Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-19
THE JOINT DISCUSSION
BETWEEN
NIe.srS. Price and Parker

There was not so large an assembly as
/. mi sht have been expected gathered together
7at the Iour; IIouse. as the hour fixed for
discussion between the two candidates
fofst'cWgf<S from this iii, rict came on.
Still the court room was vii filed from the
first. and daring the delivery of the open
ing speech by Mr.. Price SO many others ar
rived that an adjonrnncnt was made to the
open air. AM the spcahg, after that time
spoke lon the portiyo IL front Of the Court
House.
Capt. ". l.. Clark, on the part of the
Democratic Committee, and DR. II. X.
Clau-scn, on the part of the Republicans,
were selc, ted as Presidents Of tho meeting.
Mr.. Price was then introduced and oi'cn-
ed the discu sion.
After some plattudes about "red handed
and blood stained traitors and the three
long years during which patriots AMI Chris
tiars have been plsying and the star span
gled banner as been floating, ct.'., etc, he
proceed, To- say that there were some dens
in this cou.try where people spike o! this
a. an abolition war, waged only for he tree
dom OF the negro ard the oppression oi the
white nan. This was not true, and the
balo, box would show it, He and his par
ty would submit to that. Only those who
call themselves democrats raised rebellion
against the voice OF the people. Every sc
cedcd State was democratic. Could any
one deny it, Let him do it. lie declared
, that it was So Ever State that op osed
the government was democratic. Did the
abol,ionsts, then, bring on the war? Abe
Lincoln wasn't President when il corr
menc,d low could people Charge
ANY OF Its evils upon him. 1hey ought to
be ashamed to do it. This meeting was a
par, q the history of the country, and It
Davenport said this was an abolition war.
The sonihern thieves brought ol the Wal.
Don't blame me for alng them thieves, |
would call them ha, der naines il ! coul .
Therefore don't know whether people
who say this il an abolition war are mo- t
- be pitied or blamed Either their head
or their hearts are empty. How, then, CA
men supp 1T Little Mac, the youne Mayo
leon.
Rut they say the country IS ruin linan-
cialiy, and they charge ,hiS to shc admins
traIioa. | have il, a.d tn.n oi talent cali
gre.nhacMs worthless. They merely want
to make the people dis satisfied What
shall | call them they are either i,ro AM
or per scitirg siie tra.h., Noco u;ly IN i,l
auy circumstances whatever evei carried on
any wa' wilont iSsulne p,po' inon,y, and
hat pap-r money was lieye. worth SO much
a. ours
Then Mr. p,ce told The old Joe Mi Ter
tale about the horse that rouln't be raagiii
and wasn't worth anything. after thv catch
M, b.t was nhligng enough 70 say thai
lic diin'l apply il 10 democrats, VIII" arr
worth something il YOU could ca'ch thcn
Grccnl,a' Il, buy more Of the nceessitlc7
Of life than gold w'uld twenty wears ago
t,,and it's tue. needn't argue aV n,or
ON ,hls point, bat viii. ga. clio he ana
'eci myself with slini'la>ters and, il 50, |
have tiaic out my cas-. Men whoE,rc say
ing All, thing agalast grcenba K, are isno-
rant or traitors.
was once ask d. " Dp,'t yop know III.
continental money was issu d y, good faith
aud wasn't paid" once heard james
Books say. this. lie is the PROTEST speak
er know, but tells the least truth lie
knows.a great dral mere about >u,h thing
tllan 30, but have looked into the buoa,
at Congress arid found that the government
refunded to tie States the depreciation
(s,ecnbacks and ussigpats have been COM
pared. tut lhcy are NOT alike. Ass;gnais :
were based upon Improperly oftfie clergy
and cl,igyAntS which had been cnntisra;stl
We dvnt coniisease the clrrgy's property.
We should like ty conEscate the emigranas
property, b'x they go Ia Canada. The peo-
pie are bound 10 pay the grcenbacks, not
Abraham LINCOLN. I'VE arc 90 ahcad peo
pie in Iowa, and that makes th- means to
pay.
| Now have dispose of The abolition and
currencyjquestlon. Ali against me are e
norant yr wicked. -
Now|about the ,<s'itrary Arrests. OBJ
ject y old AID 'about ,hen, not because
they were made. Nbut becsss~c he let the ar
rc,fcd men go Ir- Investment in hyiap
ws.u.d be good thing, and those men Sin
Niue here Il ink 50. \ man in Dubuq,le
w.s arrested ard discharged; he ought 10
h .e been hung.
The above cv-rr-i~-s-Ae Price dcle'sSc
of ,hv alninis,r tlon, vii ch We Print Ia "a
tense, on account of the Vast historical re-
search. lolical ability aud legal acnmc,
which it displays. 1t /is perhaps to" eyi
dently modelled upo1,hhat famou' sermon
which under the naIte Of a harp ofa ,hou
sand s,linss' IAN p,c rounds OF the new spa
pers few years Jgo. s'iIl it is original in a
small way, ALSO and we judge well Tilted 10,
Il callbre Of aKcrQbliean au lerce.
Mr.. Price then dashvd yaian,ly to the at
tack and spsn, ,he reniaVn cr Of his hour IL
iupassioned de,IamationA about Pend!eton