Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-10-03

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givss very tdribls ilIustsS eesp{ i3ow ~
the love which the republican party has a.
ways professed for the soldiers IN The Geld,
turns 70 hate whom they NJ losgsr ssppsrt
every prepcstercus measure which i placed
before them. Il begins - fcllows
Our friends in Iowa are evidently astis,
and mean 10 make % gallant : 0Kht IN 4 fe~
days at the ballot box a. they have hereto
fore done with the cartridge boz They viii
need 10. Thar foe il ~ ~aksful ~ be ia
wary. He has dropped. his name, Cassskcn
his banner, concealed his horns end tail,
drawn On . mask. and Ashta AAee ne man-
der Of HIS old time allies, Morgan, Forrest
and Quantrell. ss 'fs'
By our friends in Iowa. tho writer evi
IDENTIFY means all those wbs bow h slbnis.
sion to the worshipers Of negro equality and
Anglo Saxon dsssedatisn. Il may BE some
news y ths eonqaerors Of the South, to learn
that the republican leaders were especially
gallant with their muskets and cartridge
boxes, In the fold. A. fer %
W Con- learn, the supporters Of negrs7 ssf-
frage arc not those who served conscien-
tieusly with the musket, but these who
wore gold lace, and pocketed heavy salaries,
and those who did not fight at all II Gov.
Stone is one Of the friends" 10 whom the
writer refers, the less said about fighting
calamity, the better it win Be for his cause
The people have learned too much Of his
past history within the last few weeks to
concede evss mach salantry to him. II
offering to take oaths Of allegiance to the
rebel confedsracy, breaking paroles, cxhib-
iting cowardice on every battle Geld, hind.
ing bordens % the hacks Of private soldiers,
tying men up by the thumbs till their arms
were black and blue, and driving almost dy-
ing white mon from ambulancss that negro
wsnchss may ride in eass,--if in oil these
disgraces and atrocities, consists gallantry
with the cartidge-box," then the principe,
leaders of 4" our friends" 10 one of the verri.
est heroes that ever marched from thu soil
OF Iowa.
"Our friends are astir," and the !" foe is
wakeful and wary" In these two asssr
tons consists all the truth Of tho article.
"Our friends" begin to see the necessity Of
being astir. "Thc foe" has had too much
experience with trrschcty and warfare to be
lullcd to sleep by soft batteries and pleasing
assertions. II is well that our friends"
arc awakening 70 the true stats Of their sit
uation. and VIC assure our sage contempt
rary, that in . few weeks, DO will 6nd that
they began to be astir at the eleventh hour
that the old campaigners Of the South
have surprised their camp, and have TIL
umphed over all the opposition they could
offer. p
We wish Az tho republican papers ofthe
north west were as honest and plain spoken
- the Journal. We do not speak satiric
ally when we say that we like to hear our
soldiers compared TO devils, and TO such
friends as Quantrell, by men who have conc
nothing towards crushing the rebellion than
by wo.shing the I" black Hercules y. SaAch
honesty plainly reveals to them exactly the
kind Of sympathy which they have boon Re.
cciving FROM these loyal men during the last
four years. 1t reveals to them the fact that
all men sre topperlea5s, ire iioxs,s aad alice
Of rstsls who not fall down and worship the
golden calf-Goy Stone, and all his insane
projects. Perhaps he could be better CON-
pared to the Brszcn Serpent. Disloyalty, |
treason and iendishness fill the air. You
who have never borne the c.,arge Of coward |
ice. must still turn TO that serpent for your |
opinions, or be cast into outer darkness, as
villains for whom tn. lAtcgory Of damnably !
names is insufficient. @pe
Perhaps our cotsuspossry Yin ssy thsk NV |
the devils spoken Of, he means the demo
Gratis Of Iowa. This evasion will not suffice.
He well Knows that the soldiers or Iowa
have been given clear field, and between
them alone md the repSbiitAhsais the fight
now raging. A few, morc SUCH hopsst
articles will Aid the rhito mems party amaz.
ingly. - - ~ 81 ~
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