The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-11-15
The Presidential Election,

SATURDAY MORNING, for, Is, isse-
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The Presidential Election.
We agree with the Boston Ahas when Il
says--next to the pleasure ofvictory is the
consciousness of having deserved IT. Al
words of consolation and all theories OF com
ne usstios hive become trite and ,hreadbsre
in ,hi.. world OF disappointment; and al
though the progress OF good cause vas re-
tsrded on Tuesdey week, we lave l;tle dis
position to indulge in comments merely con.
ventional II the alphabet oil morality
teaches as that. truth must be Triumphant,
il teaches nothing abs,raesly which she
hardest practical experience does not con-
firm. We have failed % elect a Persistent
Of public views superior 10 private interest;
party spirit and party dsil have proved too
much for popular virtue; we are promised
four wears OF continued adhesion 10 a Tuinous
policy, and the int llgence OF The country
10 scain excluded from its government. IL
would be easier, alter six months ct tension
10 Weld to the ianguor which naturally FOL
lows; it would cos, less 81 effort and Of
strength to despair; but speaking ior oar
selves, and, as we trust, tor no small pre-
portion OF our readers, we NEST declare, that
never has the future seemed clearer, or
more fun hope than ROW. We say nothing
of the noisome avalanche OF Islander, OF de-
traction and OF ialsehood, which has been
hesped upon an excellent man. We do not
care to anticipate the verdict ct history =
We believe that John {. Frciaoni pes
sesses character, the brightness o. which
may for time be ebscurea by malice aud
misrepresentation, but which must IN the
end be understood, appreciated and honor
ed We leave il 10 take It's chances, as y
can well afford to take them. We turn from
the candidate to the cause; and find II
achieving lis o9n victory, and inswing lis
yindication in the immaiable laws OF public
economy. But for our own sake, We might
afford 10 abandon il, and closing our lips
forever, to watch with an abiding taith the
coming reiribution. No man, however sen
sitiye his spirit, or however bitter his disap-
pointmeni, need despair. Our newspaper
controversies are cheap and trivial; the
speech of the caucus rarely rises to the
great occasion; Ne jest aud Jbe and earriea-
,ure; We lessen the dignity Of oar work, by
making il merely personal; yet naai q ter
rible consideration is il. that unfecegnlzeJ, /
unapprecisted, uhthoaght Of, and uusPoken |
Of, the problem j. working itself cut, white
freedom is winning its victories n every eN- !
hausied rice swamp, apon every bishted ., |
baceo field, BY shores which no srgosies |
approach, and wherever labor anTsquted |
drags tei,s dresry task The laws OF nature
are supreme. and irtel ealshir by any Goa |
gress. The Missouri COMPROMISE may be |
swept away, bnt not the truth n ah,fA il
originated. The brain Nhlch devised. and |
the hand which drafted the great Ordinance |
have long SINCE erambled to dust; but the |
tact which informed that provision Is as vital
to-day as il was in the last century No
mathemstician was ever sursf Of his axiom, |
than the Zoe Of slavery extension i thst it |
must be a self limited Nrang.
"IxrKlsosEp BUT NOT CONQUERED. "A. |
G. Patrick. one Of the eigbty-seven Free
State prisoners nov 10 jail at Lecompton,
Kansas, on the charge q murder, IN let
ter to the New Albany tIndiana) Tribune,
says:
1t Iasi SIX weeks to-day since We we're
arrested. The 'ssubduaE" process under
which we have passed has mol in The least
changed cur determination to vote for
Free State man. locarcerals rs for ten
years, and we would stu prefer free sol
and free speech 10 that o. slavery. We
are imprisoned" but not conquered and
hope yet togei clear Of cur political perse-
cnt0rs a fair show Is al We want, and
Kansas freemen, by their voice, will pro-
claim at tie ballot box. that what was dedi-
Gated to freedom shall be free forever.
Mr. Patrick was the editor Of a strong
pro-slsvery paper in Indiana just before he
started TO Kansas. Il went there pro-
slavery man, fixed in his viegs IS be had |
been emphatic in their uiterance. Bet az |
ter travelling over Kansas, aad witnessing /
the outrages of the pro-slsvery men upon |
the lives and property Of Peaceable citizens
whose Only crime was in differing with the
Border Rutfians on the sabject Of slavery in
Kansas--he became a Free State man
His has bcea the experience Of scores Of
Others from his own State, who went to
Kansas pre-slssery men. aud were coHpel- /
II -.
though at great personal risi,. Mr.. PaTiek
has since this chsnge suffered all manner /
Of prosecutions. He cnce narroRly escaped /
hanging, and Is no@ prisoner At the nier-
ey OF unprinetpled Villains. Yet Mr Pat
rick al his old nome bore the character OF an
honest man and pe&ceable citizen, and we
venture to say that moi ia a ngle word OF
deed has be forfeited bis old reputation
------ -
Aquilla Bolton, a gentleman whose name
is as familiar as household word 10 all of /
The old-iime residents Of Cincinnati aud |
Dayton, now sick ana eHfeebled by age, ex- /
pressed desire before his eyes were closed
in death to cast Que more vote against fbt
extension Of slavery. dis friends, there
fore, at his urgent request, conveyed him to
the polls, when VaiisEdtBg hsm,th Pfo-Sla-
very candidate Tor Congress, demeaned
himself go low as srtoaIly - challenge iht
old maze vote Shane ga such Vie
wretch.
Great IHeentisry fire in syracuse Loss Es-
minated at hiiliea Dollars
Syracuse sata da} Nov s
Al o'clock tiie morning the lsrre fire
that has ever visited auf cilg uTotr Cai "a
the First Ward. and 10 the short space OIL
three hours, over twelve acres were burnt
over, and about one hundred buildings con
sumed The fire originated 10 the barn
back OF Grani's Hotel shch had not bren
occupied for Two OF three years. IT, imme-
dis,ely communicated to Grants Hoiel ,.oc-
eupied by Rsruey Grad, Wiiah wBz con-
sumed TIE loss on lie building IL esti-
mated at $1,000. The store Of d. bic
Galre then caught ire and was soon burned
dosn--losss $4,000. The flames then
spread 10 the new and magnificent bGiid,n
aswned By Mes-rs- :siaueriy Il Ford. and
Don il was mass Of ruins. Ii WIS ocou'
pied Ly Lynch Brothers, who had just got
in an entire new stock 81 goods. The loss
on the building viii be about sle,O00--in-
sured for $4,000, The Lynehes VIII lass
about sl0Qqo-inslhsd for $1,000 a
Iaroe uurnher NJ ,.aadpr h.tflafnfrs III. |