Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-12


TINS party Of great moral ideas" has had
q sen sioil.,,es terribly checked BY the cleo
Ion OF M"rrisssy to Congress, and Plymouth
I1otk and the descendants Of those who
zane over 10 the Mayfower," set up
plaintive howl Of Indignation at Morrisscy's
,uccsss. We don't know that Morrissey
all the Requisites Of . Congress
man, nor do We think be vas the proper
man 10 b sslsctsd tx such % important
lruse bot With al this. M~risssy 10 no
worse than Dozen Other men, members Of
lhs aex. Congress. elected by the rad'cs's.
Il Will take 6nes spun cssoistry than ours
q discriminate between Aorrisssy. the
Dsuiser, and Butler, the Beast. Between
an unconvicted thief and men Who recc'v.
ID his education in prize ring and about
gambling bells. Tho success Of such men
- Nssrissey and Bother 10 the result Of the
unhealthy condition Of politics. and the
recklessness attending popular elections. :
They are like old sores ~ the body thai
Come out into painful prominence whenever
the general health is disturbed. Batter and
Morrissey may oct ~ checks and balances
upeu each other. The Bsuiser will resort TO
The arpmmentsm Laemiinsns. and dread Of
his ''mauleys' viii keep The canssnks'ous
Beas. 10 wholesome check. while, per con-
NJ. Bstlsr sight denouncs Mossisssy - he
did ~ New York roughs Saturday night. =
After al, we would a. willingly trust thu
interests Il the country In the hands Of On
sx-priss fighter M = cohabitor vi h a negro
wsnch, aud bIssphcmous old rake like
Stevens, or drunk. sc,s like Chandler and
Sprague. The New York Tribune indorsci
Morrisscy's honesty and out-spoken mannc'
Of "dcsling" with men, and alter all Nor
rissey will compare favorably with the lead
ere Of the majority Of the fortieth Con
gress, and a. a legislator will lie infinitel
superior to Hunter, Williams. Shanks, o
Washburne.
0roWn0oW In 1859.
Tho National Infeiiigeneer 'cpublishe
one Of Brownlow's lctters to Pryne. writ,cI
May, 1860. The following extract vii
serve % . specimen Of the principles the'
protested BY the miserable creature, W"
10 nov invoking the knife. the pike, an
the tosch upon the heads Of those VIII
have maintained thoss very principles
excepting always their brutal fcsccity. II
writes: II, sir, would favor an allianc
VIII. France ~ . means Of more edectuall
Furnishing aud starving out the Abolition
isss Of the North. The far.sccing mon
arch VI the French would unite viii. Us {
our own terms, ~ Il would afford him n
opportunity to crush the commerce III
manufactures # Old England. and maL
her feel that she ia dependent upon her ri
Gent enemy. ~ well ~ atone for her Vi
lainous treatment of his illastrious uncl
Napoleon Bonsparts. Dissolve this Unio'
you infamous villains, or VIC shall MAX
this proposition u once to Louis Napoleon
most sagacious monarch, aud he won
quarter Ct New Orlc ans two hundred thou
sand Frenchmen. and at Chesapcak tw
hundred thousand more We would the
command tbs Mississippi Valley, whip Il
Northwestern States into our Southe,
Confsderacy. and wc would then turn up'
the New England States ard cause the hu
ricanc IL civil war TO rage and sweep fro
Mason 4 Dixon's ,inc to the cod iishc i
Of Maine, until We would cxtin guish d
last abolition foo,holl on the continent
Amertai Face 20 face. knife to knife. ste
20 steel and pike 10 pike, we should me
you. and NC would cause you to bleed
every porc-wc would make you regret
the bitter sgonies Of death, that you h.
ever felt any concern for the African race
This is the IMAM who is now employed
the "Abolitionisss Of the North" To swim
the Southern States into the Nor,he,
confcdcracy. which they arc now trying
establish. lie Is ct companion for $,
vcns, Wade, Butler, Forncy 4 Co.
ReuovAi. As our readers wil, see els