The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-03-25

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when 1T. Milis was ii this city last nens
day, he vas informed By several Repabli.
can friends. that precisely the article which
has appeared II the News and Deaocrat'
Sssracsea from sAs old Fsllmors ergaA here
would b publisAed In this city 70 injsss him.
Ne saia be hadeeea that pref endsa report
81 HE spsech, and he denounced K now -
he had done before. - false throaghout.-
He had never made any such speech. In
the speech be did make, he said ncthias
disrespectful Of Republicans nor derogato.
ry OF Fremont. He did no, even eulogiss
M, Fillmore. Nearly his entire speech vas
devoted to dispfeviag the Ostead manifesto
position Of Mr.. Buchanan. and its principle
Of Knight makes rieAs." Hs had not voian-
r,ly spoksn q, the meeting ~ sll, Tue meets
inn vss short Of spssksrs; be was earnest.
" solicited 10 nake few remarks; BE was
aimee, forced upon the ssaad. and hs had
no purpose Of usking Fillmore speech.
nor did he make one. We have no inten-
ton OF defending Mr.. Mills, but this much
IL due in justice to himself. His vsracity
is unimpeachable. He 10 regarded By oil
who know him a. an uprigh, and honorable
man. and anything bu, . political tfieksss'
or aemasogue. WAT he says, We are in
caned 10 believe Is -. But we hope in .
ew days to publish somsthing from himself
on this subject, and in the mean time VI
can ask for him "a suspension Of opin.
ion"
Bot there is one thing which stnkes VI
o. particularly Interesting in this little af
fsir. Our Democratic friends have beer
from the commencement Of this JudgsshiE
agitation, losdly and vehs@sntly protecting
against bringing politics into The question
and jus, a. londly and vehsmently declaring
the, cempsssncy aIose must be considered
They have endsavored their utmost to pre-
vent any nomination BY their opponents. =
They called a meeting Of the Bar for this
county, then a meeting Of the Bar tor the
Districi-sll the time on the sole ground
tina, comp<seney alone must be considered in
selecting candidate. They have now their
.inde De ndent candidate" nominated, and -
they pretend, outside Of politics, merely up
on the question Of competency. fetwe ind
them at this time occupying the inconsis-
ten, position---the most ridiculous position
in view OF their past professions--of inyes.
,igating the political antecsdents ofths Re.
publican nominee, endeavoring to prove him
q Fillmore man, denoancing him a. Know
Nothing. yet really opposing him because
they Gaoss he is ssaunch Republican
These are the men among whom politics
sas no, to be considsred--emonR whom
oompsieney alone vas to be the question:
Now, we ask every man who has read our
articles on the subject Of this Judgeship
question, if these Democrats are net prov.
me the correctness of our own position,
when We as serted that politics, not comPe.
,eney, was the real question with them, and
that their whole aim was to secure Demo
cratic Judges Even now they are working
as politicians. and using the arguments OF
politicians. to secure their object. We now
ask them to coafine their discussions to the
question " hich they have been declaring il
the oniy one q, issue, that Of competency
or acknowledge they have been guilty Of
petty, base deception from beginning to
end