Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-06
DAVENPORT, IOWA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1864

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JOINT Discussion On next Monday
Messrs. Parker and Price commence thei,
joint campaign discussion in this Congress
ional District, at Muscatine.
| Mr.. Price has the advantage Of being al
old settler in this county Of being a NJ. {
now, and of being an imperial among hi
peers.
Mr. Parker has been a citizen Of thi
| city for ten years, deyoting all his en.rgie
t) his clients, and mas the reputation Of
honest, frank and perfect gentlemen, no
only among his brethren Of the bar. but
this entire community. .@
On the stump, Mr.. Parker will pr
himself the superior Of Mr.. Price, in tn
facts that he will present 10 the people 0
this District against Mr.. Lincol,, ard W,
predict for him perfect triunph on th,
stump and at the ballot box.
Mcclellan Clal, Meeting.
At the regular meeting of the Mcclellan
Club of this city, at lie Claire Hall, last
evening. large audience Of intelligent citi
zens assembled d spite the extremely un
pleasant state of the weather, to listen t.
the able speakers who had been annonnecd
for the occasion. Ii was one of the arge>
and certainly most enthusiastic meetings ol
the season.
David Higgins, Esq, VicePresident, call
ed the Club TO order and introduced to the
audience j. H. Wallace, Esq, Of Muscatine
Democratic candidate for Secretary Of State
That gentleman took the stand and in II
speech of about one hour and half, laid
such indubitable facts before the audenc,
of the inconsistencies and us.irpations o
the present Chief Executive Of the Unitet
States as to bring conviction to the mind
Of every one present, that such man
abraham Lincoln Is the last that sl.o,il
ever be thought Of, much less talked abo'.
II connection with the administration
ihe laws Of this govel nnent. In making
out his case against Mr.. Lincoln, proving
his unttncss for The position of President
OF the Jnitcd States, and the fearful calani
tiles that our country may expect in cas-
lie is reelected Mr. Wallace INTRODUCES
an array OF tlstimony-rot from the lips
Democrats-n from Democratic papers.
but out of the mouths OF members Oi Nj
Lncolns cabinet, and other ma high i
office under him, and fron the columns =
the most Republican organs, was Nj
Lincoln and his policy condemned-out o.
these was proven his willul and del'beraie
u~urpations of the Constitution and III,
overriding Of law by measures the most ar
eitrary and despotic. The speaker most
ably vndicatcd the fealty of the Dcmocra tie
party to the Union, showing that the mem
bers of that party and that alone were the
only purely unconditional Union men in the
Q ,untry, and so it is The speech was able
patriotic and interesting in every particular
and vas greeted continually with most EN-
usiastlc applause We trust Mr.. Wallace
will find il convenient to address the Club
again before the November election. His
arguments, presented in his truly forcihle
~tylc, cannot fail to result in much good 10
all classes Of politicians
At the conclusion Of .Ir. Wallace s speech,
gol. Wm. Hall, late of the llth Iowa In
anlry, took The stand in response to an
unanimous and hearty call from the hous,
and after de ling few well aimed All
singing politlca! blows to the leading rcb
els OF the so-calcd Southern Coniedcracy
proceeded to show why the people shoul
elect Ger. Geo. i. Mcclellan to the Press
dency instead Of Abraham Lincoln. H.
provel, first, the utter unfitnesS Of Abra
ham Lincoln to that position by showing up
his usurpation of the Uagna Charfa OF our
liberties-oyerrding and trampiing under
foot the most sacred and most precious,
rights and immunitics therein speciii d :;
also by powerful and convincing criticisms
upon Mr.. Gen. Lincoln military schemes.
which for four years have held an army il
the aggregate of one million five hundrea
thousand men between the cites of Wash
ington and Richmond, together with othei
deroga.ory acts-cither one of which shoula
forever bar him from position in Office
society Of gentlemen. Next he showed tn,
entile fitness Of Gen. Mcclellan for th,
Presidency, on account of his purity o.
character-his firm and answering adher
encc to the Con titution, and his defense o.
the constitutional rights Of all-hs great
military skill and prowess in the field which
bore the endorsement of Coagr.s,, Of tn
Secretary of War-of the cabinet and ever
of President Lincoln himself. Col Hal
dealt in facts and quoted official do uments
to prove his position step bs sep. He was
greeted at every period with such rounds o.
applause as made the welkin ring and tn,
rafters raise from the fastenings. He viii
probably be heard from several times durin.
the present campaign, and ii may be reliet
upon taat every time lie strikes he will leave
his mark.
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