Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-12


per appointment, and opened the ball in
this district, in which Mr.. Parker is the
Democratic nominee for Congress and Hon.
Hiram Price the Republican nominee
The meeting was called to order yester-
day afternoon at one o'clock by Judge Ma
son. John A. Parvin was appointed Chair
man for the Republican side OF the house,
and John Idle for the Democratic side. BY
agreement Hiram Price had the opening
speech That gentleman being present,
opened the discussion by referring 10 the
Importance Of the issues befeore the people
Truth, now as ever, must be in the ascend
ant and error must fall The government
~ the best that any people ever lived under.
But now there was horrid rebellion exist
ing. The war had been charged by the
press and the orators Of the opposition as
having been brought about by the abolition
lists. He challenged contradiction TO this
assertion. He was glad TO see Democrats
present and had few words to say TO
them. Don't they know when the war
broke out that James Buchanan was Presi
dent2 Then ehy cali this an aboittion earr
JEFF Davis was inauguratcd in February
Lincoln in March. DO you want to see the
figures in this can give them. | can
tell you when the secessonists stole mint
and when they stole fort. Why then
call this an abolition war?
The best part Of the Democratic party
will not vote for Mcclellan. See Gen. Dix,
Gen. Butler, Gen. Sickels, Gen. Cochrane
These men are for principles, not TO, men
Men change, principles never. Iyou sup
port your country, you must support the
administration Of that country. Is not this
so
The peace Democrats say that the war
must not go on A peace Democrat -peace
Demoerd. Did you ever see a warm frost,
or white black bird Now il am wrong,
say 50. will not say anything Oh the
stump that would not swear TO- Do YOU
deny it
The speaker then referred to the fact II
somebody over i'll Illinois having once pass
a resolution iavoring the next war This
was the next war, and now Democrats
ought to be in favor Of it. Am not right
If not, say 50. | want to tell the truth
A man makes nothing by telling lie on the
stump
Now Geo. b. Mcclellan was Brecken
ridge man. Do you deny ii , He was en-
gagged in the attempt t. take Cuba, several
years ago Is not this true Last year
Mcclellan was for Woodward The speak
er then read the letter of Mcclellan to Wood
ward last year
He admitted that Lincoln had committed
blunders Who had not 2 We have a
greater war than ever shook the nations of
= h. II a f.v y, 1
think Lincoln made mistakes. think he
made a mistake in not holding those he
rested. Geo Wallace Jones was arrested he
had two sons in the rebel service. Ne' was
arrested and discharged. He ought to have
been held Jones is a peace Democrat. =
Peace. PEACE, PEACE Peace Democrats
Look at them few days ago i'll Poweshek
County
The administration is abused on account
of the currency. Isn't it Say, isn't it
Will somebody say no? Now look at the
financial affairs of the country We are i'll
better condition than ever before The
wealth of country does not consist in gold
an silvcr-in cattle 1t consists in the
muscles and intelligence Of the people. =.
can buy land in this country for less money
in greenbacks than you could three years
ago in gold And then do you say that
grcenbacks are getting worthless There
are but $400, 900 greenbacks in circula-
ton, and the only mistake Chase made was
in not issuing more.
But we are getting up a big debt that can
not be paid. The Indebtedness to day is
81, 500, 100000. Now suppose we have 30
OOO, 900 people in the North, which believe
is about the number. Call the debt 1000
600 ,OOO--now the debt is but 800 for
each person Now, we can pay off this debt
in six months, and have money to loan af-
terwards.
must touch upon the platform of the
Mcclellan party They profess to have
sympathy for the soldiers, faocidsd they
elect Mcclellan If not elected of conrse
they will have no sympathy for them.
When was their platform made DIR Breck
snridge, of Kentucky, says it was gotten up
in Canada and sent to England, published
in the London Times sent back here, and
adopted at Chicago What is the Chicago
platform Is it pig or puppy The speak
er here told the old story abont the pig and
the puppy He thought the platform was
made to cheat somebody. Somebody Is Ger
tainly to be cheated, for part is pig and
part is puppy. German Democrats ought
not to vote for Mcclellan. Who is Mr.. Bel
mont? He is the Chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee. He has q turn
out which cost $4,000. He sent to Eng
land for two footmen to ride outside of his
carriage, and that man is the chairman.
And what is his business 1t is to hand ev-
ery one Of us over to the Southern slave
holders, who consider it disgrace to vote.
Let him succeed, and he will Lave the
whip Of the STAKEHOLDER swapping over the
backs Of all ofus The speaker here scared
up into the clouds, and did not get down
again to the comprehension Of his audience.
His speech. as our readers will readily see,
had neither beginning, middle or end. 1t
was the most pointless production ever pre-
eented to an audience His own friends
seemed dissatisfied and disappointed.
Mr.. Parker followed, and commenced by
saving that for one moment he would al
lude to a personal matter. Hewas charged
with voting for Breckinridge- He did do
so. But he would say that he was not a
sympathizer with Breckenridge. He was
ANXIOUS to see peace and prosperity restored
to the country at the earliest possible mo
ment. tie was no TeOei y ynPaenAei. he
was for the Union of the States-an uncon-
ditionsl Union man, and he was in senti
ment with George B. Mcclellan. when he
| saws that the Union is the one condition oi
| peace. Tremendous applauses
Now, we have no constitutional right to
meet here, except at the win and pleasure
| az Abraham Lincoln. And ] think | NIGH
"A well Prove my assertions Just - &
along The speaker then read from lette1
written by Lincoln to the Chicago delega
tion-reading from pamphlet written BY