The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-19

We had hoped after the election 10 re-.
lease cur readers fora time from the pcr,isa
of political editorials. but occasionally ",
must "dip in No other party has exceed
ell the so-callcd Democratic in their abus,
Of Know Nothing, yet On every occasion
whore they can make anything by il, the
Democracy take the Know Nothines Il
their embrace, and labor side by side with
them to defeat Repuhlicanism IL Is All
astonishing thing that thi, "Dcinocrntic
party should he aide o. retain almost the
entire lri.h and Catholic vote, AZ the same
time il has absorbed nearly the entire kn"n
Nothin. v.t, in the North, the vote al that
marty viii h formerly waged So bitter war
asnin.t the Irish and Catholics. The Irish
AMI Cataollc~, or we may say the IRISH
tatLalics, vote a. man with the Demo.
cratic party, and yet this party y joining
Lanl- an every occasion with the knor
Nothngs, The great mas ii those formerly
recognized a Know Nothings arr nov s"-
tug with the Democratic party, the party
which has ~ constituent part those very
men which Know Nothingism used In So hate.
and the party whose orators aud editor
make il now Just a. regular business 10
abuse and kick and cuff Know Nothineism
~ they did year ago. This j. singular
position Of things, IL anything can he Singh
lar in connection with the Demo ratio party.
hut the fact IL which mennw wish To call
particular attention, Is the coalition If be
mocracy aud Know Nottingham in the North.
Wherever the latter has preserved IT, or
raniaation, we find Democracy approaching
II with open arms. In Ohio, the bem"cra.
~ have coalesced with Know Nothingism,
and perhaps won the victory. The R'pub-
lican vote will be found perhaps larger than
Il was when Chase was elected Governor by
ansO majority. Yet the Democracy and
Know Nothings uniting have probably de
feated him At this election. At Cincinnati,
this coalition was notorious. A large por-
ton Of the Democracy formed an cpa com
bination with tue Know Nothing~, and
made with them separate ticket. In other
parts Of the State similar combination wa,
effected, H. IL j. in Ohio 81 u wa. in Penn
.yl,ania. tine division of the Know Moth
,nes voted far their own ticket, while anoth-
er voted the Democratic ticket, and gave
the Democracy the victory Al. nav
Democracy" everywhere is yelling about
these Dcmo ratio +" triumphs ever Repub-
licanism. The Democratic organ here u
absorbed in il. admiration OF the success 81
its party, success ior which IL is entirely
indebted to Know Nothing'sm.
The Democracy in their desperation arr
clutching Mt everything for salvation. III,
Republicans are fighting the great battle Oh
principle, and relying ON their principles ior
success. They expect only those 60 unite
with them who can do so on principle, and
they ask no man thus joining them from,
what party lac co,nes, or what have been hi.
political antccedents. II j. cnsugL for
them Ca know, that he is .oW right, and
that he is willing 10 assist them In securing
the succ~~s IT the great principles ior which
they are contending But the Democracy
~ they pleasantly call themselves, on the
eve Of every election form combination.
with these they pretend to mast heartily
dcspised, an in the abuse of whom they have
half of their political enjoyment, To secure
success. They do not pretend 10 any ~
sanitation Of principles, tor principles are
never mentioned. II is simply oombina-
tion for the spoiis. Such al ahiliation VIC
have just witnessed in Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania, and even in some parts u our State.
In IN adjoining county IL defeated the Re-
publican candidate for Senator. Let citizens
Il foreign birth ponder over these thing
an! support the 80 called Democratic part,
il the, can. The Germans arc beginning to
awaken to ths truth, and are deserving the
Democratic party by hundreds and hs
Thousands. The Irish may probably never
get To tLinkingfor themselves sufficiently to
display this Independence, but they must
begin to perceive they are oddly situated
in voting with that party which has reg
ulariy aAiliated with their old enemies,
the Know Nothings.