Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-24


TnE VEIL REMOVED. ever there was .
sore set Of me,. it 10 the Republican parry
Of Scott county as the present time. One
half feel pretty much as Judas Iseasict dh,
. few moments before he shufiied q this
mortal coil. while Simsu Peters feslisgs
Just allss the csok crew thrice wws6tA . sis.
cumstanes 70 thess ef he ether haM. Their
eosspG sosessa 70 going - ~ absa -
fast - ever . eoatsastos's rotten ship dsih>
ed On ~ sbSfs. We adAlrs ~ psrss-
sesauss Of ssms u thsif lsadess Ia ssdssv-
osiWg y eoobins aad aooinulato = many
diseordsnt elsusnts, bat III and wstsr will
hamoniae jusl q quickly ~ tes- -tstallsrs and
- sdvseatss sf snrsstsisted liqses sasss /;
- stay>at-hsns patriots whe wat I'll The
offices, and returned soldisss Who ere indis-
nant At bars-isced. trsschssy. Ysstsrday's
convention vas IKE asod sehst sundhins
poussa on aarky iee, Il nads-s slssn
sweep of promises. and rsvsals6 tselities
which are to plain U Be passsd b In 81
ls6es. Al lsse - ~ 0wsaaao indalged
the King anl his Prsniss II their little ten.
pssaace speeches, and sllswsd then b
blind.fold their dupes into the belief thst
liquor interests we're TO be crushed in short
order. as soon . proper preparations were
'nads. sll went "neefy - . uaaSiags
bell" II was sssh . sosres Of capital
aoess pisus assemblies 70 dsnounes I'll op-
positios - composed Of "old whiskey-
bloats, and Sabbath >dssscrstoss." Il vent
down like sugar coated pill. People ad-
mired the Kings independence in stalking
his principles against his political power.
end frequsntly subscribed for The "hnily
journsp' fos the sole purpose Of sustaining
the great cause Of Temperance" We
~eren't positive about The matter, but believ-
ed the Kiog and :his Cabinet were mortal,
and wcrs therefore, DOT little pleased to
sec them brought s1uareiy up to tho scratch,
When the crisis came, they "cavcd" in the
most graccfsl manner, snd should vs Zee
Russell performing terpsichorean svslutions
at Mitchelrs Bluff on next Sunday afternoon,
we woaldn't be In the least surprised. We
woellA y SpasidesUi ~ Act vte1y yf.sn
itso. The .tsmperaaes people are not the
only .soss vhs ~ tssashay. The great
loyal paseS sthnl elnSle1 ~ country sue
csssfslly lhsseoh ~ tlssdisst var Of med
en- tiosa." psspsss1 y ssssily iss gratitude
fss ~ sstsenea voBisssy By placing
then saisly On The rssd - wealth and honor,
asd sith lsvisg words, bidding then 0el
speed 70 the goal. That's Whit il vas 70
do, theoretically speaking. Yesterday,
the returned soldiers Of Scott
County saw enc Of their number ssngsd bs>
side . patriot Of the Russell typ. ~ nv
With what contempt he Vas showed aside fes
his ssmerity. What bssiness ha,s retussed
soldiers to b disarrsn1iag tho well>laid
plans Of the very men who 'sustained' them
during tt1s wari Who "saw then off,
With enth uslastic cheers. and who promised
protection to their loved ones during their
abaence, and honors and emoluments on
their rssurni Who met them 1t the depot
last spring With waving banners, and The
flourish Of trumpets. and rear of druass-
Who tsld then what they bed doas, and .
grcas deal they didn't doS cod whQt rewards
awaited shes heroic valofs WhaAbusiaess
have soldiers. " ssk, to intsuds themselves
|sr thsis clsiuS tsl>ee, tha1p dlain1uptoi %
trietss lts ths very esssscs Of inpudsnes
Dids's Ne tAey sscisve lhlrSsss dsllass .
month while they were sbsent and didn't
their families "nsnags 70 live through il p
aud didn't ous Coagssssu,ca vote them "a
additional bounty by wey Of raisiag thsis
swn salaries end don't every cripple get
81 usoth to support bic family % : end
don't the Govsrnmsnt farnish wooden head
boards foe conradss sho died u ths SER
vice : What are these fellows talking about
Thsy aced little discipline. Ds11t they
used = get bueked and gagged fss troub-
ling superior officer in juse ~ sams way Z
Didn't they earry knspsasks fun Of bricks
aud live on csash9s and vaARe and hang
70 tts hubs Il trsss by ~. thunbAs AID
oil for just such sfFsnsss. II thsy are in
ssed Of aid. ist thea ssgaaiss Aeesiaaions
pledged 70 voto the Republicas ticket, snd
help oss snosl,er, but Aea't 1t them sup
pose that loyal osn intend to stand aside for
their benefit. The idsa. is simply prspos-
ferrous, and shouldn't be entsrtainsa mo,
ment.
SSyDss, Alas. roes Srypm !-He il,
clerk Of the eosrt, be sas good boy ones,
and Republicans oil veted for him, and b
was put 10 olSes. He expected 70 be re-
elected. In fact, he bad no idea that be was
not 70 b The candidate, and % be made no
effort. John Web. Collins, who luets muchs
" after the aesh-pots. bsthought himself to
boat Snyder. Now while Snyder slept in
the sweet consciousness Of anqcesticBsdvic.
tory, John Web. lurksd forth and sowsd
tares amssg Snydsr's wheat; yea, y tsrned
out With the Turner's on Sunday last. which
d the Loeds day, and mseehed 70 The hAlf~
vay Heuss, situate midway betwesn Rsck
Island and Moline. ~ thh Va ess 4
~ dsbs 9Th which - inR Sbysse. Nere-
svss, III aaa Snydss, sAs1oA - hssese,
sasseal iadsslr;eus aad csnpetsss s@cial,
~ ~ . agpod polilie,ao-he eouDo ~ pull
~ Wieso-vas ~ skilDod 81 the nvnHGrfea
efpsutiel hsoeye9clAg souldnst ~ is H.
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