Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-06

Davis was perfectly safe unless, he added
with meaning distinc,ness, JoAsson skoa'd
socn Be sent 10 onother scorjd. We believe
that TIE men with whom Hiram Price as
eoc'ates would not be TOO righteous to pro-
cure the assassination IF Andrew johnson,
and any hint Of such fiendi-h villainy be-
fore public assembly, should cover the in>
solent propn sandist with sxecration. Arc
not these illusions thrown out by such men
AZ Price intended to ascertain how far these
political usurp,rs can transcend the laws OF
God an 1 man with safety? Alter branding
the delegates to the Philadelphia Convention
as old, fosslzed, filthy, decrepid traitors
who have crawcd out Of their holes to com
nit fresh acts Of treason, Mr.. rtice proceed
I'd in the most gentlcmanly manner to heap
new invectives upon Andrew johnson, cali.
ing General Custer bread and-butter msn.
by way of . change. Such men as General
Custer may come under the bread-and
butter category, but il history speaks truly,
while Price was obscurely fattening On the
spoils Of oilice, Custer wac riding sword in
haad over the very batteries Of the enemy.
Compare the deeds. not the swords, q sith-
Or man, and which sheds greatest lusue
around our national banner The one
| built up his claims amid the smoke OF bat
tle-the other, by grasping deep into the
pockets Of the public. Who ere we to be-
lieve The man who fac death in the hot
test struggles Of the war. or the other who
IN ,de fifteen cents . day on each ration sent
T. Camp Mcclellan
After abusing Gen. Custer - mis- hearts
c mt mt, he gave Raymond and Kasson .
few trivial bloxs, and proceeded to work his
| hearers into . frenzy about the Fugitive
| Slave Law, which hes been dead five years.
The usual picture was painted-the slave
painting for liberty; shackles, blood and
horror, we're duly introduced, and the ram i.
page clos, d with sublime attempt At elo-
llcnce, and an exceedingly entertaining fig
zle The Sostherncrs once believed that
our sol licrs would not fight and had discov.
cred their mistake They now believe that
Il lsast our Contrcsamsn are passive. but
he asmssi them that they were not. They
wcre full Of fight. In mercy to Mr.. Grin.
nell, who was present, and Who has 40
thoroughly mbibcd tho mild spirit Of his
vast sheep herds, wc think Mr.. Price should
nave omitted any allusion 10 this subject
Whatever. Afsr ating that hr had chal-
lsngsd Mr.. Cox 10 . joint discussion
throughout the district, he closed not Adu
ing proceed that the Neutrality Law seas re-
pea,ei-nof haring denied that he was a
Knom Nothing, and harins giren the TEN
perdnce Question a rom Portable sudsioa.
After his conclusion, gke club
sung campaign song on his own illus.rious
sclf. which was listened to with marked
satisfaction, revealing the fact that the
greatest II men have delicate spots Of weak.
nss. Heury O'Conner wns then called for,
and &C ,ording TO the decision Of his Repub-
lican hearers male the poorest apd most
pointless address Of his lie His chief
point vas IN asserting that il would not be
improbab e that BY fore. Of arms the 39th
Congress would be ret iii ed in power until
Andrew Johnson's hame is forgotten. For
loyalman that is abou, as rank and oiious
reason as was ever uttered in Davenport.
No one bat traiiort to Republican insti
lu,ions could ever give birth 10 such pro-
position. Il could b. en- ,cndered only in 4
traitors heart, and could be carried out bu,
over an empire Of ba'tle-felds A highly
aattering evidence Of tho sense Of the as
scmbly, was that two thirds left the hall be.
fore he was half through. Such sentiments
rs his may grow luxuriantly in secre,
.l,aIs. but by the free air pf Heaven must
b. driven back from VIII nee they came
We didn't remain to hcas GIinnel. Know
ing his pacific disposit on, and meek and
lowly air, We apprchended no abuse in his
remarks, aud left him all alone in his
| glory