Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-11-03
APnIlLlPIC FROM PHILLIPS.
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None.
HIS ELECTION TIE GREATEST
DANGER TO THE COUNTRY.

Last evening Cooper Institute was crowd
ed, on the occasion of an Grafton from Wen
dell Phillips on the Presidential election
Rev. DIR. Chceycr opened the meeting and
proceeded, Def re introducing Mr.. Phillips
to read long speech whh he had written
fnr the o .cassnn. As usual, with the gen
tlcman's Efforts, il was very prosy and t.
d'ous, and ,he audience, after listening Pr
tien'ly for about three quarters of an houi
concluded they had enough, and called from
all parts of I house, for Phillips, Phil
lips DIR. Checvcr aas unable to . ocpe.
tor some moments, and when comparative
silence was restored. said he had hut on.
more sentence to speak, and they might resi-
assnr' that he would not leave that stage
until he had said it, This he did, and then
introduced the orator Of the evening.
MIR. Phillips pro .c,ded in his usual grace
inl ana eloquent manner to expound tn.
principles Df his abolition faith For thirt,
years, he >sId h.. had lahore IT, save il II
the same interest. Tie same co rss h. in
rokxa on Tie ND E"ion he orosM nroks on a
new Union ., u Is net .founded on justice Il
The nsgro Sricnee inu,' either ic,noustrat,
thai The negro j. not man, or polite mus,
N offices 1t tiu,t. We are not lighting ior
Union. A. Lincoln proclaimed to Niagara !,
th''nder. Ne are Sighting for Union and lib.
cr'v lAppanse re ,pdgcd Mr.. Lincoln
"y hl~ words ina deeds. and SO Judging. he
wa~ npt wiling. 20 iaf Is hc couid preycu,
,.tn trust AbFaNem Lincoln with tie flu
tire OF tins country i!sS,~ ani applause
Tong continued Suppose iiacY >aruli ie,
nim assign 'hr 'easen for ihat. g. on"
AMI misses He wa, going 70 look over the
record Of Mr. Lncyln No, from any wash
to cr''nlnate hm FOR the past There is an
Old phrase o "indemn.t, fr the past ana
security fer the iuturc' lie was willing
to forgive the past aud ask only security
Tor tne future Let il be granted that Mr..
Lincoln is honest II they would. and that
ne only made Mistakes. They would re-
mind htm that Mr.. l.,ncoln.i is pledged to
liber.y and Union. He woult not say what
he thought, that that pledge was wrung out
Of him by the Cleveland movement. and
was mere elccilonecr,ng pledge itself.
Nj. Lincoln is politician. Politicians are
like the homes OF horses forcshould r. not
a straight one in 1t. 4 rciormer is like
DOric column Of iron, straight, strong and
lnlinOvable. 1t is monicntous response
b'lIty to trust Mr.. Lincoln, where we want
= Doric column, to stand stem and strong
Tor the nation. NJ. Phillips then proceed.
ca to review the early history of the war.
saying that never before aid a people 40
iav'sh'y pour out their strength and trcas-
ure. and never did rulers prove SO incompe-
tent to use and direct it. lie ,houoht tic
President done right in imprisoning aiscon-
tented men IN military forts, supi,rcssinp
NJ wspapers, aud the like.
That was not the drspotism he complain.
est Of But he complained TINT, on the | tn
81 May Arguelles, the Cuban. was arrested
u his room, SO much BY stealth that his wife
did no know Tor three days what had be-
come Of him, and BY the order of Mr.. Lin.
eo'n consigned to Spanish dungeon It
was well settled principle that a criminal
not be surrendered 10 another m.
hon unlcss through the provisions Of treaty..
and no treaty exists with Spain. Muller WA
accused on examination before q great ma
ton surrendered that bloody right hand 70
: EsnShnd. with whom We have treaty. M
seward mad not little evidence to show
AGAINST Ar ucllcs. but seized him by stealth
IL the dusky morning, and hurried him
away, gagged and unacccsed. Napol.cn d;d
nothlng worse. constitutionally speaking.
when - kidnapped the deputies Kidoao.
Per y the only w,rd foy the man who order.
ca Arguelles caught, and sen, to Cuba -
Kisses and spplause.l A voice-"Who do
you want elected Presidcnty' Other voices
right out" Who's your man for
President, that's what want to know >,
Don't you want Old Abe elected p Cheer.
g. 8. .0ad Abe" Kisses and confusion NJ
J, 2. continuing Suppose next 9Th Of
Novesmher George B. Mcclellan was elected
kIccsoent. SxPpose H. seas 70 assert the rioxf
Seeeexs -, judge Or jury, to arrest ,oie,n |
:eee ond end than schers y pleoaeI
~ 49, - Jesd .fsslt wi.h him. furn~3 |
'"see cad AID. '0tnetsmen. Fam only trend. |
~ - 80 Jocsstsps IF my ctsistias ayesiecss.
~, ssAoss footstefiS yo. csteered IL Coo,,er r..
H!tutx ~ this p'trt,c,tiar instance 20. =
an Hisses aehtsrs applause and e,rst |
Kos Asss ssdled yosr evss s;oAf
80 - edsscs n AbraAs~ Linesin. ~ |
= Dssdc,. y lssotssser ysiioee ~. /
! - l89y iiber9v tks,ss iiissss. applsuss /
lnel*e3 Frank Blasr commando !
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