Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-02-17

Psq1soInt 80 PAssrcs,-H isd6 nss
awaken sach ! Dep feeling u eoassapt n
~suld b amusing to notice III, antagoaism
bstvSss ths preaching and psaetiss e sbs
'.loysl" spiblisaa politicians of ths psss.
snt day, q regards eonfering the sdices
spon competent Union soldiers wh have
sisked their lives il defence Of their eoun-
try. G8Yas E3f.
While these soldiers wsrs 10 the Geld and
could not accept these Offices, wss he tins
that these political mount tebAnks who staid
st home, to make such promises -peonisss
which " then believed and now know
they never intended 70 keep. So long ~
thsss brave men staid in the 6sld-se lsng
- these political montsbanks at home had
the opportsaity-ths cole right Of plying
them With tickets 70 carry The electious at
home 80 long were ths promises made -
the soldiers rsmained in thc aeld-and not
without profit and effect; but no sooner
had they returned than every effort was
put forth BY these same persons, to slough.
ter every soldier Who made any preten
tion to Office. Not soldier was offered po
sition BY the republicans Of this vicinity,
and when the democrats offered to carry
out promises made BY republicans, and put
soldiers on their ticket Tor the Offices. every
one Of these abolition hypocrites who had
promised 30 much, did his best to secure
their dsfeat.
80, too, when . change in the Davenport
PoAt Office was asked, TO give soldier room
every effort-all mal,gnity and venom
was brought to bear by these same hypo-
critics to prevent it.
And so it il to day. A soldier is spoken
Of for the collectvrship of this District
brave soldier who has fought the battles Of
his country and fought them well;
but to oppose him and keep him out. that
worn out old political hack who has made
no sacrifices for the war. may have place,
heaven and earth IL being moved. Hiram
Price, our member in Congress, whom we
the people pay dear for staying in Wash
ington and voting when his turn comes, has
deserted his seat, but not his pay, to come
back to Iowa. to defeat this soldier-to
shoak him off-and trample his claims un-
der foot. Sure enough, it 10 not our fight,
as both Col Small and Prices pet, Eaton,
are both Republicans, and not our political
friends. but when We see such black heart
ed hypocrisy in any direction We cannot
rest easy without publicly branding it. Hi
s,m Price was persistent brawler for the
rights Of soldiers to occupy the Offices
when they returned from the field; now
We see him spending his money, spending
the peoples time for which he is paid
making use Of every effort to beat a true,
hard fighting, deserving soldier Of the Tn
ion army out Of an office-Why Because
he has political friend that he wants 10
have that place. Shame on such meannes.
The peopl. are posting their books with
n. Prize. The balance against him i
have to be paid. Let him beware when the
demand therefore is made.
RivEB IrEMs-It is said by the St. Louis
papers that, there will be no less than forty
steamboats, in the Upper Mississippi trad.
on the opening Of the navigation.
The number OF steamboats, lost on the
W estern and Southwestern rivers since
December 18th, last, is IS, valued At Sl,>
10000. In addition to this, 10 bargcs
and three wharf boats, valued at $57, ,OOO,
have been lost.
Captain Levi, of the illfated steamer
Miami, has been arrested st Memphis on
charge that the boilers Of the Miami were
red hot At the time Of the explosion. He
was pl ac~d unde. bonds Of $4,000.
A dispatch received at St. Paul rom St.
Louis say that party has contracted with
IN erchanis in the latter city, to transport a
hundred tons of merchandise which is to
landed at the former city at the opening OF
navigation. This looks very much ss
though that the St. Louisiana were reward
ed for their efforts in acquiring the trade
of the Mississippi Valley.