The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-12-05

king il pubic which We do, convinced that
its ,srse, manly sentiments Will end res
ponse in The bosCms Of many nlble patriots
IN this region -
SPRINGFIELD. O., Nov. Is, 1856.
DEAl SIa I'm sackclo;h and ashes !
ind,e few lines to you, hoping they will
find you mournfuily enjoying the same bles.
sed condition.
The harvestis past,t summer is ended,
and our bacon is not saved" The great
Red Dragon is abroad in the land, and hath
eaten it up. Yes, Sir, the Devil--that old
sarpiena-has done the job. I, can be no
other" am disappointed am mad be.
yond the capacity Of the English tongue to
express AN disposed to curse the vox.
populi, amigo 10 bed. lfeel inclined TO
become one Of seven, or more, to 60 into
some csvernous receptacle and pass 1877
wears or theresboutsin "blauk unconscious
ness," thereafter swakIng to better state
Of things. despise the general result.
think ii sbsurdly unmsthematiesl. disgrace.
fully immoral, tending decidedly to regions
further downward" think the American
people in the aggregate an ass quite inferior
to Balaam's. The Ia Ter. seeing the angel
reese above itself, and edited the world with
memorable manifestations. The former
didn't.
Alas James the Single is appointed to
rule over US, whether 10 make US mourn o.
not remains to be seen. He 10 spongy
plant individual. the which being xithou,
tie central pillar q. E. backbone> may. like
the pottsr's clay, be formed into one or 9th.
er sort OF vessel as suiteth the potter
Through long experience the South has at.
tanned to admirable skill in the pottery bu.
siness, aud il may be very confidently pre-.
licted tina, The lump now presented to be
moulded will be hastily worked into shape
the operation being facilitated by the thor.
ough tempering beforehand. Thsta vessel
of dishonor will be tbs result, we are prob.
ably not infringing upon any social virtue
il taking fo- granted. James is not the man
tor the time 10 any particular. II he Aoa
L backbone. al the came time cherishins
those antediluyisn views Of his. he would
be broken in two q, least once, and a. many
times more as he succeeded in getting him
self erect. That he is a wicked man no one
believes and in becoming the vessel Of
d.shonor which he undoubtedly will, it vii.
not be from positive evil In him. But, un-
fortunately, the efee. with US people will
be pretty much the same. We shall, prob.
ably, mourn.
After seeGnI'., sober thought, however. il
seems ,srdly healthy TO be so rscked 10 the
,a,vo,a system. The Republican party II
.uoues,iousbiy based in something outside
Of. and above, the spoils--has root whers
ruslenance waich makes long-ived giants
ID to be had Il Il g political party, u IL
,ne. and has he wsrts and sores. which
will increase but il is fresh Of the core,
and mus, work out q magnificent moral re-
suit before Il loses i,s vitality, and falls TO
the level Of tic Presen, opponents. In this
there is ground for hope; and Pm going 10
hops-all the more because OF the present
et.back. I'm going to look upon the choice
az lanes Buchanan DC one Of the ways Of
Providence. Yet, by thunder there's
something CALLING about the reflection that
we must wsit four years before another
pitched, decisive battle can be fought. The