Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-30
DAVENPORT. IOWA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 80. 1866

T,.x,uLy DISTURBED. Price organ
here is terribly disturbed, because, accord
in, 10 is views, some men stoop 20 low %
xse o, hold an oiBce undsr ths present ad-
Did it svss strike ihs virsu
ous editor Of this organ that . nan may
stoop much lower TO gst once from Toe
people. or TO continue holding on 70 -
thing By their votes IL there . moro disc
eosiss thing y Be witnessed among ~
whole once seeking srsw than that pfs>
ssn.ed By the Gazette's own master. Hirse
Price, at this time, if not By the 0dzet's
-itssn. II asy nas has stseDsd lsses ios
vote, or once than h 10 nov dcing, eris
making . ueaner sacrifice Of professions
end principles, OF 10 sroveling deeper =
bidding higher among vices and 'ensss''
preiudices, then there is no ofscs in the
iii, Of President or people which would net
be disgrsced BY his occupancy.
We have already allsded TO Mr.. Prices
miserable sycophancy with the Irish, w''aes
We have had The spectacle presented, Of .
member Of Congress using . contemplible
trick. il not actual falsehsod to thrust hiur
self in . speech before Fenian meeting, md
thss bsslohhsring - Irish; 'sbs 1stiest
dsuagosue style "a e their pts. Hiram
Price STOPPING 70 the Ir,sh-men to whom
he hss been politically opposed oil his he,
and Who he's been - practically antaeonis>
tic to their religion; who hes scorned the1'
- sasS siurIy bsssuss hs never before
conceived thst he could use them for -
o~n agrandisemsnt-is pretty spectacle
Bu, il Is too insulting TO the intslligencs -
tie friIA y bsslmpy tnusirg. An that.
however, 10 matter Of more political dem
asogusry and self-abasement.
Bot there il anethse elsss o. citisens
% whom hs hAs rsssatly grosdsd
fos sotso, asd b bic miserable political
denagcguesy Asse there has bssn connected
. betrayal Of moral professions snd princi-
pies which he's most established them who
have 20 long believed Mr. Price to be soms
immaculate conception OF virtue, that no
gilded tait Of place Of power
tosld corrupt. Those tho knew
him hes, have not been astoaiGA- :
ed. lie is merely guilty Of that moral dee
basement wtieh they knew would follow up
on temptation, If put in the form Of of6ce
and esnolumehs. They knew his utter
sefshness, hit hunger and thirst for pswer,
his determination to rule-and that men ol
principles, politics, religion or morality
standing in the way Of this, would Be saesi'
feed, il his hand could tear down and De.
strov. He has sought in tunes past to b I
great moral leader. He has miffied and
prayed in churc' and even pointed out 10
preachers the error Of their ways. Living
in . hfty thousand dollar house. he has
preached to them about economy, and bod
mach they night save for works Of right
eousnsss BY stopping the use of tobacco =
To his sensitive nos,rils every litde vice hs'
bssn stencil, and grsater vices poisono,s
malaria. On the subject Of temperance he
has been . fanatic. In his eyes the drink.
ing Of glass Of lager has bess - horrials
an offence ~ the prostitution Of virtue; end
q for bar sellers, there must. in the lowel
regions, bs some hotter corner than Al 9th
ere, for their especial aecsmmodsGon. NJ
nan in the State has done oese than Mr.
P. to bring temperance snd Temperance
Maine law projects into politics. In thi'
connection, the old Temperance Organ
bwnso by nfsseendsmart M b. vividlJ
>dAlnkted. His plation = aSdGts Of Teu
psrance leader here 10 known and admitted
Nov oar fellow -citixens Of German birth
are opposed to the Maine Liquor Law
this State They have reasons for it, .
least fully sat sf4ctory to themselves s.
| important has this question become in theil
eye. that in sons1ocalisiss they Ars making
It paramount to all sthers. Here, week,
before the late Republican County c nven
tion, tbsy bssught y this issue. Thsr,
was no secrecy in the matter. They vsn
TO work and secured majority Of the dele
gates, who in Convention nominated mss
to carry out their views. and passed
strons resolutions against the very lsv Hiram
Price had helped enact, and always sap
ported with warmest zeal This sas giVe,
- the voice Of the Republicans Of Scot
county, assembled in Convention through
their 1slsystes Wh~dtftl6Am Priee d.,
Did he disowa these Convention precsd
ings % the voics Of himself and other TEN,
|spancs Rsputlieaqei, DID -. ssos 90
and take his stand ike man hsvine deep
er At heart principles Of morality anl vi,
tue, than mere political opinions Of his owl
Sslish sabitieni Net ashit Of il! No
He, the leader Of the Temperance orsanisa
ton here, immaculate in his virtues, high IL
the synagogue. thanking heayen day by day
that he 10 MT a. othst ned1wanlsd Ger
man votes! So be declares this te,nuSk
ancc question should not BE- brought into
politics, that reconstruction" il tho only
qasssisa. that, morality an. virtue must sue.
ssasb - polilisa Aad Be i new assouacsi
in stump appointments with II. r. Claus.
sen, to travel and speak With him eide b
side. the leader Of the Germans in this anti
ldS&t 1i4 4sss 1x~nessaeAS!ssf ,Ys
{ NOD, iFsszsSssAy ~ ~ sh ,uld be.
Esssnutos 0saszst stabtnonA With . elaeu
o. her ~ hiesIteA tnvsoopent. and Tn
next wish ~ ensaDund The waist Of soms
sGiS6S iSsiiks band, ISAt ~ ''ss one ; ss,s s'
right 70 Be- more suspicious then he could
have been one year ago to know that aaISj1
Sine ~. r Pseecnpies peeeiaolv ~ sans 20
sition he does. Bot our article has Il.
ready exceeded its limits, an.l we have no,
tod bali the tale Of the inexeusable stoop.
lh& &db6s - ~ 1hie1neAbn nof co,
esoA IA = - y
@. A. R.-Resulsr meeting this evening,
Every member y szpssted = 6saSnd.