Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-02-19


Feb. 18th, 1863.
Enron DRMocRAT AND News:
You are aware that in this Town
ship there has heretofore been about
four abolitionists TO one democrat, and
long have they been in the habit Of
having everything their own way
They were taken all by surprise a few
DAYS since to hear it announced that
last night there was to be q democratic
meeting IT our school house, and that
Mr.. Ingalls,, Of Cedar county, was pre-
sumptiye enough to at!emptto make
democratic speech.
It. was a, once resolved by the aboIi-
tiouists that such An attempt on the part
Of the democrats must be put down, as
this vas their first attempt TO organize
club in the township. SO the most
heroic and daring amongst them pro-
ceeded to the res,dence of small and
offensive pettifogger,w who pretends TO re
present this county IN the Assembly
!. for counsel" The result OF these de
libetatiopsi was, that they would sppear
:, The time and place where such al
outrage was contemplated by the de
mocra,s. one hundred strong. They
KEEP, their promise in regard TO numbers
as well as they usually do IN regar TO
other matters, and were n hand III
good time, al excited.
The meeting WAS orsan,zsl, and J.
K. Ferguson WAS elected President.
Mr.. Ingalls, came forward and ~ss in.
tloduced 10 the an hence, aud for one
hour spoke torclbly, eloqIenily and
gen,lemany, in defence Of democratic
principles.
No 40 ner had the speaker taken ri.
scat than up jumps the aforesaid i. r.
Cue, the ! AK OF sholiiionisn in our
township, and requested to be permitted
20 reply 10 Mr.. ingalls,. 1t was freely
granted, in as much rs free speech, and
The rightto criticise the ac,s of the oppo
.ite party i q part Of the democratic
creed. Notwithstanding Mr. cue had
amply supplied himself with ncwspa
p.rs TO read extracts from, be renamed
irne to bis instinct, by dealing 10 per
sonalties and blsckguariism, so msch
sn, tha, when he had concluded, Mr..
ingalls, dcciiped to reply 10 him, on the
ground that he was no gentlema1.
i, this time the abolition steam was
well up, snd bi. bury fellow by
the name OF Freeman, WHO had been in
the army for few months, and should
be there now, il his heart did not lay
20 low 10 his body as to make him a
coward, insisted upop telling his expe
renee With the Institution OF s'aseiv.
which Amounted to this, that when on
pckel duty in Tcnr. he saw negro
boy IA White as himself by this time
he had become thoroughly warmed up,
and made an attempt 10 use one Of the
Gazstfes arguments TO show that green
backs were rot worth more than com
mercial reports make them, bnt had for.
gotten his lessen. and became thorough
IL stuck, and retired amid the applause
OF his friends who had mistaken soand
for sense.
The next aboltionist was man who
presented.himselt by the n .me Of Dean,
from Benton Go. Iowa, on visit H.
some illends here. According TO his
own statements he is an unmtgatcd
scamp. He told US he WAS the super
u,cndcnt OF schools in Benton Co, a. d
that no teacher could &c, cer,iti ate to
teach school in that county unless he
or she WAS an out and ont aboliilonist.
] need not tell YOU any more about
him, his history is easily comprehcnded.
II there are any democratic papers pub
lished in Benton county, ! hope they
viii slit hln fac enough fer mush.-
Thus it Is, that our dcarcst rights and
privileges in all relations Of society are
outraged by these internal fanatics
Thanks he to God their days are mum
bered.
We had given this much liberty 10
tree discussion and the hour wa. late.
aud II was proposed to adjourn. But,
on the opposite side ofthe room could
be seen the tail figure of man standing
slA feet N his boots, There was no
mlstaking him as the individual former
y from New England, but more receut
ly-say tour or five years -lnee, from
Missouri, which State he lett some " At
10 hurry, for meddling with his neigh.
boIs affairs, and has been roveuging
himself on Missouri ever since by
I ireachlng ahoitlonlsm, Instead Of Chris,
aud linn cruclf 4. lade to tho Rev.
Mr.. Grant, settled preacher al our
school house, and he demanded a hear
lng which WAS granted. We aIl knew
tia. lie had long been afflicted VITA the
disease commonly known As "nigger on
the BRAIN" Well did he sastan his past
reputation. II occurred To me that he
should be named Sour kroul"-lor h.