The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-06-06
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TRAe1 or Or. Levu.
Considering the elevated sitaation which
il once enjoyed and maintained. we do moi
remember in the history OF journa lem ial
to lower depth of degradation than tina, il,
which the St. Louis Republican now d, !.
l;Hhuto waliow.E As Is generally the case,
its kfsteteps in the descending path wer,
gradual and hesita,ine; but la,ler.y, having
acquired additional momentum and lost ,h,
faculty Of feeling any sentiment Of shame,
Il has not only ialien rapidly, but sunk 80
low, that we think |, would require consid.
er~bie Ingenuity for i to piaceisself benes,i
It's presen, position. I, has syssensticaily
misrepresented every thing which has &C.
CARED in Kansas during The las, twelve
months, and has made the Islander and de-.
traction Of Nsrthern men end Northern in.
Situations its peculiar business. Andit hne
persisted in pursuing this course TO the eyi
dent Getrimsni OF the trade aud prosperi,,
DIST. Louis. Most of the other papers o,
tina, city make iresuent complaints, es-
peciailyabo0t the decrease ofthe river trade,
and We have now before US the ST. Louie
Demoera! hich, among other things, states
tina; nj presen, "the freight brought in and
carried away daily b, about forty boats,
would rot probably prove full loads for q
sixth Of that number" Pittsburgh, Gin
cinnati and other msrts in the Fee States
nsw supply the Upper Mississippi country
to the comparative exclusion OF ST. Louis.
The Dtmocrat says ;his Is sn 'sunp!essani
fact,--aut how could il be tAerwisel
The Esrubiican is considered abroad as tn.
organ of sbe Commercial sentiment Of ST..
Louis All right-minded commercial men
in Whatever branch Of business they mag Be
engaged, have jealous anxiety that the
rights OF property SHOULD be scrupuleasly
maintained, and are naturally suspicious o.
any community which lends even SEEM
inc sanction to confiscsiion and lswles..
ness. But the ST. Louis Republican has
justified aud in many cases applauded the
destruction of large amounts Of properly by
msrauding banditi. II hiss not conten,ed
itself with being the defender of the deeds
committed by the armed bands from Mis-
souri, bu, i, has Indignantly imputed TO the
Free State men crimes which they never
dreamed Of committing. Many of these
latter are the friends and relatives oil the
business men in that section of country
whose trade 81. Louis is so snxous to prof.
It by; and all Of them are allied in senti-
ment to four-ftihs of the intelligent people
Of the Free States VIVA, wonder hen is
II that the latter should be dsinchned to
trade with ST. Lonis, or to conhne the pur.
chssss there TO few particular articles
The sentiments propsgsted BY The Rerubli.
ca. have rendered it unsafe for Northern
men to entrust themselves or their proper.
ty to the na, igation oil the Missouri river,
and If there were railroad completed
across the State of Iowa, but little of the
immense mass Of immigration which is 10
settle the broad plains of Nebrasks and
Kansas would travel by any other route
As long as ii was thought that the Reputli.
Can correctly reflected the sentiments Of
81. Louis, Northern immigrant. would
avoid that city as one infected with g moral
plague, and this determination would be
dictated as well by seIf-respect as By
proper regard Tor their own safety,
We d, not SAP that the course pursued
by the Republican has been the exclusive
cause OF whatever decline there may have
been In the trade OF st. Louis; but we have
no doubt that j. has been very efficient
auxiliary in bringing about that result; and
when the Democrat and other 81. Louis pa
pers are searching Tor the Causes of the
unpleasant TACT" we are surprised that
their sagaciiy does not discover the very
material one which has its origin in their
midst. The Republican, TO be sure, may
think that all will lie righ, If Kansas be
made aslaye State; and if il he of the opin-
ion tina, st. Louis would prof, more by
making smother Arkansas Of Kansas. than.
by harvesting the rich trade OF the Upper
Mississippi country, we have neither the
right to dispute lis wishes, nor the desire to
argue with IFS infatueiion
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