Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-05-08

Ar. Editoy: I'll have eff letter 70 be
handed 70 YOU tor publication. which purpOsts
70 hsvs been written BY some sort Of vigil
lAsae eoa.nittss. vssnipg ne 70 leave the
STATE BY the IOth met. under penalty Of be
ing "Assg Eitkoss reserve" il fsiI 70 do 20
Therefore. l sish you 70 publish to the good
people. the ehvistiss people. the civilized pso
pie Of Scott County and Iowa. my ssssrsnss
tat am mIsrepr~ssDted; thst ] never. VII
fuIly spoke ssy ssDii0ss'e. much lsse suppost-
Cd sDything, against the Constitntion Or Unlon
Of our Ststea A. fer - ny conscience can
Inform me am guilty Of no crime but that Of
being Douglas Demoevss. Tis true / ardent.
ly supported Ar. Douglas. snG IL that b tree
eos. tAso, shesld expect - sslFss The psasity
eeeor1isg 70 tsv, bss ees sseS Lac. Little
would one think who bad lived % looe %
10 this State 4 eng Is yesrsl knowing its
Christian people, its pvsteDsions to progress
humanity and lsos. that IL would 20 coon. In
these sespssts. tail 10 its grand career. Let
me again sssurs the people Of lowa. and thos-
Of Scott G. unity 10 particular. that II this con-
mittee hss vealiy founded its charge sgainst
me. upon sny thing that have sai.i, thst they
have deducsd sn erroneous conclusion from my
reGsrks. or .lse, In the haste and heat Of con-
versution. l have iai.ed to convey my true
feeling. ! aops. then. this committee will ~.
trace their courseer yoke their sentence, and
be assured BY what I've said. that I alvsys
vas. an yet. and hope ever to be for ths Ssa,s
and Stripes the Co~slitstioW, ead tks U~isa
Nov and forever O,h.r wise. their deeds be
upoa their heads to Llacken their aches and
the characters Of tseir postelity when sue.
picon shall hsvs been removed By the aight Of
conviction upos the hssds u The guilty..
Yours repeatedly,
l.M,. n uoo..-
Remdrks The above communication shows
just what ws have slvsys known Nj. Hogar
y 10 bs-a sossd Dsoessst, ssd eonsequeu,ly
reliable Union-loviDg citizen. To find .
Democrat Who is not Union man, would bs
more difficult than u. diec0v<r . Whi,s black.
bird. 1t 10 the Democratic party that fur.
nishes the most men Of that strips. AMI II the
Union 10 preserved At oil. It viii Be through
The virtue Of the strcne arms and brave hsasts
Of those one million FIVE hundred thousand
Northern men Who voted last Fall the Demo
cratic ticket. Mind that. and see II events
- they transpirs don't prove it
SCorT County PARK AssoC1Ar1oN.-
The fret annual meeting Of this society for the
election Of officers, vss held at the Burtis
House on Monday evening. Nay 9th. The
officers elected for the current year we're
Pyesident-L c. DE.sAINr
Vice Pvesident-JosH L. Cosy1x
Iveasuser-CHAUNcv ksuM
Secretavy-GEO K. WEsr.
N,eetsrs-L. G. Dessaint, John E Henry.
j. j Burtis j A. lie Claire L c. Campheli
John L. Coffin. E. Brown, G. Krum. @. r.
West
The affAirs Of the association are in . vsrv
prosperous esndi.ion. The grounds are 10 .
good state Of repair. and In . few dsys the
track will be hard and level ~ . barn floor.
The buidings upos the grounds are progress
ing rapidly, and. by the first Of next month
everything will be ready and prepared for
business.