Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-07

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The petite joker, selected BY the Gov
erpor to aid him 10 doing bic email
work, intimstes that be 10 not getting .
salary of 10000, bit wishes he could b.
so fortunate. Does he pretend to
state that he thinks no is entitled TO any
such service lie stated in the Gazette
on tho day subsequent to his appoint
m. mt, that lis wages amounted to $2ll
per month, which is 1852 per year,
which sum in mentioning round num-
bc,s, is set Gown =, $4,000. We will
cali it the former amount, and then ask
whether he tells the truth now, or when
in the high gIee Of his incipient Col
opclcy, he Dragged about the fat pay ne
was getting. Next, We would inquire
what he has done to earn Of the tax
paying public Of Iowa, any such su" !!
Js it for hanging about the Governors
coat tail 10 echo his self.adulation or
is j, for playing the Spy abont the Adju'
tanl's Office while the Governor is away
sounding his own brazen trumpet for
his own electiona Which! or 10 it
both, and more Of the same sort!
THE following Article IL tIansIat'on
from Der Demokrat Of yesterday. 1t
strikes heavy blow At the miserable
and d .shoncet course of the Gazette
BLIND ZEAL Only DOES 1sJURY.-
We have already repeatedly asserted
that neither patriotism nor love Of Prin-
ciple, but only trickery and office seek
ing lay at the root of the party organ.
izations Of the present time, . time
when the patriot should turn his whole
attention and efforts TO the defence Of
his country and the humiliation Of the
enemy, and should endeavor to unite
the people in this cause. We are re-
ioiccd that tho Gastte of this city, has,
without intending il, of course, furnished
complete proof Of the accuracy OF our
statement. 1t has, in it's blind zeal,
actually "put its foot in it." and exhibit
ed it's weak side to the public. But lit
tie harm has been done, however. 1t
has really enriched the public with the
acquisition Of little truth. The affair
is, in other respects, rather divertiug.
The zeal with which the Governors
Aid, the Gazette, pitches in for the re-
election OF kirkwo0d as Governor, is
well known, and it assures us, of course,
that what it does is purely disinterested
and from a love of principle. This high
principle, consequently demands that
battle should be made against Merritt,
the opposing candidate, and the Gazette
attacks him with its heaviest artillery
when it throws out against him the
charge Of being the candidate Of the
Mahony Democrats. This was the only
weapon which it had against him. but,
OF course, it only made the more uproar
in the matter.
There CHANGED to come to the notice
oil the Gazette the "Council Bluffs
Ruyie, radical Mahony Democratic
paper, and there it discovered that the
Secession Democracy had attacked Mer-
rift with great fury, because he had
turned his back upon the Mahony Dcmoc-
rAcy, and would have nothing in common
with the sympathzcrs with the South.
SO lar only the Gorette's love OF primer
PIE is apparent but now tho disguise
falls Off, and the detected office seeker
stands before us. SO many votes less for
Merritt, it calculates, arc SO many votes
more for knkwood, and quickly it
springs over into the camp OF the Ma
honeyi.cs. and delivers such speech as
we read in its issue Of yesterday, some
thing as follows: "Me,ritt has insnlled
you, Mahoncyitcs he has spurned you.
lie has rcpudiatcd your parry and gone
over to new patty. Those among you
who will not suffer themselves to be
sold ont, but who have mind of their
own, will not vote for him but against
him, like Rabbit Of the Council Bluffs
Bugle."
Now We ask, does the Gazette Of to.
day lie or that Of yesterday? Yester-
days number said, do not vote for Mcr.
rift, for he is Mahoncyite." To-day's
issue says, do not vote for Merritt, for
he is no Mahoneyite. Docs the GoSette
think the people to be herd Of stupid
voting cattle! Is the Gazette Maho-
neyite or Republican 1t is nothing
and everything, for it is on the hunt for
Office. Poor kirkwood; such friends do
not meke very good aids.
FAILED TO CoNNEcr.-Thc Mille,ite
sect still flourish in New York City.
They had fixed on Sunday, September
22d, as the end Of all sublunary things,
and made preparations accordingly.
Their places Of meeting were crowded,
the men in their best suits, and the wo-
men in virgin white, and all awaited in
solemn expectancy the fulfillment Of the
Second Advent prophecy. Result, hum
cry stomachs. The predictions Of the
Of the bogus prophets and doomsday
''failed to connect"
GERMANS IN THE ARMY.-The follow
ing ia given as avery nearly correct
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