Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-04-07

Press. 4
Under the above heading the republican
editor OF the Isruelite, 81 March 97th, pub
lished At Cincinnati, has long and sxhaus.
tive editorial on the subject Of Gen. Grants
nomination for the presidency. from which
We clip the following:
The argument which, in behalf Of our CO.
refgionisss. We offered agssinst the nomina-
ton Of General Grant for the presidency;
made the round in the democratic paPeis ~
over The country and found fs-ecoo ~
some religious publications uu' -" a
on the republican press, not because 's"y
Of those writers did DOT preeelss ss
If On complaints, but on account OF the
S..,c,,s tyranny. thedespotism Of time
ssrvjDe pslicy, shaped and enforced by .
few leading men, who chsak and gag the
press more effectuAlly than Austrian press
regulations did II the 6rst half OF this cen
tury, elthopgh,, God knows, those regula-
tions were Oppressive enough. Oar populss
orators are very fluent in their dcclamationo
ooths blessings efa free press. the glofieus
palladium Of civil and religious liberty our
republican friends especially are ever
ready IN the dsclafations Of broad ard On.
lighisusd principles Of humanity, justice
and freedom 70 oil. But caucus tyranny
and policy despotism override every other
consideration, and The press il gagged, q
dumb and dead ~ in the palmy days Of
Nesselrode, Metternich and Able, ~ though
Cardinal Antouelli was censor Of the repub-
licans organs. In those very centers Of
trade in the United States. in New York,
Philad eIphia, Bcitimose, Cincinnati, Chica-
20, st. Louis, Louisville land other large
cities, where Jewish merchants, bankers,
manufacturers exercise q vast influence OF
the grwth Of commerce, the progress of in
dustry, and the growing prosperity of the
respective cities, where thousands Of them
vote the republican ticket, support repub-
lican organs, and spend their time aud tai
sn,s in republican poltics-in those very
centers the republican press ignored ouI
AZ gumsnt against the nomination OF General
Grant, net because they do not perceive III
justice, We must repeat it, even net because
they do not sympathixs with No, Ne know
many who do; msrsly and exclusively BE-
cause they are gagged BY caucus tryanny
and policy despot.sm. Thank heaven 70,
the existence Of IN opposition press and ar
opposition party. or else W might b sold
out altogether. with the consultation and
l tuO uokv obu SbS uVOOVOD VI AiOCbeyS wv
pitc Of Ill the just proteststions and thu
loud shrisks ofthe oppressed ones, which
, the party organs have no right TO hear or 4
notice, IL the caucus and the policy rsquir
it SO. IT 10 mystery to Us how gentlmss
/. Of talent, education, honor and independents,
- undoubtedly many sepublicon edition
/ are, can submit 70 such IN IRON rule, snt
not even dare dsmur.
T..
sion to principlssf By no means it 10 sub
!. mission 10 caucus commands. For all thos
caucus kings and policy despots know fu
: veil thaA Gsneral Grant 10 no statssman.-
4 lie is not urged upon the people becaus
they believe him 70 b the man Of the g,
:, 10 meet the emsrgsuciss, % carry tho cour
: try sucosssfully through this crisis, o. l
!, benefit her IN any shape OF form which ott
J. ers could not de mach bsstsr. They d
n not consider the General equally competer
e fer the presidency with Chass or' Merton
: Colfax Or Fesssuden. They are we'll il
u fesmeds no denbe Boz 0enesal 0fdnt
4 tho most available man; they think he
the most popular among the masscs. II
not quite certain that he is q Republican
~ = his antecedcnts are oil Democratic, IN
~ eiectine him, they know i0lI we'll, il he
y not mucu more pIiabie tuaH SUCCESSFUL Sc
r, dicrs usually are, they might again "catch
O. tartar" precisely ~ they have done befor
What that tacitnrn Juhius Brutus will
" when his time has come, nobody knows
n Hence it is not principle it means II
r. bread aud butter. II means Office or pa
/, ronags. II means money and nothing / /,
=. money, money in the front and in the rea
NV and money in the c,nue. IL is a mutu
er insurance company, you tickle me and
10. tickle you" Still men 0f honor and liter
a, ry reputation, men whom Providence hi
:. appointed by lavishing upon them gifts
I" grace, 10 DC the guardians Of justice, Il
st beacon lights of liberty, and tho banns
K bearers Of truth, must submit in dead .
n lence to the dicta Of inferior talents VII
parcel out the bread and butter. "Virtr
: must blush before vice." 10 not this ty
- annyr Is it not despoiism in . most awl
10 ward formi 10 this submission and tn
~ silencs honcrablsy We leave it TO o,
4. learned and gifted contemporaries to reply
- these queries.