Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-11-07

ing. "Is this the entertainment to which
"the Gsrmam Republicans were invi'
ted?
TRIUMPH or ROWDYIsM IN BAL.
TlMORE.
There was time when the Monu
mental City could boast of being under
democratic rule. Then law and order
reigned, and life and property were proc
tected. In those good old times, ifper'
chance the high.toned and really patti
otto opponent fthe Democracy, the ia.
s.onal Wing party, gained an ascendency,
still the same security was maintained.
But an evil day arrived, when Baltimore
deserted her protector, which had Civ
en- her the reputation Of being the a
bode Of virtue, hospitality and mercan'
tile enterprise, aud she was given up to
the lawless, the vicious, the depraved,
who assumed the halIowcd name Of
Americans 4" to serve the devil TO-" Ev-
er since tina. period, riots, rapine and
sssassinat on have stalked abroad at
MONDAY.
At the election on last Tuesday the
American party, by recourse to means
disgraceful aud revolutionary, drove the
Reformers from the polls, and thereby
prevented the free exercise Of the cleo
tive franchise. The victory achieved
by resort to intimidation, force and
murder gives to the opposition to the
democracy in the next Congress addi-
tionsl strength. As ever, the duty de-
wolves upon orr noble, old and patriotic
party to encounter the assaults of the
enemies Of liberty, associated in clans
under names as varied IS are their ig-
noble purposes.
The recent outrages in Baltimore fur
nish theme for serious reflection. ANY
one who has studied the history Of polit.
ical parties in the United States can not
fail to discover that the democratic par
ty has ever been distinguished, wheth-
er in majority or in minority, as the
uuwavering guardian of law and justice.
That party has been the peculiar defend>
er of the free legitimate exercise Of the
elective franchise, and the infexible en-.
envy OF prescription in any and every
form. Above all the democratic
party has been the protector ofthe insti-
tutions Of the country, and the uncom~
promising opponent ofthose who would
subvert them. At the present day that
party is the only organized political
body in which any reliance can be
placed to preserve the liberties of the
people.
And against whom has this conserva-
tive parry to contend in the fnlfillmcnt
Of ito mission! We see arrayed against
it the fanatica Abolitionists, who
mocks at the constitution, and stigma
ties it . league with the devil; the
Republican, who vauntingly declares
that there is higher law which iustifies
an ignoring of the constitution, and
which, in certain cases, justifies, yea de-
mands its intraction the Fire-eatcr Of
the South, who advocates q notification
OF oil lsws that do not coincide with his
peculiar views, and, if he can not rule.
he is willing to ruin; and the Know>
Nothing who' in our largely populated
cities, scouts at all law and let's hi. do.
moniac passions guide his every Action
This is the character of the monore,
enemy against which the democracy Of
the country has to war.
We will be told that the Republican
party has no affiliation with such "A these
Baltimore outlaws have proven them.
selves to be. Ifso, where are their de.
nunciations Of the outrages perpstratedi
We do not find them in the columns Of
their presses. On the contrary, we refer
to the following extract from Fridays
Chicago Press d Tribune, the leading
Republican organ in this section Of the
Union, and i, instead Of casting censure
upon the scts Of the Baltimore Know.
No'o'ng', it does not justify them, words
sre not representatives Of mems ide.s
~ IS not for rs to say Who is most to
c = o,smed for the rioting and bloodshed
nnicn marked the last election dav in
baltimore; it is not for u to ait in ;ndn.
nent upon the respective claims to de.
ceocy Of the American yahoos who no.
hold sway, and the Irish yabooe -ho
bat lately have been in the habit IF
Practising the same illegalities and bar
barities which are now being visited