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


Yesterday arrested and locked up in the
iail, to await the next session Of the Circuit
Court.
The "Raaicallsun,' ofshe Gazette
aad ias Clique.
From Der Demokras Of n day.
TuTas souls, Edpard. tu ros voulu =
In plain English, thou hast invited casti
CATION, and-Hsv Thy wish
The Gazetts styles itself ''radlcal" 1t
even believes that We will recognize its rad
ical,.m a. the 'veritable Jacob" for it
will keep q wstchful eye upon Us We
shall, however, At once strip of the Jesuit.
ical cloak from the Gazette. 80 that its na.
ked defornity may be made 80 apparent,
that every honorable and half way respect
able man will DO compelled to shun associa
ton with it as . pestilence. on with tie
cloak.
In what consists ITS "Radicalism We
will establish what it 10 BY documentary
evidence to be found in the Gazette ITSELF
We have shown, ai the Gazette has been
obliged to ackno~ ledge, that We in every
case have supported Mr.. Hiram Price where
he has advocated radical principles in his
national politics; ws have this, notwlth-
standing that Mr.. Price and his clique have
prese ted US in every way, and have en-
,ieavored to drive US from the city. We
have openly taken the field against the po-
li.sal opponents Of Mr.. Price, and partic'i
larly aga nst Mr.. kasson; and by our
course have only rendered very bad services
to the latter gentleman, who, il is alleged,
has bribed us. In our whols editorial Ct.
re' we have always been on the extreme
left Of the Republican party to the entire
press we are known only as one Of the .'in-
corrigable Radicals - and the Gazette
knows very we'll that it was this paper
which helped It upon the radical plank, on
which it now wishes oil radicaIis,n at the
D-l.
But what cares the "radlcar' Gdzd'e for
national politics? what for principle, AS
little as for falschood an1 truth In its es-
timation it is not sufficient for y radical
man, that he supports Mr.. Hiram in radical
views on national matters. 1t demands
that he should support Hiram himself in
personal matters. should serve him, obey
him. honor him, yield up il absolute sub
lection to him Hiram Price is the Pope
Of tile Gazette. lie has given Mr.. Russell
the means Of getting control Of the Gdsetts;
he has given Mr.. Russell the Pos ofc
aud IN order to get his money back, he has
supported and fed Mr.. Kussel.-in short.
he has placed Mr.. Russell in the Gazstte Of
tcc, where nuw he. as washerwoman. has
to take charge Of Mr.. Prices dirty linen
There he sits now and rubs away at his
Masters soiled clothing and tricks him out
with strange feathers there he sits and
.pts out poison and gall, SANDER and filth
upon every one, who does not swear ty
ms master.
We do not recognize the Gazette as an
or san OF the Republican party, u d no hot.
Iablc man, who has his eyes open, does 20
recognize it. The Gazette is Mr. Prices or
gan, and nothing more. BY the help Of
his ca'et Russell, MIR. Price got control Of
the Republican lress Of this District in or
der to rule The Republican voters through
1t. He must he the autocrlt; he holds
the wires. and as he pulls the party must
lance; he nOmlnates Candidates for tho
offices; he rewards his faithful adhcrents
and Furnishes the malcontents he &c trces
and dictates and the Gdzette says blessing
upon the matter, d brings it before the
public, bidding them notice how we'll it has
done it all.
We publicly confess that We must have
held the Republicans Of this Congressional
District unit for self government had we
not known that their endurance was tim
porary for the sake Of unity, and had We
not seen last fall that they felt the shame 4
longer toleration Of such bondage. We con
tidcntly hope that the great majority Of the
Republicans in our District at last see
through the dssraceful course Of the Ga
s,tte and have become weary Of being par
AIDED as mere vassals Of Hiram Price
In the toi egoing remarks wc have brought
to light the first radical principle Of the
Gazette from the documents lying before Us.
1t runs thus: ''KiNG HIRAx." Let Us now
look around after the second principle Of
the radical Gazette.
When the news reached Davenport, that
the Gdzette haslo the P0stmast ership with
its rich perquisites, then it howled and
howled agair every moraing like hungry
volt. 1t was in vain that it again wheeled
around and became reconcied to the policy
Of the administration. it g. ined only short
reprieve, and its howls became only the
more pitiable, rs the day Of its Exodus from
the Postoffice approached. In accordance
With its nature it would thereupou have CIV
cred Gen. Sanders, ns successor. with the
poisonous saliva Of slander, il. being Brifish
itself it had not had an Amsricas before It.
So it had to coniine itself to bowling and
make itself out martyr. But when Il had
t3st gOves nment advertisement upon re.
ceiving ~hich it had confidently reckoned.
and that advertisement had gone to benefit
. s"Dutch paper which had never submit.
ted itself to the sovereign will Of the great
Know. Nothing Of Scott county. then Il not
only howled from hunger and greed, but in
rage over the lost mammon its very soul
poured itself out in falsehood and calumny.
We need pursue this no further. The
facts speaks for themselves. We refer TO
the articles published in the Gasstte itsel',
and besides them. 10 the opinion OF the
opinion ofthe community.
The second radical principle Of the Gazette
is called The Dollar" To this it offers
up decency, respectability. virtue end its
entire stock Of Christianity. Poor soul
We have searched for third principle Of
the Oasette but can 6nd none. i 10 radi-
cal, however, in falsehood, calumny and
hypocricy, and radical inded.
The two great leading and radical rr'n-
cioles Of the Cneetls are, then: 'Aik0
HIRAM AND rns DoiIAn."
We ask the public, American % well as
German. whe'her the Gazette has other
principlesl Naturally il works upon the
Held where these principles can v'e'd the
best return. Will and can & ,ee American
Republicans consent to recognize SUCH .
paper % their or ani
What We have above said. We snail
again refer to in . review Of the eoufse
which The 0ssetts hes sdopted for the past
year. But, for this we ahall take another
occasion. For to day may the 0sseffs re
&c ve its lesson and wh-ls it rubs the part
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