Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-31
TIQR DRA0CAmu:.

T1qR DRA0 GAME.
LsApSxo Radical orators and journals arc
playing The bsag game with consumasc inns
pudencs. Their brsxcn shroa,s emit
sounds that woald be crcdisable to Sharg.
hais and turkey -gobb!ers, who were striving
10 impress their antagonists that victory
vas c, tain. even before the fight commcnc
ed. lis Chinese thunder deceives no one,
tor every intelligcn, observer knows what il
means. II means the Radicals are very
bsdly scared. and veil they may be. Cor
scious strength AMI power never display
themselves In empty vaporing. Its your
coward Who boasls EVIL psowsss and the
ioviaeibiity Il bic siehty ar. bat while
this party dsss 20 be sssob'ss consumedly
In HE bossa.
Several vesy heavy blows have bes" dealt
this DEPRIVED and INSCRIPTIONS party
lately. The PhiIsdslphia Convention aud
the magnificent spectacle u concord and her.
- my which It presented; the manly and
patriotic sacsi6css which we're made BY ccr'
tain members Of that Convention the out
peusisss Of pspuias enthuaiasm which at-
tended its dslibsvations ana have followed
its adjournmcnt- are deeply ominous Of
coming zoe 70 Radicalism. VAN are the
eFosts Of this ruls-os.suin, co. and morali>
" party 70 deceive the people with hollow
bellowings. The victories which il prcdicsa
for itself will be like those Of Mcclellan and
Pspe-.hey willsmount 10 . grisvoos change
Of base Asd IN enormous ioss Of wat mate
rial.
The Radicals. 10 prophesying that they
will carry the Western States BY IN increased
majority, ere counting their chickens before
they arc Matched. Nsy. more than THE:
they ars counting chickens which nersr ~iH
BE- AascAed. They have lost sight Of .
very Important fact y - considered
IL their calculations, t0 wi: that the
world he nss bssa standing ssill while
they have been running the eeuatry, and
that The elements Of . great political reso>
luton ars q work. Like those Italian
peasants whs dwelt On the sidcs Of vesuvi-
u.s., aud who heard the rumbling sounds
and fels the trembling VI the volcano, yet
needed not tho aduenitisn. they viii be
overwhelmed BY the hot lava o. popular
wrath before they will acknowledge the
dread reality Of the costing ruin. They
forget that the issues % which they have
heretofore Aismphed ase dead and buried;
that slavery 10 bolishsd and the var ended.
Upon shess swo greet iasuss they controlled
these slsctioss that plsesd them in power.
Hut these issues ere NJ longer living ones.
and Il y 10 The failure 10 recognise this
fact that the radical party h disintegrsting.
The brsasing Up u he radical party Of the
wav has already se<;seiv commenced, end has
been in progress svss sines its leaders went
Into The slscs;es lea Fan endorsing The Pres
ide~s and and TabssdS~ei kiw as soon as
they had thereby secured their seats in Con.
grsas. Tho people Aass net forgotten the
fraud and tssaehesy d this conduct. and
they arc not soiag 70 eorgsta. Moral and
political obliqs y like Ibis always unerri"g.
y returns 10 plague lie perpetrators, and II
this were the snly sia that rAdisaiism had
10 answer for, THE alone would be sufR-
cent 10 husl the party 10 perdition.
Hut this 10 not the only deed that rises
up in Judgment against this fell d~s,so, q
Of national peace and prosperity. The ,ad
icsls have TO ansSsr for a divided Union,
aplundered eaehequss and ::mangied Con
stitution. Outraged Liberty, from the outs
Ct vestibuls Of the temple, CRIES out against
them They have raised . flood Of fury
and passion above whose angry waters no
Ararat sppcas ~ . resting piacr fov the
Ark Of the Covenant Of our FATHERS, tossed
70 and fro BY malignant storm -iicnds. Yer
Ny. they have y terrible account to settle
with the American people. aud thanks be
~ Con the dsy Of reckoning 10 near q,
hand.
SOl.DlER's NATIONAL. Gov.
vENTlON.:
brand Rally 81 the Ar~y and
Navv.
Al the meeting Of soldiers held At Wash
ington City, Oh the 2lst day of August, it
was determined 10 hold National Conven.
ton THE lall. in support u the Union and
the Constitution.
Quite lengthy call has been isscd, stat
Ing their views upes The position Of public
affairs aud asking their late comrades in
arms . meet 9th them ~ uake their in.
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