The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-03-12
REPUBLICAN TICKET.


lscsnsy 20 get into ofkce-Who for O(6cs
nsks ths polls fostering sores Of corruption
wssrsves tAsy have tho power sha sacri.
Dec puneipiks Tor St6cs on every occasion
--Shs us@ple upon The rishls OF lrssusn,
tenkOrss With soiemn conpscts. snd
usSkls 10 sec,ions and classes to retain
po~sr-who uphold Border Rsshan'so'
SAsshss IL be .xh.b.ted in striking down -
hs ssa, In the U. >. SsrAts . representa-
i've Of . sovereign ssAss and . ststesnan,
Ter tree speech. or IN seeking t. crush bands
Of isssm~n intent aions on perossn'ns tree.
nsG's Gu wv hose u Pssis are 10 the worst
esesiess OF The people. and ~hoss part.
ae~as susi, 70 The hsavsas 10 sheir political
nsteppsss -tAls party an tksss men to islk
asss, corruption IN The Republican part, !
il 10 well tor then 10 endesvor TO tarn the
scsutiaixing gaze OF the people Iron their
ezra mountaiss Of misdesds BY pointing to
The mole. hills Of errors in their opponents.
Il nay b the Instinct OF seit.presefvation,
o. IL may BE- but al additional evidence Of
their own corruption, which makes them
~ up The cry Of ''s,op ,his," in this ease
bat The seen, Of the people u toe keen, tAsii
syss TOO searching. isr sseh tramp aren't
chsat % this 10 succeed.
Aad what are the charges Of eorruPtiea
against The Republican party, which have
% ssvssed The vgtueus Democracy, and 81
shsir sentative souls to shiveriug with hor-
rx, Why, In the frat place three RePuo-
licsn nembers and one American member
q the House. were found guilty By Cor
srsssional Committee OF Investigation, 0
sslRas their supper, TO certain nssssrss for
nensy. There vas no srss!, and shsss
asassrs had no opportunity Of defending
thsnsslvss--as, even the liberty Of dsfsnes
granted to the mssnsst criminals. Two o.
shsss Republicans q, once restgasd. Bu,
slais,iag they s0srs guilty a. charged, and
deserved expulsion. Who believes that they
were Nevs guilty than half the Democrats
il The House, The bribery Of members Of
Congress To seears their support or spPosa
ZION 70 particular bills. has been notorioua
for years. We have no Doubt that in the
lest few Congresses those members who
have net received brides are fewer than
ahoss Who have. But while ~ make this
assertion viii regrs,, We sss glad the
Hooss has II last taken vigorous step 70
sop the evil The House b called RsPss-
hesa. whs, party then deserves the prsiss
for taking this frss step towards rgh,s i
% Tue thu, two Republicans were the arsi
TO suffer from the Investigation A Psrscs-
isf vein happened to be struck, which led 70
them. Who doubts but there we're othss
vsips which if followed up would jus, q
distinctly pointed esi Dsmoerssi But how.
ever that may be, lie, /, b rsnensersd that
there were Republicans on this COMMITTEES
and ths, they sought in no manner to shisid
neussrs Of their o~n party. Of to protect
the guilty. Dses tis look IKE corruption
or IN approval Of corruption. in the RePus
lesn partyi Who can think for = mOnsn'
dat Jas. L. Orr, Democra,ie member .
this Commi,,ee from South ctroiisa. woul'
have initiated The action Of the Republican,
Of tbs Committee. and found . southern
pemocrA, guilty and recommended his ex
pulsion, with trioe the evidence which con
deuned Gilbert and Ms,tesoni-or that
Hiram Warner, Democratic member Of The
Committee. from Georgia. would hsss act
Cd with that ste q honesty Of purpose and
determination TO punish the guilty. which
nsrksi the Republicans. bad . southern
Democss. bsen In the esssI What RePub-
liesns have .sadsavored to defend the &C
cassd, or to screen them from jusuc es--
Thsre are bad men in al parties, but party
corruption II exhibited 10 ,hs attempt to de-
iend such men against the strong evidence
Of their gail, The Republican party has
exhibited no sach corruption 10 the case OF
tAsse accused members Of Congress, even
theash no trial was granted them, and they
vsrs condemned BY kind ofsecre, ri bunaI
~kieh received evidence, examined witness.
20 and gave its decision, in the absence o.
the accused, one ofthem (Msiteson) At the
tins being sick in bed. In the case Of Dr..
Esds. Democrat Of this State, whose Of
fence was . thousand f0ld more aggravated
and really criminal than that Of these mem
bsrs Of Congress, his party defended him to
The last, and in the face Of the mos, over
vhslnins evidence of bis guilt. They tasp
b vas guilty, YET they endssvorsd by every
means to screen him. No one doubts,
that had the Democrats possessed the -.
,erity ia our Legislature his rsscsfiy
vood have been entirely covered up. YET
this precious party 10 hOrriAsd ct the cor.
rsPtion Of ;hs Republican party - exhibit.
e In the esss Of thess recussnt members
Q! Congress- No parry condemns eorrpps
aea where II exists In Congress more tbsn
tbs Republicans. ssd nc party has made 50
bold an Ebert 70 ferret II Gu, and punish
the guilty.
Anothe, charge made BY our imns eulste.
y pure neishho. Of ths Democrat. 10 that
the .xsnsss Fund" gsthsred up by Repps.
Nsans last summer and fall. was avs., nj.
tionsl corrup,ioa fund. with which 10 de-.
kaueh patriotism, bpy votes. and keep up
EVIL war Ia the Territory Of Rsnsss"-thst
snis fund was used TO buy up votes In
psnnsylvsnis and other northern States,
very l..ls went Into Ksnsss. &C., DC. The
oaiy corruption IL connection with this. 10
% mating % unfoundse 9 charge. Where
the svsSsses offered to ssbsssntlsts such
serious ehsrsss' No, particle 10 given
Yst thsrs - every evidence thu, goods
farming utsnsils, sssds, clothing. &C., &c.
hsvs bsen sent 10 the suffering emisran,s
Of Kansas 10 an smoun. and ., cos. which
probsbly far surpsss the esiist Of our n.Igh-
Dor a to the whole extent Of this fund
There 10 Just - indispensable evidence ih.,
he'd II no, been for these very fand. rsls.d
By and through the Republican party. The
suffering among the emisrsn,s'oi Kansas
would have been 9 thousand fold create,
than what /, reslly was, and those seqasinl