Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-07-16

A very r$pectkblc andiable coniempor-
ary Of the wlssdy press asls the question
"Why should the Dcmocrttic Party desire
to get control Of the Govsfnmcnts" And it
adds to this query the ytncc,ion that "it is
not always the by-t<iing for party to be
in power
Promising that thi, Interpretation Of what
may or may not be the bsst poitvof party
is based upon low and soriid views, which
no party composed Of earnest men who arc
deeply attached to their principles caa enter
tain without moral debascmcnt, we further
remark that this insidious question proceeds
from a paper which, under the guise of be-
ing literary journal and indTpf7aent Oh
neutral in politics, is in reality in tie inter
ssts Of the party which is now ybower.-
And this fact illustrator Tho gykerul rule
for it is universally the case, tswhich we do
not know Of an exception, that srcry ncrs-
paper which pretends 10 " indete0dent o.
neutral IN polifics, i"sv iaJly lend ia irfn-
ence, sometimes almost iinperdptihly, at
other times more uncquivoeally, and always
positively 10 Tie administration And the
pretences which this class Of journals make
of neutrality are merely crafty dodge to
insinuate themselves into the confidence Of
persons OF moderate and conservative views
winch would fail if attempted by outright
partisan organs, and thus gradually whecdlc
them over to the support Of a party which
they distrust. The nestral paper is merely
a device of the Republican party to advance
their influence, aud hence the plentiful crop
Of such affairs whercver@an opening can be
found, and cspecialy1n unsuspicious demo
cratic neighborhoods. Each venture of this
kind should be regarded with suspicion by
all democrats, and the true general rule TO
act upon with reference to the neutral paper
is TO put it down either as 4 cheat, or spy,
or an enemy of some SOFT in disguise. 1t
puts on the neutprf Tsfh merely to gain the
opportunity to row its abolition doctrines so
as to eludc observation. Its work it slow,
silent, almost imperceptiblc, but at the same
time positive for evil Let it, therefore, and
oil its kindred be discountenanced by demo
Gratis, whether it come in the form of daily
newspaper, or Of weekly journal Of art,
and literature, andvomance, or Ola monthly
magazine. They arc all, cquall, insidious
forms lvailed of by the partylin power to
propagate their heresies anJao secure to it
and its corruptions new irasc of life.
If democrats arc vie NE only papers
treating >'p0n pe,fficl ypics which they
will patronize or rcg4sfly pcruse. will be
those which are deciJtd and pronounced in
their politics. We 10 not advise democrats
to refrain from rstdins abolition papers,
openly and avowofIy su{h, while VIC at the
same time would fmprcsl upon them to give
the preference their d En party organs
The truth will hQt suf'e1by discussion, and
the democrat who takes 16ily into his family
some sound democratic fgan, not only will
not be in any danger of 4cing contaminated
by the sophistrcs Of thd abolition journals,
but will be prepared to hxposc and rcfute
them; will be enabled I'd check the growth
Of the error they SO assidtoasly SOW, and to
disseminate sound prinGplesNo of democracy
among men who are less intelligent, less
observant, or who nc not kept so well in
formed as t1sey, upon the POLITICAL develop.
mcnts Of the day.
We have no apprehension, we say, of any
danger likely to accrue to democrat from
the perusal Of the most ultra republican,
journal, if with the poison he will take the
antidote, il with thr error and .tdlseho.1 he
will contrast the truth but We do believe
there is great danger, because It is unerpect-
CD in reading or circulating papers or jour-
nails whiStrwhiie pretending to be neutral
or impal la, are cunningl9 disseminating
their abolition hcresies, shrcwdly covering
up the defects and corruptiops Of the party
iu power, artfully apologizing for and ex-
planning away the usurpation5 % derelc-
tons of the administration, and .nsaksAg
their way into position OF advisers 10 men
Who dsaest md contemptuousiy reject their
doctrines if openly and boldly avowcd.-
Or counsel, therefore, is to delhocrats not to
play into the hands II Mdr fsemies by pa
tfonizing any jourpd or magazine which is
sues an uncertais<sound in lDltics or hypo-
critically pretcnds to neutrality and i'm
pattiality which its oourss, looked at as
whole, bellies ard contradicts All such are
enemies in disguisey and to them is the
axiom entirely md appropriately applicable
HE who is no, fer us is against u.s.
The Bill roy ENCOURAGE IMMIGRATION
The bill tYcncourage immigration, as
finally passe3by the both Houses, provides
for the apply tment ola Commissioner of i'm
migration the President, with the advice
and consent of the Senate, to be under the
Secretary Sf>~s.; una ihs-aa salary of g. :
500. His duty shall be to collece<ull and re.
liable information in regard to soil, climate, |
mineral RESOURCES and agricultural products. |
rates of wages and prices oflabor in the diff |
ferent parts Of the United States and also the |
means Of commune alton and the wants If |
tne agricultural, manufacturing and other
industrial interests of the United States and |
to disseminate such information throughout
Europe in concise and popular form. The
bin also creates : Superintendent Of Immi. |