Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-23

49, AsVA"eS, <@ASsS ~.
An individual sigaisg himself Empire. ,
N comnunieation published in the Ga
sette Of the 18th, takes exception to the
structures made by Democritus upon the
course pursued by Senator Rusch in rela-
ton TO lager beer. and also some comments
showing his standing as legislator. The
writer seems to be aware of the futility Of
attempting to defend his subject as a man
and legislator, and defends him solely as a
German. appeals to national prejudice to
bolster up an Incompetent ninkumpoop.and
racy entertain malignant feelings" towards
foreigners generally and Germans in parti-
cular. He says:
"a writer in the Democrat, who snbscribes
himself Democritus," in letter dated
March LIST, 1853, makes an attack on MIR.
Rusch, Senator from Scott county. What
motive controlled the writer it is impossi-
BILE to conjecture, unless 1t was to crafty the
malignant feelings entertained by all such
persons towards the German population"
There is no fact better established by the
history of the country and Of parties than
that the Democratic party and all its MEN,
bers have been the constant, consistent and
onwavering friends of our adopted citizens
Of whatever nation they may be. and 70
far from entertaining malignant feelings"
toward them, the party had universally.
defended them in their rights and
| privileges, when they have been assaulted
| by the party of fag ends Of isues to which
Rusch and Empire" now belong. No man
has strained his imagination more, or abused
the Germans with more malgnity or sought
by means more unfair to rob them Of citi-
zenship and influence. than the Indiana ed
itor Of the Gazette. and "Empire," if not an
sttache Of that office, it is but fairly pre-.
| sumable. was at the same time with the ed.
itor, bowling Know Nothing, and dark
lantern disciple. The Democrats will suf-
fer little from the assaults of Empire and
his elk" The statement made by Inc, is
true; it is true, that he is the "butt' Of his
boarding house. If it is true that discus
sions upon the beer matter is started for
the purpose Of hearing him rave it is true
that he is q laughing stock, and has not
sense enough to know it it is also true that
he on euch occasions assaults Speaker Shell
leday, and in rery bad English abuses him
in the most vulgar manner, for entertaining
| the lager beer exclusion amendment He
terms him fool, a shack lass he ought to
be wiped" kicked out of the chair DC, and
a general TRADE Of other epithets too ridicu.
lous to commit to paper. In all this As
sembly Of Republican Nobody's, he is the
least Of them all. The democracy have
ever welcomed the poletary immigrants,
will ever sustain them in all the rights of
citizenship. in their property and their
persons they will defend their right to Sc
curity, while Empire and his party may
perform another sOmersault and declare, as
they have in times past, that a Dutchman
should have no political right or privileges,
only the rights to work, while the dark
lantern Paternity forms superior caste,
exclusive privileges natl consumers truqes
There is no man who has a more exalted
| opinion of the German character than De-
mocritus, but am not wholesale in my ad
miration, and find among them as among
every other nationality, men who have no
peculiar excellencies to approve, of whom
Rusch is one
am furthermore in favor of license
law, opposed to the Maine law, as being i'm
practicable and aggravating the the very
evils it seeks to remedy. l have no OBJ
lection to the provision of his bill to encour-
age the culture of the grape. If it will
flourish in Iowa, none would be more pleas.
ed to see it bloom than myself, and if he
can put the manufacture of lager beer upon
such basis as to sell tswei gloss for five
cent. and make clear profit of two.and,a-
half cents to the glass, | will not object to
even that, but Eusch is nobody and can do
nothing-the bill is in the wrong hands.
LEGlsLArIAE PRocEEDINGs-SESArE.- The
House Bill establishing court of Quarter
Sessions, has been indefinitely postponed
by the Senate, leaving the county court sys-
TEN undisturbed for the present. No fur
Their action will be had upon it this session.
The Free Banking Bill was put through
in committee of the whole, reported back
and made the special order for this after
noon.
The general law for the incorporation of
cities ard towns, was reported from the
committee, with recommendation that it
be passed and made the special order of to-
morrow forenoon.
Having disposed of one feline act and
made pregrogress in another, the Senate
considered canine statute the remainder
Of the afternoon, after passing which under
a suspension of the rule, adjourned.
HousE.-The Des Moines agreement was
| further discussed and referred back to the
committee. 1t will probably lay over to
another session, in the mean time suits at
law to test the question as to whether the
company have violated their contract with
the State, may be authorized, and if found
to be true, this company will have forfeit.
ed all rights to this magnificent grant, be-
besides having incurred liabilities.
The bill for the benefit Of Rail RoadlC om.
panies. which has been before the Assem-
bly, for weeks. was lost. Yeas 25, nays "a
1t sought to repeal the law making stock
holders individually liable to the amount of
the stock held by them, which created an
exception in favor of Railroad Companies
over all their corporations.
The bill amending the charter of the city
Of Davenport, was taken up, and the SEN
ate amendments concurred in. This throws
| matter before tho looal yo%ors oc ~ "a.