The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-01-30

"WEDNESDAY MOR%tN6, JANtAkt u, H.
~ vDax aeRs on. NJ
We are pleased to learn from the Cincia-
aati Gssstte that the great majority Of the
people OF Hamilton county are Aati-Ne.
hsSSkS men. and that the Lseofoeo platform
IF % A.c Ohio 9Th of January Conssation
will choke every candidate who attempts to
swGa1sw Il. We hsve not the slightsse APP
prehsnsion that he good people Of Ohio
will recede from the noble stand which they
took in the election Of Chase, bst We are
especially pleased to know that there are
the stroaeest hopes Of sven Hsnilton cour-
y. That county, - our readers are aware,
10 the one in which Cincinnati IL situated.
lsAas long been the stronghold Of Ohio Ls-
estocoisn. By asrsss fraud customary with
The Leeofoco leaders Of that State, Cincin-
natl has frequently been DISTINGUISHED and
swanpsd BY the empowering vo.e Of the
county. Its pleasant to think that the
chances for repeating such fraud as that
Of the general ticket system are becoming
very few. The intrinsic importance OF
this fact as it relates TO the prosperity Of .
great State, would be sufficient to claim the
congratulations Of all good republicans; but
ishas far wider significance. There are
thousands Of German voters in Hamilton
county who have heretofore, for the mos,
part, voted with the Locofoco party. There,
= in other parts Of the country. they have
been too often deluded By the word .Dsmoc-
racy."-but when they see 10 plainly -
they y now, that the prevailing and perma-
nsat password with these party leaders pre-
leading to be Democratic, IL Slavery" they
can no longer be deceived BY lying soph,s.
uiss o. hypocritic falsehoods.
In such state Of sfairs, it is natural il
net necessary that the particular organs OF
the Administration should be actively en-
saged in "reading out of the party" better
paper thaa themselves. and papers which
have had honesty and independence enough
to act according to their convictions, and to
treat with scorn any attempts at shackling
their freedom of speech. We notice tina,
this 10 the game which is now being indus
triously played BY the Cincinnati Eaquirer
and host Of other pro-slavery organs equal
y Subscriptions but of far less ability. so
the Washington Union" SAYS the Gazette,
somewhat strongly but not untru,hfuliy,-
went through the form OF reading out of the
party the N. Y. Evening Post, and class
Of men who stood as high, in point of char.
aeter. and principle. above the hireling Of
the Union, ~ the celestial regions are above
tbs bostomless pit"
The interrogstory and the statements of
the ssbjoined paragraph are as suitable to
this meridian as to that of Cincinnati, and
We commend them to the consideration OF
Ill who are tired Of Locofoco frauds and in
consistensies =
with corresponding assurance the En-
QuSrW undertakes to denonncs men who are
he enbodinsnt Of the original Democratic
pdaeiples. Upon what ground can party
yho practically ignores every feature Of the
Denocratic creed. and represents only .
Pso-slavery principle. claim TO be the true
Democracy Banks, TARIFF, internal i'm
Provements, &c. are all laid aside to make
room fer the Nebraska bantling. which the
prince Of doughfaces, and his associates,
sought NOT merely to engratt upon. but to
ssstitute for the parent tree Of the Democ-
racy. This germ Of corruption they planted
in Democratic soil. and such Of the party as
refuse to forsske their "sturdy OAK and
worship around she newly planted sspiing,
us denounced - TRAITORS" to the Dsmoc.
rsey. II u but shallow attempt on the part
off Get Of men, who have proved recrespt to
atzsst confded to them By the people, to
cover their retreat from the party; an empty
excuse for the disbotical act that being
psrpesrated. by which principle is to be
sseriaeed for. spoils, and the blessings of
freedom exchanged for the evils Of slavery"
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