Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-10-07

have NO party, no candidate that 10 wiliin 4
y seknewledge you, and advise you 4
roetr0 f.om business - soon ~ possible
md make adjustment Of yeur political e
taes md call on your political high priest;
Henry Clay Dean TO preach your f0ncra
sermon" 8aoh b y deaeti}sl easfAct of Z
speech delivered BY ysur Eacsllency at Wa
Mint zee say may be trse. The Dom
ecratic party may be dead. Ian frank 4
confess that u I0sks qdite 20 to me- Itva
~ 0uardian Of CONSTITUTIONS. Libarty.-
The word has been banishetl the land. end
. hae fse the last four years been accounte,
. crime worthy Of death and bonds, /,
speak Of those sacred principals which ono,
gave vitality to our institutions, ind in
vested our name With power and glory i,
every part q the Aablkabls Globe. Th
mqA admit with the profoundest sorrow
- = rue that all the dignity, honor in
telligencs, high, toned morslity and mani,
character Of our public servants which
aaeeesd the Offices Of our country and hap
p31 illustrated the beauty of our Repubii
CD System, for three full quarters Of cen
tury has given away to bufoonery and il
norance. treachsry, vulgarity and duplici
y, Of which nature in oil her rocuperativs
power, and boundlcss resources could no,
possibly present more perfect exemplifi
caeion than yourself.
n = true, every hallowed right of Magma
Chorta, every guarantee Of legal protection
the freedom Of rcli sions worship, the sane
tity, decency and obligation Oaths, bind.
ING upon public officers, with oil that maksa
IN nd
trampled uodcr the brutal hoof Of despot.
ism.
D1 trxe, that elections are no lonse.
IRE and electors no longer safe in the man
y exercises Of the slcctive franchise. THAI
fraud and violence have been the elective
power Of the country, controlled in man.
ner, shocking to human nature, aud scan
dal 70 civilization. And | am very free to
coneede that cannot wonder when bay
ooete IL the hands Of tyrants are employed
70 rob the ballot boz Of its virtue, that such
gentlemen - yourself should desire to
bring under control, Negroes, Indians, Chi
nese, and Cannibals Of every part Of the
earth by striking the word Nv lite" from
the Constitution Of the State Of Iowa.
II u true that not a halowed right for the
privilege and protection Of which the Dem
oczatic party was organized by Thomas
Jefferson, can find guaranty in your admin
istration Of tho Government in the State, or
Of your friends Of the General Government
This 10 all true, and much more Of the same
sort told thousand times over, and is just
- sorrowful M it is true.
But what does all this prove-that prin.
ciples, which were coeval with our govern
ment arc overth, own, arbitrary power insti-
tuted in ito stead, and high public officers
jesting over the condition Of a country
clothed in mourning, sunk in bankruptcy
and worse than oil, ruled by such men as
yourself. That the principles Of the gov
eminent, As handed down through genera
tons Of wise, good men, we're wrong. Ger
tainly not. What then? 1t proves moth
ing cir, but the absolute necessity Of remov-
ing from power such men as your Excel
lency. Suppose that all you say about the
death Of Democratic principles be true.
Who has gained by it. What will it ad
vantage your children or mine, that Consti.
tutional liberty has been surrenpered unto
ignorant tyrants That we have for many
years to come, mortgaged our property, and
enslavcd the labor Of our posteri,y-tC
crafty the wicked extrava sancics Of gan,b-
ing specuiators-to satiate n momentary
lust OF power. These are serious questions
Offered to the consideration Of an exceed
ingly volatile gentleman
Governor, YOU A.c unusually facetious. =
You advise the Democratic party to maxi
an assignment Of its political estate. That
the unwillingly delivered key to your hear
had you not lett it bearins open that ever,
one might gaze into and See its deformity a.
we'll.
You did sell out You did not wait fol
IN assignment. And your ExcelIency will
pardon me for suggesting that this 10 the
briefly told story Of all your companions as
Wen Is OF yourself-of Kirkwood. Of Cloud,
OF Cole. and the whole catalogue Of name
ieas and shameless Esaus, who for mess OF
pptage sold their birth right, and like
bounty jumpers have shaved off thei,
beard, colored their hair, changed thei,
clothes and stand ready for new bid .
any moment, from any party. faction. OF
eect. Besides what you say Of yourself
there ere many things said Of which do no
believe. do not believe you are coward
Fighting and the love of carnage are the cs
sential attributes Of beasts, most fully deyel
oped in dogs, bulls, and the lower order q
animals, and il will take much to convinc,
Ne that any one possessed Of ali the Other
instincts Of unruly animal nature in thei,
most sensual form. should he destitute OF
The browning cxcsllsueiss Of brute courage
You have some comparative virtues rath
q, however, because others exceed YOU
each in his particular bcsetting sin. Twill
do you justice You have not given an,
oach specific exhibition Of cruelty IS thai
eonnised 1t by Rev. James Harlan (Secre
Safy Of The lnterior) towards his neichbor,
70 the practice II torttre, whose tools I'D,
them carry logs Of wood through the blesl
otorws In snow mid leg deep in the dead q
Night, using The church Is .,c cover a. III
cruelty md vicked men a tho Instrument,
Il bic crime. Moreover, Senator Harlan
was and b nov 1 minister Of the blessed
gospel u Pesos, osptiaine the children, eel
cesatipg ths rites efmstssaneny, and buryins
ne dead. exhorting. reprsving, comforting
~, cno laying on Of holy hands, whilst your
noAity Of possession Was in remarkable
vS - an Improvement in fiagrant oelc.
. vlo'enee upon Kirk wood. who introduc.
MP american government this .hock I'M
oex .. lou kill and mi psrdcn >, -ho
eeonsved ct the escape Of the mu-ds,,.s ~
1auy, the Baptist minister. nv rs s..s "
ne0 = ouvance Of their contict;on V. us
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