Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-10-08

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] the .aks Of hearing Capt. Heath reists little
OF his var experience. ct eetera. . meeting VA
called st metropolitan Hall last sight. and
re,ty thoroughly attended BY oar citizens
His experience, - he gave it. amounted to but
little. aud is scarcely worth relating. His Ia
bors have been confined 70 Missouri. slmssl
| entirely, and the principal local intelligenet e
hs had PICKED up iu that State vas that Mis-
souri,. At the breaking out OF the rebellion. had
bOOO 600 slave popuiation. (one-half Of the en-
| tire population OF the Sta,e) and that since
he var has been 10 operation, not less than
$780, .0JO of them had left the STATED Pretty
good. We wish hs could Huthfully cay %
much Of all the slave States, provided the
oiggsrs had gone still farther south-out Of
the Union -irretrievab,y out # IL. But un
fortuosteiy Tor the Csptsins know edge Of the
institution" In the state where he has been
| for more than year, AMI Of VII ch he should
have know .omsthing, the census Of l. 80
ehows that Missouri had only about one hun.
drsd aud ten Thousand slave population. aud
it is fair to presume that more than half Of it
Is there yet. This 10 q fair sample Of the cor.
rsctness Of tn. Captains informal ,on
The main drift of The Csptsin's speech was
| that Democratic Who would not swallow all
the policy or polciss of the President. we're
secessionists-traitors: that Democratic had ne
right to have opinions Of their own, and that
having them. they were opposed to carrying
on the var even TO the end-to the full ano
| complete restoration of the Uoion. There
vas about as much reliable "informatisu"i i.
this - there wss IN the nisgsr's story. It il
false both 10 wood and 10 epirit.
1t 10 very vel for him to rsvis the Democ-
| r.cy Of lows. II there IS . disloyal, unreas-
enable Democrat in Iowa to-day. be can take
| was iwpt,tsd into lows to build up just such
| principles He labored night and day to &C.
| couplish it. He spent all OF his own meanei?)
The means that his masters provided hin with
he proceeds Of q lucrative federal, oil % to
| stamp ultra. imprsoticahle We've upon the
| minds Of the eope. aud now he turns to
curse them. to belle them for having, as he sf-
| frms, received the impression. He is yet il
| the city. and can answer for himssif If it is
! not 60. The motive tor the Wholesale denun.
citation of the Democrats Of Iowa laet night, ,
vas a. transparent ~ the ,hinnest gossams,. I.
| We Judge men by their deeds-not by what
they say or do to-day. OF Whist they have
| done-but their acts and 4. eds from one enc
Of the chapter to the other The Democras,
| of Iowa to-day are 10y 81 to the core. They
love the old U"ion, the CONSTITUTE that un
derIies it. and the a,g that has and shall
~,ve over it. They have rallied nobly
around that OLD f4g,-they are doing it ever
lsy--ay~. and will conti"ae to do twin
90 far her than the farthest dare go, do
uors than the most enthusiastic Of the CAP.
,aiL's school, can do for the vindicatiou in
y heritage. Whstev.r they may think O,
believe about the Presidents policy, or hi-
bulls Ia Pope u.s. Comet. they hold thi.
truth uppermost. that the Union must and
shall be preser.td They will vote the Dsm-
cratic ticket; will bow no supple knee to ia.
ua,ioai threats or place.seeking dsnunc s.ions
.r commission hsnketiog threats, but at the
sane time give the Administration cnrfe
bl.nchc upon their hearts blood to quepeh ,h.
! r.nel fl .ne, and upon their treasures 10 for
ward the work Of the d nco, dltionsI restora, ,iou
| OF the Uuion aad the whole Uoion. Such il.
the feeling Of the Democracy Of Iowa to- day.
| despite the teachings Of imported blather
-ki,ee Of any condition or degree II We are
not right, fellow Dsmocorats Of Iowa, tell u.
90. and We ~ill dissolve partnership at once
We tell tn. truth aud the record will prove
t-sh.li continue TO prove it.
Gen Baker followed ; We don't propose to
follow h,m We can do better with the next.
| CIV Kirkwood got up and said he vas .
plain man. who hsdu't eeme to make .
| speech ~ He never went any where to make
i. speech. His o,j-ot in speaking was to do
0. .eiy what 10 impossible to do-detsr or
intiuidate democrats present from vstipg the
democratic ticket lie laid himself out on that
track-denounsed al such men a. traitors
cuw .rds. secsseionie,s, and all that, even when
| he knows 40 we'll as We know that he 10 IN nm
scrupu 1oLs femsgogue. that 10 &c portion si
the Iowa tr ops are nothing else than thor.
ouph bred dsmocra,s. and would vote the
democratic ticket to-day. il they had .
chance. He has but to make known the nun
ber q men wanted by the President. and these
very democrats whom he reviles - black.
hearted traitors are among the first to ru-h to
the the standard are Of those who dare any
man 0ove,Inr though he be. o. devil. TO I'm.
peach their loyalty. No. tks eecret Of his foul
mou.bed, profans dena"eistion. 10 that oil vill
net bring .hemselves down to his party level.
and. standing in thu. class of political mad 10
which he wa,!o ~. help b"ost hin and his con.
frsres into still higher uotoristy. Let him get
ont Of bic own political csss-poel and make biz
ovn sk .rts clean before be dsrss call demo
crats trsi.ors. In his essimstiou, said he, oil
of .hoss vho would not end0fse the Presidenti
poicy. are ssceesioniste. TIE President de-
elarss against srming negroes-the Governor
declares for it We have - much right t.
brand i'm traitor for this lack Of coincidsnss
vith the President - be has brand % fo'
ours. He spests falsely Of democrats vbel
he .. ln them traitors be spOvsi It. and doe'
It only 70 make capital Tor bic party aod
amuci J Krkwood.
i Nr Baker. Of wappsllo. followed. He 10 q
officer 10 one Of the I"va regi "snts -; . plsss
- :.e..a.Aa~w eonak.s 03,hnl un haf