Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-09-14
LOCAL ITEM s.
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Peoples Mass Meeaing.

i In vuI suaIIc W u IAtt +SntCu yt~ttI u1y,
large and enthusiastic meeting convened .
an early hour last night, at the German
Theatre. a band discoursed some excellent
mrsic, and Mr. w. c. Davis was called K
the CHAR
Hr, Davis stated that the present meeting
vas called as preliminary to the ealiing OF
a county convention, for the purpose oi
nominating candidates in opposit on to those
chosen BY the Republican County CoDyen
ton.
Asasrs. I. Rodiswig and VIM. I. Dttoe
were appointed secretaries, and . committee
Of I've to draft resolutions expressing the
sentiments Of those present, consisting Of
Messrs Stibolt, Mast. Tegeler, Conklin and
IIirscki. s Lftftsf
Mr. j. w. Stewart was called for to
address The meeting while the committee
! was absent
\ Mx. Stewart had no personal knowledge
Of the cause Of the convention. He had
read the call, and heard IT discussed OF the
street. He was dissatisfied with the cand-
dates put before me people by the Repub-
can County Convsntion, and with the plat
forms adopted for both county and =.
He did not consider party ties SO strong, as
to be able to force voter to adop.afy senti-
ments which the leaders OF a ya4if organi-
zation might see {itto advance. He held il
Is the right OF ~yery l4,eHan TO exercise his
ownjudgmcnt Is " yhatntasnfes hD should
support 10 rel.ct ali platforms which do
not compare e. ably with his views; and
! to bs free AID independent actor and
thinker ti neld II to be free,nar's duty
to Jis1Wa eeiance to any party that did
not rl'o ms sentiments. lie did not wish
Z. misunderstood had no private utter
q At stake and would accept of no posi-.
ton on any ticket He was not then and
nevcr was an Office seeker, and wanted only
hls lair political rights. He knew that he
was making personal and political enemies,
| but he rcgar3eA his duty as more sacred
than his pIiS al, interests. The mt eting, ~
| he understood r had convened TO assert GER
tain principles, and to reflect wide spread
| disss ssisfacton He knew that il vas rule,
and generally correct one, for the people
TO sustain the actions Of their delegates, but
when those delegates went too far, the peo
pie should stop them. In every township
in Scott county, two sete Of delegates had
been sent to the Rcpubiican County Con
vention, but frauds had been enacted, ana
they did not adopt platforms suitable to
views Of The people He knew the ca..4 :
dates were his friends, but he could
dorse the platforms they were -uu',ii-s IN.
| He referred to the recent dis;rGets state u
the country: ,::but thought t'il ,nesent
there was no particular caus, 500 variance
between the two prominent parties. Assert
ed that the doctrine OF :, yTo s.arage adop-
ted a. the Stat Cosa eut.on did rot ind a
response fraw IN, oal Of every three Of the
Republie - ~ ot.te thc ic,esat,s had
no inS,i ..els f.ou their constituents for
IL es on q such principle n iae.f
lia iu .oud and continued applause
7 lore was no necessity tor forcirv stch m
issue before the people--lor rnaAIl4. that 4
ea!ilna. pa l.nciplc, which ali must swallow
returned soldiers, and OF large numbers of
our citizens Should have been consulted
The delegates knew the antipathy which
the soldiers hold against the doctrine of ne
gro suffrage, but no notice had bcen taken
Of it. He coud. Inned the course which
the Davenport tyisette had taken in the
matter, aud did not consider that the Re
paolicAas were bound 10 support that plat
| form. lie opposed the negro suffrage doc
trine, because the people had Just prejudces
!, a, ainst it. He could conceive of an emer
gency when it might be expedient to allow
the negroes to vote in the Southern States,
but could not SEQ why they should be ac-
corded this privilege in Iowa.
He thought the late Republicqu county
convention had ignored al questions ef le
cal interest He was in favor Of the repeal
Of the Prohibitory Liquor Law For ten
ytdi uuO uViudEVEucS liIdcft -tlN DtNt
| on this hobby, in all States Of the Iuion.
| The law was IN force at this time in no
State where Il had been adopted In Maine
Wisconsin. Ohio, Iowa and many other
States which he could name, it was dead
letter on tue sts ate books Then why re.
tain it when j. was an incumbrance ; When
public sentiment WAS against it, md il
coulo moi, be. enforced 1t was unjust.
liquor was not considerably it, an article
# property. No contract could be made in
re alton to the sale Of liquor which could be
enforced by law. A merchant outside Of
the State could collect no money for liquer
sold to . resident OF this State, if the resi-
dent refused to pay for it, for no law
would support the claims Of the merchant.
According to the present law, all money
paid for liquor would have to be refunded
to the buyer should the latter bring suit for |
it. He deemed liquor Is much an article |
OF merchandise as anything else he fav>
ofed the repeal Of the present law. He
thought that the true interests of temper.
ancs would be advanced by the ::enactmsnt
Of judicious License law. He expected
to be called s"rummyl"' in the morning.
It was the fashion now days to use.ep;,
thets. Democrats had been called '' cop
perheads because they held different
views from iUthSrs, bdt that dff isdt make
them such. Col Benton was Democrat,
bat that did not make him copperhead
A man may hold fat post office appoint
ment, bst that will not make himA patriot,
loud appladse> He cared nothing for
their epithets. The time for their power
had passed.. An that the people needed
WAS back bone, and it would give them the
victory. There we're now 800, rum holes
in Davchpott. Liquor was sold everywhere
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