Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-04-06
"LOok ON THIS PICrURE-

YESTERDAYS WoRK.-The election
is over, and the People have triumphed.
We have beaten the Black Republicans
and their co-laborers at all points. We
have driven them out Of the City Hall,
and out Of the city. We have beaten
them on fair issue, and when they had
forced their strongest man to offer him.
self up a. a sacrifice for them. We
have placed St. Louis where she deserves
to stand and where she would have
stood long ago but for adverse infuen-
ces-in harmony with the State and in
hostility to Black Republicanism every
where. We have taken our position
against Lincolnism and against that
malignant theory of the North which
declares perpetual war on the slave
States and their institutions. We have
relieved ourselves from the terrible in
cubus which has been resting upon
paraIyzing our energies, destroying our
commerce, shutting up our manufact0-
ries. stopping all our machine shops, and
dcpriving labor Of its just reward. All
this has been done by the people-not
in passion, not as partizans, but as citi-
zcns having . stake in this community,
acknowledging their loyalty to the
Union, and determined to maintain a
position where they could assert their
rights under the Constitution at all haz-
ards. We confess that we never saw
an election conducted precisely as this
was. 1t was taken by the people into
their own hands. They engineered it.
They were the propelling power. They
united to put down Black Republicanism.
They made that point in the contest,
and they achieved the victory. They
put the last nail in the coffin of Black
Republicanism, and glory be to them
for it.
THEN ON THIS
From the Missouri Democrat April 81
The REsULT.-It has often been our
privilege to announce victory to-day it
becomes our duty to chronicle defeat.
Yesterday vas day of humiliation aud
indelible shame for St. Louis. The
proud city is at last subdued she
crouches at the feet Of her tyrants, lick
ing the hands that have smote her with
many stripes. The Disunion faction
has atlength worked its will and crushed
out for the time being the proud spirit
of the foremost city IN the West. As
the news is read this morning, near and
far, every one will feel that another link
is snapped 10 the chain that holds the
Border States in the Union, aud while
that news will create sadness in the
minds Of all loyal men, it will as certain
ly cause every traitor in the band to re-
joice. We care not to enumerate, on
this occasion, the cause of the calamity,
but it is impossible to take the slightest
backward glance without being filled
with wonder, and feelings other than
those of wonder, at the conduct of tn
men who stood all last year on the plat
form OF the Constitution, the Union
and the enforcement of the laws; aud
who voted for the unconditional Union
ticket last month. We frankly say that
we have more, infinitely more, respect
for the avowed Secessionists than for
those men. Let this suffice for the
present-to speak of their conduct as it
deserves, we're to use language with
which ears polite are not very familiar.
- Though very reluctant to make
the declaration, we would yet consider
ourselves false to our position as a pub
lie monitor, if VIC neglected to state that
the result of the election yesterday con-
veys very gloomy lesson. To US, it
seems that those who wished to stay in
st. Louis and in the Union at the same
time, will have no alternative but an ap.
peal to arms, in defense Of their position.
We are heartily sincere in wishing it
may be otherwise, but such, nevertheless,
is our Interpretation of Taylor's election.