Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-15
Remarkably Bright.

couo five years ago as most Of our
o;,;zens rseollec., our Abolition Kepno
Iioan neighbor was the recognized orga"
Of Know NOTTINGHAM in this county
About the same time the present junior
editer of the Gazette was scribbllng for
An obscure little Know Nothing paper
down in the southern part Of Indiana.
In those days the German c't'zens voted
Tho Democratic tickct-thcv had not
then .trayed off after false gods-and
were not then in the habit OF GROWING
the bus. Of that rank old infidel, Tom
Paine. on Sunday nights, with RePubli-
can editors, the orators OF tho occasion.
Then the Abolition Republican edi-
tors of the Gaseite were bitter against
"the furriner," and adopted Know Moth
incism in its fullest extent. They sup.
ported men for office who advocated the
extension Of the period required for nat
uralization to twenty-one yeare. Then
they were for SAM, now for "Sam-
bo." But now that tho German element
has the Republican party completely
under it's thumb-nsw when fat Offices
are paid out to it in every quarter to re-
tain its support-snd you cannot 50 IN
to public office, be it state, county, or
municipal, without finding . German
citizen enstalled, our Abolition-Repub-
licauneighbor has gone to the other eX.
treme. Five years ago when this paper
and The Democracy Of Scott county
were fighting to preserve the rights OF
our foreign born residents against big
otry and oppression, the Gazette could
not say or do enough against our cause
and its objects, now that same paper
cannot do too much for its new-found
friends. But the "reminiscences Of the
spring and summer of '55, no matter
now painful and dsagreeable to the ed
itors of the Gazette, are recorded in tho
files Of that paper of that date, and will
not soon be forgotten by the people Of
this county.
The hypocrisy of our neighbor, and
the facility with which it changes its
views to suit the necessities Of the times,
is well eyinced in the following extract,
which it yesterday copied approvingly
from dilapidated and liliputian sheet
published in the defunct city Of Keokuk.
THlxo TO BE RExExBEssp-The Democrat,
all united on Mr.. smith, of N. c., for Speaker
Mr.. NTH says he is in favor Of not less than
ten years term OF naturalization Such 10 the
man whom the Democracy wnanime ,.sly united
upon for one Of the highest and most inAuen
tial offices under the government.-GateC ty
Now what is the truth and fact in
this matter! Let US see. Now Smith
is an old line whig, national conscrva.
tive man, and as such the Democracy O
the House took HIM up. But ere they
did it, they required and obtained from
Mr.. Smith the distinct denial of any al
fiiation whatever with Know Nothing
ism-that he was not and never hat
been Know Nothing. With regard t,
his being in favor of an extension of tn
time requisite for naturalization, it maj
be 30, or it may not. Coming from tina
weakly paper, the Gate City, we are in
clined to discredit the statement. Blu
suppose that he had SO expressed him
self, it does not, as every one know,
coincide with the doctrine held by the
Democracy on that point, and he couli
have no possible opportunity Of carrying
out those views peculiar to him had be
been elected Speaker. If for the sake
Of the suffering interests Of the country
the Democratic members of Congress
were willing to take up national man,
who, 1t is true, differed with them on a
point, and had no possible chance of car
rylng his side Of the difference, we do
not think any blame attaches to them
But what should be said by our indig.
nant neighbor, the Gazette, over the
fact that by the Republican vote Mr..
Hoffman, an ex-member Of congress
from Maryland, (who had been elected
tour years ago as thoroughbred Know
Nothing, and is rs rank one as the rep.
resentatives of those rufiianly clubs in
balt'more) was elected sergeant t-arms
Of the liousc!,!
Desperation.
The Republican party is catching ut
straws-a certain indication of its down.
ward tendency. When the leaders mo,