Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-08-25
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fHS CARTRIDGE BASKEs. or pAvrxNpRr
1rsaAlstea inn The O.. Louis Arss ger ass vssten,
Of August 99.A

IHS CARTRIDGE BANKER. OF pAvryPoRT.
1rsoAstea i'm The 81. Louis Arse ger ass vsstsns
O: AUGUST 9o.A.
10 Enrole. We are used to cases when
people are hungry they fill their .,omschs
with leadea pills, or in other words, when
the poor eople have deposited their money
In swings institute, and alarmed by cue
or the other cs use. demand it. the authori-
ties taAe care that they are paid with the
| bsyoret. A new and much more extended
method this sy.tem seem. to receive from
eur banking .wiudlers. Ia Davenport il
WAS the banking house II Cook d Sargent
which put in circulation a great amount OF
Florence wild cat notes. The people took
the Worthless stuff for q long time. because
hsasrs. Cook Sargent promised to be re-
spon.itle for them. and to redeem these
wild cats with good notes As this prom
! lee was net kept, and the notes even iell in
Davenport below par. and no debt. could
ba paid outside OF the city with it, the peo-
pie a. Inst resolved 10 compel Nessrs. c. Il
). by demonstration. TO DO their duty 10
large mass meetings they resolved. one and
al, no. 10 receive the Florence wild cat in
payment and to demand Of c. d ). 10 redeem
their notes or assign, and moved in masses
to the house Of the chief of the firm. f.
Cook. q. present Mayor Of Davenport Mr..
Cook knew Of very smart way To protect
the Tanker in his officis! poeition an Mayor.
lie called on the militia for protection, but
ss the people were too smart 10 give them
a chance to show their bravery. he dis
charged them with the fol.owing remarks,
which the ne~ Bank-Hsynau publishes un.
der hi, own signature:
u a Z ha far ~ 1{o
or OF the city. another and di5eren. occasion
be required. shall place myself at your
head, and if the time arises Wien nanght
but force will answer the purpose, should
have but two words 10 say. first. 10 the
mob. Disperse," next. 10 you, Fire !" and
I shall expect that the aim will = at tie
heert, and not over their heads and trus;
in God that 10y aim and fire will be fatal
one.
a bloody revengeiul. money-soul. who
speaks in such an uncalled for manner to o
population which he has swndled By the
wholesale. is certainly a curiosity in the
whole world. In general these usurers are
cowardly dogs, who, conscious of their own
misery, are afraid OF the peoples voice, and
avoid it. But this Mayor, Broker. who, as
a money man. swindled the whole conmu
nifty, ard then as Mayor called the militia
to arms seems not to be satisfied that no
citizens blood was split, and declared that
lie expects that on lany other occasion the
citizens wiN a'm al The hearts Of TIER Je'io,c
e.tizcs,s md not o,er their heads. and he trusts
to God that h.s aim and FIRE all be a deadly
one.
1t takes & considerable amount O; tish
blood Ia the Inhabitants to enable them to
bear aUch language with patience, unless
they ascribe 1t 10 new genus Of madness,
the broker aaan.d
We are happy to see that Mr.. Olshausen,
Of Davenport, Ia Of the opinion that the
passionate ten permanent of this man renders
him unfit for the position of Mayor, which
he holds. and we sre convinced that he and
thouss 1ds Of his fellow citizens think that
he has made himself unworthy for that po-
siiion for al! ti;ae to come. We cannot
avoid acknow .edging our full appreciation
Of the course Of the Germans in this dem
orstration This time it was again shown
Is how delicate are the feelings of the Ger.
man, for everything that is right and il-;,
and that they are always ready to fight cy
cry wrong - the full extent of their power.
The meaning OF the bloodloyine bravery
Of this sliinpaster Mayor. originates direct
Is out o. H., Gcrmsn character Of thi,
movement, and when lie wanted them to
a;m 81 the heart. and not over tie head he
probably mean, the hearts Of The Germans
The Mayor ordered two companies out.
One Ike Davenport Rifle Company No ! is
German company the second is the Ar.
tiilery company, consisting entire of Ameri-
cans. a'r. L;sehcr, the co-publisher Of Der
Geososrat, in Davenport, who Lonored u
with a visit yesterday, told Us that the
speech could no. have been made to the
German company, - they were disbanded
before and If conflict had occurred would
undoubtedly have placed themselves on the
side al the cheated people, and against the
firm o. Coo. 4 Sargent.