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

,litisn professions Of loyalty. But Mr..
Price had been pinned 10 the wall With doc>
,msnts which he could not evade. 1T the
meeting on last Saturday nighG lie had
boldly proclaimed q fa'schood for the manu-
'scture Of political capital, and having been
exposed to the defision Of all can
lid men, he now saw that an evac-
iation 81 his erroneous position was
absolutely necessary. lie no longer upheld
his former attempt, but took refuge from
the scorn Of the public under the plea that
in the heat Of debate, speakers frequently
say more than they really mean. he had
made slip o! the tongue 10 saying that the
law was repealed. We are perfectly aware
that Mr.. Price frequently savs in deba a
great deal more than hc knows 10 be true,
but few men will believe that he could
deliberately pass . whole evening IN ap-
p'sudiny an action that never occurred,
merely from the heat Of debate. lfhis mind
is composed Of such imbecile stuff, he Is
certainly not the man to represent this dis
I let in Oongrsss Thus has the glory Of the
Thirty Ninth Congre,- ended like . shep-
herds tale. On its baselcss fabric, Mr..
Price sought g. rally the Fcnians Of this
District to the support Of his clsims-wha,
n.x bait has he now to offer thems But
h. did not even avow his mistake with frank
"A. IS, but sought to hide the matter by abas-
ing Ancons and Letting .ell. denounciag the
former rs dishonest man, and The latter as
an intriguin, oiIics seeker. And then, afte,
having TO absndon his ground with such hu'
mil ation, he declared in n pompous and
egoistical manner that no man dared dis
pitc position he too6, AZ he vas ways
right; continuing, he charged that the La"
would have been repealed but for the oppo
si,ion of the Democratic members Of Con.
grcss. Considering the fact that the Radi
Gals ruled that body. and had the power oil
repeating srythins they chose, THE 10 one d
the Isasss and most transparent asguwenta
We ever heard Mr.. Price advance
lie ,lsen p,id some pleasing compliments te
the ieteli gencs Of our Irish ci,izens -as>cr,
ing that they hid HERETOFORE 'becn driver
like cattle 70 the polls, t, vote according u
the wish II their Democratic una tcss. -
They hal been hewcrs Of wood acd drawtrI
Of water o. The Democratic party, who's
leaders had ruled them with rod Of II, n
Nevertheless. the chxste comparison Of ouI
Irish citizens to brute animals. served Wv
lilly to recall to mind the days when Mr.
Price denounced them as the scum Of ths
oil country. aed the curse Of this. lie CAV.
a history" of the Neutrality bill, and ss h,
once guessed within fifty years Of the date Of
its enactment, We presume no one is better
posted in its regards than he.
After having sufficiently palishsd owe
his ignominios,a rctr~at, he retsnsd u Prcs
ident johnson aud secretary Seward Al
De,a1eraac "stiinp speakers" anu then
absurdly assci.el that If u Conservatiy,
Congress were clo,trd to power, 1t woui,
declare IT, laws of the hi,ty>Ninth Con
gress null and void, restore slavery, On,
deliver the country over to the Niger,
drivers Of the South. Presuuing
that this occurred nv slip Of his tongue
"in the heat Of debate" we leave the matte
70 our sensiblc readers After . few mo
msnts u wandering rhet ric. he startled Iii
auditors 10y exclaiming w whipped then
on the bst,lc>fell, and will whip them a
tho ballot box" Considering that Nj
Prices greatest military exploit was feedin,
soldiers ON eighteen cents day each, an
charging Uncle Sam just double tina
amount, We considered his sudacity full
equal to his merits Mentioned the Catho
lie question, bu, declined to handle II, h
religious tolerance being SO we'll known. II
are tia; the country WIS TOW in great
e. danger from a despo;ism than it va
when the Northern and Southern armie
were ar aged in hostility along the banks ,
the Potomac. The only safety was in eler
ting just such mon as he to Congress.
The Union speaker. at Metropolitan fla
had not touched the raj issues Of the day
they dared not. The Ton st,tutional Amend
ment was now he only issue. The c,nserva
t've' nrc bent on paying the rebs
debt. AID on the restoration Of slavery
AMI Andrew johnson stands at their back
10 urge them on. When we CONSIDER thu
the very gehcrals in tn, late war who re
leased the slaves Of the South, aud I e yer
soldiers who support ID them in SO doing
are now unanimously rallying to the Phia
de,phia Platform Nr. Prices wild IDEAS o
that subject are scarcely worth A passin
ut ce. lie explain al how our rcturne
s'lh rs would BE- taxed to pay for thu reb'
property destroyed in The late war, il an
othsr man than Hiram Price was sen. I,
Congress from this District. "why, il 70
don't vstc the radical ticket, von'll be boun,
had AMI foot, don't you sces' he pre-
o. ed Wit, such An apparens sincerity as I
ca 20 his most unconditional worshpers I
| enle IN serenely amused manner. Tn
radicals only committed one mistake, the
should have made negro outrage one Of II
conditions If tho amendment. lie woul
have done SO il he had y ssssscd the powc
We arc out, wiling 70 believe this, b,
not only deny that the conservatives hav
the slightest idea Of paying the South Ger
Of indennities for the past, but challene
NJ. Price to show where the rebsls eve
asked il, or ever had chance Of doing s.
Tie then RECALLED his beavers on Andy job,
sons cgotism. This might have answers
Tor somc other man TO have said, hut Of d
the egstistieal speeches We ever heard. u
enc Mr. Price made last night surpasss
thsn Ill He began With careful disQui
saion on the pions training Of his you'll
unblushingly recounted his good deeds dul
ing tho war, and closcd his hassaneue b
an appeal I, his auditors for votes 20 plac
him again 10 power.
lie preached that The var vas not "
over. The bloodiest rebels 10 oil the Ian
we're hail fellows yell met With Job neon.-
They say ws must pay their debt or repud
~ outs. The South was still out Of Ii
Union. The people are }Ocominr br.v.