The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-09-10
seo,, oon.,x Rrunh,,enn Con,.n,ion.
Germans Do,,ing 90 shr Republican.

In Otto. tie Democrat and Know Moth
tngs are ttIsing on every occasion where such
fusion gives them hope Of beating the Re
publican party. There are three STATE
tickets The Chicago Triluae give TIA,
following illustration Of fusion in that State
"The Know Nothing County Convention
which met at Zanes,ilr-7a,t week, adopted
the entire Democratic State ticket and
abandoned their own. The Democracy I'll
the same county repaid the favor By fusing
with the h. Ms on county ticket. and
dividing with them the county office H.
the county Of Madison, adjoining Columbus
the Democrats and the Know Nothinss, by
arrangement. held their Conventions on
Saturday at London. The Know Nothings
went into their lodge, and made ticket
for county officers, which ticket the Demo.
cratic Convention adopted rs their o'rn, anu
now the two--tlc Democrats and the Know
Nothings--are supporting the same county
ticket, every candidate on which belongs IL
the know-Nothing order. Ia Columbus the
fusion between the Irish Catholics and Know
Nofhings i perfect. They have united OF,
half and half county ticket. The pres
ens leader Of the administration forces Q
the capital Is Gen. Joseph II. Gcigcr, who
- the State Journal observes, has herc,ofor
been one Of the most active and Influential
members Of the Know Nothing Order
But the German Democrats sec this ia
sion between the Democracy AID Know
Nothings, and ART going over To the Rcpub
licaas y scores. la Columbus hity Ger
mans, who never voted the Rcpublica
ticket, have come out for Chase and Rrpul
iican principles. The German Democrat
Of Cleveland, to the number &C fo"r haadr,o
have published declaration. pledging them
selves to oppose the Sham Democracy here
after. They set forth that
I'VE, the undersigned, naturalized citi
xens Of Cleveland, have hcrtt0for, ci,srfal
supported Tie Democratic tick,t, from the fac
that we were innocent enough Go suppos
the party was liberal in its views. and M
posed 20 Know othngism; but from ~
cent Developments. we are satisfied IN,
party only wishes 10 Use Us merely n,
"hcwers II wood : aud drawers oi water.
treating us kindly before election. and stel
sng us aftcrward We therefore pIedr,
ourselves I. abstain from supporting III,
Democratic ticket at the coming election
Tor the following reasons:
LIST. A majority Of the officers HOLDING
ONCE under our Democratic President ar.
Know Nothings.
I'd. Several individuals on our State tick
Ct belong Ia the order.
Sd. A majority Of our city officers. elected
~ Democrats, belong e. the order.
We have heretofore, by our votes, bull,
up the Democratic party, and in return ici
our snfirages, We have received nothing hu,
contumely and insult.
We leave them. therefore, III the lanp,la.,
u Harrison. 70 10 their own voting AM
their own fighting
The same general bolt is taking place at
over the State. The Democrats will la.,
moro than 900 Of their naturalized SUP
portcrs in Cincinnati. The Germans of the
Northwestern and Lake counties have
bolted that rotten haIfKn Nothing part,
almost 10 man. Twenty thousand vote
will not cover the loss caused by the fusion