Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-23

Republlcan Coanty Conventisn.
4 The Republican leaders Of ScssA county
met in Convention this morning At ten
4, o'clock. Upon coming ~ for business the
body showed evident signs Of distress. Un-
like meetings Of former years where their
dslegsts have eoHs up. one - eseipest,
ed one in action, the gathering Of to-day
Ipsessntsd most unsteady md disointsd
issadition. Factiss, intolssanss. sfss6 el
o@ce, lamtsiso, and sif.rslisacs had mads
sad iaseads upsn the grsst power tsae. wa'
Ieacs % firm IN this county. 40 - havs
previous recitsd. the Gsmaas haA . major.
\ ~ Il ds,sgaiss, end were prepass1 - make
10 bold 6sht. Their hobby WA 10 commit
lths Convention 70 the Anti-Maine Law doc
trine. That they might not fail in this, in
lazy event, they had previously ca tschizsd ths
ssadidates Fer Recosdes there were : sandi
fdshs ~ nomination n--Mr. Thsrington, 1t
fiegsr, Hr JoAnscn IN Of whou ap)wesed
4yss. 20 ~ 4sestiss: Are yos iaihvor oI
~ HpAl ~ ~ Mains Essass La' 1t
Cavcndish answered No. and Was counted
osl For Clerk. Jno. Web Cstiss and
1t. vsnordsn answered afiirmativsly, IN
20 did As. Snyder. the present insumbcne.
That the two llrst named should have douks
- created no surpriss; not 50 with, the
tl,ird gentleman. Further. than this the
Gcrmans met in caucus previous to the
Iorenieg or The convention, and alter per
secting their programme, came up to the
Ossr Hosss in solid phalans ais
Thus prepared, J. w. Thompsou, Esq
called the meeting to order. and on metion
Of Ernst Clausssn, Hon. N. J. Rodlfs was
called 10 preside, and - special act fcon
detesss;sn 70 the soldisrs, L. Henry w
0esostt M Ii vhaessisn vete chosen
Secrstariss. Crsdsntisls were fixed up
ssoviss 30 delegates present. sf which Ii,
'issmans had very large majority.
The Temporary organisation bsine made
lpsrtnsseat without change u oacsrA busi-
nsss 6smasnesd Ia earnest. I'll
Ernst Cianesen spsns1 Ne fight BY read.
iag ~ following Prsasssls and Rcsslu.
e6qes:T aas A~y =
he nepahaicanp psrty Of Scott cosuty, in
sssvsa4isa ansmbisd, intsndins 70 remove
hUD11RNeyssaUl0al nuBS Of discord
and koofUa, sspson . e11P conviction that
the Law ,enlioDDd - oet Sor the suppression Of
intsmpeoeeo, pasoe6 Jau. 22d, 1855. and
the sspp1emeatAry a1ts thereto, should bs
repealed, fss The following, among other
reasons:
LIST. The Prohibitoryl Liquor Law 10
wrong In principle; II infringss upon our
Iualiensbl0 rights a. citixsns. -
I'd. Il is based upon palpable error il
declares ~ . nu ssnce a merchandise from
which The United States derives a revenue
of about forty millions Of dollars annually.
Al the civilized naaiono % th0 e1ol,e. tho
people Of the United States not excepted,
lcoasider the amount OF vine and other ar
dent spirits raised and manufactured in
France, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Italy,
Il kcWU1CtWuU, UeIWuuys OuWs OUUUUfUI1, !,
Misse6ti, Iowa, and other States Of the
Union, worth annually many hundreds ol
millions Of dollars. An article % we'll
known By experience more than 1000
years, and 90 highly valued By al the civil.
iEed natienss during many csaturisa, sannot
be nuisance.
Sd. by the sale and the mo lerate use Of
sfdsnt spirits, the right NJ nobody 10 ia
frinsad upon, and no lAw Of morality is vio>
lated thereby. II Is therefore dsspolic and
contrary 10 republican principles, 6y An Ar
bitrary act u corrupt and brand ~ crime,
shat is in iw nature . legitimate business,
and what is 10 considered by the civilized
world. the PEOPLE Of the United States in>
|clu<lod. yx~r
4th. Expe,ience thsoagh ali ages and Ia
Ioll couutr;ss, in the United Sgseea ~ wOll
~ in Europe, ,and particularly IN Scott Cour-
", shows exclusively, that . Prohibitory
Law il noe necessary los Ne protection Of
life. liberty, property snA seputasion.'
9Th. Legality (nct morality is the main
object u civil sSsiesy. Tue aatehpt Sf un-
wise lsgislasoss, 70 enfsrce morality, have
Igenesally aud necessarily failed, becauss
norality II based npon the frssdeM Of eur
kwu. Thc gpsatsst tea ptaliOn . vices o. d
crimes are in the almighty dollar. in ambi-
tion. vanity and pride. Will . legislature
attempt to remove thsoe Temptations By
lswss If ~ Why theu exercise unusual
lrieor againse hendrsds q elbousands Of per.
nns, = suppgs0 ~ iotsssperanee Of 4 few
among them, whose vicss have generally ]
deleterious ieAaence aeslY Opoa the vice
isas theuselvoa UAseuas. fksasu1lre and
snbisisa civil society is srea7ly endangered.
sta. Crieinal procsedings against sellers
sfsseent spirits causS orsst seSpenses, pre-
vent jurors end witnesses RON doing their
Owe business, sngsnders > good d q II ha-
ssed and dtsccntent among great number
Of citizens, who consider the ProAibitory
LiquOr Law ~ b soisahee and the Of
spriog of folly. That lsw in6ists penalties
for sets. which ore IN thsis Mtore in6oct6Je,
and do net merit pualshment; il cosrupts
the oorals BY creating informsss AID
espionage. Or By tempting e06eers g cen
alve at he vielG1ipn of ai0 la0, contrary to
their sworn dsty. Il eails to ebtain IL OBJ
ject, beoahss sxpsna,ce snd ~ acsD6nts Of
the teeasureso Of the United States show
conclusively, that i 20 State Of the Union
it has destroyed the tfa6lc in ardent spei:s
= si.s. isssv;rsss, psruculry IN ~, nor
I'll. Tbs Pfsaisitot, laqusr Law pre-
vanls ~ QAnnlaoture g ,lhj1Nats. q cie-
tsia attielSs Of msrcASad(pb, kdich ere nv
ki0eos>sa fren o>hss loo1iio., vAsrStt.
without impeding the ,eonSdnpsian q
liquosa capital and eonJoymsnt 4 driven
lf6o dis SlAte = the 0eubime1G ~ oeosss.
~eeos pJOd0oo 70 tbsoef reduced -
"a. Rqss. .As.. is.s,ss !. ssSc,.ds, IL. u. Is
Pssaibltsry Liquor Eaw, being fruitful Of
evils, and dsin6 very litalA u asy, god. and
estag unnecessary for pesesoeisa, should
b abolished. a. s I'm.
The convention listened eagerly. and
hasiy every 80 srpsstsd nsreS ienen-
sesatiss fisA Tho tsapseaucs mes. Mr.
ciaussen finished '.tsadsas. and moved ths
adepsisn Of tA2 ssAslhliis. It:was prompt.
y seconded. ssa che chaienan II half de
Asus cir dsuisof y tncsH ~ sGDAsspul
wished to say aaything upon The qusstbd
Not word. There sAt AesDsM aad Coanos
1.-Two smiasnt dsfeudets Of yhe Mime Law
but they were - shesp In the hands Of
the sheassss --nolhine more than eAasely
smile 4 an occasional wink isdtsated that
they vess sthse than mere putty msn. -
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