The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-03-13

TIE lssding article In yestsrssys Demo.
era, wss rshssh and boiling down Of sew
sral srssclss from the chiesgo Tines. In
es6ed 70 hlaeksn the charaeser OF the dad.
ortisaEy o. even very sstzsssdissry enmi,y
oa.y follows iss victim y the grave. There
y somsshing In tAst little yawning gulf.
wkA the stiG cerss and white winding shss,
., 10 bsstsn, add dropping tsars pressed
from ssrssvsd hssrts, and IN ,hs very sound
Of The holiow.rastline clots upon the last
Of earth, that r.Vels revenge from the
e1avs's brink .. the sthus ar and no far.
sAsrr Of its bloody sweep, But this case
= an exception, Hatred has stepped oyei
he grave. Il h,r destroyed the body and
cent /, bruised and dissgured to its last rest
IN ,lsce-and nov the wosk 10 commenced
Of Ilackening even the usasry Of the mur-
asrsd victim. Il is because this poor vic
lin was Republican. Or b6cause be was
Grnsa, shat the Chicago Times and its
BETTY imita,or here are engsged in this work
Of defamation Of the deadi Was it not
enough that the horde Of low Irish in Chi
eaxo, excited BY Democratic appeals, mad
acssl BY the barrels Of whisky furnished
BY Democrat,. and led on BY Democratic
sikes-helders. shosid have murdered an un-
effeading, harmless Gsrman. incapable Of
resistance rom the number Of his sssail.
ants. Could not this murder Of German
Republican satisfy thsse editors. II sp.
pears not. The poor vifs's heart may bear
one more wiring Of anguisA-thoss dispossd
70 heip the hnls beresved fanily. may ye,
have their purse strings dshsensd-,hs
proving Of the character Of the mnrdered
Ssi6srt not thai OF an honest man, may
wsaksa the Indignation Of the people,
Perhaps, ii ii can Be proven that sei,ers
vas tAisf. then the very murder itself viii
be sxeUsahls. - but An snPhs.ic evidence
Of The horror entertained Of disAosesy oy
the drssksa lrisAnsn vAe eonpossd this
riosing mob.
Ths Tnss chsrges and the Democrat
echoes, that osifest was sent to the peai-
tsuHsry - : thisf, and this conviction dis
qualified him to exercise sAs right Of citi-
ssnship. The following. from the Chicago
Journal, u su1cisns rsply 70 this:
Tn Tuss AID III vrcr1H.-Ths Tmes
With the scent Of the hyens, 10 digging into
the new nade grave of the Inflated victim
Of partiyan sroci'y-CHARLBs 1rirYEIr.
Ii 10 not enough thrthe was sssssinaisd
by in partizans for exeYcieine fresman's
prerofaiiye, bet his good name must be Is
called, and the widowed mother and her
little ones made to feel more hsenly, if pos.
able, the weight OF their Bereavement, BY
the unfssling and cruel assassin Of charsc-
sss and hops.
What N,, SeifsYt's an,seeSsnts had
been, Mastered little. He fell q q martyr
to principle which lies II the foundation
Of our Institutions. He might, Lie LsEa-
rus, have been covered with sores, or like
the editor OF the Tines. fed q, the rich
mans table.
lsisvey plain be was 20, sough, TO be
punished 70: VIVA, he bed been. but for what
be pss.
Bu, xhst was this victim Of Democracy.
ihs, ths Times would deny him the night Of
burisli What great criminal was he tina,
the sdito. Of that sheet sommandsd HE fu-
neral prveession Ito ysuses.
Wy, soms thee years ago, he vas i'm
pleaded with others, indicted, and on tech
meal point (being the receiver Of stolen
fooes) sent 10 the peniienfisry. The jury
unspimously reeomme nded bis pardon, snd
cur late Dxmoe ATTIC Ererstiee, on . state
nent Of the facts, restored him at once 10
Liberty and citizenship.
Al the time OF his death be was q free
citizen and a. Gntsintec with crime ae the
editor OF the ribsld sheet that seeks to
hllehen his memory, in srder To ahieH lie
party friends from the jus, consequences c.
their murderous deed.
N. SeiGers 10 dead, nqk the great prinei-
pie recognized in mis- fuiDral pageant, will
live bsyond the reach ofhis assassins A
victim here and there msy be offered up up
on tn shrine, but like Lberty's self, il shall
ssver dc where freenes know 'h'r rights.
But suppose Mr.. SeiEer bad the bad
character imputed TO him. Does thsI les
sen the eriminsliiy Of those who perpetrs-
ted the murder, or the responsibility Of those
who inssigsted these Irishmen 70 the vio-
lssee which had so unhappy result, Does
AG excuse these editors from justifyine
murder. or seeking to extenus,e the crime
or it, notisesi Should it weaken the in
dignstisn Of the people At the cold blOoded
murder Of citizen, Of say even bad eiti-
sen, bscsuss be was marked a. Republi.
can and q Germsni Did these Irishmen
know him - thieff-did they murder him
because be was thief! No such thing
He was beaten to death because be was a
German Republican. Had be been . THE
and murderer. he might have secured
sympathy Of brosseriy feeling among his as-
slas' 10 was only known asa Gsrusn Re
publican.