Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-10-15


1aTvictor are giorfyisg over tho
rssalt of The late election. They have
woa.t1s day snaiit is to be expected
shak khs1 Mill make the most Of i. Had
80 dsmocFasy been victorious We are
disposed to thing that the opposition
woald have heard tfomrit. We are not
surprised, nor need any ono Be. II
would have been miraculous had The re-
emit beso otherwise. Our enemy has
II sword, the purse. and the pulpit un'
der its control, and strange indeed wonId
il be IL the democracy meet with any
succsss. Nor is this the last victory
that the party 10 power will achieve /,
the hurricane hrs not yet spent its inTy.
Bot while We are ia the midst of defeat
Ut the heart Of no denocrat fail him.
1hsy shoclA watch on, work on. and
pray on until the day Of their deliver
apcs comes, as come It must, soones or
later. Let the organization be most
rigidly maintained throughout the copn-
sry, for Tuesday is coming ~hsn il will
BE- needed. The Union aud the Consti-
tuition are 10 great peril, Let their de-
tenders rally still closer around them
and firmly united, continue thor lsbors.
Let eli the constitutional acts Of the
standardization in the prosecution OF this
war be heartily sustained let sll uncon.
stitutional sc;s be cordially condemned.
Surrender not an ,ota Of the integrity OF
the party on any consideration. Stand
firm by the country against all its enc
mics, and continue in the straight and
narrow path Of political viitue.
Society nj the National Capital Under
Radical Rule.
There is probably not on the face OF
the earth city OF civilized people
Salt Lake not excspted--where such an
enormous amount of debauchely and
rottenuess 10 every thread OF the social
fabric can be found a. 10 Washington,
the capital Of the United States, at the
tyresent time. LII. rendered this sink
Of corruption BY the hordss OF political
paupsrs and paupered tasorites Of the
radical school who are continually
.warming there, and not by the sold'er'
=, 10 sometimes stated. The correspon-
dent Of the New York Indeperdsnl
pictures affairs in this light
The Chronicle pays y high compli-
nent to the general good conduct Of the
soldiers in and around the capital, evil
dencing at once the existence Of whole
some discipline in the army, add Of
wholesome character in the general mas,
Of the sodiery. Ii would seem, however
that equally general credit IS not duo II
tie eiv,lians Of the national metropolis
The Republican presents the quarterly
report Of the Superintendent Of Police
In Warrington for the quarter ending
July l, from which we learn that there
$500 arrests, OF whom apgavas Of a
Thousand Uere females. The arrest:
0srs nearly one to every tsoslve iahabit
ants, vhiis in Brook yn they are only
one in eighty seven. The number q
thieves, prostitutes, and other dangerouI
characters are greatly on the increase
qGambl,ng and drinking places are i,
alarming numbers, and fruitful sources
Of svii. Measures for repression OF
crime are. rendered Intellectual by the
facilities for obtaining bail, the connl-
vance Of Justice, aud the deisys OF trial,
BY which a large proportion wholly ss-
cape punishment.
This il tho federal capital under radi
cal ruls--the federal capital where cop
psrheads are not tolerated and only rad
sioe!s Of true blue color are allowed to
cop9regate.