The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-24
rHY IOWA ELECTION.

The Chicago Tribune, referring to inc
fact Of the near approach OF our State eiee'
ton, speaks as follows
.NeY, Monday week the State OF Iowa
~. Ia, State election. All accounts from
/, are. moi merely en- couraging, but satisiac-
,orr The Freemen OF that State will
STAND up truly to their own principles, and
dafend them at the ballot-box triumphant
Blu, the good men of our sister State will
leave noining updone which promises 10
make n ore sure this result. IL - the nrst
battle ia the tree States. Strsining eais
ana eager eyes will listen and watch Tor the
aash OF the wires, Monday week, when
shall tell The result. Ii il shall, as IL VIII,
announce a victory Tor Freedom, The ma
tons free heart will be made glad, and its
voice will be heard in vigorous and hearty
huzzabs over the victory.
Iowans, now ont OF The State, arrange
your business so as to be at home and vote
on election day. low ans, at home, remem'
Der that the country expects every mar
among You to do his duty"
We win not ~disappoin, the expectations
of our Republican friends. We know that
they will await ~anxieusly the first inteiii.
Rence from our State election, but if any
dependence is to be placed on the most UNI
eouivocal indications of . Republican tri-
umph, they may await that intelligence with
the utmost confidence Of hearing good
news.
We trust however that none of our read
ers will be lulled by these iattering signs
int On inactive security. or be disposed by
them TO omit any proper exertions. The
short time thai elapses before the election,
ough, to be spentin untiring efforts 10 make
the good cause triumphant over any posi-
BILE casualty. We ought to work as though
our success was doubtful, and we hope that
every Republican will act as though the
result depended on his individual vote. Lei
him not only 60 to the polls himself but see
thai his neighbor goes also, inc then we
win ali have the pleasure of consraiuiatinG
each other thai our county has done lis
whole duty. We look to other countieSto
do the same, and then lows will sem greet
~
ine to her sister Republican States, tina
she has nobly opened the bali, and invite
them to follow her example.
1t 10 eminentiy &, tina, Iowa, the hrst-
born free State Of the Missousi COM romise
should raise her voice in decided eondomna-
lion OF the unprincipled consPirstors b,
whom that compromise was ~abroga,ed, and
the unparalleled stfocities which have been
produced by tina, ~sbrugston. We doo b,
not thai leur-ftths Of the voters OF this Stat
are opposed 10 the pro-siavery course Of the
present I'D pinistratiJhn, and to the iniquilies
which have been per etraied is Kansas
and as Mr.. Buchanan has virtually endorsed
all the acts OF Mr.. Pierce, and has given
still fuller and stronger pledges 10 the STA
very propagsndists, the opposition to Mr.
Pierce is righifuliy and logically extended TO
Mr.. Buchanan,-and as precisely the same
issue il involved in our State election as IN
the election for President, all the opponents
Of the present disgracetul administration
oupht to vote for the Republican nominees
for Congress, and for the County and State
Offices.
Ii is unnecessary to repeat the facis and
which have wrought SO great q
change in the public mind since the election
of Pierce. They are all known 20 our read-
err. WHIST we wish at presen, to impress
upon their minds is the importance OF al
tending the polls. No cause but that Of
sickness SO severe as to confne him TO his
bed, Should be permitted BY any Republican
OF Scott county 10 keep him from voting
This is the last issue Of our weekly paper
that will reach our country readers before
the election, and we trust that in our next
we viii be enabled to congratulate them on
the glorious triumph of republican and true
Democratic principles. We will certainly
do 90, if they will all vote. Davenport
township will do its duty, and we expect
the other townships TO do likewise.