Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-07-27
Jeff's Last Appearance.

NIX. JCHcTSOl lIaNis' ~ So'oHSi y
Mississippi volunteers, Secretary, Sen
ator, Traitor, President OF the Z. )
A, and now chief engineer OF an III
surance company, has, it must b
confessed, displayed more ability II
keeplng before the public than he ha
exhibited scrupulosity as to thu
means selected. Mr.. Davis woult
seem to be one OF the unhappy PEG
pie whose perceptions are not acut,
to distinguish between fame and no
toriety. The latter he has enjoyed
To his hearts content tor the past de
cale. He started well, and tor tou1
years seemed likely t, soar into tn,
exaulted realms OF renown consecrat
ed to SPLENDID traitors who have
risen on the pedestal of wholc>al,
sins. 1t was among the possibilities
that he might have swung from
sour apple-tree or have persisted b,
his own hand on the Southern ticld
Of Phllippi. Well tor him il he had
A violent or self inflicted death of
ten casts glorious or a charitabl.
glamour over a lite Of cynicism and
irisid treachery. ,Unhapply, MIR
Davis lived to waddle into swamp
in a crinoline skirt and waterproof
to advertise the weekly Tribune in
his bail-bond, and TO display his ran
corous oblivion of the tact that his
Lost Cause is buried so deep beneath
years and events that the trumpet OF
Gabriel could not reach it, let alone
the feeble pipe ct his penny whistle
And now he has put the final touch
10 his character and career, and the
magnificent scoundrel has degenera.-
ed into the petty rascal. a cheap
and repulsive nastinass has marked
his latest appearance, and henceforth
Mr.. Davis must be relegated to the
position OF common gallant, un-
mindful of the d,cencies aud duties
OF every-day lite.
1t would seem that Mr.. Davis was
travelling northward on Tuesday
last, accompanied by married wo-
mln. He naturally took a sleeping
car birth. This was not, OF itself
criminal. The Constitution and
amendments, when last heard from.
did no, absolutely forbid a man to
acquire y,rmine and contagious dis
ease on the fly, nor does society de-
mand that a woman shall never trav-
Ell without her husband. But the
conductor of the car was surprised,
during one of his nocturnal rounds,
to discover that Mr.. Davis had mad
yertcntly slipped out OF his birth
the upper one--and was reposing be-
side his travelling companion.
He advised Mr.. DAVIS to climb out
and monopolize his own tleas. Mr..
Davis, accoutered in his under.
clothing only, refused to do this
while the Constitution supported
him in the pursuit OF happiness. The
OF the train was summon
ed, but JEFF refused TO take the ad-
vice OF the man OF tickets. \ stormy
scene ensued. The bulls-eye OF the
cast lurid glare upon
the scene. In the foregl ound was
The amorous President, scantily
lraped in his shirt and drawers, ar
guing gravely his rights to commit
adultery, provided the female Barkis
was willing. She, with the coyness
Of her sex, turned her back upon the
scene, until some arrangement should
be arrived at The conductor plead
ed the cause of outraged morality,
while the passengers, in various
stages of drowsiness and dishab,W1,
clustered around. After a lengthy
lebat, the conductor persuaded Mr..
Davis, by threats OF expulsion from
he train, to retire to his virtuous
upper berth, the lady with sigh
turned over to sleep, perchance to
dream, the passengers went back to
their repose, and the train jolted on
ward.
There is no Southern admirer OF
MIR. Davis SO blind as to put faith In
his idol after SO disgraceful an expo
sure. That Mr.. Davis should covct
his neighbor's wife is not amazing
1t does not surprise us that to breach
of one commandment, imminent
deadly breach of another should be
super added. But it morality were to
be unhee6cd, we had at least the
right to expect that the common de-
cencies of lite should be regarded and
that the gay but somewhat passe
Lathario and the wanton, snuff-dip-
ping Southern matron would observe
prudence in their amours.
A common strumpet and brazen-
lronted hummer would hardly ven
ture upon illicit pleasure behind the
flimsy curtains Of public convey
ancc, or, if detected in Their g~oss in.
decency, would not add thereto the
public scandal of angry alteration.
Morality and propriety. alike con-
denim Nh. DAVIS.
At least one result has been OBJ
tanned. What calm argument or the
stern logic OF facts could not have
accomplished, ridicule will do. The
vaunt OF the personal puri-
ty OF their chief has been proved
Ialse by himself. Mr.. Davis can
hardly flaunt his shirt and drawers
before the leyions OF the Lost Cause
as their gontalon, after the manner OF
Gar Peters old brooches. The Ro-
man way has ended in nasty slough,
and the pseudo hero has shown HIM
self weak. querulous lecher, to
whom morality and decency ure alike
alien.-[ Chicago Republican.
Historical KetributiOns.
Jack err, the banker, who was one of
the hostages murdered by the Com.