Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-30

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Heury O'Connsr delivered lecture ON
temperance before the temperance conscn
ton q Clinton, Tuesday evening hs''
are told that be made . fine speech. ne
avowod himself in favor OF the pfoh'",o's
Law with the addition Of Clauses iofo,u."s
a.. .nle of beer and wine; and WAS i'ee-
vise 10 favor Of Law against "Saheaih a~.
s.rr.,;on. which should close gardens
an ,hat dsy.-Lyons Mirror,
This comes from she cclu,hns OF o repue-
,;. .c.r therefore let it not be said
Aha, il is owhiskeyi,c canard' got up for
d. ,,ion purposes I, explains the status
Of the republican party to dot Position
md mower is wanted TO enable them 70 die
tate. They claim tina, they have ''permit>
ted" the use Of lager and wine, ss great |
ta,or to the German population. and might |
have permitted it longer had that class been |
con,cn,cd to remain its servants and do its
bidding At the polls but OF late they have
shown evidence OF political Independence
hcnce these fanatics say, let US cut eff their
liberties. We will prescribe unto them
their meat and their drink. and thus force
them 10 terms. We will crack our pol,ti
cal whip about their legs until they nre
clad 10 stand quiet in our political harness
and pull our poll. wagon. We gave
them hberty--we will take il away. This
"a the nearing Of such sentiments as o.
Conner expresses. Bl. let them 20 ahead.
THERE'S power rising up in tbs free DEM
ocratic country cf ours that will Mt some
not far distant day make these fanatics
chang their dc,atorial tune.
VINO pors not remember the day when a
national debt Of eighty millions was regard
ed With fearful apprehension by the nation;
when every dollar Of national expenditure
was cautiously criticised, and when men
who plumber the Government were r,ghiful.
IL regarded ~ criminals Not so to>day
Millions hold n smaller place in the cstima
ton OF plundcring Radicals than hundreds
did n dozen years since. We IRE told. day
by day, that our national debt 10 being
rapidly cancelled. II would be satisiac
ton to know that such is the case, but there
10 no foundation in fact for the indulgence
Of any such pleasing dream. and IN over
taxed people know and feel it ssnsibly.
few years since, when the reign Of ter
ror prevailed when men were afraid TO sa,
thor souls were their own, OF to ventur
the mildcst possible criticism upon tn
management Of our national affairs, les
they should find themselves suddenly
transported % Fort Warren or Fort Lsia
ye,te-wc remember frequently meeting
with individuals who seemed 10 take spccia
delight in proclaiming the fact, that moth
ing afforded them more pleasure than 4
pay taxes. They assured us that in doinI
this they felt they were discharging no
simply sacred duty, but were dcrivin
from It feeling Of happiness which word
we're inadequate TO express. During tn
past year we CHANGED to fall in with som
of these patriotic citizens, but whats chang
had come over them. Instead Of laudin
they were damning taxes. tax-gatherer,
ani tax>crea,ing legislators. The plea-ur
they once derived from supporting the Go,
,rnment O., by contributing lioernily
thor hard canned meas in the shape
taxes, had He'd, aud every dollar mhich tn
nncompromising TAX. collector drew fro,
them was yielded with a groan AMI a ours
Their patriotism had vanished the Go
ernmcn, no longer needed their self dcnyr
efforts, taxes were becoming Ill intolerab
burden, and some of these formerly 10y
citizens d,i not hesitate 10 freely EXPIRE
the opinion that reputation was only
thing &C time, and the sooner it took pls,
the better. 1t does seem cruel to dcpri,
these double dyed loyaists Of the luxur
they professedly enjoyed 80 much. bu, lis
oihrr cnjoyments. this one has lost ITS plea
urabls aspects. and suifeitcd with the oveI
abundance of the feast. they turn from
with loAthinS. Paying taxes when Il
Government was paying back five dollars {,
one, in the shape Of contracts, was = pleas
ant thing. bu, the novelty and pleasure d,
parted with the contracts, and nov c'ntr
unus taxation To Radicals is considered h
those los al gentlemen pretty much as Z,
resar Tel the liver, "eaouSh to XII the divil.