From the drift of the leader in yesterday’s Democrat . . .

. . . one would be led to conclude, that its sapient editor thought the immediate effect of the passage of the act of emancipation in the District of Columbia would be, to raise the tone of society in Washington! It may have that effect eventually; but it is too soon to anticipate such a result, as it will require years for it to recover from the injuries inflicted by the late Democratic administration.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport Iowa, Friday Morning, April 25, 1862, p. 2