The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-02-07
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REPUBLICAN TICKET.

Of Dssssiae A,rer Iasrsrs~sat.
EDWARD MANNING. Van Buren, Co.
~ ksssstsr Of Do~siss Rfssr I~srsrs@sat,
STEWART GOODRELI., Polk Co
"a ssSsrsstsssest Of Pssas IssrseaEss,
l.. H. BUGBEE, Linn Co.
Fer Rseistsr Of Lsad ofss,
w. H. HOLMES, Linn County,
Defending . Bad Cause
1t is no dsub, mere matter OF oPiaion'
bat We think our. venerable neighbsr OF the
DsnocrAs has very happy knack OF only,
o. generally, attempting to uphold his par
a., O. its leaders. wherein they are actually
inaefensibie Whether it 10 he thinks that
such desperate eases afford him q liner OPP
portuuity OF displaying his remarkable sklli
CT fence, or that he Is morally inclin.d from
his political affiliations to hug errors TO his
bosom in preference to truth. We cannot IN
ssmsand. But somehow We catch him es-
ery few days engaged IN some desperate To-
Dor Of love, in which whatever editorial slo-
~ he may secure himself, he does not ap-
pear very successful in achieving his party
ob,ects. We now hnd him engaged in the
defence OF Buchsnan's California letter in
which that gentleman was notoriously gull
" Ufa piece Of party trickery unworthy Of
HE reputation Is man sad Of the position
hs occupied ss candidate for the highest
ol6cs in the gin OF the people OF this Re-
subtle. He wrote letteItto California in
time to appear there TO operate before the
election, bat at such a time that ito contents
could no, possibly be known in this part of
the world. where they woald work him in
iury, till after the election. He assumed
8 ground on the Pacific Railroad question,
which If known in the South Is Buchanan's
opinions and a. an outline Of his policy 10
cass of success, would undoubtedly have
lest him sufficient vote TO endanger if
not secure HE defeat He declared the
building Of the Pacific llsilroad govern
sSat work., and so asserted by the Cincin
nat Platform. II the Cincinnati Platform
declared any such thing, IT not only deelar-
ID IN favor OF the principle of internal im-
provenents BY the General Government to
which Buchanan's party has always stoot
opposed, bu, i, made a declaration to which
the South could only give its adherence b!
total misconsuuction.
When Buehsnsn's California letter foun'
10 way home, in some quarters his editoria
friends never % much a. informed thei
readers Of the existence OF euch letter, q M
in this class was our venerable neighbor
while others openly rebuked it. Ii any de-
fsa1ed Il the article escaped our notice en-
tirely. Some Of the Southern organs as
sumed the position that Mr. Buchanan has
only uttered the sentiment as private in
div,daal and he would not be governed BY
IL As President This was the postion 80
samed by The Memphis Appeal paragraph
from which drew on, our editorial. Blu
the Democrat steps forward to defer nd Mr.
Buchanan in his petty elec,ioneerins trick
cry. lie, us see it how does il. II frs
says the letter was . private one written in
reply TO letter from California friend
On the contrary the letter from the Cahfor-
1ia friend was intended to obtain for public
information and use in California Buehsn'
sns opinions On the subject Of the Pacific
Rsilroad-the answer was written for pub
lie use and to secure votes, and as such j
xes used. But here 10 the mos, startling
assertion, and which il any body would o.
could believe, might ii once convince hin
that Buchanan il most shamefuily sian.
aered man. Our neiShboI with most m.
blushing effontsry ssys:-"Mr. Baeaan
sss California letter s1as psslisse6 N near 8
~ tA Democratic paper, in the Union befor'
tie election, giving abundant notice TO all in
suf6cien, time to enable them to decide up
OF it's merits" Now what answer can BE-
made TO so plump an assertion - thi.s Il
won't do to say il il rank ill-begotten
fllsehood, and ooolly written as such, be.
cause that would be discourteous to high
ly esteemed neighbor Ii won't do either
10 say be ia SO ignorant a. 10 make this err
roneous statement believing il to be true
because ignorsnt as our neighbor is ON 8,
many political subjects wherein h
ought to be well informed, this would con
vey /, charge of such superlstive ignorsne
that our own judgment would be question:
in making the statement. But that il is .c
tally untrue, we are very sure our nsishb
kaoscs. Just look al the matter. Here is
letter from Buchanan published in Cslifor
MIA just before the election, and copy Q
it received in the Atlantic States few
weeks after the election, and creates a per
feet Juror OF excitemen Mt in some parts OF tA
country, both from the electioneering pun
poses for which j, was written and the pc
liticaI sentiments ii contained, and also froI
the fact that Buchanan had utterly refuse
to write or speak his opinions on any sub
iect connected with the political question
of the day while candidate, excep, to sa
when nominated that he had sunk bis per
sonality into q particular pla;form-whel
the editor OF the Democrat now eoolly turn
around and says-"Mr. Buchsnan's Califo'
mia letter was published IN nearly oil tn
Democratic papers Of the Union before th
election!'' We have no more to say sbou
fAst assertion,
II our neigkbof means TO say that thi
Cslifornia letter was no more than repe
tilioD Of principle Of the Cincinnati Plat
form, we advise him TO read his Platform
again. If he can find in it the same .Pin
ion that Bucnanah's letter expresses, ",
hope he win give the public the bsneht 0
the particular section. Well WAS il foI b.
chsnsn that the Democratic party Sou,l
could discover no sach principle in tn
Cincinnati, Platform a. making the buildiu
Of the Pacific Railroad Government worE
snd that his letter Prociaiming be enter
tsipsd such an opinion was only Permtte
to circulate in California before the cleo
ton. While we admire the sudscity Of TIL