The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-14
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to be called upon to chronicle. professional.
iy, the departure from THE world to better
one ofany Clay Wing who talks B~uchanan.'
Such : man I regard either - q most hope.
less idiot, or . a incorrigible knase, for
which THE world is certainly no 6t place.
Mr.. Clay's Ifs wss devoted to the exten.
sion of freedom. There was nc part Of his
life he looked back upon with more pleas
ure than that which was devoted to an at
temp, to emancipate the slaves OF his M.
tive State. There is no act OF his life Of
which his true friends are more justly proud
than his deliberate defeat Of himself by him
self in his Presidential campaign agains,
Mr.. Polk. BY boldly proclaiming his oppo-
sition to the annexation Of Texas A. a slave
State. Mr.. Clay was faithful to what he
conceived to be the requirements of the
Constitution, and even went 20 far as to
support the Fugitive Slave Law, because he
considered that the Federal compact bound
the North to comply with The requirements
of that Law; but he nevertheless expressed
repeatedly his hatred Of slavery, in theory
or practice, in language a. strong as any
ever uttered BY the most ultra Abolitionist.
aud publicly proclaimed that he would rath-
err have his right arm wither than be instru.
mental in planting slavery in free territory.
And the admirers of this departed grea,
man are now called upon to vote for not
only his personal vilh6ers, but a man devoid
of individuality, according to his own volun-
tary, ~unbought, unsought confession, a
mere tool in the hands of 9 set of Southern
madmen and Northern renegades, whose
political platform is nothing more nor less
than the naturalization and constitutional
cation OF slavery in every State and terrific
nv Of the Uaion, unless prohibited by stat
ute. Slavery. according to these gentle.
men, is 10 be the rule-freedom the excep.
ton.
Mr.. Fillmore's late reasonable speeches
at Albany and elsewhere have lowered that
gentleman considerably in the estimation OF
many Of his admirers in New York. Meth.
er Pierce nor Douglas has dared bid so high
for Southern votes as this Buffalo lawyer,
whose supposed fidelity to freedom was the
only reason his former friends had for pla-
cling him in the Vice Presidential chair
It was always a we'll understood fact
among Mr.. Ffllmore's political and person
al friends, that the Intellectual wealth OF
that gentleman did not superabound to the
extent of having any to spare from his per-
sonAi wants for patriotic purposes. But be
was thought 10 be an honest man, a good
man, q sincere lover of liberty, in short
iust such q man as the times requi red more
,han an intellectual man. trust, hcwey-
er, that the voters Of the United States have
had enough Of that chase of negative good
and grea; men of the Buchanan and Fill
more stamp. Buchanan's greatness would
seem TO be based upon the fact that he has
never failed in any great undertaking.
which would certainly enii,le him to a good
deal Of consideration, were il not for the
important fact that he has never attempted
anything great. Fillmore's reputation for
goodness arose from the fact that he had
never peer arfaigned for and convicted OF
standing at the corners Of the public streets
of Buffalo and throwing stones at the unof-
tending passers-by. He had simply never
done any harm at the time he was nominal
ted Tor the Vice Presidency. He belonged
TO that class Of men whom Dickens SO ad-
mirably represents in Little Dorritt," by
the shiny-hesded, knobty.headed, patriarch
al Mr.. Casby-of whom people said that
it was impossible for such a looking head
not to be good.
Mr.. Fillmore has but W. organs in this
city now-the slow and respectable" Com.
mercisl Advertiser, and the slipshod and
interruptions Express. The Commercial,
in the spirit OF its former accomplished ed
tor, Col. Stone, devotes itself mainly to
antiquarian researches That paper dis
covered in April last ION the occasion of
the Clay festiyaD by the assistance of ex-
Governor Hunt, a fossil Of the late Wing
party, and continued to eniighten the pub
lie in regard to this wonder Of the age Till
quite recently. 1t is now all aglow with 3
more recent, If not more rare specimen. be
ing nothing less than the remarkably curv-
ed dorssl column OF the South American
party. The Express has been d~evotiDg its
energies recently 10 inventing very malig.
nsnt, but rather small and unimportant fibs
about Col. Fremont's religion.
The live portion of the press--the jour
nails OF circulation and influence, are for
freedom and Fremont. The Press is rapid
~ becoming, If il has not already become,
the power in this country. A number Of
our leading papers are realizing immense
fortunes. 1t is to be hoped that they will
not illustrate the usually received idea thai
men become selfish and mean in the ratio OIL
their increased wealth. ! have it on good
authority that the proprietor of the Herald
realizes from that establishment about one
hundred thousand dollars per annum. ]
know that the Tribune, for the year 1855
after paying all expenses, including salaries
10 it's proprietors, divided $4,000, or 30 PEI
cent. among its stockholders. About thu
LIST Of July the Tribune made another div
deud from the receipts Of the last si'
months, Of $4,000, paid $4,000 on ths
aTribune Buildings" which they have re-
Gently purchased, and have q surplus oil
SIS 600 10 $4,000 OF hand. The Times
il also understood TO be in a very prosperous
condition. There are also a number Of
weekly literary and family journals In this
metropolis producing incomes which ought
to satisfy any man Of not more than ordfna'
~ ambition. Perhaps the most successful
Of this class is the New York Ledger, Q
paper whose leading feature is the publica'
ton OF original American tales. BY the
smploym ent of entertaining and spirited