Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-02-08

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..ps,JNrx AVID DTsORDERI.s.'
We're some Of eur congressman and men
o,h..r;se in very high pcsiIisn in wash-
ine,sn. standing down smorg the common
b.rG' instead Of being perchei as they are
several rounds higher on the ladder Of ha-
m.n greatness. they would be very ap. to
seurs pretty promiscu ,usly within the po-
lie, i.sms Of the papers Of their respective
dwelling places, under the cuphonious cap
ton oi"Drunk and Disorderly."
In late number Of that red hot Radical
newspaper. the Detroit Tribune, W end .
Washington letter from which We take an
extract or Two. tending to show that "thers
never va. greater need Of Temperance rel.
orma,ion in Washington than now" Al
lai,ns to Senator Wilson's Temperance Or
ssai..,on Of the last session. when %
man, confirmed .drunkards were .sbrought
ia anl bleached out" The writer is now Of
tic opinion that il didn't amount 10 4 great
deal after al. At its last meeting he
ssvs
Everybody must have noticed the fact
that ne Senator who made the most bril-
,nat speech at similar meeting q year ego
sas not present. allude TO Mr.. Yates, OF
Anpis. All understood Why he was not
r.gscrt, one Of tia orators alluded to 1.
nldy when ne remarked tina. some who
STATED out pobly in the good cause could
~, endure unto the end"
lie thus proceeds to mention some others
who had gone sstray ~ well ~ some ore
that have never been anything else but -
trays from the paths Of sobricty. lie men,
tons that:
salisbury came here from Delaware the
other day, and remained sober for ebw
DAYS. aud then had = terrible drunk and
has gone home, probably never 10 return.
Aud why shall l stop with Salisbury p
There are other Senators might name who
ara not alr1vs sober, and there are still
isishcr men than Senators who get tipsy a
receptions. M. Seward Was so cxhilaratet
At Senator Inorganic reception the othcl
night that no grossly insulted member 0
Congress who Was present II Gen. Gran
had been in . similar condition, every cop
peraesd in the city would now be busy re
failing stories Of his 'beastly drunkenness.
Yet he Was not drunk. -snlv sisibly a6tcts
by something he had been takisg. Ever
honest iovsr Of his country, Republican .
Democrat, 10 deeply interested in -
ter. Our pablic men mwsf !.
IS very dangerous " am
oasnsss - .h.- .nJ
COX lightly upon su
lave alluded TO-"
sre these illusions TO some OF our lei
ing men, and these broad hints Al tho hal
ual drunkenness Of Chandler and Sprag
andcr the name OF "other Senators" fr
Democratic paper, but little credit wo'
DO gwen them by our Radical readers, /
the witness upon tho stand is one Of
Radica, household, and he declares that {
national council has too many men that
unaaal.hedy "druuk and disorder'y.
Seward, tbs secretary Of State, several pro
lnent Senators, the prospective President
candidate of tho Republicans party AID
heal If our armies drunk an1 disorl
w." What more do the 'drunk and dis
derry that figure in our police courts da
than 10 get "sxhilaratcd' or ''risiJly Ell
81 N som thtsg he they lad bssn drii
inss' Grsa, pans thess Radical Z
gressmen take 10 prove Andy johnson
inshtiate would il not he as well for IL
{, dirrct their attention to the habits
th~'r comm. man" for the same ppsiti
esraua's Drmnkenne.s Aisnit
The Washington correspondent Of
petrat rribane ira iical thus al nits
story. of Grants drunkenness.
Am,nth aga. on sunday afternoon,
General called upon Gen. Sheridan.
las, named General, ms is everywt
known, IL . hard drinker On
occasion Shsridsn persuaded him to d
with him, aud tho Immediate result
that he (Gsn. Gsan,) became a little di
aud took n carriage home
that hs his taken the pledge within ~
three days. a, no. attempt to exc
IA. weakness Oh the occasion referred
but IT Is lust tina. the exact facts shall
stated. aud suppose II is true that TO
thsrs are twenty men IN congress, an'
many more in high positions under
government who have the reputation a!
log perfectly sober men. yet who are
hly I.rt,i by ilaor ten times where G
is ance
N,th all the excuses this radical WI
can make, the fact is admitted that III
was drunk an they had 10 haul him 10
Because twenty other men in high pla
get drunk is no excuse for thu man the
icals propose to place in thee presIden
chair. Excuse it as they may. Grant
required 20 resign his place in the army
Drunkenness and something worsc,-
is notorious, now, as bard drinker.