Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-19

CxIou WgE1luGs. the meeueS - A
Claire, last night, wAs perfsct success, not
Whilst ending tho state Of The weather. ~
venports Hill Was crowded, 4 respectable
portion Of the audience being 10
dies. The meeting wss ors.o'sso
BY the appointment Of william Gard
ner. R.q. ~ Csaismaa, Dr.. Fsirbasts q
Ssbula, once Repsblisaa sill the Rsd'ea''
bid fair to wrsck shs Ship Of State. snd nov
On sdvocate Of the Philadelphia Plattorm.
w.s trss introduced to the assembly. and in
n sbls address discussed the principal top
les nov hsfors the public. Al bio eo"cIa'
sion Judge Le6lng sell occupied the stand,
and ''out did himself" Our readers oil know
what that means, TOR in point Of eloqucnce
. I'd argument the Radicals Of Iowa cannot
produce his equsl Alsossshe: the meeting
met al expectations, and the able manner 10
which the political questions Of tho day
we're handled will have telling effect At the
coming election.
The meeting st Naysvlle last night, wss
orsanised by calling B. wsymsr. Esq, to
he chair and elsc,ine Mr.. Jacob X. Dosch.
Secretary; Capt. VIM. T. Dittoe, Of 'his
c,ty wss then introduced, and for an hour
and half ably addressed the meeting he
was succeeded by DR.. Lawrence, who gave
his experience a. refugee from Missouri.
and as soldier Of the Uoion army, snd o..
20 his reasons for giving Andrew johnson
. cordial support. Having fully Expressed
bic views on the subject before the meeting,
| Il was moved that National Uoio. Club Of
Hickory Grove Township should b organ
lied, which motion beng adopted. the FOL-
lowing officers were elected james Thomp-
son, President; Peter Dosch. Vice Prssi.
dent; Geo Miller, Secretary; and DR.. E.
Lawrence, Treasurer. An Executive Cons
mittee was voted, to be comprised Of Messrs.
Hiram Wheeler, John Carver, and Benjamin
weymer. With loud cheers the meeting
adjourncd. The Republican meeting st
Amity's School House. half . mile distant,
WAS peri Ct flzsle. only six men appearing.
wh ,adjournedt to attend the Union meeting.
The good osk goes bravely on.
E>couRAGIxG.-The manner In which the
Gazette is leaving its old trail 10 truly en>
couragins, and We hope to soon see it
adopting all the planks Of The platform
which ws have occupied for so,ns time past
We feel highly encouraged, and rstsrn to
our lsbors With the cheering thought that
they are not altogether in vain. We ore
actually csnverting to sensible doctrines the
emily strictly loyal paper in the city. The Great
Family Journal /. laying aside its Phar-
isee drspery and becoming enc Of Us. This
10 being done slowly and cautiously, and
some time must elapss before the full frui.
tion Of our labors will be apparent. but the
final result will b the same. rom dsily
sounding moral disquisition on the evils
Of in,empsrancc. and preaching death and
condemnation to "the whiskey party our
cotemporary has become wonderfully dis :
Greet. Breathing nothing but religious toler- :
ance, Irish patriotism. and moderation in re.
gard to the temperance laws. We think
the resolution Of the Scott County Republ.
can Convention rather hrnke ,ts spirits. I,
hasn't appeared 1t oil natural since. When
the Davenport Baptist Association rscom-
mended no support to any one opposed to
the Maine Liquor Law. it did venture TO re-
prove Us for not giving ''unto Ccaser what
10 Csasar's due" but We took the complain,
in much the same manner 10 which kind
Instructor would listen to . peevish
complaint from . rcpcntsnt disciple.
1t said nothing in regard to the Temperance
Law il took no bid stand in favor Of the
recommendation, but by ito silence seemed
70 indicate that the less said about the
schemes Of its German fr,s nds, would IN is
lepiaion, be better. In fact, following our
example. it failed to endorse any such puri
taaical sentiments. This morning il gsve
half column Of it, invaluable space L. the
proceedings Of the Anti Liquor Law Asso-
eiation, but not single line Of rsproof. I,
avoids saying = word in regard to Nr.
Prices effosts in Congress, against the Liq.
uor interests Of the West, tonclusively ex-
posed In communication in our last night Z
ISSUE, but seems dsssrminsd g. bury i,s old
temperance dogmas in oblivion just as quick.
y IS possible. We are highly encouraged.
We will persevere. Our efforts are being
being crowned with success. Come on, Bro.
Rusasll, Ne will lead yeu to the regions Of
light.