The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-10-18
A pisusisn seA.ns sriseaa. 70 the Rescue,


One A. n. Brisbane eve suppose bis name
must be Alexander, bestowed upon him by
his parents who toresaw tina, he would equal
If not rival the ancient hero,l sends 10 the
Charleston Is. c, } Courier his plan oi pro-
ceed,ng, in the event OF Col Frement's
election. IL Is very simple one. II IS
merely high treason. lie proposes, should
a majority OF the electoral Votes be given
Tor Fremont, that
"The President OF the United States, Mr.
Pierce, should possess himself a the treas
ure aud archives ofthe government, ana a..
SISTED by Virginia, maintaining smags "a
ssaia gao, until the public mind could be
| brought to proper comp q The ar
| olinas and Georges would soon sustain Var.
sini.. and tue rect OF the slave states come
| IN line 10 support the mesemeu,
! The meneyed power OF the north is To be
/ ispckei To sustain the iniesregnum. BIS
| bare also announces that che has every
reason 10 know tina, the army Is safe" and
he has mo doubt but the navy may be re-
lied on" So everything will go On sPlen
didls, aud a delicious "inteuegnum" lie es-
,ahhshed, n the great honor, glory, safety
and emolumeat OF South Carolins, Brisbsn
and Qusttlehum.
This moon struck Alexander. moreover,
is papist, NiIh his letter referred TO above
he prints smother to the Right Rev, Arch
bishop Hughes, asking that prelate to be-
| stow on this grand foEay upon the archives
aud the treasury his episcopal bcnedieuon.
He also wants, does this chicken OF the
church, TO be ahsolvod from has consuItu-
| tiausl obligations to President Fremont, /"
aud them eouseoTaiei Is the WORK under
such holy auspices he will 20 slam bang
al The archives, aud. with a clear conscience
| carry on the last golden eagle OF the treas
orr Ii the Archbishop be the sensible per-
son We take him 10 be, he slll advise broth
a. Brisbane al once 10 lose lttle blood,
have his head shaved, put on hair SHIRT,
and resort vigorously 10 hagslaton,
How will President Pierce like has part
in the Brisbane programme Poor man,
are his troubles not yet u al end He has
already turned from politics to potatoes; he
| has siready selected a peaceful and quiet
| retreat; and here comes traeulent, fire
| estiag son Of gun, WHO tells him that he
must al the end OF his term seize the ar
chires ana the treasury, become generals
sino Of pack OF loose rsbes, and put his
NINttSSs ASSf tFt lN0FNAN9 " tfAhR "
see Nj Pierce doing il, We 90 not mag
iue that even the benejtetian OF Archbish-
90 Hughes could coax him into such an act
Of stark madness. II brother Brsbane's
scheme Is TO depend upon the cooperation
Of President Pierce, We are afraid that II
will never pass from theory u practice.
This Brisbane may be in earnest, as lu-
natics usually are. But those aho use him,
and put his insane rawlings in the Rewspa-
| pers, know better. They hope 10 Tighten
| the north into an abandonment OF its con-
sttationsl rights, just as the Chinese sol
| tiers hopeito ffigsten away the English by
exhibiting hideous masks, and BY yelling in
| the most nnearlhly manner. They will be
| laughed ii for their pans. And should
| they dare take the first reasonable step,
/ they may encounter something more seri-
Gus than ridicuIe 49, Boston Atlas.