Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-03-20

'!RRFPREssIBLE CONFLICT. The war
Of the Rosss--the aGtagouism o tho Blashe,
sixties was rot more vindicsive and remorseless
than the feud between the rival ctions of the
Post Office Aspirants, promises 10 he Deep
within the bosolns Of these gen.l men an
their respective c.iques gnaws the sharp tooth
Of malice and rankles the spirit OF revenge.
Greek has truly met Greek, and the tug of war
s not far distaEt--indeed, it has even now
comm need. The Eidridge clique has mount
Cd the Burris clique rough shod. They who
maycaed shoulder to shoulder through the
campaign-those,w eide by side, unde: the
glare Of kerosene and the CLINT OF bright tin
gikes wadei TO glorious victory--bretbren
in the sane cause -disnteres.e conpatriots
in the front column OF the impending crisis
await eouriers OF the army OF Freetom-are
now sworn enemies---h have declared relentless
war each upon the other. In the campaign
they were protested friends. Caring nousht ~
thinking nousht on Of reward or hire
spurred on by an mate love of the beloved
African floundering in chains Of servitude-
blinded as j. were. to everything hut the
great good Of the world l-onwarl AID still on
ward to the Rubicon and beyond the Rublcon
even into the very camp of the Philis'ines.
teey bore their triumphant banner. Raise the
curtain still higher and behold the end: They
who .abored with such dsintsrested patriot
ism appear to the vision with coats eff
sleeves and breeches rolled up wading in
crowdng--slashng out right and left and with
tongue. tooth and toe-nai! enter pe!l.mell into
rough and tumble fight. the like OF which
would astonish den Of Baltimore Plug Ugies.
Those who eucceed in grabbing q chunk Of hot
meat from Uncle Abe's kitchen, dash off pur
sued by a whole rack of unsatiated beasts of
prey in the shape of men Those who don't
succeed are bornd to quarrel with those who
are in the same fix, for net getting cut Of the
| way, and those do get more curses than shil-
lings. Not longer ago than yesterday 3 friend
of sadly disappointed office seeker met an
| ex-revereud aspirant cn the street, and after a
lutte skilful parryng proceeded to pour out
whole demijohns Of wrath upon his devoted
head. Wide Awakes both, they forgot the
rallying cry of the campaign and adopted that
Of the fsh-market. Words not found in die.
tionaries-sentences not cullei on account oi
their moderation or religious import few frou,
tongue 20 ear like paving stones at Donny
brook Fair. until the very atll, sphere about
was impregnated with vitupsration enough to
SINCE Maltese cat And thus /. is They
who hurrahed. ho!iered and howled for Lin.
coin loudest, are those who now are the most
eager for spoila-the most viudic,ive in their
disappointment. Shame on such procee edings
Is it to be wondered that Old Abe gives ur
Sumter, or entertains Southern embssssdors
ls it strange that the Government totters and
the very foundation stones Of the Federal
fabric hssvs aud grosn aud sreubls in ,hsir
deep bsdsf The mask is falling off-heaveu
prot. Ct the vision Of virtuous patriotism from
beholdisg the rotten dsfornitiss there broueh,
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