Fillmore leaders aud the Buch-
aniers in various parts Of the country be-
comes more clearly exposed, all sensible
people who prefer practical good 10 daily
ing with political phantom, viii cease
lending their aid TO an organization which
il principally kept up by ofice.seekng poll
,lcians for the purpose Of defeating an eIee-
ton OF President by the people We may
be mistaken, but such Is the appearance
which the Fillmore organization in the free
States presents to us. At the South, where
the overwhelming majority of voters is in fa-
sor OF Slavery, Mr.. Fillmore is supported
because he is eonsidered sound on that ques-
tion, by those who cannot stand the gross
ultrasms Of the Cincinnati platform, and
cannot support for President the author Of
the Ostend manifesto. But in the free
States, however The advocates of Mr. Fill.
mere may endeavor 70 conceal the conse.
quences OF their position by various sophisms
about nationality, and any amount of rhetor-
ical Aourishes about the danger Of the I'm.
ion, we cannot perceive thht their present
or proposed action Is any thing but the COM
pletest playing into the hands OF the slave
power, while we are very certain that the
Union 10 exposed to no danger except what
il threatened by the clustering nulhiers Of
the South.
We know not how il may strike other
persons, but il appears TO us, that after the
emphatic manner in which the people Of
this State have decided 10 favor Of freedom
and against the extension Of slavery, the
idea Of their being used as so much stock in
fha poltical market, and at the pleasure Of
political leaders, for the advancement Of
measures the precise contrary of those they
have Just endorsed, is both absurd and in
sulting. We do not believe the people Of
Iowa can be thus banded about from one
political position TO another. They have
determined to support Fremont and Free
dom, and they cannot be seduced from that
determination, by any arguments of tmid or
bigoted conservatives, or any sophstries or
blandishments of artfuI and self-seeking
politicians.
Found DgAp.-At ~ O'Clock yesterday
morning, boarder at the Pennsylvania
House, named Samuel R. Whitmore, was
found dead in his bed. The verdict Of the
coroner's jury was that he died Of pulmona-
ny apopIesy. The deceased was formerly
Of western New York, was a carpenter and
joiner, and had been q resident Of this city
about two years. He was unmarried, and
sman Of temperate and industrious habits.
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LAST WsER's STORM The storm of last
Saturday was much more severe little far
Their east Of US than il was here. At Ouo-
wa, Ill, Ill blew almost tornado, demolsh-
ing several houses, and lifting the bridge
across the Fox river bodily on the piers and
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