Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-24

superior claims to the support Of the
iirtucas and intelligent portion Of the peo-
PIE. 1t should scarcely be considered
| dspsragement of Gen. Grant, to say that
he Is not comparable with Gov. Seymour
Is respects private character. The most
ardent and partial friend of Gen. Grant, no
matter how earnestly, for political reasons
he may oppose tho election Of Gov. sey-
mour. will have the tcmerity to cast an
imputation upon his personal character or
private life, for they are both sposlsss.-
And while but few, II any. Of Gen. Grants
supporters claim for him any such degree
Of civil attsinments q have been generally
sought offer and rsqsirsd in Presidential
candidates, mono will, No think, deny that
Gov. Seymour in scholarship, learning. and
familiarity with civil affairs and executive
du;ics, 10 :. least ths peer Of any states
man Of his party, while in personal digni-
~ and manly bearing, he would fairly rep
resent his people and be the pride OF
Executives.
ThSse - the issues and these the men.
For yeasj sountry's good, choose ye, Grant
or Seymour!
THE RAIDS seem 10 have their hands full
Of grief Itkeeps turning up in chunks.
Their johnson has troubled them sorely,
their Chase, their Fessenden. their Doc
little, their Grimes and many moro Of their
household Of faith have given them grief
and sorcly taxed their pious patience !;
and now comes up their noble figurshssd
Of radical dsviltry land swinging about.
shiss . " brick bat into their wigwan.
Said III "sysat esnnensr." Thaddsus. the
Other day = ssngssGb, speaking Of the bead
hsidsss demand fer psynsnt IL gsad-hs
would vote for ~ sssA swindlsss The "tsx.
srs Of the country: asd that. sooner thaa
vote . ~ 'bleatsd spectators twice the
amount Il vas agreed 70 pay them. and to
tax his constissssls tel death, he would
| vote for Ssymeus end Blair"
"Rspudistori' "Ooppsrhsad "Trai.
ter" "Ceppsrhssd r. "Rspuliatsr ~
coll him Ill the names you can think Of.
for he 10 fsllisg from Radical srass. vsri-
y the sands are gliding cut; the feet will
soon have no abiding place, their faces will
10y low In ths dust. and the devil will have
his due.
The radical navigaters are great % de
cossriss. The last NEST Important sonclu'
dsn they have hunted down i. that .eld
Thad Stevens 10 Of - accouut % Q states
aan. That's what the democrats told them
long ago. Falling 10 his impsaohmss'
game he 10 stranded walrus il The Stunt
Of the radical eesspool. Say they, while b
10 competent 10 "fssd tho fufnaes Of "a
engine with 'esals," hs 10 "ineenpstsns, u
take charge Of the engine. and would hur
il, himself and his fellow.workmsn int,
eternity, II intrus,sd with the direction. :
| That is to say he isa fair stokar-bu
when he gets above that mental service h,
10 entirely incompetent: A olsvsrlsh pack
mule-an average political clod hopper
that aud uethisg mere. Fallen, fslle n
alas, how falloni Poor Thad-b shold tn
destiny The Potters' Field.
] Mr.. Psndlston, in his late speech Al Ora
ten. Wsst Virginia, made the elsarsst, mos
con Use, and simple statement Of the dsns
cratic doctrine on the question Of the put
dsbt. whom he said
II would live up, With sorupulous Gdslity
. - the tsrms 81 our contracts. ! would pa
/. tho interest Of the dvs.tveutiss in geld, bs
cause the government has prsmisd 10 do sc
would pay both principal and intsrsa o
The ten fsrtiss in gold, because the govern
| tncnt has promised to do -. | would pa
/ priacipdt Of the 6vs-twsntiss in lesGle ten
dor notes. because The bondholdsrs agreed (
receive them in payment and, ~ l woult
net rspudiats an honest bargain to max
J money for the people. 40 will not rspudi
ate an honest bargain 10 make money 70
the public creditor"
Does this mean reputation IL not ,hi
according both to ths letter and spi rit o
the contract Does il not include = car
for tho rights Of The whole people az vel
~ the rights OF tho bondholders, There i
justice aud national honor in every sentenc
which Mr.. Psndlston uttered; and he spok
fsr .hc democratic party.
RADICAL papers deloance the third
plank in the Democratic platform AZ " re-
pudiation plank" because u advocate. tn
payment OF the five-twenties in green
backs. On the 18th Of July, Senator Nor
ton (radicai Of Indiana, asserted that "by
tho express provisions Of all the sta,utcl
on the subject. the iive-twentics are payA
bile in legal tenders, and il is dclusion (,
hold any other idss up to the country"
The only conclusion there is that thu
statutes ares" copperhsad concerns, and
a. such, are utterly unworthy Of een6dsnt Q
While the " National debt is Is sacred .,
the graves OF our SOLDIERS" Il 10 . pssfss
outrage 10 permit the sxisssues Of On
statutes st all-thsy being dislsyal 10 ten
dsncy.