The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-06
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~ Ceurse q the Gazette, Ne.
Yesterday, in wishing the Sheriff a good
time OF il /" during the next two years, We
had anticipated with the remark close t.
eli further articles in any manner whatsoever
alluding to him. We had written and pub
lsbed before the election certain facts which
we thought important that his fellow citi-
rens should know. Believing il thus import
ant. il was the smallest matter Of diiicrcnc.
To us in the world what lac or his friends
thought Of our course. We hal certain
daso before us, and friends and foes will
sooner or later understand that we never
avoid any duty however laborious or dis
agreeable il may be- Having faithfully at
tempted ~ discharge this duty, We shalt not
now any more than before the election, per-
init opponents 10 question our motives, or
remain quiet when they charge what the,
know TO bc false, that this performance vi
duty on our part injured those whose pros
poets we sought to benefit. Our mo.ipss
were solely and honestly to defeat the Dem
ocntic candidate for Sheriff if possible, and
we happen to kaotc, and through almost a
thousand different sources, that we lost him
many votes, and thus far succeeded in our
object. Among the reading, thinking classes
Of the community, our articles had precisely
the effect they were intended to have
among the Irish voters, among those who do
not read nor think for themselves, and among
those such tools Of party that they have hut
to hear the commando OF their leaders to do
the work, Of course the facts we presented
and fully substantiatcd had no influence. In
such fields they were not ia.eaa,d to have
any influence. These facts still exist as
they did before the election. We have
prored them facts, and they are facts,
which in themselves proved that the
Sheriff has no, faithfully performed oil the
duties Of his Office. We have no di-pcsitic
after the election to repeat such remarks as
thsse, but II they are disagreeable to the
friends Of the Sheriff, il 10 their business TO
- that their special organ does not publish
saeA sFticlss = 10 render the remarks ncccs
cry S1r our own defence We shall mo-
rsst quiet when capital 10 attempted TO b
uade o6of Us or party after the election, an,
nsge than before.
The statement OF the Democrat that on
ccurse euve Mr.. Leonard one hundred greater
1qtprity than be otherwise would have had
b si1ply ridiculous. Mr.. Leonard would
havs besn beas<a had there been no work
60 On in our streets there not been
sWos1s o( lrishmen in the city from other
pAnsss, not half Of whom can now h. found
II our midst. Had only our own citizen.
voesd, and had the farming class 81 the citi.
- Il this township gone % the polls, the
rssalt wosld have been very different MIR
Lssaard no doubt received some Republican
vUt0. We ksor his opponent received man,
De0ocsatic votes. But Mr. Leonard would
probably have received a dozen time, NOR,
Republican votes IL we had permitted him
20 quietly walk over the track as he started.
hi friends claiming for him complete per-
lection, and his opponcnts not questioning
o denying this, but openly coniessing IL
utterly uaeless to even work against him.
with this feeling, We may safely say hun
dseds of Republicans would have stayed
away from the polls, and probably o. many
mare voted for him. What Republican
voees be received, he can make the best Of
They are hia, and To all intents and purposes
thsy hsaoag 70 his party They are Of no
~ % -, Cor We shall never again ~ Re-
ynhaiaAn party 70 need the votes. These
nen win never again have il in their powe,
70 % "a or iqjare the Republican party
They have helped elect again to Office
IL most formidable opponent the Re.
pahaioan party has in this county. They
have osce more aided him to that official in
1nanes BY which he can strike US swift and
dseQly. At the next election, they will
nsee him at the polls backed by the power
~ in1sence they helped give him, seeking
70 0aaA the party and principles they pre-.
een1 % SUSTAIN, but 10 which they turned
srai1sgs Ct this election.
Tie Dewocna says We have atsscd il.
can1aaass. We deny this, unless plain
pgG1satation Of facts constitute abuse. u
~ - q, We have most scandalously abused
~. The Democrat signifies Mr.. Leonard i,
snxiss to have the public scrutiniss the
rsssrjk q the Court House, 20 - to prove
Ai0solf right and u wrong. Now that il
juse esscsiy what We want. Ifthis public,
o. Mr.. Leonard himself can prove by the
rseorss that our charges are in any material
dsgrse wrong, we will present him with a
No. bat, and publish his correction q our
efress and make him equally public re-
partition. Is not this plain enough talk
He knows and every Democrat in the city
knOws, who knows anything Of the subjsc,
that our Charge we're true. IL they were
nj, - them now be disproved.