Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-01

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1;Srrapo1on o6oA RFooo0o c.
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re New Yeti Hsrs1 says: A
THE Congrsssmsn assembled q WEI.
ington afford - new and brilliant illues
trslion Of the Old adsgs that who0 he
gods would destroy, shsy 6rst osks mad.
The vote BY which these snadDsn inesvassd
their salaries from three thousand 70 ave
thousand dollars . yeas caps The sliaas o.
unblushing corruption. The force Of sssal
dep, svliy can 10 further g. This vsee
shows that the present Consrses 70 icss q
ell sense Of shame and eli co0ssdeseesses -
decency. The members Of the eeosss oS
not dare 10 put themselves upon the Seco.o
BY the vcas and nays bas that was mercy
4 matter N partisan prscausson. Asy
havs supprscsed oil evsdsncs j. tos $500
~. We are bound to believe that al we
.ere present voted for this infamous r. so>
l,,,ion. vhich not only raises the salaries q
me.,l,crs Of Congress fos The fusafs. but
has . retrospective bearing, and givss them
Ave thousand instead q three Thousand
dollars for the session about TO close.
History may be searched 10 vaie ~
parallel 10 the corruptions extrosaoenee,
robbery and prodigacy Of this Congress
Il 10 . vast job or segregation Of jobs. II
is controlled by jobbers. kept in session BY
jobbers, and every measure that it passes
is more or less job.
In man countries such proceedings -
those Of the present Congress would be fol-
loved by an armed revolution. Here Il
causes q revolution also, out in diaersot
way. At the fall election there will be 90
uprising OF the people that will overwhslm
these public plunderers and supply
their places with honest men.-
The political events since the VA have
fully aroused the masses. end their Unique
ties Of this Congress will Be the issues q
the elections. Nothirg can sass thsss
Congressmcn or the party which upholds
them; they must meet their constituents
face TO face ct the polls and receive the pop
ular Judgment upon their transgressions.
Then let them explain theis jobs end their
prof gacy, il they can. No loud talk about
copperheads aud sustaining the war will
save hem now. They will no longer be
able to divert public attention from their
corruption by shouting themselves hosrss
by denpuncing traitors and bypoc'itically
prAising the patr iotic soldiers, in whose
company they are not worthy to exist
They must face the issues which they have
themselves Great ed. Elected - Unien
men, they have proved to be the worst
disunionists; pledged to economy and ~
form, they have INDUCED in the most licen-
tious extravsgance. Al last. apparently
quite desperate Of consequences, they vote
themselves higher pay, and they decree
that this increased salary shall be paid 70
them from the commencement Of The ses
sion that has been passed in con ,octing .
series Of the most fragrant jobs that have
ever disgraced our history. We call upon
the people not only TO tako care Of these
Congressman 1t the coming elections, but
to watch how they spend their i'll gotten
gains l.. after life. They are the grand
jobbcrs Of tho country. We cannot eom>
pare them to any former corrupticnists !;
Tor they have stolen millions where others
have been satisfied with few thousands.
They are aot like judas Iscariot for he
said himself too chcsply, in the estimation
Of these worthless. But their names will
be remembered like that Of Benedict Ar
mold, Who also sacrificed his county to his
love Of lucrc; and their children and their
chi,dren's children will 10 ashamed to cay
that their ancestors belonged 10 the infa-
nous Thirty >ninth Congress.