The citizens of Davenport held a Municipal election on Saturday last. Davenport has been a Black Republican Abolition city for years. On the day of the election the Davenport Gazette came out with the following attack on the Democratic candidate for Marshal:
“CITY MARSHAL. – Our citizens have not forgotten that Harvey Leonard, the Candidate for City Marshal, signed the call for the infamous Mahony Convention. Mr. Leonard must explain away that act before he can ever expect to receive the vote of a true Republican. It is a spot that won’t out at the first calling, but sticks to a man like the shirt of Nessus.”
The citizens of Davenport passed their judgment upon this by electing Harvey Leonard Marshal of the city of Davenport by a 258 majority. – Dubuque Herald.
Thus it will be seen that Dennis A. Mahony regards the result of the election in this city as the endorsement of his treasonable doctrine.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, April 12, 1862, p. 2
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