Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-14

on his hrst arrival IN Scott county, ~
prersed with two of it's features thai seem
rather antagonists. Tie first is, THAT IN
location. soil. climate and the moral char
actaYistics of its population. this 10 prooa'
lly one OF the most favored spots in all I'm
Gle Sans wide domains. The second 10,
that this modern paradise, must, in lis
political experience, have been cursed with
aconstan. succession Of rascslly and inefn, I
Gent rulers. On the one hand 10 seen . re-
cion unsurpassed In natural advantages
tesmine with al the accessories TO human
prosperity ard happiness. On The other
all these advantages are offset BY . condi>
ton OF municipal insolvency. The exist.
ence Of county bonded debt on which we
have long since ceased to make any effort
towards the payment Of either principal, in>
terest or the compromise percentage for
VIII CD our creditors would gladly surren>
der their claims, 10 accompanied by n treas
ury unable to NEE, the current expenses Of
the county, and the income o. next year !.
already anticipated and Hypothetical 20 the
extent Of half Of It's value. Aud yet in 10
ccantv in Iowa are the people more mora,
honest and individually prosperous. 10 no
Ohio county are the taxable resources in
creasins more rapidly, or the taxes more
promptly paid. Dear Mr.. Taxpayer, d.
you appreciate how much nature has done
far you, and how much your county rulers
have done against yous In view Of the ex
listing condition Of affairs, is II not time thst
you ask the 'Bsrnacle pirty" 20
vaca,e their scata? Like oil new coun>
ties We nave changed our population
no often that but few Of the people who live
here to>day are familiar with the occurs
rsnses Of . dozen years ago.
Scott county has been the victim Of three
successive classes Of knAves-a regular dyA
nasty Of depreda,ors. First came those
who by specious arguments and promises
got the county credit welded TO a rnilroad
project that finally dragged US into the in
so.vency that enriched it's projectors. Then
came officials who feathsred their nests d.
rectly Attn expense Of the county; and last
Of all came a Board Of Supervisors, the leads
ess Of which were, for some reason, deters
mined TO screen these iniquities, and who,
Furthermore, 10 some way acquired the be>
hsf that thy own the county, and that the
political rights Of thc PEOPLE begin and end
in tho privilege Of paying taxes without
knowing What becomes Of the money. And
tIis Is the picture to-dsy presented to our
Inspection.
A people who annually increase in indi>
yidud wealth. living in n county that anuu
ally falls deeper into insolvency n people
honest and individually prosperous. en-
trusting their county Affairs /, a controlling
influence thrt has shown itself not only in
Efficient and Incompetent, bur llso deter
mined to resist the exposure of its errors,
and 10 exert is utmost strength against any
proposed measures OF reform. II such a
c.isis ii i lie imperative duty Of tue rroPLn
q give active AID earnest attention to the
work OF tn reconstruction ~ our local lcs>
%islstion. Let Every Taxpayer realise that
- = FIN - 49, y - hh 10 vs. tftANBtNotts =
Atom u member OF the only party through
whic. these grievances can be Tedressed.
From Minnesota to Maine, the evidences
ATE stronger tean at any time since the close
ot The wax that Democratic principles, pure
and unaduitsratod, are 1t work with a more
vigorous influence among the people than
ever. They have seen for themselves what
periis attend the shspeiess theories Of men
whose end ia their own instead of their
oountrys The professions Of economy in
public administration. made with such os>
tcntAtion, they have discovered to be hu:
ptetcxts Tor a corrupt extravagauce which
would consume the resources OF the richest
nation on earth. The high>soundlng and
exclusive claims to loyalty they lind to De
but a cover Tor practiclns the worst abuses
upon our republican system of government.
Instead of the promotion of ~lratcrnal feel,
ing among the sections, and the level ment
OF true Union sentiments, they are becom.
satisfied ihat the part, in power ia led by
men who were d,shnionists from the be ms
nltg, and wh Sc highest capacity ioE states
manShip consists III sowing disScnslon and
~pcrpctusting discord.
Al that tao~i critica' period in a nations
existence whea all its resources d,man.. 4
stead, Development ut the haads OF und ~
sufi'ed industry, when Interstate trade
aud commerce require the fostering cOn-
diions OF peace and general good feeling.
when the burden of an enormous debt
draws heavily aud exhaustively on the ca.
pacities Of a willing people, the discovery
oil selfish aud corrupt motives in the domi
nant party. proclaimed in public practices
which have no parallel in its history and
are indciensib!e at any recognized bar of
political property or moralts. has the effect
70 excite alienation and distvust in the pop
ular mind, and TO turn il 10 the quest of
souCder rules and hones,cr men for The ad-
m,nistration Of public affairs. The people
have lost their faith in prctcnsions that cul-
inmate in incapscity, and are resolved to
discard professions whore result require
snch n lsborious defence. The utmost o.
their desire is. that the lives they gave and
The mormon SUNS vi money they are re-
sponsible for. in order 10 make the buttress
IS Of their Union tirner than ever. shall re,
celvc the profound respect due 20 the sacri.
fices OF 50 costly and generous . character.
IL is the life that resides IN Democratic
principles which 10 certain to make itself
visible again in public ~atfsiss. Though oil
forms fall away and die, the vigor and vir>
tue Of that still survive. Il 10 70 work with
great potency in the coming Presidential
canvass. Il will search the professions Of
the mon who shout for liberty and
loyalty, TO know truly Of their meaning
aad their sincerity. II will question
the ability Of the ruling party to administer
the vast iutereate Of = nation Of such map-
nitudc. IL will be found fully abreast with
the advancement and growth Of the age. ret
psrsistently attached TO the sound and tried
rules according TO which they are alone se>
cured. Domestic md foreign matters il
viii address its attention 10 with equal al
ertness, and TO both it win bring the aids
of the widest knowledge aud the wiscst
care. IL will seek, through it's own meth
DDS, the country's prosperity, not that of a
party merely. II will build up and har>
monte States, not divide and destroy
them. L will give back their own power
to the people. instead of seeking TO ~ccnsol>
idstea government establishment within
which ali degrees Of corruption and all
practices OF tyranny are possible. Such
being the strength that resides tn its spirit
and such the disen,cres,ed patriotism OF ia
eup Importers, there Is no mere partisan %.