The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-06-03
From Tie Boston Atlas,
An INVITATION.


natl Convention, gravely and confidently
sssumes that the Democratic party will OBJ
tain the hearty cooperation Of the Whigs.
aThe Democrats and National Wings" il
eays. shave it in their power to make an
eiecuon, by the popular vote, fixed GER
tsinty, and they have made up their minds
to ensure that result" There is something
exceedingly cool and exquisiteiy impudent
in this sweeping appropriation OF body o.
voters, whether that body may be great OF
small. Without so much as "by your
leave" without single aif you please, inc
organ of Mr.. Pierce brushes the remains o.
the Wing party into the Democratic ioia.
This recruiting sergeant does not THINK ~
worth his while 10 wheedle or TO coax; ne
does not, like Kite, take the trouble OF tell
inr the wished for recruits what fne
thing il will be to wear the Kings colors,
end 10 march to the sound OF the drum; but,
by a sort of CONSUMPTION, he seizes upon
...national Wings wherever they may be
found, puts the badge upon their backs, and
bids them to GO wherever they may be led.
The Union sends out press gang TO way
lay and to kidnap all wandering citizens,
and TO force them, whether they will or
mill, on board the rotten hulk of Democ-
racy.
Thus the glorious Wing party, lor what
ever may remain OF i'd is 10 be made the
slave, the convenience, the jack-at-a-plneh
Of the organization against which, for so
many years, it waged contest always gal.
liant, and not seldom successful. While
those who still believe it TO exist, are sd-
herring with sfiectionste fidelity toits name,
and struggling in spite oil its fatal reserses,
10 preserve its identity; while they are pro-
claiming to all the world that they are sill
Wings, and "Waigs OF the old school," the
Washington lnioa substantially tells them
that they must be Wings no longer; that
they must ineoptinenily turn Democrats;
thar they must vote for Mr.. Pierce, OF Mr..
Douglas, or any other man @se may be
nominated by q convention, in The consttu-
ton OF which they have had no share, in the
deliberations OF which they Will be an
represented The insult IL oeep enc, anu
10 men OF spirit, it must be ineSpressiols
humiliating. Such insolence would have
beer out OF the power OF this paid pensioher
of the government il certain presses, volun-
teering to be the spoSesmen OF the Wings,
had not made the first advances, aud BY a
srievous excess OF authority suggested that
LIE lew WITS s4iC 24otAC Va w
might, in the approaching contest, be formed
into an auxiliary legion, and put at the ser
wee OF the notification leaders. We be-
Meve these overtures to have been wholly
unauthorized We believe that not more
than handful OF those who still adhere to
the name of Wing, desire Democratic al.
lance. And the expression of this opinion
10 not only mark OF respect, but the avow.
al Of any other would be ia the highest de-
gree discourteous. To say that those who
call themselves Wings, secretly cherish q
passion for Democracy, would be to pro-
noance them the falsest and most hypocrit-
zeal Of men. Very few citizens, We are
glad TO believe, would be guilty OF such in.
deiensible deception.
If the fusion, for which the Union is SO
anxious, were possible, il would be only
fair to believe thai tbs Democratic party
had been changed, aud changed fer the bet
ter, ia all its esse Rtial characteristics; that
it was no longer the unquestioning servant
Of the South; that il fortore, in It's greed
Of Office, to plunge the land into uhheces-
sary agltatlons; that il had ceased 10 magni-
~ The one-man power; that it had repent ed
of its tendency 10 make political contests a
mere scramble for the spoiis; that it was
about TO relieve tue country from an oIigar-
chy of off cs-holders. Alas! we LOOK in
vain for any such indications Of an ap-
proaching millennium. The Democratic
party was never more seryile, never more
rapacious, never more tyrsnnical, than now =.
Its title is the most curious missioner OF
modern times. More thoroughly absolute
than when Gen. Jackson dismissed Cabin
las ar41 H.. 4
OF the government; more devoted 10 slavery
than " men Calhoun, in the Senate, ana
Anterior, in The House, Win !oEdiy imperi.
ousness, swept the petitions OF the North
under the table; nDre eager for Office than
when Amos Kendall, in ls40, sc int his ltho.
grsPbed promises Vi patronage through the
country, the Democrats party OF the pres
ent has all the faults OF the Democrat c
party VI the past, without 1.-THE Of its
strength. Il never yenturee SO FAR upon
The patience Of the country before. Had il
in 1892, or in 1886, dared 10 talk OF the re-
peal of the Missouri Compromise; had il
ventured 10 defend outrages which have
made Kansas conquered province; had il
even exhibited in its foreign policy the
weakness no@ too plainly apparent; the
Wing party. then 10 iEs fail sigor, and under
such readers as 90 party, before or since,
has had, would have swept il from the lace
OF the country into the receptacle OF things
lost on earth. Now, while its abiesl men
have left 1t, il has grown bolter aud more
interruptions. Those Southern Prochyities,
which were 60 eloeuentiy denounced by
Adams, Webster, Es eretI and Choate. are
no longer disguised. They have ripeneJ
into the rule. All disguise mas been thrown
of, and there Is ACa scarcely show Of
propitiaring the North.
The banquet, then, II which The Wash
ington Union iavItes The Wings, can hardly
be considered very attractive, The present
IS an uniortonate moment Tor apostacy; for
il must inctuce noI merely d change Of
name, which Would be u little cousequ ence,
but positive reversal Of principles which
may be Considered of som. value even In
times ike these Had the Democrats seen
nj 10 pursue policy moderate at least in
appearance; had they cast veil, no matter
how thin, over the unscrupulous means
which they are employing; il is barely pos
sible that few Wigs, Hervously fearful
Of whit is called most gbsurciY sectional
party, might have voted for Democratic
candidate, not thoroughly committed to the
Kansas Pcliey. But now, when il is per-
ieetiy apparent that the Democracy Of 1856
Is 10 be OF the dirtesi Douglas variety
thai Aebraskaisn, with scarcely perceytble
Faristons, Is to constitute the whole Demo
cratic piatiorm-how many men calling
themselves Wings, viii care TO cast their
lot with Democratic nuilifers, sgitstors and
disunionistse