Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-27
The .5osns Eti~CIs~:UnA between
PARKER an. g-fice.

De Wiz.
tn bali apencd on the 10Th. at Musca-
me, and the result WI. all that the most
,augu,ne friends 81 Sir. Parker could have
anticipated. The calm argumcntatrye man
ner oi Mr. y. completely fooYed the bonn
ba>ti,, purilauical advocate of aboiitionism.
Al Upton thu iargy court-house Was filled
to oveif, wing, and the large auden.e lis
lried ateistrey to the discussion. Mr..
trice, in reply to Mr.. parkcr's statement OF
the public debt, undertook TO prove that
the country va, insnciaily N more flour
i,n ny cond tlon than previon, 10 the war
II phistry wa, lilly received, and he ut
,crIy allied to how how every body could
oucnme rich and nobody become poor"
Tie exceedingly ceo manner III whcn Nj.
.'tlh handled ,is ,uojett, seemed to iiri-
tate MIR. Price, and he gave vent to his
spleen IN terms that ,lld NJ, indicate il III as
the po,ses>er u yer. lalsc stock OF ems
tan nuniiItv and iogbeaiancc. HIS friends
were cvidcnvy Is satisfied with the Dip
pant manner m waicn he II, alcd the grave
itoiit Il, is,lies OF the day.
Ii the ev ning d large aud enthusiastic
au licAce assembled, and were addressed by
Culonc Hail OF the gal.ant li,h. and the
ed,or oi this paper. Colonel Hall. for three
wars, ha- iay-d the storm ii rebel Luilvt5
riii iir vscis-itudes OF dozen campaigns
,4i the constitutional risiti Ia vote as,lil,;
: usuvper of the CONSTITUTIONS
The Democracy of 1 dar are alive to the
Importance OF the great issu 5 at stake III
November, ami VIII ID thelr uutv.
In mpany aitn Colonel Swlnfori, We
lett the ua nj l. -b"n, Il did noi arrive
at Maroon un;l. evening. \ Lisbon We had
the pleasure, with SSinoioid AMI Castor of
Iowa City. Ut add essiug Il large AM. entnu-
si.stic meeting Of tn, Democracy f Linn
and Cedar coun,ies The meeting seriously
int riered with the attenaaMcc at ,ic dis
cu>sion at Marion, but a small ludiell.e be-
my present.
The same change in public sentiment that
is going on all over The country is naLiles,
IN Linn county, and this hitherto strong
hold o! aho!iiioni.'m Viii show very dcci-
dcd Drnoc,a ic gain.
Oa Thursday we arrived ut AnamOsa and
the d., usson IL that place was extremely
interesting. Mir Fri was qui,c ,xhllla eli
Over the news % from PENS vl,an.a, Ohio
ana indi IA, and in reply TO heterogeneous
ifoeuuaiv.i ny ir. P,iraer, declared al. con.
ttV.lS t'fr.t 'titH iitsfil NaN lb-ti.Itfi III
| his invasion %. Virginia. and tous. n.<..n
xprc>-ion. ""tt net btomt him tit'n By
th. hiirnur Of di>approsa which came up
from the rrguh. an >isic vi The house, j; was
evident that NJ .lisc had ovor,hot his marx.
a lie Will dou',iless fia,! to hi cast. lie
naa> .tigty marked That he WA, SURE. of his
election, and ii was a mere act Of courtesy
on hl> part 10 take the trouble Of ranvass.ng
the district 1t might be well cnoasn iUr
hiram 10 remember.
"i.etes u slip 'iwixt cup an lip."
The meeting on Friday al MaQaoheta wa !
Tie largest ;isse,nhia-e of all tn meetings
hell SIR. Prise had the opening speech
aai assumed several new positions, prom,.
nent among which was his ayowa that he
vas IN iavor u negro suffrage. aud their ee-
va.loa to offices Of trust and profit.
IL IL! nag 70 him, Ar. Parker ,ropoun,!-
Cd the "a - A. 10 whether ne Was IN favor
81 per3nst IN, ueorg,, 10 Resume ner former
relation, Win ths Li.on, with ,,r without
,lavciy, 4 i.er people glt decide. And if
ne was ~ favor 81 the roiItsr. aud social
rquaatl ~ tne negro, whether his view,
| "i.h reference 10 tnc political status OF nat
IL q eiillen> had underwent any change
snce So, when he was engaged IN estab
ishins know-Nothing lodges th.ougnou,
| the country.
In reply t. Mr.. Parker, Price said he was
willing to admit Georgia upon such terms as
! Congress sAouli detsrmine. Assuming ,i,,.
| p'>,isun TIA Congress mas the RIGHT to ,r,,
ulatc the domestic affairs If a soyer.,nr
| State. With reference to his Know Nolh
ing record, ne WIS not ashamed OF il. and
| held The same views nov h. lid ten wears
| ago.
In the evening. the hal. Of the Mcclellan
Club was crowded with ladies and gentle
men. who listened to speerhrs NON Col
Hall and W. p. Furcy The speech o, 20,
-. was sound and unanswerable expn,i-
/ ton vi the means used by the x,iniu,,tra-
ton to crush Gen. Mcclellan. and an able
detcn OF the hero OF south Mountain and
Antietam. The Mcclellan Giee Clue add ed
much to the interest Of the occasion.
| AT De Witt, Oh Saturday, Parker open.
! ed and closed the discussion. air. Par
kerS post TN WAS siosla ltiali; the Same.
rs nj Maquoh Ia, his argument bin. com.
picheii>ive and txlau~llyc; disuiaiu,ng
any sympathy with the obj cts OF the r..
beliion. and iAvciing ''p,ac, upon the basis
/ III "A restored Union at tn. earliest practical
n"inent.' tie Insisted thai NJ. Price
should say uneqWyo,aiiy whether he was
willing to Restore the Union without amy
reference TO the slavery question: In order
10 test the sentiment OF the peoI,,e. Air.
Parker put the question 10 vote. and about
one fourth OF the audience vot. d 10 C. min.
ue the war until slavery was abolished. lie
then put the question, "all in favor 81 piy-
ing the negro equal social and polit cal
rignfs with the white man, say ave. and
about the same number voted IN the affirm.
alive, as had tied to continue the war.
J In repi. to Mr.. Parker, Mr.. Price re-
ierred to the question OF peace, and ,eiter.
at+d his Old Dodge about Congressional rer-
uiaiions. Referring to the negro question
ne sa,the was IN tav,r OF permtli,,. ne
gr1es to Vote, and sad ne presumed i wa,
mere matter OF taste. \ somewhat mss.
t'ged h,ether in the au,iiunce. i.,,imated
tnat 10 was more y matter OF smell"
Ne charged Mr.. Parker with he.nr n sun.
porter OF Breckenridge IN 1850: IN n
: au i'o'n an extract rvm Forneys Isxas
to prove that Gen. Mcclellan was n nro'
siaseryitc. and ne .cssarily d,slo,al. Mr.
Price Concluded with rehash of his fnan
cia theory, slight reverse Of i.incol,,s
w: III Is easier to pay large SUN when
yOH ain't able, than small x,s.r -t.. -.