The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-16

For ktternsg Gsaers1,
SAMUEL A. RICH, OF Mahlska co.
EcoND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
srsRsgressntatire.
TIMOTHY LAWS. OF Clayton County.
THE DIFFERENTIATION OF THE People.
Among the amendments to the Naval Re.
form bill which is now being discussed in
the Senate, is one which provides for a new
Board to openly r~e-examine and pass upon
the cases of the dropped or ~furloughed Of.
6cers who desire IL, with q view to their re-
~storatien to their tormer position, if found
to have bsen u~njasly treated BY the late
Board. The greatest objection to the late
Board, aside from the great injustice which
it committed in particular cases, was the
secresy with which all Its operations were
conducted. Tia, mode Of proceeding is
entirely alien and distasteful to American
habits and convictions, and il the acts OF the
body in question had been characterized BY
the utmost proprieiy, the mere fact OF its
being a secret inquisition was enough to
condemn il in the minds of the people. But
when supeTadded to this, the larger pro-
portion of what was done by the Board was
distinguished for extreme partiaii,y and in
Justice, the most desirable remedy for the
wrong would be, if possible, to reverse its
whole proceedings, and where that was
prevented by lapse Of time or other eircum-
Stances, to reverse them to the furthest At.
~tains6ls extent.
The institution of the late Board was one
Of she experiments Of the rew tangled
system Of politics iaeetiossly called Demo-
erauc,-the main feature OF which was that
. man should be tried BY judges who sat in
secret. without knowing what charges were
alleged agains, him. aud Of course without
having any opportunity to defend himself.
But it 10 impossible 70 tell whether the
present standardization deserves most to be
esnsuse ed for the open outrages which have
tssn committed under its sanction, or for
the iniquiues which it has permitted to be
performed in secret. We do not intend &c
specify the crimes of com mission and omis.
sion OF which the Pierce administration
has been convicted. Our readers are al.
ready acquainted with them, and the task
has been performed in SO able and graphic
manner by Mr.. Benton, from whose
speech We have heretofore given extracts
thai il would be equally rash and unneces
sary to s,temPi retouching the work of tina
skillful ATTEST.
Il would indeed be matter for great con
graduation, if the more glsripg enormitiei
Of the Pierce administration could be a
sasily reeti6ed as the malfessances of thu
Naval Board. But the disgrsceiul bonbard
men, Of Greytown cannot be blotted from
the pages of American history. That mos
unprincipled declaration which, under thu
suspicles OF the existing administration
lr. Buchanan and his brother triumvir
concocted At Ostend and published for tn
inspection of ssxondering world, can Meth
sr be denied nor explained away. The stg
ma of the outrageous episode oil Kansas vii
always attach to the country which permit
ted iis enactment, and however peculiar an
overwhelming may be the infamy whic
we hope win ever cling to the chief author
Of that conspiracy, it will always remain
melancholy soleeism in the history ofa FREE
country, that an organized band Of cut
throsts were suffered TO maintain posses
sion Of one Of its Territories, and to ense
there q long series OF such atrocities q
have been rarely paralleled in the histor
Of any civilized nation.
But if these disgraeeful occurrences ca
never be ignored, their repetition can b
guarded against BY committing the admin
istration Of the government to better an,
purer hands. Certainly no stronger argu
msn,s for G complete change of men ana
measures, were ever offered TO the siten.
fion Of any people than are Dow pressing
upon ours To vote for Mr.. Buchanan
RoolQ DC 70 Note fvf . continuance OF Inc
Pierce Observation-Disclosures. II Is by tina,
fact that the people will be governed. No
slight or transient causes have brought
them 10 the belief tina. an entire change
has become necessary; but, 9 long train Of
abuses pursuing invariably the same end,
and evinclng a settled design 10 make the
protection and propsgandism Of slavery the
chiefend and business ofthe federal govern
ment, has forced upon them the conviction
that the revolution mus, be thorough and
e6sctaal. The people have determined 10
bring back the government of the country
to the doctrines Of the better days Of the
republic, and as the frst and most N important
step towards that desirable concentration,
they have determined 10 make JoHs C..
FsExoyT the ext President of the United
States.