Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-11-08

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and we hass therefore ssffsinsd - far from
taking any notice Of its lamentations. But
j theu thst Journal nakas the attempt 70
lsanslsr 70 the shoulders Of the peop.s the
fools eAp And hsllss hieh il vsars itself; |;
when it seeks to sprssd abroad the impress
sion that IL of3cs- holdiss .ditor has been
offered up, martyr on the Altar Of oflibcrty;
that the postmaster Russell has been .
blesling 70 out city and that. in grateful
rscognitioa Of his distinguished sssviess,
I the eitissns Of Dsvenpeet hsvs made his
csuse their own then It becomes our duty.
IN ssdertQ psesesys orr ciEy from the ssofn
and derision Of its nsighbors, to present
the matter in ~ right shape and expose
the Atsis gsae" IL the hight thrown upon
it By an article in yesterdays 0asstts.
wssxtract from that article the follow
ing points,"
! 1.-THE conspirstors Who took counsel TO-
| eether to secure the removal Of the Post.
master are becoming alarmed" (probably
because Mr. Russell' still continues in ofice.)
I'VE commend to these cOnspirsteru the
following we'll known facts:
! "Gen. Ssn0ees 10 uDod - . tool in tho
hands Of copperhsads and soreheads.
| me one has UT made public or whisper
ed in private single complaint against the
present postmaster.
1.-THE reasons for urging Mr.. Russell's re-
moval are wholly political. In his fearless
dsnuuaiation Of treason hs made many enc
| shied Among the copperheads. In visiting
deserved censure on those who sought to
de5sat the fairly Il !! y nominated candidates
Of the Republican party, he aroused the
bitterest hate Of the sorsbeads. Because Of
his views on temperance and the Sabbath
be is snathenatised by whisky heads. ~
(Hltherto M. Russell has considered him.
eeif as victim to his opposition to the pol
icy Of the administration. It now suits him
to ignore the true contest, inasmuch as he
~ he fancies he yet has prospect Of re-
tsining the emolutions Of Office
"Ihe etttasns Of Davenport, who are main.
y anxious TO have faithful publie ofll...r.
see 90 reason" why Postmastef sbouid b:
removed, who works longer In his office
than any other public servant, and ''has
just secured to Davenport Post Office
which ID sn honor to the city and conven-
ience 10 the public"
Upon this statement We have the follow
ing brief comments to make:
The inhabitants Of Davenport see in .
Postmaster, just - We see, no grand and
slespotie creature, bot simply man who
distributes letters for hire, and regard the
management Of the details Of bis office as
something quite different from IN oocultatt.
In Mr.. Postmaster Russell. also, we do not
discover 70 important pefsonage, that it
was necessary to form conspiracy" in
order - put in bic placs man who had
more claims upon profitable office.
It is ertainly true that Z few days ago the
G0ssfts placed on the same footing the mar.
tyred Lincoln and the martyed Russell, but
the public merely smiled ct The droll micro
scopical experiment, and the simplicity Of
the Postmaster. rl
Whist WAS done BY democrats in the mat
ter Of Mr.. Russell's removal, We don't know
ard it is none of our business to
inquire. But the opinion Of the republican
psrty, and indeed the wish Of The whole city
irrespective Of party divisions, and also the
action Of members Of the Republican party
in this affair, arc tolerably we'll known to
US, and We shalt not withhold the facts from
pnblicity. Il 10 universally acknowledged
that Mr.. Russell has absolutely no claim
upon SO lucrative an office and that =
young man, ~ be is, might very we'll con-
tent himself with the comfortable income
which he derives from the Gazette. It 10
not compare his claims with those Of SOL
der. who formerly dedicated his pen to the
cause Of universal freedom, but since the
outbreak Of the war has devoted his sword
to his country Who has lsnguished and
suffered 10 Southern prison pens, and who,
after many gloriossly cootssted battle,
has returned to his homo with ruined
health 1t is public opioion that such
man has far greater claims upon the consid>
Grafton Of the Government than ono ~ho
has labored solely for himself and ior man.
mon and that the person who fol any sell
fish motive endeavors to prevent . full re-
cognition Of those elaims, 10 acting dis
honorable para. Itis, firthesmore, public
opinion that ~ editor Of public journal in
. republic should not be At the same time
Government office-holdse, because no man
can serve two masters also, that the press
belongs to the people, and that the editor,
Who accepts Governments appointment, or
strives to obtain one, 10 betraying the cause
of the people for money. It is public opin
ion, further, that in any event the Repu6li-
can party has no cause to be especially
grateful to Mr.. Russell, inasmuch as il is .
settled fact, that, in his capacity - mere
tool Of Mr.. Hiram Price, he has done more
than any other person in disintegrating the
Republican party; that he hes used all his
efforts for the benefit Of selfish clique;
that he has been busy in REFRESHING al free
action within the party; and that he has
sought 70 give the front place in the policy
Of the party to the Temperance question and
other absurdities. It u public opinion that
the people may, without any gross trans
gression, petition that an Office, which Mr..
Price had presented to his ralst ds chambre
for taking care Of dirty linen, might be
transferred to gentleman Of real merit
and = finally, it is public opinion that, ifMr.
Russell has carried through his plan Of re-
moving the post Office 70 Perry street, Mr..
Russell is the only party benefited BY the
change, and benefited At the public ex-
pense. i re ,-a
So thought the people, and 30 thought
those republicans who signed the petition
for the appointment Of Gen. Sanders - post
master. And ws beliers they thought cor
rcctly. If I 10 the fact, that, II conse-
quence Of democratic petition received in
Washington before the petition to which Nc
have referred in the article. The renoval Of
Mr. Russell had already been determined
upon on the ground that the 0Gsstts has
defended negro>su6fage, in that case there
might bs occasion fsr pity, slthough the
WhianaP In nenmk that N Hhe tfou,n ~ Ahn Re-