Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-24
Iowa CRY. Oct. 10th, 1867.


Iowa CRY. Oct. 10Th, 1867.
Enron DsxocsAr some time pas
have thought OF writing you, to let you
know that some time sgo, the Democrats
held an election ia this county-and they
found there were great many people this
year. | don't know why tie Radicals did
not turn cut. guess they were Disguised.
For some years past. whenever they want
cd the people to fall into ranks and train
with them, oil they had to do ~as to say
Boo Coppcrheadsl Rebels and with these
magic words every man stood in his place.
But lately. the people begin to see, that
while the leaders were using these words.
they had one hand over their eyes and the
other in their pockets, and since the people
ind their pockets drained and their most
sacred rights invaded, these watch words
have lost their power. and arc met with the
response, "IaA aJer das ist dusge.pieit"
Since the election, the RAIDS are anxious
70 know what hurt them. 10 an outsider
Il is not so cssy TO explain. Much Of thu
result in this county xaapa,uyue % judi
ciouxtoU(n6ination or men on the ticket SO
. % make it.suit the psopie. OF course the
questions about taxstion,-liqaor, bonds.
-"ncgro- suffrage. radical corruption
Puritanical fan a,icism. military dcspotism
and the infringements upon the constltu-
ton had much to do with the general re-
suit; but there were other thirgs which
had rs much effect in this county.
The questions above referred to should
have had the same effect in other counties
bu. did not. WhyI This is the home oil
Kirkwood, wnere he once exercised con.
siderable influence. Some years ago, by q
process Of injiation-6y the gas Of friends
and relatves-hc had been magn.fed into
what was regarded as large sized stases
man and whom he went into the United
States Senate. his friends had reason to ex
pect adequate results. What did they get
What did he accomplish? The great fea
Of being ~rmng cut BY Sumner, ant
getting t,eo Of his veiatires positions in Offices
that they wcrc perfectly well qualified I,
receive tho emoluments Of! These wss,
not results adequate to the expectations o
the former friends Of Senator Kirkwood. -
Many have said that they never would cas
avote that might eventuate in his advance
ment. Because he debascd the high posi-
ton TO which they had helped to raise him
BY foisting on tho country his relatives 70
positions they did not merit, and were I'm
qualified. to fill. by his manipulations tn
head and shoulders Of the radical tickle
looked 70 his future elevation. This va
dstasteful to many republican, henc
il was easy to convince them OF what tho,
ought TO do on the genera. issues befor
the people.
The truth is the imaginary greatness o
krNwood has esaporalei-he has collaps
cl-po.itically lie is deal Many will re
member him for his fsvors t. them Will
IN the army AMI at h.ns, and try TO be n
his wake, sn1 see bim decently buried in
grave 50 deep, tia, il the resurectionist eve
finds him, 1t will bc by reason Of his fam
lily relatives for whom he died q MARTYR
who will hover about where hi. bones ar
deposited.
lie was so anx 1us about tn, election il
thls county that he stumped it from schoo
house to hamlet, where sometimes he me
IN discussion tho "boya John Irish, VII,
literally "scooped him out" aud left him al
crcstfallen n. when Sumner wilted hun
down. We have had glory enough 70,
one year, in this county. Doubtless 20,
"enioy tho same blessing" in Scott. S,
mote il BE-. Tho reaction has commenced
Let the light shine the day of reckonin,
comes, and when it does, no party tina
ever had m existence, will be more thor
oughly despised by future generations
than the present puriisnica!-ianatical-
hypocritical- God and humanity = disuniol
Radical party. PER. S,MoNs.
UALESs INSTITUTE. Far ahead Of tn
grea. majority and surpassed by none Q
the aspecialisfr iostitutiouc Of IN cN,uNr,