Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-02-28

IHE following extract, purporling 10
have been received from u msmb.r Of the 2oth
Ioxs, ws fiad pub ishsi 10 the local columns
Of that great moral. iar abiding journal. the
Davenport Gazette just the place We might
-xpect TO find such yilliany published and n-
dorsed
Il see from the papsrs | receive from you,
that secession 10 showing It's .erpents head
rather freely In your miist. aud that the Tory
.hee,s Ct Davenport and Dubuque. sul con.
inu- unchecked to apoLt their venom. and
urge on their followers to more sciivs opera
tions Now Ct may be rather fsst. but
| thluk such things are siigms on The unicn.
.oving portion ot the people OF Iowa. That
the Davenport Dtm era! aud Dubuque Herald
ate thus allowed 10 utter their rank and lfea-
suna bio sentiments. 10 seandsious fsscslly and
the people should Immediately take mea.ur.s
to check II so .hecinaiy, ~ that th- vile
wreich-s nay no more be allowed TO chow
their heads The fscis H. many of oor men
nave heard ard read 40 much cf II, through
the tapers. thst they b.gin TO have Serious
apprehension ior III. safety OF theiI fsmiiirs
al d they swear that should they had the 90.
crsriouis, attempting any sio.eLce among YOU,
that they viii d. cert and tsks sueh vengeance
upon the scoundr.ls az ouly men made solicit
aus Tor the welfare OF their ianii 8. amidst
80 vii. crew could AMI from INV personal
kn. wlejgs ot snas Of them, | think the ven
gsahcs they wonid ID take, would bs .tisctusl -
Ne aaye no. been IN service ior nothing Only
-, ahou, 600 of the 2oth he led aganst th.
-conn ir-is with Murphy batter, 10 back us
md wyd cia tue ont eu II .cinaiiy mat
they wouldn't know they ~. hsd exist j
We will lay our lie that the author Of
TIE above sentiments Is y sco4ndrei lie IL not
sure that he isiot tsiktng rather last when
ne advises Q resort TO mob Violence, to sup
press journal which has ever occupied sound,
Constitutional ground, aud rovej itself more
loyal. and earnest In support OF the laws OF
he land than any Of the abolition howlsrs Of
the iDasenpnit Gazette pattern. Talkiog ra-
her fast for soo,h. iLe man who breaks INTO
hi. neighbours house. .obs him and then cute
his ,hroa, would no doubt coincide with the
writer, In his views Of the astice II resor,iug 4
10 violence t. accomplish un end We fail TO
distinguish any difference between the men -
Both are Williams ~ heart and neither would
hesitate 10 sacrihc. human lille il met by oppo
silion
Bat the hest part Of the letter lie the tall
end We ara told that many Of the men have
serious spprcbensions for the safety OF their
families left up here arnong us REASONABLE raf
caia. and hey swrar terrible veng.nnce pnon
spon us If We VIC ate. or murder thea. 10
~rrsk this veDgeane. they propose sending ~
M, hundred picked men. out OF the . h regi
men,, and to back those by Murphys B dt.fy
a rather formidable hos,. U4d-r the circum-
stances We shall not advise an mme late at
tack upon these soidiers' families We might
nave cleaned out the five hundred men from
the 2J,h. but Marpbys battery 10 too many
psrsnDons.
The Africans hereabouts have q treasure 10
the e iitor Of their organ. lhe publishing OF
Just such letiers as the one above is doing heir
aty heaps Of good. Nurse him 'end.riy
fdlows Men OF such pe nd.fous in,ellecls are
apt TO bs troubled with fallen sickness ii s, aud
20 of suddenly.