The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-12-08


Aban, 81 Augment!
One would suppose ,hst we lived in ssae
region, where chattel property In the form Of
Assasity YES acknowledged, jsdgiag mere.
" frosS lks pliaaey sxhibitsa ~ The "Oppo-
si.ioa. ps~sin this place. No sooner are
the pecesdiIios Of = public aan from the
sossA szposed. BY those Of W. who, thank
f.rssae, yet rssain unsrasansllsd. than aP-
p.rsasly, ssAer the crack Of the whip. (sssry
-whs wissls Il hsrcD sdisgassias ssrvil-
ity 10 maaiiss.ea BY an eager defence Of The
accsssd, which, IL not insalting toa com.
msaity Of freemsn. 10, at least reprehensi-
BILE - nssies scr the public eye. Reason.
for The eo~sse passsed. cannot always be
e;vsa-6ss self-svideat truth viii sss admi,
Of sspAissry y way ofreply-snd then. The
siaae weapons Of base insiasation and out
rsesous abuse must be employed.
Our article Of TAarsday @oraing resPsct-
ing Ar. Simms, conceived, a. We thought in
% good taste ~ the matter would bear, has
stricken the avowed defenders of the "pecu
liar institution" badly loading the air heavily
with f~r--sAis being the very best evidence,
BY the way, Of its power and truthiulness.
Out Of consideration for those bound down
and forced to perform agreeabiy to the viii
Of their task-mAsters. in future. we may hnd
it in our hearts not 10 AGt in such =
way. a. to briag forth simultaneous
howls Of dissent. over \ matter which y
plain to every ''wsy- iaring man though .
fool" But our say has been said OF w.
Gilmore Simms. and really, gent, men. We
cannot rstract, in ih,s instance, however
amlabiy inclined We may feel in othGrs.--
Our thanks are due you, though, for calling
attention To the production.
In reply TO portion of the Democrats
article, We would observe, that VIC utter.
ed not word respecting the venerable Ben.
ton. His course ia not liable To the objee-
ton srged against Simms. He lecturea TO
Northern audiences. is properly received,
hsis ned TO aiientively. although very pro-
liz, and submits gracefully. as he should do,
To criticism. Should he visit Davenport,
he will be treated respectfully and eourte-
ously. even By those who may be inclined
to entertain opinions adverse to his own
And, to the Meas" we would remark, that
Mr.. Simms. as a gentleman, according 10
the usual sccep,stion OF the term. was not
at,acked-his true motive. as an ambitious
literary man. trading upon small amount
OF capital, only was portrayed.
To show that we are not alone 10 our
opinions, and that others have fallen upon
the same general train Of thought with our
selves, we extract the following from the
Cincipaati Commereiai.--
"DEAocRArie LECTURERS 0sTRAcTsED."
Under this head line the papers that call
themselves Democratic, have been detail.
ing the fact of the failure of William Gil.
more Simms TO secure audiences for his lee.
lures, and complain of the "Black Rspsb-
hcans" for sending him home, empty and
disconsolaie. Mr.. Simms, himself, has the
very bad taste to publish in q card, IA
grant faisehood-that lie, to Afhrm that he
has been, rs South Carolinian, subject to
persecution. He made himself offensive
as South Carolinisn. He justified the at
tack Of Brooks upon Sumner, outraged en-
hchtened public sentiment in the North BY
vulgar expressions Of hate and defiance,
and faIsified Revolutionary history to a ri.
IN L.
South Carolina hsd been pre-eminent for
patriotism and courageous sacrihces in the
struggle with England. Simms never
found market for his trashy writings in
the South, in the giories Of which he 50 ex
ults, and there was no encouragement to
lecture there, 90 he proceeded North to
backyard those from whom he had al
ways dsawn his substance, thinking speedi-
" to realize fortune. To his surprise he
was treated with contempt, and the esiima-
ton in which his slang was held, he could
not fail to discover in the attendance Of
s3rSea persons at the room where he was
announced for the second time as 4 lectur-
er in New York. Now he says that because
ne 10 South Caroknian, he has been bad
" treated. II 10 false, and If he does not
know il, be knows very irile indeed His
whining 10 probably intended for Bun
combe. II be can create the impression in
South Carolina that he has suffered dread
fully at the hands of the Northern people
those who were SO fanaiicai that they
would not pay to hear themselves, aud their
proudest institutions, and most glorious his
tory sesiled by frothy 6re-eater-he will
probably be eligible to distinction Ms pol
itician. No Democratic lecturer has been
ostrscised by the public opinion at the
North, 80 long as he maintain ed the sp-
passance OF a decent respect for himsel
and for the feelings of hose differing from
him in fopinioh. That the great msss oi
the most intelligent Of the people of ihia
country --ihose who buy books and listen
10 lecturers opposed 10 that madness
for more segroes and more slave territory
which calls itself Democracy, 10 ungues-
Iionskie. And the Democratic lecturers,
who expect To make money and fame, by
being personally offensive 10 the msjoriiy OF
the people whom they hope 10 attract will
find themselves rebuked with empty bench
&c, and treated with the wIihering seorl
which, il they have single atom VI good
sense, they must be conscious Of deserving
But there are lecturers who are ostracisea
In certain sections Of the Countrywide
however uaexcepuonaBie their manner ant
language, would not be allowed TO appea
in many cities When viii Republican
lecturers--the statesmen, the thinkers, III,
authors in whom the whole country ha
most reason To take pride be invited L
lecture in Southern cities : When vii
they. while they behave themselves ~ gen
tiesne n be treated with the respect law ard