Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-12

[specisl Correspondence - the Dsnoerst.l
DraAsr, Cedar County. 1swa,1
March 9th. 10He.

| [specis Correspondence - the Democrat
DusASr, Cedar County, Iewa,f
March 9th, 1858.
Ed. DxxocRAr :AlIn column ofthe Daily
Gsrette Of the 9Th Of March, appeared let
ter from son'e one, a. a representative Of
temperance in the town of Durant. A
prominent heading reads thus: "Town
Observation-Disclosures yictory-Coppcr and
Whisky below par, &C." Mongrelits goes
on to say that, "Rum and Democracy |
united closer than ever, fought like Cores
tega iigess." &c Well, how our tin horn
sounds Now, il is evident that this tenn
perance men and hi, party we're badly |
i scared. lie endeavors to make mountain |
out of gopher hi!l.
The real TACT 10, and We can prove every
statement that We make, that the fellow sees |
oil this big-ingin in the attempt to magnify
IL good Democrat through the foam and
emptiness ofa bses-mug-and striking 70
greet chasing the tempesaooo W5o6oloo ever
his face, that "thus + i With iaesr.bssr,"
whom il comes bsf6 HIN. You may think
We ar. over dois " ding, when We pro-
pose to shovsp ~ bsausifsl consistency
. Of thoss nesnl Acknowledgements sneak
BY ~ sempar icon in home case. Politi-
. cally, " are equally divided in this place.
D One Important issue betwc cen tho parties
over the whole country, ris that Of "strict
8 and judicous license law" az ainst one pure
i ly Prohibitory and hypocrI;ical. Judging
I from their princ Pies and action they have
tecomc cass-hardsnsd from the immediats
q contact with the artcie-rum, that they
A think II others do as they have done, and
. are doing, that 1t is certainly a humane act,
q 10 regulate this immoral practices for their
J. good. The Temperance men" are always
i taselpg 70 rs about the horrisisasss Of
:. dflnkiae, and II deliterious s6ssts upon
u "fsllow -critssrs.A sud how il disturbs the
a PharisaicalPa - Doog hcs to have seems
n. Of their swn making, ssiiiug abcu. Gas tic
mariiime phrase. gosa.) thrse shests TO the
= vin1s *N hthsir sabonhiuabls decolt tha(
~ has ruined the people. They are always
H. putting on one Of your John Brown-face =
I'd yet, ali the vAile, like cewardss ahsy psrsis'
=. in lighting ~ from well 60 nee iyed point
:. and reason with SO much morality and hu
ios initiation and, 81 the same time, make suct
rty old bvszards Of themselves, after having
r. been IN the business. Even those that dc
-. "a smush blowing-going 90 far ~ TO kseT
Ut" and measure cut poor devils from the idsn
IN ticat rum down in the cellar" making the
rty business pay by patronizing the concern
ate themselves by their regular "sniftef, and
when "circumstances alter cases" make
- change Of bass % mothsrly jug from
% which to do the far thing" with our fr,cndi
IN, in good old Temperance way.
M Friend Diok, We are making 40 fast
An. stoSL n e to true asd o they have bol
~. sssSo1 q ahsis Gauss by intsntional 0isrep
~ reservations aud lies; We are forced to giv'
ab- them truth 10 return, though il way TAX
ro- some Of the WOOL OF. It was no proposition
ino of ours to mako party matter Of the towr
election. Every obstacle was thrown in th'
~ way to prevent il on our pat. ThcJ
- showed their no-psrty principle. whe'
uvs they put out posters calling II
those who we're 'in favor Of
judicous license" or who approve Of Che
Wv" course OF the Town Council in regard to tn
w "lqlor question" Tho old board CONSIST
49,, ed Of Rcpublicans-Q mean Tcmperanc
w men. Also they say 8" We ignore all par
80 held their caucus they gave the Democr at
- present, q very gentIs hint to depart
-" lowing = couple of spread eagles made b,
w two worthy legal members. They begat
to groan, and finally brou int forth and en-
-, dsavored 10 force an issue upon Us, b,
a.. charging GA No Opposition 10 tho muniei
n;, pal tax placed bv the Town Council, o.
~ beer saloosa. - "a
~ -, They knss they liod-then and there
~ as wen as on the day Of the election--ant
d. ia the article in the Gassitc They nom in
y, atcd the old board OF lighting cocks viii
= the exception Of one Democrat, whom the,
~, stuck onswi,hout his CONSIST, and keep
:, htn tts& - " nee q our having th'
samS IN sisw. Init was doss to haul Il
poor devils" Al the close Of their caucu
- they adjourned (kesp your eye OH them y
bic "Mac's' saloon for beer. Consistency.
hip AZ ten o'clock on the folls wing Monday
-. the polls were opened, after tho Judges 4 G
hal went 90 Macs for something to take
'es' Took iAu~ Pells opened with The nominee
tty round the box. Took some votes. Noon
ieu Adjourned till one o'clock. Started 70
~. some beer, the board lead by our worth
Mayor, with the ballot box under his arm
~. A nice temperance picture Took il. Poll
i'm open. Took some more votes, Mr.. Nomi
JUS nee lAnd Judgs) found ii necessary to &
nh cat and bring them In, come around b.
Macs for beer. Took it. Buttonholed
~ few Democrats, treated TO the beer, con
nd ISOLATION. good thing on the rum ticket.
cur That is the programme.
ant Well, of course, we were beat by sucl
skull-duggerv. Compare the manner, will
io' the statement of Cedar" Wei. they wen
in to work, TO the beer men they talked bser
ic- 80 ITO the Democracy, they un
IN folded thcold story OF negro supremacy
:. There is the lie ''black as an aboitionist
At no time were we opposed to the mum
- cpal tax, every Democrat, being in favor o
Of it, and ~ to the Niger, it WAS not nor ha,
"A not been once discussed by a single man il
-, the town. LEV little, lov and dirty Their
~ principles viii allow them to act. Speak
e'c ing Of the tax, this soft Cedar" says
OF Toe saleon kecpers became exceeding i
,ts bsiligersns consulted the lawyers &C.,
forgetting to say that this great moral tenn
psrancs party did not have brsins ~ know
ns whether they were right or wrong, but bad
~ 10 resort away out to Des Moinss, aud W
be TO Upton for their s'consuh"
We quote again "Raved about temper
ancc and total abstinence" We think n,
~ had = right TO rare gainst such sillaiaeul
2. hyporiscy. II such debsuchery il ne
., checked by the Democrats u eur littls
N. Durant, what might NO expect next Thu
change in the old board Ter inst such pfin-
= eiplss is oil We proposed.
ny y DRnoCRACY.
To- lncene eAA neven.e Tables.