The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-08-09
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Il appears ,ha, the most aeeamp"saeu
..a eccentric members Of the "Chiyairy
have always an eye to the money s'ae %
= ouestion. Surprising IS IL may seem
-, s.rb heroes as Brooks and kestt have
..,~., wants which can be ministered 70
ssd er.tihed BY dollars and cents i"ss
s..,h,,. :. aes;red TO snake an honest pen |
.,.. and il must be confessed tas' the!
,.-,.a the farce Of their resignation 10
very pretty pecuniary result. While he
s,rm. Of re-electing them were going on IN
south Caroline, they were enjoying Inc
.Ie.sures Of aris,ocratc circles al me
osrincs board bills and carriage hire
we're paid By the male sdorers oil ,heir
,rovess, and their ehisalrous aspirations
sr.t;f;ed BY the approving smiles, The wav-
iae kerchief. and sentimental oscula,ons
q The ladies. Their progress TO and nom Tie
ppsines was triumphant ovation which
- expect TO see done into verse by some
Southern genius, and put lished IN the pages
Of the Richaond Literary Messenger, And
when they again took the osths as new
neubers OF The House which they had die
srsced, they find that their purses are Plus
shs snug sums which they draw Tor con.
s,ructiye mileage. Brooks fine has been
already more than paid by the ardent ap-
plspders of his extraordinary heroism, lie
viii doubtless CONVEX, into money the lar
asr portion of the testimonial canes he has
reesiyed: and when he adds to this the
erasie boarding, free carriage rides, and The
punberless kisses of which be was the
blushipg recipient, he doubtless stands
sssoaished at his own good fortune, and
conrra,ulates himself on the brutal in
snact which prompted him to the assault on
Senator Sumner What pity, that Her.
bert, the murderer OF Heating, could rot
Also have appealed to his constituents for
the redress Of his wounded honor. Con-
structive mileage to and from Caliornis
would have been such handsome sum, that
he would have had greater reason TO rejoice
q his luck 10 killing poor Heating, than
even Brooks had for having nearly killed
Mr.. Sumner.
And this is the kind ofmtn gho threaten
hat they will not 60 TO Congress,-thai
they will dissolve the Union, unless the
people of the Free States viii allow them
10 have the complete control Of the coun-
nv. Such men refuse 70 Congress! Why,
nothiag could possibly please them better
shan To have opportunities OF being re-elect
"A three or four times during the same ses-
sion. And The silly threats of disunion
which they have been constantly repeating
ever since Andrew Jackson put down null
Vacation in South Carolina, are bow being
echoed bv the Buchanan journals in The
Tree States. We wish our readers TO no.
lice the extraordinary nature OF this argu-
neut. Ii is not novel mode Of election
sering in the slave States, but We marvel
that any paper published 10 free State
should issuls the understandings ofits read
ers by threa,ening them with this brayado
Of the plantation.
To serve the cause of their own aggran-
aisement, 10 carry out their plans for slaveyr
extension, to keep the North IN The sersiie
,o~itioo which il has meaaiy occupied for
the last thirty yesrss--men like Brooks, aud
Rsits, and Herbert, and Toombs, and
Stephens, tell the people Of this country,
thst If Fremon, q elected President, they
VII refuse TO 90 TO Congress, and that such
refusal will dissolve the Union. To what
elan OF arguments does such absurd buster
Ing belons' Are the free people Of this
country such fools, or towards, or mere
children, a. to be frightened BY such saPor-
ish defamation into an sbdication OF their
plaines, rights. and the abandonment OF
he treat cause Of truth and justice which
they ere now so msniuily upholdingi No
Iowa has already uttered an indignan; neg
alive. The free people Of the eommereial
capital Of Missouri have similarly answered
the insulting demands OF the disnnionists.
Even in Virginia, and Kentucky, and Mary
land, many noble men have uttered fearless
words for freedom and constitutional liber-
~: and before November, the loud and over
vbelming acclaim Of an aroused and out"
RACED people, viii be ready to consign to i'm
mortal infamy the men who have dared to
place the accused system OF human slavery
above, and in opposition to the fairest
fabric of free government hat the world
ever saw.