The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-04-07
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Our honest Oeun6cratic cotem porsries ap.
PEA. 10 regard the victory Of their party in
- eiV lest SAtArdAy, - : mere triumpa
syss the css4ue. Nothing could be.,er'il.
ansests that he Gazette has faithfully done
AasAnays sshaa sAe yeiis Of sEaiiasasa ever
Il because OF The defeat ol The Republican
ticket Il the Gase,te had ses ssns its da.
n. there would have been No triumph over
u. /, il veil new ler these papers to talk
sbost ~Gsxeue lea Why did they rot
eesrs our statements lice before the election
eaply because they couldn't "a i. The
Cass,,e did not expect TO sn6aencs any
Democsav TO vote the Republican ticket
The lower slrA,s Of that parry, those ~hs
seexsed The ssccess Of The Dsmoc ratio itch
q. are No, 70 BE- isAssnesd BY nswspaPerf
siaply bscsuss they are msn VITO 20 no'
mad Ne~spApsrs. The more prominent
men have only To knes whs, nsa ere ,heil
psssy cAndidatss. TO vote ies them, Dur woti
was simply that asi ssss Of al. po!lsiesl work
- ssppaant iadiaerencs BY sesieas Interest
n or ssH parry, saS urge k:pa5'icass q
emitted action 10 schiess : crest public Soos
Is proper Pre,ea,ation to them OF the ssi
70 bs overcome lin hoasssiy lahorins iel
sAis, The Gsse,,e failsd IN IL purpose, the
,aaR is prosasl, mere in the fact that tbs
sssa wss too d.f6eal, icy ess aaads, thar
shs. " did No, earnestly seek 20 perform IL
We bsvs no regrets % far - sSr own course
!. cons;esrsd. Bot We certainly assegrst
sAss wiih the admitted power . prevent y
the 1epsAEcans Of the ely have through
,hsn own default pernilies ihsu snemie'
q secure the control Of Davenport ier an
sthe. gear. After the gress ulis1a aaseneI'
Of CITY afairs BY ths late Demesra,.e Coun'
sii, the hlund<rs, iollies and actual gross
,nasosadset 81 the Democrats Aldermen
ell Of y hieh we've placed before sliisens ~
Tie 0ssetae in thsr true iighs. sad utterly
incapable oil being disProved By me opPosi-
uon. We hsd certainly thought every mo
sise for srong and united action On The part
81 Republicans had been presented, and We
vsre sansuins OF sscesss. But in the de-
fat. Ne see nc cause OF encouragement TO
lheRepSblieaa party. We no~ kna~ who are
Republicans, and upon precisely What We
ore 10 rely hereafter Il we arr act better
orsaaxed than ever before, We have re-
eeived proper lesson ~ 10 the value Of ell
Scieat organisation, And know better ho~
@ secure IT. We have learned mol TO rely
spop mere strength, siihou, a.tng The prop
CT means 70 sEing il out. Hereafter, We
shall know better Aoe 10 Do eur duty. A
iesson was indispensable - The true
strengthening 81 the RePuaacsa party in
this city, and We have receives i. A, pres
sn,, We may eniy regard this defeat Is al
evil, su; We trust il sili al last prove
great good. The prixeiP!es 81 the Repub
Aean party awe Ia no msnaer become
weakened. Our reai strength aas not been
dimsnishea : particle, but We noH knos
better hos 10 dessioP a, aitd The dan
Ger OF rsl.iag upon il alone tot saeeess.-
Let our oPpoaeats le, N tasif triumph. Il
10 no more than ae saaa!d have done had
victory perehec upon os- banner. Tie
sisesion Of yesterday vas vastly more in
Pcrtant, and se havs strong aopes that in
II the kepus..eans are sacces.iu