The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-09-13
REPUBLICAN NETTING.

AZ usueithe Court House was crowded |
on Thursday evening upon the announce
ment thata meeting Of The kepaeIieaa
party was to be held. Mr.. GusSsTr, OF
r. l., addressed The citizens quite iens'nily
upon the distinctive features Of the two
parties ihs, are nov con,ending Tor the
PRESIDENCY, and showed what must Be the
d;reiul consequence Of the election 81 Bn-
chsnan TO the Presidency. He pledged
Rhode Island As good ior 4,ooo Republican
majority This viii do very well Tor our
iiule sister, v 10 ons sssts, all told, shout
10000 votes.
After Mr.. q. hsd concluded, Elder PaR-
Bxs BVTLEE, Of Kansas, formerly resident
OF this county, took the stand, and, al.
though feeble from long spell Of sickness
no doubt saperinduoed by his mallresi'
ment in Kansas, proceeded 10 give some
account OF the netanous transactions OF TIE
Border Rufsians Mr.. b, very moaesiiy
would not eonsent TO Earaie Ais e"a
wrengs, ss Nc did not wish TO be maae
hero in consequence OF his sa1erinss,
,,hen "a many citizens oil that tll.starred
Territory had passed taroagh more hers
ordeal Than be bad and yet their wrengs
xould pcver reach the public ear He
made some illusions TO the sentiment
which the Border Rufssn press is trying to
enterce, that preachers should have no
mind ueoa, and take no interest in, poil'i-
col topics
So kind and gealle!uanily was he in BIS
ailusions 10 the Buchanan party, that we
aoub, whether the mest ultra members Of
tho, party, il present, would have taken e.
ceptiops to his remarks. He stated the
or,rin.tion of the troubles in Kansas, and
then appealed to his audience whether
the Free State men had not pursued
eouree that they would justify. Not
voice di..ented-no, man IN that rooms
no matter how strong his Prejuciees pre-
yiousiy, Blu, tina, felt IRON his soul ,as. 'nes
did richt-right in the eight OF Goo ana
,heir fellow men. No man but who, IL sp'
pe.led 10 personally. would hsse Aekno~i-
edged thu, they had srssisr s4-ss iss fsosi'
Ion than George Washington and his com
p.trio,s, whose names viii not cease to DC
rsyerenced 50 long as the pages Of hisIo''
shall chronicle their deeds.
The laws OF Ksasss we're enacted 0!
Legislature chosen by the oc-scouflngs O
Nsscuri, who entered The Territory arme'
with bowie knives and revolvers, IN suel
numbers as TO deprive its citizens OF ID
privilege Of voting. These laws were moi
svr.nnical in their nature than those Georg
the Third tried to impose on the colonies
20 that The people OF Ksrsss resolved th'
thsv would not submit to thsir provisions
Man. were then taken BY these SAN
Border Rufians, through the medium
their Blue Lodges, by systematic cours
of n.rsecu,ion, TO drive The inhabitants
Yans.. INTO retaliation, tbs, they nisi
thus have an excuse for cutting them o.
while, Al the same time, they trumPed .
the s,ors that they sere Inc sggressofs-
this, as in every other msehination' me
did net succeed, and 10 retalistion WAS e
er made, no indignation was ever resents
until since the sacking OF Lawrence.
Mr.. Butler appealed 10 his sndien'
whether for refusing TO obey nose las
,h.v became obnoxious TO the terms whls
the Border Rushan press bad hesped upc
them. Whether the course Of the FRI
s,.,e men oil Kansas entiiled them 10 sut
an epiths, Is that ofi-ator. He hoped tn
no press IN this portion Of our oesuiii'
State would be guilty Of using such unme
Tied epithels.
Twice Mr.. Buiie- has been sent out
Kansas; once down the Missouri river Oh
,,f, and The second time he was tarreo az
scattered and sent of through Missouri
ri. possession. are all in Kansas, il ID b
home and he now returns TO cisla us Pr
a.-tv. and either to live or die upon kHDsi
.oii. While we admire the spin he no
and has ever manifested, we regret that
doe. not animate the body offs man who
not copscientiously opposed to the U.s.
weapon. in self-defence, as, knowing 81
pon-resisting disposition, the craven seour
dsels that in fest that Territory will IN
more speedily attack bin.
Mr.. Buffers remarks gere 5rief, an
when be had concluded IAem his sudiehe
fell, that they had listened 10 the words
truth, while deep indignation at the ind
NOUS course Of the Border kuhans an
the power that upholds them, s~elied in s'
cry bosom. No one esn foresee to VIA
the nurdesous proceedings in Kansas
they come to US SO recently IN all Their ho'
rbls details through The medinfo Of the Pre-
Slavery press Of ST. Louis, 10 to lead, b
they foreshsdow the mos, terrible and sesl
ful consequences.